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Just bumping this, to remind people to vote. We have 129 votes cast, so far, and I suspect more people are interested in the outcome of this than have voted, yet. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K5MWGNC On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Galen Charlton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > Voting for the various options presented in the report [1] of the > Fiscal Continuity Interest Group is now open: > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K5MWGNC > > Because of a delay on my end getting the ballot set up, the voting > period is extended and will close at midnight ET on Friday, 3 November > 2017. > > As noted in the survey, the purpose of this vote is to determine the > will of the Code4Lib community as it relates to ongoing fiscal > continuity of our annual conferences, journal, and other undertakings. > The options referenced in the two questions on the ballot are detailed > in the report. > > The vote will use score voting (similar to Diebold-o-tron votes for > conference locations and presentations) which allows for awarding > scores to each choice on the ballot to reflect the strength of voters’ > preferences among all available options. More info on the rationale > for score voting is available here: > https://electology.org/score-voting > > The SurveyMonkey survey does not collect names or contact information > but will collect IP addresses, which the FCIG will ignore unless we > have reason to suspect that zoia and all of zoia's robot friends have > decided to participate in the vote. (Or, to express it more seriously, > we have reason to believe that something unexpected has happened and > automated voting or other shenanigans took place.) Early in the week > following the closing of the vote, the FCIG will calculate and publish > the results; the responses, sans IP addresses, will also be made > available should anyone wish to double-check our arithmetic. > > Please note that unlike the Diebold-o-tron, SurveyMonkey provides no > way for you to go back and edit your response if you should change > your mind after submitting it. > > We encourage everybody who has participated or plans to participate in > Code4Lib activities and/or who consider themselves a member of the > Code4Lib community to read the report, discuss it, and vote. > > [1] https://wiki.code4lib.org/FCIG_Report > > Regards, > > Galen > -- > Galen Charlton > Infrastructure and Added Services Manager > Equinox Open Library Initiative > phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > email: [log in to unmask] > web: https://equinoxInitiative.org > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 >