A steering committee for a weekly event polled the membership asking whether it should make a policy change about who can attend the event. This was the result of the poll:
No, I do not want to change the policy - 30%
Yes, I would like to change the policy - 41%
Yes, I would like to change the policy, but only for one meeting a month - 18%
Yes, I would like to change the policy, but retain the current policy once a month - 27%
These poll results were described as "The community was fairly evenly split about this idea" and the decision of the committee was "For the time being we will not be making changes."
These figures add up to more than 100%, so it's hard to gauge, but it seems to me that the membership is not in fact "fairly evenly split" at all. What I see is that at least 70% of the votes are in favor of changing the policy.
However, I'm strongly in favor of changing the policy, so I am biased. What do you think?
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No, I do not want to change the policy - 30%
Yes, I would like to change the policy - 41%
Yes, I would like to change the policy, but only for one meeting a month - 18%
Yes, I would like to change the policy, but retain the current policy once a month - 27%
These poll results were described as "The community was fairly evenly split about this idea" and the decision of the committee was "For the time being we will not be making changes."
These figures add up to more than 100%, so it's hard to gauge, but it seems to me that the membership is not in fact "fairly evenly split" at all. What I see is that at least 70% of the votes are in favor of changing the policy.
However, I'm strongly in favor of changing the policy, so I am biased. What do you think?
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However, I think the poll wasn't entirely well-written. Not just because of the fact that the percentages don't add up to 100, but also because the final two options seem to be part of a subset of "yes - policy change." These are my two cents and I also strongly support the change in question.
If you look at it, overlaps notwithstanding, as "48% of the people want between zero and 1 week's worth of policy change" and "68% of the people want between 3 & 4 week's worth of policy change, or complete policy change", there's still a majority. It's a less obvious one, but OTOH the 68% (ish) want most or all of the time spent with the thing changed?
In any case, *nothing* here seems to translate to "don't change the policy"!