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Re: an update -- and an apology
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:00:04 GMT
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wubwub@wildlink^avoidspam^.com
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote:
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> Kevin Loch wrote:
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> > How about having a checkbox by each part in lugnet.cad.ldraw.parts.ref for
> > voting?
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> > KL
> >
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Stanley writes:
> > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:47:12 GMT, Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't think making a list will be a problem - I'm sure Todd could set up a
> > > > voting page on Lugnet. Of course, we'd need a pre-voting page to vote on • what
> > > > should be voted on ;-)
> > >
> > > I bet any number of current "vote for best model/set/stuff" forms
> > > could be easily modified for this. That's a pretty exciting idea.
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> Before we set up voting, there are a few philosophical questions that may need to
> be answered:
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> If everyone gets one vote, and if 90% of the people are NOT train folks, I would
> assume that the train people are going to get out-voted.
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> If voting were done by say - how many parts do you want of a particular piece,
> then you may get a better indication of good utilization of the first dozen
> (non-standard) parts we want, but then the smaller collectors will not get as much
> of a say in the parts.
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> I mean you might get 20 people that each want 1,000 train windows (for a total of
> 20,000 pieces). But then you might have 80 people that all want large technic
> wheels, but they each only want 20 (for a total of 1,600 technic wheels).
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> So which group do we please with the first "special" order? Do we say what piece
> do you want the most of? Or do we say everyone has one vote, no matter how few
> pieces you want?
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> Just something to think about.
...Seems reasonable... perhaps have the tally thing track actual parts
wanted _and_ how many of each part potentially will be ordered... That
information will likely be more useful to LEGO direct anyway.
...you can go back to ignoring me now...
wubwub
stephen f roberts
wildlink.com
lugnet #160
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