Re: GNOME Board of Directors Foundation Elections Spring 2009 - Preliminary results

[Michael Meeks <michael meeks novell com>]

On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 10:11 +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
> You just announced the results based on first-past-the-post, when the 
> elections were to be run using preferential voting, with single 
> transferable vote and fractional surplus transfer.

	Ah ! the famous 'Meek' method (no relation); can be rather a rabbit
Warren of complexity this thing - though it's clearly a fairer way of
doing things: as I recall the Open-Solaris board specified this form of
STV in it's bylaws which seemed sensible.

	Fun,

		Michael.

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