Here here.

I think Alan has made excellent points below.

D

Darlene A. Thompson
Community Access Program Administrator
Nunavut Dept. of Education / N-CAP
P.O. Box 1000, Station 910
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Phone: (867) 975-5631
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E-mail: dthompson@gov.nu.ca

Very sensible to me!
Carlton

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Alan Greenberg
wrote:
> I will not be able to join the meeting this week, but I wanted to put my
> comments on the "vote" decision here. They will not come as a surprise to
> those who have heard me talk about this before.
>
> We use BigPulse to "emulate" voting in person in a public meeting with
> others present in the room. We should make every effort to come as close to
> the face-to-face vote as possible.
>
> That means:
> - As the vote is proceeding, we can see how many people have voted.
> - As the vote is proceeding, we can see who has voted.
> - As the vote is proceeding, we can see how each person has voted.
> - The order of the options should NOT change as the vote proceeds.
> - Outsiders who cannot vote can look at the interim results.
>
> I see no reason to allow people to change their vote given the short time we
> have for voting, but I have no really strong feelings about this. In a
> face-to-face vote, one can raise their hand a bit late, or lower it before
> the hands are counted.
>
> I think that the visibility of such a pole will encourage everyone to vote,
> and allow others in a region to "remind" people who have not yet voted.
>
> Alan
>
>
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Alan, I don't have any strong objections to what you're proposing,
but would just like to know why:

- As the vote is proceeding, we can see how each person has voted.

My preference is for information about how people voted to only be
disclosed once the vote has ended.

I know people should not be swayed by how others have voted, but I
think it human nature that some might be (might be.) As we agree
people should not be allowed to change their vote (recognizing need
to avoid ambiguous questions we've had occasionally in the past) I
don't see any benefit in disclosure while the vote is progressing.

About the call. I will join, but after about an hour (15:00) may need
to switch phones to a mobile. I need to leave the call shortly after
15:30. Any votes in the first hour please.

Thanks,

Adam

At 2:47 AM -0400 5/25/09, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>I will not be able to join the meeting this week, but I wanted to
>put my comments on the "vote" decision here. They will not come as a
>surprise to those who have heard me talk about this before.
>
>We use BigPulse to "emulate" voting in person in a public meeting
>with others present in the room. We should make every effort to come
>as close to the face-to-face vote as possible.
>
>That means:
>- As the vote is proceeding, we can see how many people have voted.
>- As the vote is proceeding, we can see who has voted.
>- As the vote is proceeding, we can see how each person has voted.
>- The order of the options should NOT change as the vote proceeds.
>- Outsiders who cannot vote can look at the interim results.
>
>I see no reason to allow people to change their vote given the short
>time we have for voting, but I have no really strong feelings about
>this. In a face-to-face vote, one can raise their hand a bit late,
>or lower it before the hands are counted.
>
>I think that the visibility of such a pole will encourage everyone
>to vote, and allow others in a region to "remind" people who have
>not yet voted.
>
>Alan
>
>
>
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