On Wed, 21 May 2003 14:27:53 -0400, Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 2) Would an amendment to (a) to the following effect be acceptable > and > clear up nomenclature issues: > Replace A.6.2-4 in the proposed amendment with: > 2. Procedural Definitions > a. V(A,B): For any options A and B, V(A,B) is defined as the number > of ballots cast that rank option A higher than option B > b. margin of A over B: The margin of A over B M(A,B) = V(A,B)-V(B,A) > Note that M(A,B) = -M(B,A) > c. defeats: For any options A and B, A defeats B if and > only if M(A,B) > 0 > d. Acceptable: An option A other than the default option is > considered "acceptable" if and only if M(A,default) >= R, > where R is the "quorum requirement" for the vote. This changes the meaning of Quorum as used by Debian. In Debian, quorum is used to ensure there a modicum of interest in an option -- so, if R people vote for an option, there is interest. It does not matter how many people vote _against_ the option -- Quorum is not used to ensure a margin of victory. Indeed, once it has been established that a sufficient segment of the voting population is interested in an option, the cloneproof SSD condorcet method is perfectly capable of determining winners -- and close winners ought to be acceptable, no? (Remember, our current DPL won by just 4 votes in the closest pairwise race). If you meant to change the meaning of quorum, I must confess I disagree. > e. Superacceptable: An option A with a supermajority > requirement of N:M is considered superacceptable if and > only if M*V(A,default) > N:V(default,A). > f. Pairwise defeat: A pairwise defeat is an ordered pair of > options (A, B) where A defeats B. > g. "weaker" A pairwise defeat (A,B) is considered weaker than > pairwise defeat (C,D) if V(A,B) < V(C,D) > 3. Dropped options > a. Any non-default option A which is not acceptable is dropped > b. Any option A with a supermajority requirement which is not > superacceptable is dropped. > 4. Create a list of all pairwise defeats (A,B), where neither A nor > B > are dropped, sorted by V(A,B). > with related changes elsewhere to use these definition. So, to answer your question, no, I would not find this acceptable for my version of the GR, for the reasons presented above. manoj -- "No! We will not die like dogs. We will fight like lions!" The Three Amigos Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C