[Ravensfort] land committee voting

[James Northfolke]

All of the Ravens I know are very kind--esp that Marius/VNV Guy

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 7:20 PM, byzytym <byzytym at att.net> wrote:
> 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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