Dear Lambda Members,

USPTO leadership appreciates the role affinity groups play in helping agency employees feel more connected, and they want to better understand the benefits we offer. To demonstrate their interest and aid in that understanding, they’ve added a question about us to the 2017 People Survey! THIS PROVIDES US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH A CORRELATION BETWEEN AFFINITY GROUP MEMBERSHIP AND  EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.  This can justify additional investment in affinity groups.

As an active Lambda PTO member, you are already a strong contributor to the unique and diverse community here at USPTO. I hope you will take this opportunity to share how you feel we can make our community even better by completing the survey. This is truly an opportunity to make our voices heard not only as USPTO employees, but also as affinity group members.

Here are a few important things you should know:

• The People Survey is completely confidential.
• It will be open from January 17–February 3, 2017, and takes only about 25 minutes to complete.
• Non-production time will be granted to production-based employees who participate in the survey. More specific instructions on recording your time to complete the survey will be provided by your business unit.
• You will receive an email invitation to participate in the survey from USPTOPeopleSurvey(at)sirota.com, which will contain a link with a unique identification number.  Please do not forward your link to other employees.

I realize we are all busy, juggling multiple priorities, but I hope you can find a few minutes to join me in completing this important survey. I promise you it won’t take much of your time, and the feedback you provide will be invaluable.