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Voting Results Overview
Term of Office for SVLUG President/Vice President (Sept 2004)
17 votes were tallied.
| Choice | Abbrev | Description |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | 01-2YEARS-OK | The tradition is 2-year terms. Don't change it. |
| #2 | 04-1YEAR-OK | The terms should be changed to 1 year terms. |
| #3 | 07-IEEE-OK | Borrow a system from a local IEEE chapter - the president-elect serves as assistant to the president for a year before actually becoming president for a year. |
| #4 | 06-1YEARS-RUN | 1 year terms are acceptable to me - I may consider running now or in the future for such a term. |
| #5 | 02-2YEARS-NO | No, 2-year terms are too long. |
| #6 | 03-2YEARS-RUN | 2 year terms are acceptable to me - I may consider running now or in the future for such a term. |
| #7 | 08-IEEE-NO | No, don't use the IEEE system because that's the purpose of the VP, and it doesn't bring an elected candidate to office immediately. |
| #8 | 05-1YEAR-NO | No, 1-year terms are too short. |
| #9 | 09-IEEE-RUN | The IEEE system is acceptable to me - I may consider running now or in the future for such a term. |
Description of Voting Topic
Feedback we're hearing while looking for candidates for SVLUG President and Vice President indicate that there may be interest in changing the term of the office from the current two years. Please rank all of the following statements which you agree with at all, in numerical order starting from strongest agreement (1, as in 1st choice) to the number of the last choice with which you agree. (Be honest about whether you'd consider running now or in the future, because it helps distinguish plain opinions from effects on future volunteers. Yes, we might contact you if we have trouble finding candidates. But if you can't help right now, we'll just have to accept no for an answer.)For more information see the corp.sbay.org web site. This poll will close Tuesday, September 7 at 5PM Pacific Time.
Background info: Dan Kionka founded the group originally as a PC Unix SIG in 1988, which quickly became a Linux group in the early 90's. He ran the group for 10 years until it was ready to fly on its own. The tradition of 2-year terms for the SVLUG President was established when Ben Spade became the first elected SVLUG president in 1998-1999. Chris DiBona was president in 2000, but had to step down after a year when he was moving out of the area. So the 2-year terms were shifted back a year to begin in odd-numbered years. Marc Merlin was president in 2001-2002. Don Marti is the current president, serving for the 2003-2004 term.
Detailed Results
The following tables show in detail how the results were obtained. Each of the "rounds" shown were separate passes through the data by the vote-counting software. Multiple passes are necessary to count an STV-style vote.
| Round #1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.000 valid votes, 8.500 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 01-2YEARS-OK | 6.000 | 35.29% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 3.000 | 17.65% | |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.000 | 17.65% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 11.76% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.000 | 11.76% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 5.88% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| 08-IEEE-NO | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| Round #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.000 valid votes, 8.500 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 01-2YEARS-OK | 6.000 | 35.29% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 3.000 | 17.65% | |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.000 | 17.65% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 11.76% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.000 | 11.76% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 5.88% | eliminated |
| Round #3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.000 valid votes, 8.500 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 01-2YEARS-OK | 6.000 | 35.29% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 3.000 | 17.65% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 3.000 | 17.65% | |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.000 | 17.65% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.000 | 11.76% | eliminated |
| Round #4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.000 valid votes, 8.500 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 01-2YEARS-OK | 6.000 | 35.29% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 5.000 | 29.41% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 3.000 | 17.65% | eliminated |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.000 | 17.65% | eliminated |
| Round #5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.000 valid votes, 7.500 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 01-2YEARS-OK | 8.000 | 53.33% | winner for Choice #1 (93.750% of each vote used, 6.250% transfers) |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 7.000 | 46.67% | |
| Round #6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.250 valid votes, 5.625 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 28.33% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 3.000 | 26.67% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 17.78% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.000 | 17.78% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 8.89% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 0.56% | |
| 08-IEEE-NO | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| Round #7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.250 valid votes, 5.625 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 28.33% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 3.000 | 26.67% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 17.78% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.000 | 17.78% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 8.89% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 0.56% | eliminated |
| Round #8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.188 valid votes, 5.594 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 28.49% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 3.000 | 26.82% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 17.88% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.000 | 17.88% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 8.94% | eliminated |
| Round #9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.188 valid votes, 5.594 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 28.49% | |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 3.000 | 26.82% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 3.000 | 26.82% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.000 | 17.88% | eliminated |
| Round #10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.188 valid votes, 5.594 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 5.000 | 44.69% | |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 28.49% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 3.000 | 26.82% | eliminated |
| Round #11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.188 valid votes, 4.594 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 04-1YEAR-OK | 6.000 | 65.31% | winner for Choice #2 (76.562% of each vote used, 23.438% transfers) |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 34.69% | |
| Round #12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.719 valid votes, 4.359 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 36.56% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 28.32% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 22.94% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 11.47% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 0.72% | |
| 08-IEEE-NO | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| Round #13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.719 valid votes, 4.359 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 36.56% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 28.32% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 22.94% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 11.47% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 0.72% | eliminated |
| Round #14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.656 valid votes, 4.328 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 36.82% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 28.52% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 23.10% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 11.55% | eliminated |
| Round #15 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.656 valid votes, 4.328 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.188 | 36.82% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 3.000 | 34.66% | |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 28.52% | eliminated |
| Round #16 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.891 valid votes, 3.445 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 07-IEEE-OK | 3.891 | 56.46% | winner for Choice #3 (88.554% of each vote used, 11.446% transfers) |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 3.000 | 43.54% | |
| Round #17 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.531 valid votes, 2.766 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 44.63% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 36.16% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 18.08% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 1.13% | |
| 08-IEEE-NO | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.000 | 0.00% | eliminated |
| Round #18 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.531 valid votes, 2.766 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 44.63% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 36.16% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 18.08% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 1.13% | eliminated |
| Round #19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.469 valid votes, 2.734 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 45.14% | |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 2.000 | 36.57% | |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 18.29% | eliminated |
| Round #20 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.469 valid votes, 2.734 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 06-1YEARS-RUN | 3.000 | 54.86% | winner for Choice #4 (91.146% of each vote used, 8.854% transfers) |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 45.14% | |
| Round #21 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.552 valid votes, 1.776 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 02-2YEARS-NO | 2.469 | 69.50% | winner for Choice #5 (71.939% of each vote used, 28.061% transfers) |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 28.15% | |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 1.76% | |
| 08-IEEE-NO | 0.021 | 0.58% | |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.000 | 0.00% | |
| Round #22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.083 valid votes, 0.542 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 03-2YEARS-RUN | 1.000 | 92.31% | winner for Choice #6 (54.163% of each vote used, 45.837% transfers) |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 5.77% | |
| 08-IEEE-NO | 0.021 | 1.92% | |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.000 | 0.00% | |
| Round #23 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.542 valid votes, 0.271 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 08-IEEE-NO | 0.479 | 88.46% | winner for Choice #7 (56.522% of each vote used, 43.478% transfers) |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 11.54% | |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.000 | 0.00% | |
| Round #24 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.064 valid votes, 0.032 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 05-1YEAR-NO | 0.062 | 98.18% | winner for Choice #8 (50.928% of each vote used, 49.072% transfers) |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.001 | 1.82% | |
| Round #25 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.001 valid votes, 0.001 required to win | |||
| Selection | Votes | Percent | Notes |
| 09-IEEE-RUN | 0.001 | 100.00% | winner for Choice #9 (50.000% of each vote used, 50.000% transfers) |
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