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

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

Is it just not a good year to have elections? :)

behdad

On 06/25/2009 12:30 PM, john palmieri wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Dave Neary <dneary gnome org
> <mailto:dneary gnome org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>
>     The way forward seems clear to me - the membership committee decides
>     what counting method will be used, announces it, and we count the
>     election according to that means. There doesn't need to be a crisis
>     here.
>
>
> Deciding on the correct method after the elections seems a bit off to
> me.  A member who voted should know exactly how their vote is going to
> be counted before the ballot is cast.  If different methods reach
> different conclusions then that is a crisis because the membership
> committee would be free to choose the one which fits their agenda the
> most (not that I feel there is an agenda but the possibility leaves
> doubt on the validity of the results).
>
> If in fact it is a bug in OpenSTV and not a disagreement on how votes
> should be counted then that is an acceptable reason to move forward with
> certifying the vote.
>
> If it is a disagreement on how votes should be counted then the vote is
> flawed and I propose we have a runoff between the candidates who were on
> one list but not the other.
>
> Going forward we must make sure to document the complete procedure used
> in detail and make sure it doesn't fluctuate from election to election.
> I do suggest having test cases we can run through any software used to
> guarantee results stay consistent from year to year.
>
> --
> John
>
>
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