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AliceD
AliceD
05:08
@TheDarkSide Thanks for linking this information. What a low amount of voters!
The tally is 54 now...
 
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Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
06:23
The low amount of voters is pretty normal for the first election
rg255
rg255
07:07
@MadScientist I agree, voting should be disabled on the election questionnaire, there's a risk that people will base their votes (both up/down votes on there, but more importantly their electoral votes) on how others have voted in the questionnaire rather than making their own informed decision
fileunderwater
fileunderwater
07:51
About the low level of voting; I get the feeling that quite many of our high rep users (i.e. those that can vote) are unactive, and many are probably not visiting the site. If you look at the first two pages of users, many have posted almost all their questions and answers during the first year of BioSE.
Chris
Chris
I think most users can vote - you only need 150 reputation for that.
But yes, a lot of the high rep users are inactive.
rg255
rg255
can we see how many votes have currently been cast?
fileunderwater
fileunderwater
08:25
@rg255 I have been using the constituent badge.
Currently 54 awarded, and they are given after the first vote has been cast.
rg255
rg255
ahah, clever.
Chris
Chris
clever idea
works only for the first election, though.
:-)
fileunderwater
fileunderwater
yep
rg255
rg255
nice to see some less frequent users are voting too
Chris
Chris
yes, this is good.
lets see, how the outcome will be
rg255
rg255
08:27
I might start a smear campaign against you all
;P
at least sepp blatter is not running for this election
fileunderwater
fileunderwater
Yes, but I think at least half of the top-100 users haven't voted. It's a shame that many of the initial users (many of which posted great content) have stopped visiting the site.
I'm still flipping back-and-forth with my third pick ;)
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
It's pretty normal that not everyone stays with the site. And that's not an issue unless the total number of active users declines, which is not the case for this site
fileunderwater
fileunderwater
@MadScientist You're probably right - I just think it's a shame that we have lost a group of really knowledgeable professional/semi-professional users with lots of subfield-specific experience (sometimes in areas where we now lack users).
Chris
Chris
@rg255 Since the voting is almost over, this would most likely not help you :-)
@fileunderwater Interests shift, time budgets as well.
rg255
rg255
09:03
certainly my activity on the posting side of things has reduced of late with finishing the thesis, tried to stay active by votes/comments
in a few weeks you'll probably see a sudden increase in my activity :)
Chris
Chris
when you wait for the comments from your supervisor? :-)
rg255
rg255
hopefully he comments before then - thats the submission of the thesis
Chris
Chris
ah, ok
so you have to wait for the approval of your committee?
rg255
rg255
09:33
thats done with a public defence in september, I present for ~2-3 hours to an open seminar, including questioning from the opponent, committee, and public, then the committee go for a relaxing lunch and decide, meanwhile I sweat and stare at my lunch trying not to puke...
regarding the up/downvoting on the questionnaire: comments about votes would be very useful, although its close to being decided who will be a moderator it is still possible for the candidates to learn what the community expects of them - would have been good to get that feedback (I count 20 downvotes on the page, and no comments explaining why, it's a shame)
 
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rg255
rg255
19:38
With the election closing in just 23 minutes when will we find out the results?
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
@rg255 Very shortly afterwards, usually. Or immediately if you have the election software and run the result yourself
SolarLunix
SolarLunix
I'm excited to see how it turned out.
Chris
Chris
20:01
Voting is closed now. We have 55 persons which cast a vote.
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
Certified election reports are also available. Please go to
http://www.openstv.org/certified-reports for more information.

Loading ballots from file biology-stackexchange-com-2015-election-results.blt.
Ballot file contains 8 candidates and 55 ballots.
No candidates have withdrawn.
Ballot file contains 55 non-empty ballots.

Counting votes for Biology Stack Exchange Moderator Election 2015 using Meek STV.
8 candidates running for 3 seats.

R|Mad Scientist |Chris |Rory M |AliceD |WYSIWYG |fileunderwater
Inoffical results, I just ran the ballot through the software
Chris
Chris
R|Mad Scientist |Chris |Rory M |AliceD |WYSIWYG |fileunderwater
|---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------
|rg255 |Mew |Exhausted |Surplus |Threshold
==================================================================================================
1| 11.000000| 17.000000| 7.000000| 6.000000| 10.000000| 2.000000
| 1.000000| 1.000000| 0.000000| 3.249999| 13.750001
Mad Scientist, Chris and Wysiwig are elected according to the report: chat.stackexchange.com/messages/24591/22342839
And we came to the same result :-)
rg255
rg255
Congratulations winners :) looking forward to seeing your work!
Undo
Undo
> Winners are Mad Scientist, Chris, and WYSIWYG.
oh you beat me
SolarLunix
SolarLunix
20:23
@Chris @WYSIWYG @MadScientist congrats!
Chris
Chris
Thanks. But I would like to wait for the official results first.
Undo
Undo
Don't worry, our results are right. You'll get an email here pretty soon
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
@Chris There'll be official results soon
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
20:43
Results are here, time to accept the mod agreement
Chris
Chris
[x] done
Rover Eye
Rover Eye
grats guys, looking forward what you bring to the table
now.. we really need to think about this from the community: I would be interesting to hear why some users seem to react negatively to many of the answers to the mod candidate questionnaire (my own answer inc... - 2d ago by fileunderwater ▼
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
21:02
@Chris Have you found your way to TL yet?
Chris
Chris
TL?
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/4/teachers-lounge
Chris
Chris
not yet, but I will be there in a second.
fileunderwater
fileunderwater
21:33
Congrats to @Mad Scientist, @Chris, and @WYSIWYG!
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
@fileunderwater thanks
Chris
Chris
@fileunderwater Thanks.
 
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AliceD
AliceD
23:30
Congratulations to @Mad Scientist, @Chris, and @WYSIWYG! You deserve it and I am very happy with this excellent combination of experience. You guys rock. Also, I am very happy to see at least one 'old' moderator in the team. Good luck guys! I will flag your heads off ;-)

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