On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 01:36:18AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> So, uh, what happened to:
>
> > Personally, I worry about any kind of wholesale change in the language
> > of the constitution. Yeah, if you change major chunks of the document
> > then current ambiguities would go away. But how do
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 06:44:48PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> Proposal -- patch the constitution as follows:
> ! A.6. Smith/Condorcet Vote Counting
>
> ! 2. A square "initial totals table" is constructed, recording the
> !ballot totals: the number in the table at row j, column k
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 10:56:23PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote:
> Minor: When creating the winning criteria table, include only rows
> where the "votes in favor" column equals or exceeds the "votes
> against", and do not include the i/i rows.
Ok to the first part, since this is required to ensure
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 01:36:18AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> So, uh, what happened to:
>
> > Personally, I worry about any kind of wholesale change in the language
> > of the constitution. Yeah, if you change major chunks of the document
> > then current ambiguities would go away. But how d
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 06:44:48PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> Proposal -- patch the constitution as follows:
> ! A.6. Smith/Condorcet Vote Counting
>
> ! 2. A square "initial totals table" is constructed, recording the
> !ballot totals: the number in the table at row j, column
A walkthrough of the proposed change, to see if I understand it (and to
highlight a potential problem I see):
Scenario: A general resolution is proposed, describing a proposed
numbering and naming of the next Debian Distribution after woody. Two
amendments
are made, asking for a different nu
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 10:56:23PM -0500, Buddha Buck wrote:
> Minor: When creating the winning criteria table, include only rows
> where the "votes in favor" column equals or exceeds the "votes
> against", and do not include the i/i rows.
Ok to the first part, since this is required to ensur
A walkthrough of the proposed change, to see if I understand it (and to
highlight a potential problem I see):
Scenario: A general resolution is proposed, describing a proposed
numbering and naming of the next Debian Distribution after woody. Two amendments
are made, asking for a different nu
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 05:31:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
> Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > ! 2. Option A is said to Dominate option B if strictly more ballots
> > !prefer A to B than prefer B to A.
> > ! 3. All options which are Dominated by at least one other option are
> >
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 05:31
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
> Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > ! 2. Option A is said to Dominate option B if strictly more ballots
> > !prefer A to B than prefer B to A.
> > ! 3. All options which are Dominated by at least one other option are
>
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ! 2. Option A is said to Dominate option B if strictly more ballots
> !prefer A to B than prefer B to A.
> ! 3. All options which are Dominated by at least one other option are
> !discarded, and references to them in ballot papers w
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> While we're amending the constitution, I'd also like to fix a minor
> spelling problem (minimum was misspelled).
Also "no one" is mispelled, as "noone". "Noone" is an archaic
spelling of "noon", and has nothing to do with "no one".
Proposal -- patch the constitution as follows:
*** debian/constitution.txt Tue Sep 14 18:00:00 1999
--- new/constitution.txtThu Dec 14 18:41:05 2000
***
*** 197,205
nominated themselves and have not yet withdrawn, plus None Of The
Above. If None Of Th
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ! 2. Option A is said to Dominate option B if strictly more ballots
> !prefer A to B than prefer B to A.
> ! 3. All options which are Dominated by at least one other option are
> !discarded, and references to them in ballot papers
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> While we're amending the constitution, I'd also like to fix a minor
> spelling problem (minimum was misspelled).
Also "no one" is mispelled, as "noone". "Noone" is an archaic
spelling of "noon", and has nothing to do with "no one".
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Proposal -- patch the constitution as follows:
*** debian/constitution.txt Tue Sep 14 18:00:00 1999
--- new/constitution.txtThu Dec 14 18:41:05 2000
***
*** 197,205
nominated themselves and have not yet withdrawn, plus None Of The
Above. If None Of T
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