[EM] small group methods

[Jobst Heitzig]

Dear Forest!

My suggestion is to use the small group version of DFC (raise hands for
approval, let a random person (or the chair) propose a candidate,
validate by raising hands that the proposed candidate is not beaten by
any more approved. If so, let a different candidate be proposed until
one is found which is not beaten by any more approved one).

Yours, Jobst


Simmons, Forest wrote:
> I'm interested in hearing a variety of ideas for voting in small
> groups where, for example, hands can be raised, repeated balloting is
> not a problem, etc.
> 
> One application I have in mind is text book selection.  At PCC all
> sections of Calculus 251 must use the same text book.  The math
> Subject Area Curriculum Committee, the "Math SACC," has the
> responsibility for selecting the text.  The current practice is to
> have a subcommittee narrow down the field, and then have the whole
> Math SACC vote on the finalists.
> 
> Another application is for the math hiring committee.  Currently this
> committee narrows down the field from a hundred or so applicants to a
> number between ten and twenty to interview.  After the interviews
> they narrow the number down to something between three and six.  Then
> the campus dean makes the final decision of who gets hired.
> 
> I have other applications in mind, too, such as a group deciding
> which tourist attraction to visit next when there are several to
> choose from and only limited time, or a deciding which restaurant to
> go to, etc.
> 
> Forest
> 
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