You know, the thing I really want to accomplish from all of this is (well, sure, I want all Buffistae to feel a part of the decision making process, blah, blah, blah) to limit the discussion on issues. I know we talk a lot, and always have, but it's really getting hard to read all the posts. Which I feel compelled to do.
Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.
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Elena - Mar 02, 2003 10:33:22 pm PST #6150 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
jengod - Mar 02, 2003 10:33:37 pm PST #6151 of 10001
If I may provide color commentary as well as doing the numbers...
- FTR, not that it matters, I'd say 5/6 of the ballots were Buffistas whose nom de board I recognized, versus lurkers. (Not that I post in every thread, all the time, so YLurkersMV.)
- Some people, with a sense of I dunno, consistency, voted no on majority voting and then abstained from the rest. Others voted no and then still had opinions. IJS.
- [edit] Oh yeah! Thanks to Shawn for mentioning this downstream. I'm editing to add it b/c it's interesting. We have 800 registered users, plus maybe a handful, and 135 folks voted. So we have a 17%-ish turnout.
- The majority of votes came in the first 3 days, so I think the 3-day voting period is probably an okay plan.
A breakdown. All times local to me -- PST.
Day# of Votes% of Ballots Tue.3828.1% Wed.7253.4% Thur.1410.4% Fri.21.5% Sat.64.4% Sun.32.2%
Gandalfe - Mar 02, 2003 10:35:02 pm PST #6152 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
The big jump on Saturday (300%) suggests that we make sure to have at least 1 of the voting days be a weekend day, for those who can't do it at work.
It doesn't affect me, but . . . .
Jessica - Mar 02, 2003 10:35:18 pm PST #6153 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Some people, with a sense of I dunno, consistency, voted no on majority voting and then abstained from the rest. Others voted no and then still had opinions.
Some of us assumed we'd be in the minority on issue #1, and yet didn't feel that that should make our opinions on issues #2-4 invalid.
jengod - Mar 02, 2003 10:39:37 pm PST #6154 of 10001
No, that's totally cool! I thought it was totally cool! It was, like, honorable.
jengod - Mar 02, 2003 10:40:22 pm PST #6155 of 10001
The big jump on Saturday (300%) suggests that we make sure to have at least 1 of the voting days be a weekend day, for those who can't do it at work.
He's kidding, right?
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2003 10:40:56 pm PST #6156 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He's kidding, right?
You might want to ask him, but why are you so convinced?
jengod - Mar 02, 2003 10:43:09 pm PST #6157 of 10001
Dost Gandalfe jest?
Because Saturday had *6* people. And if we're always wiggling around trying to grab a weekend day for voting we're going to get even more mired down.
Gandalfe - Mar 02, 2003 10:47:32 pm PST #6158 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Kind of, but it could be a statistically significant point. Are those really people whose voices shouldn't be heard? We really want to ignore 6.6% of the populace? Are we going to be democratic, or only democratic when it's convenient?
Jon B. - Mar 02, 2003 10:49:46 pm PST #6159 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
it could be a statistically significant point.
An increase from 2 to 6 is not statistically significant. t /pedantic actuary