Dear participants, I wrote to Mike Ossipoff (19 March 2005): > I can only comment on how you motivated wv at the EM > mailing list. Here, you used GMC from the very beginning. > And GMC was one of your main arguments for using wv.
Mike Ossipoff wrote to me (20 March 2005): > I introduced and proposed wv in 1994. I defined GMC, > first mentioned GMC, in 1996 or 1997. I wrote to Mike Ossipoff (20 March 2005): > Well, the EM mailing list has been created in 1996. > Therefore, it is not possible that you introduced > and proposed wv in 1994 to this mailing list. Mike Ossipoff wrote to me (21 March 2005): > You joined EM perhaps around 1996, but (big surprise > for you) EM had been in existence for years before you > joined. I introduced and proposed wv on EM in 1994. Could someone please confirm/refute Mike Ossipoff's claim that the EM mailing list already existed in 1994 and that Mike "introduced and proposed wv on EM in 1994"? ********* Rob Lanphier writes: http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/Election-methods_mailing_list > Electorama.com archive -- This is the official archive > for this list, which has all postings back to the > starting of the list in 1996. Thus, when I interpret Rob correctly then EM started in 1996. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
