Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-10-03 Thread Nicole Engard
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:47 AM, MJ Ray 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

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-10-01 Thread MJ Ray
On 09/24/13 17:44, Galen Charlton wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Paul Poulain > wrote: >> well, last year way of calculating could result in the following : >> * 100 ppl voted Argentina #1 and Nigeria #2 >> * 90 ppl voted Nigeria #1 only >> * none voted Argentina #1 or (Nigeria #1 an

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Paul Poulain wrote: > Le 24/09/2013 18:44, Galen Charlton a écrit : > > Thanks for clarifying. And I think that this example makes it clear > > that this particular voting scheme should never be used again for > > conference selection, as I can't see how such

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Paul Poulain
Le 24/09/2013 18:44, Galen Charlton a écrit : > Thanks for clarifying. And I think that this example makes it clear > that this particular voting scheme should never be used again for > conference selection, as I can't see how such an outcome could possibly > be justified absent an explicit "none

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Paul Poulain wrote: > well, last year way of calculating could result in the following : > * 100 ppl voted Argentina #1 and Nigeria #2 > * 90 ppl voted Nigeria #1 only > * none voted Argentina #1 or (Nigeria #1 and Argentina #2) > > Nigeria = 90*2+50*1 = 23

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Paul Poulain
Le 24/09/2013 17:48, Galen Charlton a écrit : > Hi, > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Paul Poulain > wrote: > > To avoid a misunderstanding this year, could we explain now how will the > poll work ? > There are only two choices this year -- what way w

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Galen Charlton
Hi, On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Paul Poulain wrote: > To avoid a misunderstanding this year, could we explain now how will the > poll work ? > There are only two choices this year -- what way would establishing a points scheme matter? Whichever bids gets the larger number of first place vo

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Mirko
Good question from Paul, good answer from Olugbenga. The location with the most #1 votes wins and you have to rank #1 and #2, otherwise you will get an error. There is no way to choose between "don't mind going" and "would never go there". We only have to options, everything else seemed overly com

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Tomas Cohen Arazi
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Paul Poulain wrote: > Le 23/09/2013 21:53, Mirko a écrit : > > Dear Koha community, > Dear Koha community, > > > you can now vote for the location of the Kohacon 2014 conference. > > The survey requires your email address, and your IP address is kept > > until we

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Olugbenga Adara
Hello Paul, > From: Paul Poulain >Last year (or was it in 2011 ?) there was some misunderstandings about >the poll: the location that was placed 1 got 5 points, 2nd=4 points, >3rd=3 points,... >BUT: if one just choose one location, it got 5 points, and all others 0 >points. >The idea being: >* c

Re: [Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-24 Thread Paul Poulain
Le 23/09/2013 21:53, Mirko a écrit : > Dear Koha community, Dear Koha community, > you can now vote for the location of the Kohacon 2014 conference. > The survey requires your email address, and your IP address is kept > until we have the final results. Please be nice and only vote once. Last yea

[Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

2013-09-23 Thread Mirko
Dear Koha community, you can now vote for the location of the Kohacon 2014 conference. The survey requires your email address, and your IP address is kept until we have the final results. Please be nice and only vote once. Your option are Córdoba (Argentina) and Ibadan (Nigeria). A little informa