[Koha] Final Results for Koha Foundation Options

[Ben Ide]

Horowhenua Library Trust and a foundation specific to Koha win so long as we
don't count the "Non Votes" -- the set of non completed results -- or we
consider the polling a simple horse race with the winner of the first
category receiving 1st place, the winner of the second category receiving
2nd place, etc.

Taking all the votes in total and dividing by the number of potential votes
(1290 and 1806, respectively) gives this:

"Which organization should Koha align itself with for the time being?"
Total Votes % of Total Votes Horowhenua Library Trust 169 13.10% Software in
the Public Interest 129 10.00% International Federation of Library
Associations  118 9.15% Software Freedom Conservancy 122 9.46% None 109
8.45% Non completed 643 49.84%

"Which organization should Koha align itself with in the long term?" Total
Votes % of Total Votes Form a foundation specific to Koha 165 9.14%
Horowhenua Library Trust 123 6.81% Software in the Public Interest 87 4.82%
International Federation of Library Associations 86 4.76% Software Freedom
Conservancy 80 4.43% Form a foundation specific to library open source 128
7.09% Do nothing 60 3.32% Non completed 1077 59.63%

You see why I wondered about the "non completed" results?  :-)

We have a few statisticians, and I'd like to hear from them about this.
 Barring that, I agree with your assessment, Ian.

Thanks,
-- Ben

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Walls, Ian <Ian.Walls at med.nyu.edu> wrote:
> I believe, if I am interpreting the results correctly (and I qualify here
that my statistics background is quite limited), that HLT is the top choice
for a foundation to ally with right now, and SPI is the second choice.
>
> In the long term, forming a Koha-specific foundation is the top choice.
 I'm not too clear on what the second choice would be (either forming a more
general open source foundation, or staying allied with HLT, perhaps?).
>
> Someone with better statistics analysis skills should probably confirm
this before we start taking action, but that's what it looks like to me.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Ian Walls
> Systems Integration Librarian
> NYU Health Sciences Libraries
> 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016
> (212) 263-8687
>
>
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