Dear Forest! My suggestion is to use the small group version of DFC (raise hands for approval, let a random person (or the chair) propose a candidate, validate by raising hands that the proposed candidate is not beaten by any more approved. If so, let a different candidate be proposed until one is found which is not beaten by any more approved one).
Yours, Jobst Simmons, Forest wrote: > I'm interested in hearing a variety of ideas for voting in small > groups where, for example, hands can be raised, repeated balloting is > not a problem, etc. > > One application I have in mind is text book selection. At PCC all > sections of Calculus 251 must use the same text book. The math > Subject Area Curriculum Committee, the "Math SACC," has the > responsibility for selecting the text. The current practice is to > have a subcommittee narrow down the field, and then have the whole > Math SACC vote on the finalists. > > Another application is for the math hiring committee. Currently this > committee narrows down the field from a hundred or so applicants to a > number between ten and twenty to interview. After the interviews > they narrow the number down to something between three and six. Then > the campus dean makes the final decision of who gets hired. > > I have other applications in mind, too, such as a group deciding > which tourist attraction to visit next when there are several to > choose from and only limited time, or a deciding which restaurant to > go to, etc. > > Forest > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for > list info ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
