On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:47 AM, MJ Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I think the example makes the opposite clear. Look at the > possible outcomes: > > If Argentina wins, 100 people go to the conference. > > If Nigeria wins, 190 people go to the conference. > > So it seems like Nigeria should win, doesn't it? > > I'm pretty sure that voting system was adopted in order to maximise the > number of people who get the opportunity of attending a kohacon. I > think there used to be an instruction not to rank venues there was no > chance you would attend. > > Of course, it's not perfect and there may be better ways, but that's my > understanding of what the points-based voting system was trying to do. > > Hope that explains, > > MJ is exactly right, that is why I did the survey the way I did in past years.
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