[ros-dev] Constitution

[Freworld]

If the forum is not the form you like I could include another form of 
website voting. You could also peculate voting mails on the mailing 
list. This project stands on a certain factor of trust.

A voting system on the website would be much more clear. If someone 
doesn't get a vote and then says it didn't happen you can give him a 
link to the vote and everything will be crystal clear.

Perhaps we should make a vote which voting system is preferred? :)

Greetings
Michael

Murphy, Ged (Bolton) wrote:

>Ge van Geldorp wrote:
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>>>From: Murphy, Ged (Bolton)
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>>>Another quick point to say that using the voting facility on 
>>>the board would remove the issue of giving a 'project 
>>>secretary' power in a secret vote. The software would control 
>>>that ..... And software doesn't lie or cheat  :)
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>>But the database administrator (i.e.: me) could... You're just moving the
>>power from the project secretary to the dba.
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>But you would have to manually edit the database and everyone would
>immediately notice the change as the results are updated in real-time for
>everyone to see. In that respect, although the DBA has the power to change
>it as they see fit, it would be very silly to do so.
>There will always be some level at which the results could be changed. If we
>had a secretary, some could break into their computer and alter the results,
>or they could be bribed. I think we have to accept this and draw a line at
>what we consider an acceptable, reliable and trustworthy control system.
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>I think using the forums is the best way of removing the power of
>controlling the votes from everyone.
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>I know you can be trusted not to alter the database, in the same way I can
>be trusted not to break into the database and alter it myself.
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>Using the forum voting system also removes any form of human error.
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>>>In the way the phpbb forums voting works, each voter will 
>>>only ever be able to make 1 vote, even if they have multiple 
>>>usernames, as only 1 of those usernames will be in the 
>>>'developer' group.
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>>>You can even go as far as making the forum hidden from 
>>>everyone not in the developer group ..... Although I think 
>>>this is wrong, and should be read only to everyone else.
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>>But every other developer still gets to see my vote I think? Doesn't sound
>>like a true secret ballot.
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>Although everyone can see the vote status, it's not possible to see who
>voted for a particular option. It's only evident that 'someone' has voted.
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>You could even go as far as setting your board preferences so that your name
>is not shown as being online when you logon. This will give complete
>anonymity.
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>Ged.
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