SR - Next SR Meeting

[Timothy A. McDaniel]

If you would, I suggest the proposed voting plan be called
"preferential voting" or "preference voting".

I used the "Australian" term incorrectly at first.  Merriam-Webster's
says "Australian ballot: an official ballot printed at public expense
on which the names of all the candidates and proposals appear and
which is distributed only at the polling place and marked in secret".
(This was actually a major electorial reform.)

"Preferential voting", quoth the OED, "a form of voting found in
various systems of proportional representation in which candidates are
numbered in order of preference by the voter".

There are still several details that should be settled, I think:

Are there further nominations?

Who decides the criteria for going on the ballot(s)?

Is there one phase of balloting or two?

My own preferences: further nominations should be accepted, with
people seeing the the suggestions already made.  I think a small
committee should set the ballot, but the deliberations should be
public.  Items that are unlikely to be registerable should not go on
the ballot -- I don't recall now if that's three stars or below or
what.  I think that there should be one round of balloting.

Daniel "when it comes to correct word use, I'm a pendant" de Lincolia
-- 
Tim McDaniel.   Reply to tmcd at crl.com;
    if that fail, tmcd at austin.ibm.com is my work account.
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