[Koha] Final Results for Koha Foundation Options

[Walls, Ian]

I think the non votes are due to people not putting all five options in order.  Say someone only voted for 

1. HLT
2. SPI

then didn't order the rest of the options, their votes would look like:

Org1: HLT
Org2: SPI
Org3: non-complete
Org4: non-complete
Org5: non-complete

Perhaps the way to analyze this give each group points based on how many votes they received in each of the 5 sections.  Getting a vote in Org1 would be worth 5 points, a vote in Org2 4 points, etc.  That would yield:

HTL:  737
SPI:  483
IFLA: 377
SFC:  386
none: 240

And using a similar weighting scheme for the long term results (Long1 = 6):

NEW:  900
HLT:  512
SPI:  309
IFLA: 249
SPC:  217
LIB:  607
None:  67

So, by this method, HLT then NEW are still the winners.  SPI is runner up for Org, and a more generic open source ILS foundation (LIB) is second for Long.  {a double-check on my arithmatic is requested, if anyone has the time]

Changing the weighting would of course change the outcome.  Would it make sense to degrade the point value for each rank based on how many people actually filled in an option for that rank?

Regardless, it seems clear to me that there is a pretty strong preference for HLT being our next step.

Cheers,


Ian Walls
Systems Integration Librarian
NYU Health Sciences Libraries
550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016
(212) 263-8687



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From: Ben Ide [benide at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:01 PM
To: Walls, Ian
Cc: Koha-Mailingliste
Subject: Re: [Koha] Final Results for Koha Foundation Options

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<mailto: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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