On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:47 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
Actually, I think the example makes the opposite clear. Look at the possible outcomes:
If Argentina wins, 100 people go to the conference.
If Nigeria wins, 190 people go to the conference.
So it seems like Nigeria should win, doesn't it?
I'm pretty sure that voting system was adopted in order to maximise the number of people who get the opportunity of attending a kohacon. I think there used to be an instruction not to rank venues there was no chance you would attend.
Of course, it's not perfect and there may be better ways, but that's my understanding of what the points-based voting system was trying to do.
Hope that explains,
MJ is exactly right, that is why I did the survey the way I did in past years. Nicole