Re: electors
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: electors
- From: t*@lanl.gov (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 15:49:01 -0600
Bill writes
:If a particular West Coast iris does
:not do well on the East Coast or Central, oops almost said coast <grin> those
:judges don't have the opportunity to vote AGAINST that iris. Instead, they
:vote for other irises, which in effect, splits their potential voting power.
:NOW, if they all voted FOR one particular iris then they could sway the next
:Dykes Medal Winner. OR if they had the power to vote AGAINST an iris,
:then they
:could greatly affect the DM winner! It's not how you count the votes, but all
:in the distribution.
:
My suggestion of a few days back regarding using an _average rating_
rather than a _vote total_ would also address this problem.
I'm surprised my comments did not attract attention. I thought this
bunch was more uppity than that. ;)
Cheers, Tom.
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Tom Tadfor Little tlittle@lanl.gov -or- telp@Rt66.com
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