[Foundation-l] Future Board election procedures and guidelines

[Thomas Dalton]

> Yes. And in fact the diffrences of the numbers of votes for Dany (no.
> 6) and Frieda (no. 3) is just 37 votes. It is just 0.88% of all
> votes... I personally have a feeling that it was just a matter of luck
> who won the election for 3rd possiton. The difference between Oscar
> and Frieda is just 20 votes - it is less than 0.5% of votes...

It was luck. It's simply a result of which people happened to vote. If
you get a large enough turnout, the error caused by the people voting
not being a representative sample of the whole electorate becomes
insignificant. We didn't get a large enough turnout.

I think this is one of the main problems with approval voting - the
errors are magnified by the fact that there is no way to tell the
difference between "this person is great!" and "this person will do, I
suppose...". A different voting system, or a 2 round approval system
would probably help. As would improving turnout, I suppose.