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Tim, I think that's worth considering, but I'm not sure how it would play out execution-wise, at least this year. We'd really like to get voting started this week to make sure we have a decent voting period while leaving plenty of time to make arrangements with nominees (granted, your idea is intended to make that less of a problem). I think the possibly bigger problem is that it might mean investing a lot of time and energy in tracking down nominees who aren't going to end up close to the top spot, rather than spending a relatively limited amount of energy to track down three or four people. Also, I am not sure how much it would change the voting practice of individual voters if we removed names from the ballot. In theory, since it's approval voting, your opinion on a given candidate shouldn't affect how you rank any other candidate, so removing candidates from the list shouldn't affect the outcome. Real life is a little messier than this, of course, but I think it should still hold on the whole, within a certain error tolerance. Maybe previous keynote committee folks have some feedback on this? Would it be feasible to contact all the nominees before voting? Worthwhile? Community members, what are your thoughts? Would narrowing the field by pre-evaluating candidates for availability affect how you vote? Also, what are our thoughts on how nominees would feel if they are contacted before the voting takes place? In any case, I am not sure if Tim's idea can be executed this year for logistical reasons, but keynote committee members, let me know if you feel differently. -dre. >>> Timothy McGeary <[log in to unmask]> 8/16/2011 11:45 AM >>> Before voting begins, can the C4L2012 committee contact each of the nominees to see if they would be able to attend and speak if voted? It seems fruitless to vote for a speaker who couldn't even commit to the conference, and I think if we removed nominees that knew they could not accept our request may change the voting significantly. Tim -- Tim McGeary Team Leader, Library Technology Lehigh University [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Google, Yahoo, Skype, Twitter: timmcgeary 484-938-TMCG (Google Voice) On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Anjanette Young <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I would not mind having 2 keynote speakers if we can swing it. One on Tues > and another on Wed.. Not sure if this will be possible though since it will > depend on how much we will have to put forward for travel and lodging. > Other > thoughts? > > --Anj > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Ties would, generally, result in runoff (assuming there are more > > candidates tied than there are available slots). > > > > This is unlikely to be an issue with keynote voting, however, since > > there's the added (and, historically, common) dimension of them > > turning us down which would probably resolve majority of tie-breaking > > scenarios. > > > > This does raise the question, though, of how many keynoter sessions > > we're planning on having this year. > > > > Thanks, > > -Ross. > > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Andreas Orphanides > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > Good question Bohyun. > > > > > > Voting will be standard Dieboldatron voting, which, for the > uninitiated, > > is a kind of weighted approval voting. > > > > > > Each voter will be able to give each nominee any number of points from > 0 > > to 3. Points for each nominee will be tallied and the nominee with the > most > > points will be contacted first. > > > > > > Of course, the top-ranked nominee may turn us down, in which case we'll > > go to the next-highest vote-getter, and so on. > > > > > > I'm not sure how ties are broken. Ross may be able to answer that > > question. > > > > > > -dre. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>>> Bohyun Kim <[log in to unmask]> 8/15/2011 10:52 AM >>> > > > Are we allowed to vote for more than 1 person or just 1 person? > > > > > > ~Bohyun > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of > > Andreas Orphanides > > > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:56 AM > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] LAST DAY for Code4Lib 2012 Keynote nominations! > > > > > > > > > The time has come! Today is the last day to nominate a speaker for > > Code4Lib 2012 in Seattle! > > > > > > For anyone sitting on nominations that they've been too lazy to log > into > > the wiki to post, now is the time to post them! We'll be closing the > > nominations promptly-ish at midnight-ish Eastern time. So hurry on to the > > Code4Lib wiki and post those noms. Not that kind of nom! NOM, NOM, NOM... > > > > > > Post your nominations with a brief bio here: > > > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2012_nominations_list > > > > > > Nominees need not have backgrounds in coding or libraries, but we tend > > towards the geeky in these parts, so keep that in mind. > > > Feel free to also share your nominations with the list for discussion > > and/or ridicule, but only names on the wiki at the close of the > nomination > > period will be added to the poll. > > > > > > Voting will commence sometime this week, once Ross gets the > Dieboldatron > > tuned up. > > > > > > See you in Seattle! > > > Dre, on behalf of the Code4Lib 2012 Nomination Committee > > > > > > > > > -- > Anjanette Young | Systems Librarian > University of Washington Libraries > Box 352900 | Seattle, WA 98195 > Phone: 206.616.2867 >