Re: [council] Explanation of voting ballot

[Amadeu Abril i Abril <Amadeu@nominalia.com>]

DNSO Listadmin wrote:
> 
> Basic outline of the voting process.
> 

Zoe already has one vote (oops, the vot was supposed to be secret... ;-)
> 1) A ballot is prepared.
>    A ballot starts with line "BEGIN" and ends with line "END__".
> 
>    It is like this:
> 
>  BEGIN:b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:Ted_Shapiro@mpaa.org:SVP-reply
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Alice (NorthA)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Barnabe (Africa)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Chloe (LatinAC)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Diane (AsiaPac)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Edouard (NorthA)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Felix (NorthA)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Gregory (Europe)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Helene (Africa)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Izidore (NorthA)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Jan (NorthA)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Kevin (LatinAC)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Cho (AsiaPac)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Modeste (LatinAC)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Natalie (NorthA)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Ove (Europe)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Sigmund (Europe)
>  b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:[ ] Zoe (Africa)
>  END__:b01:K1dbZ:Ted_Shapiro:Ted_Shapiro@mpaa.org:SVP-reply
> 
> 2) Ballot is assigned a number (first field in a line),
>    here "b01" -- ballot number 01.
> 
> 3) Ballot is personalised. Each line indicate who is voting.
>    In case of proxy, the email address in line "BEGIN" and "END__"
>    may be different from the nominal one.
> 
> 4) The second field, here between "b01" and "Ted_Shapiro",
>    indicate a personalised code given for this ballot to this
>    person. A personalised code is 5 caracteres, starting with "K",
>    ending with "Z".
>    All interim results will be given without the name of voting
>    person, but with the personalised code. It will allow a voting
>    persons to check if his vote is recorded.
> 
> 5) Do not edit a ballot. Just put an "X" between square brackets [ ]
>    if you give your vote to a nominee written in a line.
>    You cast one vote in each ballot, no more.
> 
> 6) A ballot will arrive From: "vote02@dnso.org" -- please reply
>    without CC to any list.
> 
> Thank you !
> Elisabeth