[atlarge-discuss] Re: AL001, Vote to choose organization name

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

This is not an acceptable way of publishing a vote's final result.

With all due respect, I'd very much like to see a level of detail  
similar to what is normal when the DNSO secretariat runs a vote.  
In particular, I'd like to see the individual steps of the  
preferential voting analysis, I'd like to see a precise number of  
valid votes delivered, I'd like to see how you have interpreted the  
"X" ballots, I'd like to see how the votes were distributed over the 
various alternatives (and not just the top two), and so on.

Kind regards,
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Thomas Roessler                        http://log.does-not-exist.INFO/




On 2002-09-25 09:30:44 -0400, Walter Schmidt wrote:
> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 09:30:44 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>
> To: Atlarge Discuss List <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
> cc: Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>
> Subject: AL001, Vote to choose organization name
>
>
> Many words are said 
> Some even merit saying 
> Some said even bloom... 
>   ...that said
>
> The ballot, in part stated:
> - "The results are due no later than Wednesday September 25, 2002" -
> today is Wednesday - it would seem nothing was delayed.
> - "Do not edit this ballot" - more than a few were edited, in more than a
> few ways, necessitating a detail review of all such ballots, by all of us
> - the editing included the changing of one or more of the
> selection-of-names to something different.
> - "just put a number between square brackets [ ]" - I presume
> square-brackets were found to be offensive to some, as they were changed.
> - "rank selected names 1 through 5" - again I presume this was found to
> be offensive to some as: an X, multiple X, X & ordinal combinations, and
> multiple same-ordinal combinations were used.
>
> And, about the ballots:
> - Almost 70 bounced/could-not-deliver Mail Delivery Subsystem messages
> were received.
> - Some received ballots were received having both the name and the email
> address NOT on our membership list.
> - Some people received two ballots.
> - No ballot was discarded no matter which ballot-request was not followed
> as long as the ballot's intent could be discerned.
> - Again, questionable ballots were reviewed by all of us.
> - Almost 170 ballots were received, including one which commented on what
> the election was thought to be, but with no name selected.
> - More than a few ballots only voted for one or two names.
>
> The final results using the "Preferential" or "Single-Transferable" Voting
> System are:
>
> ICANNATLARGE.ORG - 77
> ATLARGE.ORG - 62
>
> ICANNAtLarge.org it is...
>
> > From my point of view...
> We have now "clothesed the Emperor" as we "asked for..."
>
>
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