Re: Election results

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: MJ Ray <mjr(at)phonecoop(dot)coop>
Cc: spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: Re: Election results
Date: 2007-08-07 15:11:26
Message-ID: 46B88B9E.3050800@commandprompt.com
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MJ Ray wrote:
> Neil McGovern wrote: [...]

> More generally, is SPI's type of Condorcet ever likely to elect
> someone who polarises views, or who many inexplicably dislike? What
> does this say for any plan to use a Condorcet for debian's social
> committee? Could majorities always prevent minority reps? For SPI,
> does this mean that candidates from smaller projects are at the mercy
> of the debian project?

No I believe they are at the mercy of what the majority feel are
reasonable views.

Note that I have zero, nadda, zip to do with the Debian project, yet I
was still elected.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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