[Ravensfort] land committee voting

[byzytym]

I guess it all boils down to how mean the population is.
We are dealing with an unkindness of Ravens after all.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Northfolke" <jamesnorthfolke at gmail.com>
To: "byzytym" <byzytym at att.net>
Cc: <lococnc at consolidated.net>; "Gary Pace" <ridgetopfarm at me.com>; "Ravens 
Fort" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] land committee voting


> 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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