Thanks Ted, I did not know who had been nominated.
As to the 'vote adjustment', not my words but the words of Chris Baum in a post in another thread on this forum: "BUT: we will be monitoring the votes to ensure that the Winner is selected primarily by COG/GCE Members!
If we notice that more votes are coming in from Non Members than Members,,
we will do some type of FAIR adjustment.
WE do NOT expect this to happen, but I want to bring it up as a per-caution."
I am confused by the words 'fair' and 'adjustment' used together to apply to any type of vote.
Any and all 'fair' voting adjustments that I am aware of, currently as well as historically, are done BEFORE the vote; not a subtle difference in my experience or knowledge. Fair votes do not need any post vote adjustments. And all post vote adjustments that I am aware of are and were never intended to make the vote 'fair', they are and were intended to make the vote turn out the way the 'powers that be' desired it to turn out.
And one final thought: monitoring the other forum will not necessarily leave readers informed of what is going on due to possible post deletions, post alterations, thread deletions, censorship, etc.
All of that aside, I do hope you personally have a great time again with the OTP folks again this year. I know you are heavily involved, contribute a lot of your time and effort toward it, and enjoy it immensely. I hope that continues on for you as the OTP program changes.
Best Rgds,
Brian
Sure, I'll post the names.
NOTE: At the beginning we had more Candidates, but some had to decline the Nomination for personal reasons.
The 5 Candidates are; Drumroll please!!
Mark Hartman
Charlie Gary
Chris Baum
Mike Aldea
Al Norcross
NOTE: The easiest way to know what is going on is to monitor the countless Discussions on the other Forum.
Answer to Important question from BDF.
I have no idea what you mean about adjusting the vote?
Adjusting the vote is not possible.
{Dave is collecting the votes, and keeping COG numbers etc to ensure we have records of all votes that come in}.
Over the Years, we've found that the Better Known Candidate has a huge advantage.
Because we see that, Hans and I have worked to find ways to give the Lesser known candidates a better chance.
This year we went back to allowing Forum subscribers, Significant Others, and Non Members to vote (by Joining COG/GCE or donating to Over the Pond).
This brings $$ into OtP, brings in COG and GCE Members, involves people that have not yet joined the clubs (but are interested),
and (hopefully) gives the Lesser known Candidates a better chance to win.
(Note: Forum subscribers, Significant Others, and Non Members have always been able to vote).
Possibly he considers this as an adjustment? I suggest we ask him....
Before anyone says; The Winner can be elected by a Candidate Buying votes,,,,.
He can not. Because it is NOT POSSIBLE.
In the rules we stated that we would monitor all votes and if we see this as a problem, we will take action.
It has proved to be a non issue as (at this time) only about 3-4 votes have come in this way.
As I said above; {Dave is collecting the votes, and keeping COG numbers etc to ensure we have records of all votes that come in}.
NOTE: I {intentionally} do not see the votes until after the Winner is selected.
By not knowing who is ahead, I can be neutral and help "all" the Candidates.
I do talk to Dave regularly to check on any issues he may see. To date, none have been noted.
(Approx. 120 votes have been sent in at this time)..
Ride safe, Ted