[maemo-community] Suggestion for election instructions

[From: Quim Gil]

Hi,

ext Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've had to "do a mulligan" on election email instructions in the
> past, and have gotten some comments that the instructions were
> sub-optimal.
> 
> Could people give me some feedback on the following instructions
> email, please?
> 
> http://vcs.maemo.org/svn/maemo2midgard/maemo-elections/scripts/instructions.txt
> 
> 
> Possible criticisms & the trade-offs involved: 
> * It'd be nice to have
> a list of candidates, but that does make the mail a lot longer 

Still, I think it makes it more interesting and inviting to click
further (as opposed to "I'll look at this later").


> * Electioninstructions are OK, I think - does anyone have suggestions
> for improvement?

Just a numbered list, to ease readibility:

The election has 4 steps:

1. Identify yourself using the voting token above.
2. Select your preferred candidates in order of preference.
3. Your choice will be presented with an option to confirm or return to
the previous step.
4. After confirming your choice, a unique identifier will be given to
verify after the election that your vote was counted correctly.

To ensure anonymity, no link will be kept between this token and your
identifiers, so please keep this token safe. Once you have voted, you
will not be able to vote again.


> * Including candidacy statements: Not a fan. If
> listing the candidates makes the email long, then including
> declarations makes it too long.

Indeed.


> Any other bits of feedback or suggestions, or is this good to send
> out next weekend?

Looks good to me.


> Cheers, Dave. _______________________________________________ 
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-- 
Quim Gil