On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Kevin Kofler<kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Fedora contributors elected representatives. > > The word "representative" contains "represent". You're supposed to represent > the opinions of the people who elected you, not just your own. And how in the world can you tell who elected you? Especially in the range voting method where you are at best seeing who didn't vote for you if you didn't get X number of votes. At most an inference is that in the limited number of votes is that you were voted for by the same people who voted for the people who are disagreeing with you. Range voting basically removes 'mandates' from candidates because it tries to deal as well as possible with Arrow's paradox. In the end, your best bet of knowing who 'your' constituency is voting your conscience. You also do your best by listening to the community as a whole and try to figure out what they are asking agrees with your conscience. If over time your conscience doesn't agree over time you will be voted out. [If anything I can see in Range Voting it is that you are voting against candidates.. not really for them] > Kevin Kofler > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
