+1 from me as well & I hope this comes to be passed. -hilmar
Sent from away > On Mar 8, 2017, at 6:43 AM, Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> > wrote: > > (Background: > > We discussed voting systems extensively on spi-private and spi-general > in July and August 2017. > > Recently, the Board asked me to > > draft a resolution to replace the existing Condrocet-based voting > algorithm with a more appropriate algorithm, taking into account any > existing feedback from spi-general, in time for the March meeting > (2017-MAR-13). > > We have had a renewed discussion here on spi-general.) > > Since my previous draft resolution, there have been no comments that > lead me to want to make any changes. I've had positive feedback from > the Secretary. I think the Board should vote on the resolution below. > (This is identical to the previous one but with the paragraph > numbering bug fixed.) > > NB that I will be offline on the 10th and 11th of March, and will have > only limited network access between then and the Board meeting. So if > there are any more comments, please make them ASAP. > > Ian. > > > WHEREAS > > 1. SPI should elect its Board using a roughly-proportional voting > system. Condorcet is good for single-winner elections but is > seriously lacking in proportionality in multi-winner elections such > as SPI's Board Elections. > > 2. SPI is not equipped to effectively design or analyse voting > systems. We wish to adopt a system widely used elsewhere, and > which is recommended by civil society organisations specialising in > voting reform. > > 3. The Single Transferrable Vote is the only proportional voting > system, suitable for SPI, which meets these criteria. > > 4. The Scottish STV variant is clearly specified; we have an > established and stable Free Software implementation of it; and it > is straightforward to (re)implement. Other STV variants appear to > lack some of these good properties. > > 5. Ian Jackson has offered to help with the implementation of STV for > SPI. > > THEREFORE THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES > > 6. Future elections to the SPI Board will be counted according to the > Scottish Single Transferrable Vote. Scottish STV will also be used > by SPI for any other multi-winner election. > > 7. Specifically, the algorithm to be used is that specified in > Rules 45-52 of the Scottish Local Government Elections Order > 2007 (a UK Statutory Instrument): > > http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/42/schedule/1/part/III/crossheading/counting-of-votes/made > > 8. The practical implementation will be by means of software; for > example, perhaps the openstv package in Debian. The choice of > software is up to the Secretary. However, any differences between > the Rules in the Order, and whatever software implementation is > chosen, are to be resolved in favour of the Rules. > > 9. The SPI Secretary is requested to liase with Ian Jackson, so that > the necessary changes to SPI software and infrastructure can be > identified and implemented. > > > -- > Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. > > If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is > a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter. > _______________________________________________ > Spi-general mailing list > Spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org > http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general _______________________________________________ Spi-general mailing list Spi-general@lists.spi-inc.org http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general
