New "election-methods" list

[Rob Lanphier]

I'm starting up an "election-methods-list" list to discuss single-winner
reform, the relative merits of different PR systems, and the technical
underpinnings of all election methods.  This list is intended to 
compliment, not to replace, the existing "elections-reform" list.  

Please continue to discuss the various electoral reform movements in the
U.S. and throughout the world in the "elections-reform" list.  
"elections-reform" is still the best forum for discussing strategies used 
in reform campaigns, specific legislation addressing reform, and 
educational material about reform.

What is the difference, you ask?  "election-methods-list" discussions will
most likely be more technical in nature, with the ultimate goal of
providing recommendations and educational material to the members of
"elections-reform".  There have been complaints in the past that
discussions on "elections-reform" have been too technical, and
"election-methods-list" has been created to offload the more prolific
technical discussions to "elections-reform".  It lets folks use
"elections-reform"  to stay abreast of current activity in electoral
reform without fear of their inbox exploding. 

To subscribe to "election-methods-list", send mail to majordomo at eskimo.com
with no subject line (any subject will be ignored), and the following one
line in the body of your message: 

subscribe election-methods-list

My apologies to anybody who stumbled on the web page that I set up a week 
ago at http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/cpr/election-methods.html and tried 
to subscribe (and failed, because the list didn't exist yet).  In the time I 
was waiting for the list to get set up, I set up the web page.  
Everything should *now* work according to the instructions on that page.

That's all there is to it.  Let me know if you have any questions about 
the new list.

Thanks,
Rob Lanphier
robla at eskimo.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~robla