[EM] Voting reform statement - method of consensus drafting

2011-08-17 Thread Michael Allan
Jameson Quinn wrote: I've made this draft statement into a google doc ... Probably we should continue to discuss here for a while longer, but feel free to also make suggested changes over there... I want to suggest an alternative method of drafting, one that might integrate better with the

Re: [EM] Voting reform statement - method of consensus drafting

2011-08-17 Thread Jameson Quinn
I appreciate the idea, and I think it has promise. Having just logged in and patched my statement to equal yours, though, I think that the process is still too complicated for a not-explicitly-techie audience. For instance, even I (a relatively savvy guy; for instance, a regular user of git and

Re: [EM] Voting reform statement - method of consensus drafting

2011-08-17 Thread Michael Allan
Jameson Quinn wrote: I appreciate the idea, and I think it has promise. Having just logged in and patched my statement to equal yours, though, I think that the process is still too complicated for a not-explicitly- -techie audience. ... I agree, it's not beta ready and I wouldn't recommend

[EM] Voting reform statement - new draft, please give opinions

2011-08-17 Thread Jameson Quinn
I have done a significant rewrite to the voting reform statement on Google Docshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyJLxI9dciXBbowM5mougnbGHzkL3Ue1QkD8nnMwWLg/edit?hl=en_US. The new draft is pasted below. Please, go to the