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I'm not sure how many people here are fans of science fiction, but
there was a big brouhaha at this years awards (which I'll ignore),
and one of the results was the proposal of a new method of choosing
winners:<br>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
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background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);"><strong>Short Title: E
Pluribus Hugo (Out of the Many, a Hugo)</strong><br>
Moved, to amend section 3.8 (Tallying of Nominations), section 3.9
(Notification and Acceptance), and section 3.11 (Tallying of
Votes) as follows:</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
15px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);">Section 3.8: Tallying of
Nominations.<br>
3.8.1: Except as provided below, the final Award ballots shall
list in each category the five eligible nominees<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strike>receiving the most
nominations. If there is a tie including fifth place, all the
tied eligible nominees shall be listed.</strike><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>determined by the
following multi-round process described in 3.8.8.<br>
3.8.2: The Worldcon Committee shall determine the eligibility of
nominees and assignment to the proper category of works nominated
in more than one category.<br>
3.8.3: Any nominations for “No Award” shall be disregarded.<br>
3.8.4: If a nominee appears on a nomination ballot more than once
in any one category, only one nomination shall be counted in that
category.<br>
3.8.5: No nominee shall appear on the final Award ballot if it
received fewer nominations than five percent (5%) of the number of
ballots listing one or more nominations in that category, except
that the first three eligible nominees, including any ties, shall
always be listed.<br>
3.8.6: The Committee shall move a nomination from another category
to the work’s default category only if the member has made fewer
than five (5) nominations in the default category.<br>
3.8.7: If a work receives a nomination in its default category,
and if the Committee relocates the work under its authority under
subsection 3.2.9 or 3.2.10, the Committee shall count the
nomination even if the member already has made five (5)
nominations in the more-appropriate category.<br>
<font color="#000066"><em><br>
3.8.8: The final Award ballots shall list in each category the
eligible finalists as determined by successive rounds of a
two-phase elimination process. In this process, each member
gets a single nomination “point” for each category, and that
point will be divided equally among their nominated works in
that category.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
3.8.8.1: Selection Phase: In each round, all the works having
the least number of points will be selected for the
Elimination Phase (3.8.8.2). If there is only one work with
the least number of points, then all of the works with the
second-least number of points will be also be selected for the
Elimination Phase in addition to the lowest-point work.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
3.8.8.2: Elimination Phase: Of the works identified in the
Selection Phase, the one(s) that appear on the fewest number
of nomination ballots will be removed from all nomination
ballots for subsequent rounds as if they had never appeared on
any ballots.<br>
3.8.8.4: Ties: If two or more works are tied for appearing on
the fewest number of nomination ballots, the tied work with
the lowest point total will be eliminated. If there is a tie
for appearing on the fewest number of nomination ballots as
well as for lowest point total, then all members of that tie
will be eliminated. Should they deem it necessary to do so in
the future, the Hugo administrators are empowered to take
further measures to break this type of tie, provided those
measures are announced at the beginning of the nomination
period for the Hugo Award.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
3.8.8.5: If elimination would reduce the number of finalists
to fewer than the minimum number, then instead none of the
works from that round shall be eliminated, and all remaining
works shall appear on the final ballot, extending it if
necessary.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
3.8.8.6: Subsequent rounds begin by reallocating points as
follows: All works eliminated in previous rounds are removed
from all nomination ballots and treated as if they had never
appeared on any nomination ballot. Members’ points are then
reallocated equally among their remaining nominated works, if
any.</em></font></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
15px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);">Section 3.9: Notification
and Acceptance.<br>
3.9.1 Worldcon Committees shall use reasonable efforts to notify
the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strike>nominees</strike><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>finalists</em>, or in
the case of deceased or incapacitated persons, their heirs,
assigns, or legal guardians, in each category prior to the release
of such information. Each<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strike>nominee</strike><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>finalist</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>shall be asked at that
time to either accept or decline the nomination. If<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strike>the nominee</strike><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>any finalist(s)</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>declines the nomination,
that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strike>nominee</strike><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>finalist(s)</em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>shall not appear on the
final ballot.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>In
this event, once all finalists have had the opportunity to
decline, the nomination system shall be re-run as described in
Section 3.8 with the declined nomination(s) removed from the
nomination ballots on which they appeared. The eligible
finalists from this re-run shall be merged with the remaining
potential finalists from the original run. If this merge would
result in more than the maximum number of finalists, then the
ballot shall be extended to include the finalists from both the
original and the re-run of the nomination system. This procedure
shall also be used in the event that a finalist is deemed
ineligible.</em></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, arial,
sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
15px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);">Section 3.11: Tallying of
Votes.<br>
3.11.4: The complete numerical vote totals, including all
preliminary tallies for first, second, … places, shall be made
public by the Worldcon Committee within ninety (90) days after the
Worldcon.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strike>During
the same period the nomination voting totals shall also be
published, including in each category the vote counts for at
least the fifteen highest vote-getters and any other candidate
receiving a number of votes equal to at least five percent (5%)
of the nomination ballots cast in that category, but not
including any candidate receiving fewer than five votes.</strike><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>During the same period
a record of all rounds of the selection process for each
category shall also be published.<br>
</em></p>
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It still needs to be ratified at next year's Worldcon, but I was
wondering about other's thoughts. Link, other info, and FAQ is here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016262.html">http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/016262.html</a><br>
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Mike Rouse<br>
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