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Luis VillaFeb 16, 2008 7:53 am 
Dave NearyFeb 16, 2008 8:19 am 
Jonathon JongsmaFeb 16, 2008 8:35 am 
Quim GilFeb 16, 2008 11:20 am 
Shaun McCanceFeb 16, 2008 3:47 pm 
Luis VillaFeb 17, 2008 5:32 am 
Quim GilFeb 17, 2008 11:36 am 
James HenstridgeFeb 23, 2008 5:32 pm 
Elijah NewrenFeb 23, 2008 8:10 pm 
Telsa GwynneFeb 24, 2008 12:41 am 
Shaun McCanceFeb 24, 2008 9:44 am 
James HenstridgeFeb 24, 2008 7:14 pm 
James HenstridgeFeb 25, 2008 5:08 am 
Behdad EsfahbodFeb 25, 2008 10:47 am 
Vincent UntzFeb 27, 2008 3:44 am 
Bruno BoaventuraFeb 27, 2008 2:23 pm 
Subject:Re: time to (re)consider preferential voting?
From:Vincent Untz (vun@gnome.org)
Date:Feb 27, 2008 3:44:07 am
List:org.gnome.foundation-list

Hi,

Le samedi 16 février 2008, à 10:53 -0500, Luis Villa a écrit :

[Speaking purely as a Foundation member and not as a member of the Board; I've not discussed this with the Board at all.]

Some years ago the Foundation considered the use of preferential voting to select the board. At the time I opposed it, for reasons I don't fully recall but which in retrospect probably boiled down to 'I'm unfamiliar with it.' I believe that at the time we'd also have had to write the software, which would not have been fun. But I've come around to believing that this is a better way to run elections.

It appears that by the time of our next election, we'll have a third-party, free software solution available for the problem, used recently and successfully by FreeCulture.org. http://blog.selectricity.org/?p=4

It's hard to know if it's a good thing without trying it, but I think I'd be interested to try preferential voting for the next elections.

As long as there's software ready for this, I mean (which seems to be the case).

Vincent

-- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés.