<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Sellamat Jim !<BR></DIV>
<DIV>I would prefer the system with ranks; We can be interested by projects at various degrees (for example, I do not use exclusively Sambahsa, but sometimes write in other conlangs). </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Likewise, the system of the secret ballot is preferable for the sincerity of the vote. I think we can trust your honesty...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Olivier</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/">http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/</A><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">
<DIV class=plainMail><BR>Another method I'd like to suggest is instant-runoff voting (<BR><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting</A> ); we'd list the<BR>conlangs we'd like to learn in a ranked order, most to least<BR>preferred. If no conlang gets a majority of the first-choice votes,<BR>then we eliminate the conlang that got the fewest first-choice votes,<BR>and from the ballots that listed it as first choice, redistribute<BR>those people's votes to the conlangs that they listed as their second<BR>choice. Repeat as necessary until some conlang has a majority of<BR>first-choice votes.</DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail> </DIV>
<DIV class=plainMail><BR><BR>You can look up other possibilities at<BR><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-winner_voting_system" target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-winner_voting_system</A><BR><BR>Another issue is whether to have a secret ballot or open ballot. The<BR>only reason I can think of to have a secret ballot would be to avoid<BR>bruising the ego of anyone who is participating in the project and has<BR>a conlang of their own in the running, whether nominated by themselves<BR>or by someone else.<BR><BR>What do y'all think?<BR><BR>-- <BR>Jim Henry<BR><A href="http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/" target=_blank>http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>conlang_learners mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc574.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=conlang_learners@conlang.org" ymailto="mailto:conlang_learners@conlang.org">conlang_learners@conlang.org</A><BR><A
href="http://lists.conlang.org/listinfo.cgi/conlang_learners-conlang.org" target=_blank>http://lists.conlang.org/listinfo.cgi/conlang_learners-conlang.org</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>