[Ravensfort] land committee voting

[James Northfolke]

Agreed.  Though, in an ABZ/Skewsweek poll, the data is calculated by the 
square root of the ordinal divided by pi and multiplied by the ratio of 
top 5 to top 3 and the mean population density.


byzytym wrote:
> That should have been,
> It could skew the vote away from the best choice.
>
> V NV
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "byzytym" <byzytym at att.net>
> To: <lococnc at consolidated.net>; "Gary Pace" <ridgetopfarm at me.com>; 
> "Ravens Fort" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] land committee voting
>
>
>> I will generally lean toward the "KISS" system.
>> If ya keep it "simple" things run somewhat smoother.
>> You just don't see people or groups
>> nominating candidates they don't believe in.
>> They select only one and back the choice.
>> What's the point of putting up a weak candidate ?
>> I could skew the vote away from the best choice.
>>
>> V NV
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Gamber" 
>> <lococnc at consolidated.net>
>> To: "byzytym" <byzytym at att.net>; "Gary Pace" <ridgetopfarm at me.com>; 
>> "Ravens Fort" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] land committee voting
>>
>>
>>> Then take the top 3 of everyones lists of 5... You can't just take 
>>> the top 1 from each of the land committee members, it skews the 
>>> other choices. I could write a long diatribe on how this works, but 
>>> trust me, you want to do it this way:
>>>
>>> Top 5 choices from 5 people gives you 5 viable options to present to 
>>> the populace who votes for one (1) choice. They should also be 
>>> presented in the order they received the most votes by the original 5.
>>>
>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 20:05:54 -0600
>>>> From: "byzytym" <byzytym at att.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] land committee voting
>>>> To: "Gary Pace" <ridgetopfarm at me.com>, "Ravens Fort" 
>>>> <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand why we need to give 5 choices.
>>>> If you take everyone's top nomination only,
>>>> you will still have a good list to choose from.
>>>> If you don't get 5 different nominations,
>>>> that means that there are not 5 strong choices.
>>>> The idea is for us to narrow things down.
>>>> Just my two cents.
>>>>
>>>> V NV
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Pace" <ridgetopfarm at me.com>
>>>> To: "Ravens Fort" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:19 AM
>>>> Subject: [Ravensfort] land committee voting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Okay everyone on the land committee- that is-
>>>>> Brian and Fionna-
>>>>> Mike Gamber- has voted
>>>>> Gundy-
>>>>> VNV-has voted
>>>>> Seneschal-has voted
>>>>>
>>>>>    I do not have the email addys of everyone but I really need the 
>>>>> land
>>>>> comm. to send me their 5 selections in order of preference so I 
>>>>> can tally
>>>>> and have the final 5 ready for Populace this Thursday evening. If 
>>>>> you want
>>>>> input and are on the land comm. and haven't voted, I need it asap. 
>>>>> YIS, G
>>>>>
>>>>>
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