On 05/16/2014 03:41 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > 2014-05-16 17:14 GMT+02:00 Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>: > >> On 2014-05-16, 12:06 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: >>> >>> - maybe this is the most interesting, the Open Source Initiative used >>> "evote" (https://github.com/mdipierro/evote), will paste the full email >>> from OSI: >>> >>> **** >>> At the Open Source Initiative, we just used E-Vote to conduct a member >>> election, and I was pretty happy with the process (I was the admin): >>> >>> https://elections.opensource.org/ >>> >>> We contracted with E-Vote's author, Massimo DiPierro, to set it up for >>> us, which he did a fine job of. I expect we'll continue to use it. >>> >>> It does use people's email addresses to send them their ballots, but the >>> ballots themselves are anonymous. (Technically, the election admin >>> could use database access to figure out who did what, I suppose, but >>> that's the only point of trust; the election itself can be verified by >>> others without anyone's identities or votes being revealed.) >>> **** >>> >> More on the evote project (I wonder if we should contact Massimo), the >> 'features' listed on the OSI site: >> >> - The system is open source and anybody can check the source code. The >> code is small and written in the Python language. This makes it easy for >> professionals in the field to check it. >> >> - The system can run as a service and one installation can run mutiple >> elections. Anybody can login into the system, create a new election, >> register voters and managers, and customize the ballot using an easy to >> use WYSIWYG interface. >> >> - The system communicates with voters and managers by email. >> >> - Voters do not need to login into the system to vote. They only need to >> click on the link in the notification email, fill a web form and submit. >> >> - Each voter can only vote once per election. >> >> - Results are computed automatically at closing of the election and >> published. >> >> - Voting is completely anonymous. Even a hacker with a complete database >> dump of the system would not be able to link voters to ballots. >> >> - Each voter can check at any time that his vote has been properly >> recorded and not alatered. >> >> - Each voter can independenty and at any time perform an election recount. >> >> - Upon voting, each voter receives an email recipt containing a copy of >> their filled and anonymized ballot. >> >> - Managers are notified by email when a new vote is cast and receive a >> copy of the anonimized ballot. >> >> - All ballots, anonymized and digitally signed, are published, along >> with instruciton to verify the digital signature. >> >> >> >> -jeff >> >> > > Hi Jeff, all > > After spending some time and several trials with opensource.org system I > haven't been able to perform a successful vote test. We need to create as > many questions as votes and even it seems to work, afterwards it doesn't > collect the votes correctly. It's a pity because I like the system, > apparently is meant for asking just one question of the three types offered > (ranking, select or multiselect). With more time I would try to solve the > issue I came across. It was funny to see Karl Fogel has opened several > tickets on this project (he's the author of the "Producing Open Source > Software" classic book). > > On the other hand, and that's important, I think we need to know who is > voting to identify which charter members are not active on their only > required activity for the foundation so far. That system focuses seriously > on anonymity and for this matter at least the CRO needs to know who is > voting and who is not. > > > On the other hand I've done some tests with opina and I think it fits all > our requirements. > > 1) Import a CSV of contacts into the system http://i.imgur.com/WWh24mI.png > 2) Customize the invitation mail http://i.imgur.com/o2OPHfu.png > 3) Select a private survey sending a different password to any member > http://i.imgur.com/hM5EG6D.png > 4) Receive an email http://i.imgur.com/K2OdjQF.png > 5) Access the survey (you have the choice to save and continue later) > http://i.imgur.com/nIcgmKs.png > 6) Track who voted, see results and export to CSV and SPSS formats > http://i.imgur.com/BlHOvZe.png > > All that can be used as a service for free, there is no pricing model, and > if we are going to use it a lot we can think afterwards on installing it at > our server (I'm wondering if we can use this type of survey soft to ask > ideas and feedback to our members, but that's another story). > > What do you think? > >
If we really want to do it ourselves, LimeSurvey is quite robust. http://www.limesurvey.org/en/ Not hard to install mysql/php etc... Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
