These surveys and the Montevideo Conference provided some significant insights into the form and substance of collection systems and efforts to improve efficiency and curb evasion and under-reporting. As might be anticipated there was no "silver bullet" or one best way to collect contributions but a complex interactive set of factors which seem to affect the efficiency and effectiveness of contribution collections. It should be clearly noted that this survey does not purport to be a valid scientific sample. Therefore any conclusions or relationships drawn from this survey should be seen as the beginning of some basis for comparative analysis and/or useful information to be considered when developing or amending a collection process.