Re: Call for Consensus - "Use 'Schulze STV' for voting"

On Fri, 16 May 2014 14:35:03 +0200, Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org> wrote:

>
> On 5/15/2014 8:02 PM, Charles McCathie Nevile wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> this issue has run around for a long time. This is a first attempt to  
>> record a *consensus* among this group, on the following proposition:
>>
>> For elections where there is more than one candidate to be chosen, such  
>> as TAG and AB elections, W3C should adopt the Schulze method of  
>> determining the winners as described in  
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_STV
>>
>> Please vote in reply to this thread, before May 30. I will tally the  
>> results on 1 June (although they will be public, so anyone else can do  
>> so too).
>>
>> Please do not reply to this thread *except* to vote.
>>
>> Silence will be considered assent to any consensus position, without  
>> prejudice to other preferences. (In english, not voting means "I don't  
>> really care right now").
>
> I think it is unreasonable to have a voting system where silence is  
> considered assent to consensus.  Especially since many of the voting  
> public  might not even read this thread.

It appears to me that this approach is the common property of *all* votes  
I have *ever* seen conducted at W3C, but I'm willing to entertain the idea  
that it is wrong.

> I think that "silence as assent" is far worse than either the current  
> AB/TAG voting system or STV. Hence I believe it is an inappropriate  
> means to establish a consensus/vote in this case.

How else do you propose we interpret members of this group not voting on  
this issue?

> To be clear, I therefore explicitly am not being silent.

If you would explicitly support or reject the proposition that would help  
gauge whether there is a consensus for or against in this CG. I cannot  
tell if you mean to explicitly oppose the proposal, or simply want to  
register an objection to the fact I plan to assume not voting is the same  
as saying "I don't really care about this question right now".

cheers

Chaals

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Received on Friday, 16 May 2014 16:47:38 UTC