Hello! :)
> On Dec 15, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Sam Ruby <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Apache Steve Community, mean Ian Jacobs. Ian Jacobs, meet the Apache Steve
> Community.
>
> To bring everybody up to speed, Ian works for the W3C, which is evaluating
> voting systems. Ian came across python-vote-core[1] and has been
> experimenting with it. Then I mentioned that the ASF employs STV in board
> elections, and he wanted to compare notes.
>
> Ian mentioned that he has found bugs with python-vote-core and got fixes. I
> mentioned that our software has been problem free for us for years.
>
> Ian mentioned that he hasn't been able to get visibility into
> python-vote-core obtains the results it does. I mentioned that our software
> can produce a debugging output showing every iteration.
>
> Ian mentioned that the Meek rule has a "keep factor" that he didn't yet
> understand. I mentioned that... oh, wait a minute. I didn't mention
> anything, because at this point I'm clearly over my head. Instead, I'm doing
> introductions. :-)
>
> As I said, Apache Steve Community, mean Ian Jacobs. Ian Jacobs, meet the
> Apache Steve Community.
>
> - Sam Ruby
