Today, I had to audit 11 roadtests conducted this year, spanning about 50 roadtesters. For some roadtests there was 100% compliance on posting a review, which is leaps and bounds better than last year.
This is much appreciated. I realize doing a review is sometimes a painstaking job and I am honestly impressed by the efforts of many of our roadtesters. Yet, for some roadtests, there is still less than 50% compliance. I reviewed those closely. One variable popped out quite clearly: If a roadtester has not logged into the community recently, it is very unlikely he will complete a review. For these roadtesters, this happened 100% of the time with roadtesters who have not logged in more than 2 months ago.
These individuals were selected based upon their application, experience and ideas for the roadtest. But the logging-in correlation is too high to disregard it. We could have awarded the products to someone else who would have completed the review.
So, I feel compelled now to include in my recommendations to the supplier the last log-in of whom I am recommending. I'm sure some members will disagree with me and that's why I have started this discussion. I surely want to be fair. I understand that some people may not have logged in because of illness (I was out a week for surgery last month; it happens to every body at some point in time). But when someone hasn't logged in for 6 or as long as 8 months months, that's another story. My goal here is to award people who genuinely want to write the review.
Sincerely,
Randall Scasny
RoadTest Program Manager
