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Originally Posted by issybird
If there's no discussion, there's no club.
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Originally Posted by issybird
I take your point about the nomination process; the more, the better for the purposes of discovery. But that ends once the nominations close. After that, a vote without participation is just a popularity contest and where's the point in that if there's no follow-through?
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Your first line needed to stand by itself.
I definitely like that nominations are open to everyone but it might be nice to have a little stronger language about voting ... if you vote for a book and it wins you should follow through and discuss it with us. There will always be exceptions but hopefully most people who voted for a book will participate.
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Originally Posted by issybird
Tom obviously needs to sign on to any change...
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His general course of action is let us kick things around between ourselves, prod us when we go too far out of line, and then, when we
finally get around to what he already knew was right, say "that works, let's do it." We've just found the thing we want to kick around so there's still a long way to go before anything gets finalized.
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Originally Posted by John F
It still seems as though there should be something else. Like a collection of rules: a book can't be nominated twice in the same year, ...
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Other than the processes for how the nominations/votes work, the only two rules I can think of are:
- After a book is fully nominated it cannot be nominated again for 6 months.
- After a book is selected, it cannot be nominated again later.
I don't think there is even a
rule about the nomination even being an e-book. It isn't likely to get much support and will be noted as such (if someone notices) but I think it could be nominated. Tom basically lets anything stand in the nominations based on what gets seconded/thirded unless someone points out that it is ineligible for some reason. The only reasons I have seen actually invoked are the the two above.
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For reference, between the lines here is what I added to the first post of the Selections List post:
General: See the first post in nomination and voting threads for more information.- Discussion begins on the 20th of each month. A new thread will be posted for the discussion.
- Nominations for the next month also begin on the 20th and last for 7 days or until 10 selections are fully nominated (three people have nominated the book).
- You may nominate (or second/third) up to three books during each nomination period.
- Any e-book is eligible as long as it meets the current category and has not been fully nominated in the last 6 months.
- Books that are widely available are preferred (country and vendor) but not required.
- The nomination period is immediately followed by a 5 day voting period which is multiple choice and anyone may vote.
- If required, a 3 day run-off vote will then follow; WT Sharpe will cast a tie-breaker vote if this is also a tie.
I would appreciate some feedback on that thread in general, feel free to post over there.
- Does the new formatting work for everyone else?
- Is there any value to the vote/nomination links or should I remove them?
- Is my general information summary accurate and clear?
- Did I miss anything?
- Any other suggestions?