So far, the consensus is No Consensus.
Which is as it should be.
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JenP - Aug 20, 2004 7:32:11 am PDT #1907 of 10001
billytea - Aug 20, 2004 7:36:24 am PDT #1908 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I don't mean to bring up a sore topic, but could someone please explain this preferential voting business that seems to have caused such a controversy back in the day?
The best explanation I've come up with is: imagine a large room, with a banner on the wall somewhere for each option. Everyone goes and stands by their favourite option. Then the least popular option gets its banner torn down and everyone by that poster is told to pick again. So they all go off to new banners (or say they don't like any of the other posters, and go sit in the middle of the floor). We count up numbers again, and the least popular option gets its banner torn down too and everyone there gets shooed off to their next favourite option.
You keep doing this until there are only two options left. Whichever one has the most people voting for it wins. Only, it all happens instantly.
DXMachina - Aug 20, 2004 7:36:58 am PDT #1909 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Polter-Cow, it was a voting system from hell that an unholy alliance of actuaries and Australians tried to foist upon our great republic.
billytea - Aug 20, 2004 7:37:49 am PDT #1910 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Preferential...
t stops capering and does the zombie walk My preference is braaaaaiiins...
billytea - Aug 20, 2004 7:38:57 am PDT #1911 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Polter-Cow, it was a voting system from hell that an unholy alliance of actuaries and Australians tried to foist upon our great republic.
In the event, I don't recall if we've even had a vote where it would be an issue. I think we've only ever had two options for any question put to a vote.
brenda m - Aug 20, 2004 7:48:50 am PDT #1912 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Natter 27: And don't think I won't turn this car around.
Katie M - Aug 20, 2004 7:54:20 am PDT #1913 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Oops, I didn't know this....
Hee. It's okay. Sorry to involve you in an in-joke you didn't know anything about--it's just that there was a bloody flamewar fought over preferential voting back when we were setting up the voting system.
Lyra Jane - Aug 20, 2004 7:57:05 am PDT #1914 of 10001
Up with the sun
this is happening every thread title now. I think I'd like to see us start voting on the things
This gets my vote. Well, either voting, or using some other decision-making process that doesn't require 100 posts to scroll past in Bureau every time.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 20, 2004 8:03:01 am PDT #1915 of 10001
What is even happening?
Natter 27: An Unholy Alliance of Actuaries and Australians
Kristen - Aug 20, 2004 8:06:52 am PDT #1916 of 10001
Natter 27: No consensus.