[top-politics] Re: Content added to Wiki

Magnus — 2006-11-27 16:14:23+0100

-No, I explanied wrongly first time.
The aim is to speed up in case of a majority switch since otherwise,
the accumulated support would have to decrease a time from the initial
side until it could start build up on the new side.
With the zeroing, this is shortened a bit since only built up on the
new side has to be made before the acc. support reaces +1 or -1.
The total time will be enough long anyway since we have had a switch in
majority and the first side build up is “waisted” time.
No other aims.

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[top-politics] Re: Content added to Wiki

echarp — 2006-11-27 15:52:53+0100

> But what would be the name for d?
> Participation constant?

The point is, not to have a constant :)

Besides, it is no such thing, because it can be changed.

It could be called a “ratification threshold” (buffer does seem
strange). The one above which proposals are passed. When you explain it
you would then just describe the calculation, and: “this goes on until a
democratically chosen ratification threshold is reached” :)

Read more… / Lire plus…

> > One consequence is that all proposals will be evolving at each iteration
> > unless their (yes-no)=0.
> > Does it have consequences?
>
> A very small risk indeed. But in those cases, I’m sure that the
> originatior of the proposal starts to build more opinion around his
> proposal in order to make it advance, jsut as he would do if there are
> too few voting making the progress very slow.
>
> > > In regards to close calls without a clear majority, wouldn’t it
> > > actually make sense for these to drag on until a proposal is
> > > satisfactory enough for a larger support to gather and tip the balance?
> >
> > Agreed.
> > And it would remove one “special case” and thus make it simpler to
> > implement :)
>
> See my answer above, we should have the resetting as an option,
> possible to use since there are many cases, today at least, which are
> very near even.
> It is possible to tell without more practical experiense if the option
> is needed or not, I would say.
> And is it really a big deal to implement?

Any “special case” or “option” is a big deal. Because it not only has to
be implemented, but also to be tested and supported. The inevitable
problems, bugs and evolutions will have to go around one more bump to be
properly corrected or implemented.

Every “special case” in a project, is one more rule to remember. The
less the better, for everybody, even the users.

echarp – http://leparlement.org

[top-politics] Re: Content added to Wiki

Serge — 2006-11-27 13:27:05+0100

For d, I guess one could call it ratification buffer. Not very inspired
now, but surely we can come up with a self-explanatory name.

In regards to the zeroing, Let me get this straight. The point of
zeroing the accumulated support each time the majority changes,
especially when the majority changes often, is to ensure the
deliberation takes longer and avoids the risk of a proposal passing
without real support. What are the other aims, if any, of the zeroing
step?

[top-politics] Re: Content added to Wiki

Magnus — 2006-11-27 10:25:39+0100

>One consequence is that all proposals will be evolving at each iteration
unless their (yes-no)=0.

Does it have consequences?

-A very small risk indeed. But in those cases, I’m sure that the
originatior of the proposal starts to build more opinion around his
proposal in order to make it advance, jsut as he would do if there are
too few voting making the progress very slow.

>> In regards to close calls without a clear majority, wouldn’t it
> actually make sense for these to drag on until a proposal is
> satisfactory enough for a larger support to gather and tip the balance?

Read more… / Lire plus…

>Agreed.
And it would remove one “special case” and thus make it simpler to
implement :)

-See my answer above, we should have the resetting as an option,
possible to use since there are many cases, today at least, which are
very near even.

It is possible to tell without more practical experiense if the option
is needed or not, I would say.

And is it really a big deal to implement?

>I’d like to
offer you a drink, and speak about all that!

-Programmers ready for the next step of democacy will be offered many
drinks by AD and the rest of mankind!! ;-)

[top-politics] Re: Content added to Wiki

Magnus — 2006-11-27 09:34:42+0100

>About recalculations, couldn’t a duplication step be included ahead of
the counting? This would ensure a snapshot of the voting position
remains available for reference should a malfunction / delay occur.

-Good idea!

>About formulas and making d and the process of accumulation over time
more intellegible, if I get this right, the basic logic is that for
proposals with a high proportion of the population voting and agreeing,

a proposal can be passed fairly quickly. Equally, if not many people
are voting or agreeing, then a proposal will drag on.

Read more… / Lire plus…

-Correct.

>Explaining this in layman’s terms therefore seems pretty
straightforward. You could define d=7 as corresponding to a period of
one week for ratification of a vote if 100% of the population votes in
favour. Accordingly, as the proportion of participation / support
drops, the time for ratification increases in proportion, which ensures

no loonie proposal can be passed discreetly and quickly without proper
participation and scrutiny. That would probably make it more
understandable than calling it a democratic constant.

-But what would be the name for d?
Participation constant?

>In regards to close calls without a clear majority, wouldn’t it
actually make sense for these to drag on until a proposal is
satisfactory enough for a larger support to gather and tip the balance?

-This could be discussed.
There is this aspect of it, but nver the less, in real life many things
seems to be quite even.

Maybe the zeroing of the accumulated support could be an option used if
the proposals seems to never end in an organization.

[top-politics] Re: Content added to Wiki

echarp — 2006-11-25 12:08:49+0100

On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:35:50PM -0000, Serge wrote:

>
> Hey,
>
> About recalculations, couldn’t a duplication step be included ahead of
> the counting? This would ensure a snapshot of the voting position
> remains available for reference should a malfunction / delay occur.

There should probably be something like that, to make sure calculations
are non destructive and can be traced back in time.

> About formulas and making d and the process of accumulation over time
> more intellegible, if I get this right, the basic logic is that for
> proposals with a high proportion of the population voting and agreeing,
> a proposal can be passed fairly quickly. Equally, if not many people
> are voting or agreeing, then a proposal will drag on.
>
> Explaining this in layman’s terms therefore seems pretty
> straightforward. You could define d=7 as corresponding to a period of
> one week for ratification of a vote if 100% of the population votes in
> favour. Accordingly, as the proportion of participation / support
> drops, the time for ratification increases in proportion, which ensures
> no loonie proposal can be passed discreetly and quickly without proper
> participation and scrutiny. That would probably make it more
> understandable than calling it a democratic constant.

Read more… / Lire plus…

This is exactly my point, to transform a constant in something more
comprehensible.

It also highlights the one remaining important item: “t”, the number of
iterations. Those iterations being over time, it in effects introduces
an interesting time factor.

One consequence is that all proposals will be evolving at each iteration
unless their (yes-no)=0.

Does it have consequences?

> > The argument for it is that the issue is well known by the voters and
> > majority switches might happen many times in even issues, 49/51 to
> > 51/49 etc. This might lead to very long voting times thus impractical.
>
> In regards to close calls without a clear majority, wouldn’t it
> actually make sense for these to drag on until a proposal is
> satisfactory enough for a larger support to gather and tip the balance?

Agreed.

And it would remove one “special case” and thus make it simpler to
implement :)

> Regards,

Are you in paris or going through it in the near future? I’d like to
offer you a drink, and speak about all that!

echarp – http://leparlement.org

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