[Koha] Voting for the Kohacon 2014 location

[Nicole Engard]

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 10:47 AM, MJ Ray <mjr at 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