Re: [sca-bindings] Re: Groups - oasis - Ballot "SCA service wsdlElementpointing to a WSDL service" has closed

[Simon Nash <oasis@cjnash.com>]

Eric Johnson wrote:
> Anyone know who should be informed that the ballot mailer cannot count?
> 
> workgroup_mailer@lists.oasis-open.org wrote:
>> OASIS Service Component Architecture / Bindings (SCA-Bindings) TC member,
>>
>> A ballot presented to OASIS Service Component Architecture / Bindings (SCA-Bindings) TC has closed.
>> The text of this closed ballot is as follows:
>> ---
>> "SCA service wsdlElement pointing to a WSDL service"
>> Do you think we should define the behaviour of wsdlElement on an SCA service pointing to a WSDL service, and if so, what should the behaviour be?
>>
>> - We should disallow this case
>> - We should allow this case but say nothing
>> - We should allow this case and require the runtime to provide at least one of the ports, possibly more
>> - We should allow this case and require the runtime to provide all of the matching ports
>> - Other
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Quick Summary of Voting Results: 
>>  - We should disallow this case received 9 Votes
>>  - We should allow this case but say nothing received 0 Votes
>>  - We should allow this case and require the runtime to provide at least one of the ports, possibly more received 0 Votes
>>  - We should allow this case and require the runtime to provide all of the matching ports received 6 Votes
>>
>>  15 of 17 eligible voters cast their vote before the deadline.
>>   
> If you actually look at the ballot page, only ten people voted:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/sca-bindings/ballot.php?id=1674
> 
> Since we were allowed to vote for two options, that apparently
> hopelessly confuses the balloting system.
> 
> Of the ten people who voted, nine voted for "we should disallow this case."
> 
> I'm not sure if the "may vote for two" option was intended as "instant
> runoff", but if it were, then that suggests that people like myself who
> only voted for one item "lost" a vote.  Arguably, if I only voted for
> one option, does that mean that my vote should count twice?  If so, you
> could tabulate it as:
> 14 votes for "we should disallow".
> 6 votes for "allow, but match all ports"
> 
My interpretion of the results is slightly different:
  6 people can live with either option 1 or option 4.
  3 people can live with option 1 but not with option 4.
  1 person can live with option 4 but not with option 1.

   Simon

> Seems like another demonstration that voting systems are unavoidably biased.
> 
> -Eric.
>> Voting results for all closed ballots are available on the sca-bindings eVote Archive at:
>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/sca-bindings/ballot_archive.php
>>
>> Thank you,
>> OASIS Open Administration
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