Or, you could post to the web site, the list, all the channels, saying
"raise your hand if you consider yourself part of the code4lib community,"
and count hands.

Sheesh, people.  Coral's right:  "membership" in this group is amorphous.
It's by self-identification, and can (and does!) change constantly.

Carol

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On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 4:01 PM, Butler, Paul Raymond <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> One method would be to count all unique emails that posted to the listserv
> in say the last 3 years as a baseline for "Active membership" and require
> say 51% of that number to be consider a quorum for this vote. Another
> baseline would be the average conference attendance over a period of time.
> So many ways to slice and dice this, if it wasn't established prior to the
> vote.
>
> Cheers, Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Coral Sheldon-Hess
> Sent: October 24, 2017 4:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Fiscal continuity vote now open [radical idea]
>
> That isn't a dumb question, Jason; no, we have not set up a minimum
> percentage of voters, in part because “membership” in Code4Lib is such an
> amorphous thing. We definitely do not have 3500 active members, no matter
> what our listserv subscription looks like. But we do get close to 500
> attendees at conferences, not all of whom are the same from year to year,
> so I will be disappointed in us if we don’t get at LEAST that many votes.
>
> Speaking purely practically, I hope that we will see enough votes come in
> that nobody tries to argue for invalidating the election results because of
> it. I will be furious if all of this work was for naught.
>
> Please vote.
>
> Best,
> Coral
>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Jason Bengtson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I apologize if this is a dumb question, or something I've just missed
> > or forgotten, but is there a minimum percentage vote tally required to
> > certify a result?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > *Jason Bengtson*
> >
> >
> > *https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.j
> > asonbengtson.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cprbutler%40BSU.EDU%7C13ba8a3039f84d
> > 676f8508d51b1d66fe%7C6fff909f07dc40da9e30fd7549c0f494%7C0%7C0%7C636444
> > 735451074274&sdata=HrecQio34Qyx7D3SAMf7BQriz%2BAOudSoKvoE8qPISaw%3D&re
> > served=0
> > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.j
> > asonbengtson.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cprbutler%40BSU.EDU%7C13ba8a3039f84d
> > 676f8508d51b1d66fe%7C6fff909f07dc40da9e30fd7549c0f494%7C0%7C0%7C636444
> > 735451074274&sdata=HrecQio34Qyx7D3SAMf7BQriz%2BAOudSoKvoE8qPISaw%3D&re
> > served=0>*
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Kyle Banerjee
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I would be leery of interpreting abstention in that way. Similar
> > > logic
> > has
> > > been employed in some states to prevent referendums involving tax
> > increases
> > > to be passed.
> > >
> > > My sense is that the low vote total reflects that people understand
> > > this
> > is
> > > a serious issue requiring an informed decision. Those who don't have
> > > the time or background to fully digest what each option means might
> > > well hang back rather than unintentionally indicate a preference
> > > that could lead to serious problems.
> > >
> > > In any case, people who feel the current system is fine and don't
> > > want to pursue alternatives can affirmatively choose that we keep
> > > things as they are.
> > >
> > > kyle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Oct 24, 2017, at 3:02 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >> 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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%
> > > > >> 2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fr%2FK5MWGNC&data=02%7C01%7Cprbutler%40
> > > > >> BSU.EDU%7C13ba8a3039f84d676f8508d51b1d66fe%7C6fff909f07dc40da9e
> > > > >> 30fd7549c0f494%7C0%7C0%7C636444735451074274&sdata=qbOGUsFut9JQm
> > > > >> U%2BctFpDNqPqBpnParSt93vvGE12C4M%3D&reserved=0
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, please vote. Otherwise, I don’t think we — the community --
> > > > > will
> > > > get enough input to make a sound decision.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here’s a radical idea. There are essentially three choice in the
> vote:
> > > >
> > > >   1. Do nothing
> > > >   2. Incorporate
> > > >   3. Partner with fiscal agent
> > > >
> > > > There are approximately 3,500 people in our community. Each
> > > > non-vote
> > > could
> > > > be counted as a vote for #1. If so, then we are well on track for
> > > > doing nothing. 8-D  —Earache
> > > >
> > >
> >
>