On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 17:38 +0530, Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > 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.
Mind if I suggest something? Every subscriber to ilugc is listed here with their email address: <http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/roster/ilugc>. The perfect tool for this job is the Condorcet Internet Voting Service: <http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html>. Using the user roster, send each voter a unique key to the poll on CIVS. Then wait a week, close the poll, and look at the results. As a bonus, since it uses a method more sophisticated than a simple plurality, it makes the voting that much more fun. As a second bonus, you can view the source if you want. -- Regards, Roshan George <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
