modules/decisions/README.txt

Goals
=====

To develop a voting module for integration with Drupal that features flexible 
voting mechanisms, delegatable votes, taxonomy/category influenced controls 
and weighted voting to begin with.

We will make one or more Drupal modules for this and aim to take advantage of existing modules as much as possible.

Design principles
=================

* The tool should allow people to reproduce and surpass the kinds of
  decision-making instances that exist in face-to-face meetings
* The tool should also allow evaluation of the
  representativity/distribution of decisions
* Decision-making/voting systems should be modular and flexible to
  reflect the nature of the groups rather than impose a structure on
  the groups
* Decisions should be auditable

Desired characteristics
=======================

* modularity allows users to pick between different voting mechanisms:
  * binary voting 
  * ranking mechanism: the automatic spinoff voting would need this.
  * instant runoff voting
  * allocation voting (aka "scoring")
  * etc.
* optional quorum validation
* variable quorum conditions (concensus, 50% + 1, 2/3 +1, etc.)
* variable closing conditions (time limit vs. first past the post
  vs. quorum)
* delegatable votes
* weightable (allow weighting of votes to reflect, for example, role,
  karma, or impact-of-decision-on-user)
* spoilable votes
* notifications
* ... and a whole lot more that we'll come up with

Installation
============

See INSTALL.txt.

Dependencies
============

This module uses the new forms API of the Drupal 4.7.x branch and
requires the voting_api.module.

License
=======

Under the GPL. See LICENSE.txt.

Contributors
============

Antoine Beaupré aka anarcat
Omar Bickell
Stéphane Couture
Patrice D'Amours
Chris Kennedy
Mathieu Petit-Clair
Yann Rocq
[who's missing here?]

Updates
=======

For more information and the latest news, visit
http://decisions.gnuvernment.org/
1	Goals
2	=====
3
4	To develop a voting module for integration with Drupal that features flexible
5	voting mechanisms, delegatable votes, taxonomy/category influenced controls
6	and weighted voting to begin with.
7
8	We will make one or more Drupal modules for this and aim to take advantage of existing modules as much as possible.
9
10	Design principles
11	=================
12
13	* The tool should allow people to reproduce and surpass the kinds of
14	decision-making instances that exist in face-to-face meetings
15	* The tool should also allow evaluation of the
16	representativity/distribution of decisions
17	* Decision-making/voting systems should be modular and flexible to
18	reflect the nature of the groups rather than impose a structure on
19	the groups
20	* Decisions should be auditable
21
22	Desired characteristics
23	=======================
24
25	* modularity allows users to pick between different voting mechanisms:
26	* binary voting
27	* ranking mechanism: the automatic spinoff voting would need this.
28	* instant runoff voting
29	* allocation voting (aka "scoring")
30	* etc.
31	* optional quorum validation
32	* variable quorum conditions (concensus, 50% + 1, 2/3 +1, etc.)
33	* variable closing conditions (time limit vs. first past the post
34	vs. quorum)
35	* delegatable votes
36	* weightable (allow weighting of votes to reflect, for example, role,
37	karma, or impact-of-decision-on-user)
38	* spoilable votes
39	* notifications
40	* ... and a whole lot more that we'll come up with
41
42	Installation
43	============
44
45	See INSTALL.txt.
46
47	Dependencies
48	============
49
50	This module uses the new forms API of the Drupal 4.7.x branch and
51	requires the voting_api.module.
52
53	License
54	=======
55
56	Under the GPL. See LICENSE.txt.
57
58	Contributors
59	============
60
61	Antoine Beaupré aka anarcat
62	Omar Bickell
63	Stéphane Couture
64	Patrice D'Amours
65	Chris Kennedy
66	Mathieu Petit-Clair
67	Yann Rocq
68	[who's missing here?]
69
70	Updates
71	=======
72
73	For more information and the latest news, visit
74	http://decisions.gnuvernment.org/