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Aiwendil · 03-12-2013, 09:41 PM

Right - however, the old votes of the members who are still active when the new vote takes place do get taken into consideration when determining the relative weighting of old and new votes (or at least, that's what appears to be assumed in the examples you gave); but the principle you propose sounds to me as though it is saying that the votes of those who are still currently active are subtracted before calculating the weighting. But actually, that may be the better way to do it. Then in your example A, the weights would be 5 for the old votes and 8 for the new votes, and the result would be the same; but in your example B, the weights for old and new votes would be equal, and the result would be changed.

03-12-2013, 09:41 PM	#117
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Right - however, the old votes of the members who are still active when the new vote takes place do get taken into consideration when determining the relative weighting of old and new votes (or at least, that's what appears to be assumed in the examples you gave); but the principle you propose sounds to me as though it is saying that the votes of those who are still currently active are subtracted before calculating the weighting. But actually, that may be the better way to do it. Then in your example A, the weights would be 5 for the old votes and 8 for the new votes, and the result would be the same; but in your example B, the weights for old and new votes would be equal, and the result would be changed.