APPENDIX K
 SECOND LETTER TO COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS

Date

Name
Address 1
City, State Zip Code

Dear Name,

As a member of the board of your county's Farm Bureau organization, you may have
certain expectations and perceptions about leadership and what it takes to be an effective
county board member. The Florida Farm Bureau Federation is interested in your
opinions to develop meaningful leadership-training programs for county board members.

You have been chosen to participate in a study, which will measure your leadership
expectations and perceptions. Your name was randomly selected from a list of all county
board members in Florida. In order that the results of the study truly represent the
thinking of county board members, it is important that each questionnaire be completed
and returned in the envelope provided.

You may be assured of complete confidentiality. The questionnaire has an identification
number for mailing purposes only. This is so that we may check your name off the
mailing list when your questionnaire is returned. Your name will never be placed on the
questionnaire itself, nor will your answers be tied to your name in any way.

Per IRB guidelines, we are to notify you that no risk of physical, psychological, or
economic harm to participants is foreseen. There is no monetary compensation to you
for participation. Your identity will be kept confidential to the extent provided by law.
Your name will not be used in any report. Your participation in this study is completely
voluntary. There is no penalty for not participating. You do not have to answer any
questions you do not want to answer. You have the right to withdraw from the study
at any time without consequence. Participation in the study will be the duration for
completion of the questionnaire, approximately 30 minutes.