[Members] voting results board and council elections

[Ashley Ward]

I think we need a process to decide whether we order the names by first or last name...

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Ash

> On 23 Nov 2017, at 10:23, Alexander Gnauck <alex at ag-software.de> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Nÿco,
> 
> I will execute the random selection then on the next Euro Millions draw which is this Friday, November 24th 2017.
> 
> Alex
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Nicolas Vérité" <nicolas.verite at gmail.com <mailto:nicolas.verite at gmail.com>>
> To: "XSF Members" <members at xmpp.org <mailto:members at xmpp.org>>
> Sent: 22.11.2017 22:57:28
> Subject: Re: [Members] voting results board and council elections
> 
>> This sounds fair, and I find it very funny.
>> Good luck Arc! ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Dave Cridland <dave at cridland.net <mailto:dave at cridland.net>> wrote:
>> On 22 November 2017 at 10:59, Alexander Gnauck <gnauck at gmail.com <mailto:gnauck at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > We will resolve the tie ASAP for the 5th board position between Arc Riley
>> > and Nicolas Vérité.
>> > Recommendations for tie resolution according to RFC 3797 are welcome here on
>> > this list or in the XSF MUC room.
>> 
>> I think this is in line with RFC 3797:
>> 
>> 1) As random input source, I propose using the "Main Numbers" from the
>> Euro Millions draw of next Friday, as announced here:
>> https://www.euro-millions.com/results <https://www.euro-millions.com/results>
>> 
>> 2) Each number will be arranged in ascending order, separated by dots,
>> and terminated by "./".
>> 
>> 3) The resultant string will be hashed according to SHA-256.
>> 
>> 4) The tied candidates will be arranged into alphabetic order (note,
>> in this case this may be by first or last name, it makes no
>> difference), to produce:
>> 
>>   Arc Riley
>>   Nicolas Vérité
>> 
>> 5) These will be numbered from 0. Thus Arc is denoted by 0, and Nÿco by 1.
>> 
>> 6) The last bit of the hash (or, if you prefer, the value of the hash
>> as a 256-bit string, modulo the length of the list) will then be used
>> to select the candidate.
>> 
>> As a worked example, if we take the results from yesterday:
>> 
>> 02 - 10 - 14 - 28 - 31
>> 
>> We'd form the string "02.10.14.28.31./", which I can hash with:
>> 
>> >>> h = hashlib.sha256('02.10.14.28.31./').hexdigest()
>> 
>> Producing a hash (in hex) of
>> 'ad2edee63a88d7b4b6109944b5222a6cce1c3719ac4d41acd0dbf8287465ace0'
>> 
>> This ending in a zero would result in Arc being selected.
>> 
>> There is absolutely no way I or anyone else can predict or influence
>> what this resolution will produce on Friday.
>> 
>> Dave.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Nicolas Vérité (Nÿco)

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