I am however down with Q and @ as well.
F2F 3: Who's Bringing the Guacamole?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!
But .. two people loving to attend and two not being able to is equivalent to four being able to attend, and trumps three being able to attend and one not. Is that an intended effect?
It depends on how those people vote for the other city.
How is that different than saying that first deciding factor is which city more people can't attend?
Who's that question directed at?
is the first deciding factor which city people CANT attend? that seems a bit negative to me.
I'm inclined to want something like:
0 = can't attend
1 = would attend (no preference)
2 = would LOVE to attend (strong preference)
I like the three categories, but I'm uncomfortable with one person really wanting that city trumping two who can't go there at all. I'm not sure how best to weight it though. Maybe using the LOVEs as more of a tie-breaker, if the raw numbers of can/can't attends are close?
see, now we're getting all mathy. that's not good. my head hurts.
It depends on how those people vote for the other city
- 0 = can't attend
- 1 = would attend (no preference)
- 2 = would LOVE to attend (strong preference)
SF = 2 + 2 + 0 + 0
Seattle = 1 + 1 + 1 + 0
SF wins, although more people can go to Seattle.
is the first deciding factor which city people CANT attend? that seems a bit negative to me.
Gets you the most Buffistas though -- isn't that important?
I'm uncomfortable with one person really wanting that city trumping two who can't go there at all
But if you vote "can't" on one city, wouldn't you vote "strong preference" on the other? In which case you're not being trumped, since your vote is going to count equally strongly both places.
I think who can attend trumps preferences.
So just: Sea:can/can't, SF:can/can't, Prefer: Sea/SF? If one city is both highest in can's & preferences, then it's a no contest, right? And if more people can attend one, but more prefer the other, then can attend trumps?
is the first deciding factor which city people CANT attend? that seems a bit negative to me.
I think more can attend is more important than more really love the city, both from a most Buffistas perspective and a better shot of meeting our block requirements perspective.