response 100 of 117:

Nov 20 15:14 UTC 1995

Stop there! A survey about 10% of the size of last year's would be just
about right... 8->.

response 102 of 117:

Nov 22 13:05 UTC 1995

  Just sent out the survey, due in a week.  18 questions, with
1-5 lines per answer (depending on the question), compared to
last year's 27 questions with 2 lines per answer.  I considered
Rane's suggestion, but 2.7 questions fell short of probing the
full range of information and opinions I was interested in.  :-)

response 104 of 117:

Nov 22 23:38 UTC 1995

Hm, 2.7..."What is your name?  What is your quest?  What is "

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response 106 of 117:

Nov 28 12:23 UTC 1995

I've added a "Candidates' Statements" menu to the vote program.
It will be accessible when the election starts December 1. I
mailed all the candidates about this a couple of days ago, to
give them time to prepare statements.

response 108 of 117:

Dec 1 14:17 UTC 1995

I voted!  I noticed that the candidates' statements were listed in
order of increasing length.  Was wondering if this was intentional
or random.

response 110 of 117:

Dec 1 14:47 UTC 1995

Re #108: It was random. In fact, every time you run the vote program,
the order in which the candidates' names and statements are presented
is randomized--so if you run it again, you'll probably see the
statements in a different order than you did the first time. I put
in this feature back when I first wrote the vote program, to avoid
any bias that might result from listing the candidates in a particular
order. Larry Kestenbaum (polygon) suggested this.

Re #109: I'll probably have to re-create it. I assume you want it to
distinguish between members' and non-members' votes. Although since
we no longer have voting quotas, is it that important that it be
available?

response 112 of 117:

Dec 1 21:50 UTC 1995

  It would be nice John, just so people could know what the numbers
are.  But it isn't a priority.  I'd be just as happy if every three or
four days you mentioned the totals, if you can just look at something
quickly and tell.   Hmmm.  But you said you needed to write code.  So
that probably isn't the case, or you'd have done that already.  Well,
whatever.

response 114 of 117:

Dec 2 14:14 UTC 1995

Just took a look--at approx. 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, December 2,
22 people have voted. 15 members, 7 non-members.

response 116 of 117:

Dec 3 22:16 UTC 1995

A GOLD STAR for whomever suggested it. It has an interesting consequence:
while a fixed order might influence voting (which is why vote order
is randomized even with fixed-order ballots), presenting a random order
*influences the vote randomly*. I suppose this helps cancel out the effect
of people that automatically vote for the first (or last) four names.....