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Mark, I've worked on the STV briefing paper and should have it complete
today in Draft. Will share with the committee as soon as done, and it may
have some of what you ask in there.


Best,
Simon Anderson
CEO, DreamHost


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Radcliffe, Mark <
Mark.Radcliffe at dlapiper.com> wrote:

> Thanks.  In order to adopt the voting system for the Board which is
> governed by Delaware corporate law, we are going to need to describe it in
> a manner which a neutral, non-technical decision maker (i.e. a judge) can
> understand. And we need to make sure that we make clear which "option" we
> are choosing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monty Taylor [mailto:mordred at inaugust.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 4:30 AM
> To: Radcliffe, Mark
> Cc: elections-committee at lists.openstack.org
> Subject: Re: [Elections-committee] New Voting Measures
>
> Hey Mark! For Condorcet, we use Schwartz, specifically the CIVS
> implementation from Cornell. I'm on my phone right now, but as soon as I'm
> at my computer, I'll send you more details.
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Radcliffe, Mark" <Mark.Radcliffe at dlapiper.com> wrote:
>
> >STV and Condorcet both appear to have several possible methods of
> implementation.   I have reviewed materials on the STV and Condorcet voting
> systems, but I am still learning about them.  For example, the Condorcet
> method appears to have three options for selecting winners: Borda, IRV and
> Schwartz Sequential Dropping (SSD).
> >
> >If anyone on the list has materials that would assist me in better
> understanding these voting systems, in particular the available options and
> the features where a choice must be made (i.e.to implement STV, what
> issues require a selection of options), please send me those references.
> >
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