Re: electing multiple people
On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 02:47:20PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > Or, we could elect a list directly (ie each option is a list of people
> > > willing to work together as SC), which would allow to elect a SC which
> > > is actually representative for Debian.
> > This means parties, and I don't see any proof that this would help with
> > being representative?
>
> It doesn't necessarily mean parties in the normal sense. You could, eg,
> have two rounds of nominations; first letting people nominate themselves
> to be on the committee, then letting the nominees pick their "dream team",
> so if your nominees for a three person committee are Alice, Bob, Carol,
> Dave, Eve, and Fred, they might pick their teams as:
>
> Alice, Carol, Eve
> Bob, Carol, Fred
> Carol, Bob, Alice
> Dave, Bob, Carol
> Eve, Alice, Bob
> Fred, Carol, Dave
>
> ie, you can get a genuine mix, rather than just a party-line split
> (Alice, Carol, Eve versus Bob, Dave and Fred, eg).
Another problem is how to determine the number and choice of permutations
to use if there are e.g. 10 candidates who suggest 40 options? A huge ballot
is quite unwieldy, and its sorting sounds like an easily contested issue :)
--
2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Reply to: