Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Borda Count

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Feb 13, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Robert Heinich wrote:

> So while the Borda Count promotes candidates who are are more broadly
> accepted in a community, is it really necessary if the community uses
> collaborative decision-making?

We currently have a nominating committee and every year there have  
been some people who were unhappy with the candidates or the process  
or the manner in which the slate was presented. To some extent this is  
because we have not defined the process clearly enough. One reason we  
haven't done that is because those who want change, don't want to  
spend anytime fixing something they view as a fundamentally not a good  
one.

On the person who thought I was presumptuous to assume everyone knew  
what a Borda count was, the question was what communities are using  
it. If you were using it you would know.

The most accessible information on the Borda Count as well as on other  
voting processes is Wikipedia. I find it to be the best first source  
on just about everything.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org