On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 09:26:53AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> To select "events coordinators", for example, we might want to have > >> five people each on a different continent, even though three of the > >> best events coordinators happen to be in Europe, on the basis that > >> one European, one North American and one South/Latin American would > >> be more useful than three Europeans. > > > BTW, that's the question of whether a single election with multiple > > winners is the right election to use. In that case, it's better to > > simply have five elections, one for each continent, but allowing the > > same candidate to run for more than one seat. :) > > If the same candidate wins all elections, or if people from one > city win all elections, would that be an acceptable outcome?
I wasn't trying to provide an end-all solution to the said problem :) -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]