Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
how do you define who wins? A LUG is not a democracy, the vast majority of list
members do not vote at all. Last time a poll was held, the person holding it
insisted that at least 5% of the mailing list members should vote or else the
poll would be invalid. He calculated that 5% meant at least 70 members voting.
Actually after a lot of campaigning we got 67 people to vote. Since the
majority was 74 to 6, the poll was accepted. We also ensured that only mailing
list members were allowed to vote - how that is being done here I do not know.
Maybe some one can explain?
I guess a majority counts as a win? The web-based poll has the advantage
of anonymity - so people can vote without worrying about irking friends.
But I guess that also means the validity of results can also be doubted
- but I'm not all that surprised to see that 250 people have voted.
There are thousands of members, right? The last poll was ages ago. I'm
sure a few hundred new students joined since then?
Anyways, if the validity is in question, I think the foolproof way to do
it is on the list and count them manually. That way we know for sure
they're members. If anybody has a better idea, shoot.
Vamsee.
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