Poll Results: 2010 Free State Project Director Election
Poll description
All,
This e-mail has 2 important pieces of information: 1) Who the four candidates for the FSP Board of Directors are: 2) How/where/when to vote:
Fou
r Candidates & their information:
Russell Kanning
I would like to join the board of directors of the FSP for a couple of reasons. I would like to represent a segment of the FSP participants
(radical anti-government early movers). I also would like to help build
up the Welcome Wagon presence of the FSP. I am not including a bio or a list of what I have done to promote the
FSP over the last year. If the board or the voters don't know who I am
and what I do, then they can just not nominate me or vote for me. :)
Rich Goldman
Bio:
I'm a 26 year old resident of Maryland (the improperly, but
officially, nicknamed "Free State") where I am a PhD candidate in
Information Systems. I've been involved with the Free State Project for
over 6 years. In that time, I've led the mid-Atlantic FSP local group
which has tabled at dozens of events, raised over $1000, spoken at
conferences and universities, and accumulated a mailing list of
hundreds of people. I was also the Head Organizer of PorcFest 2007 and
2008. Currently, I focus on running FSP internet advertisements on
Google and Facebook and generating content for the FSP homepage.
Why: I'd like to be on the Board of Directors so I can be a voice for
those who believe our signup rate is advancing too slowly and that new
or improved approaches are needed. In particular, I will encourage
three things.
First, I will advocate that the FSP establish signup and fundraising
milestones that will publicly challenge FSP participants and supporters
to rise to the occasion. Our community has met public goals in the
past and The Board needs to continue to set and support measurable
goals to be worked towards in creative ways.
Second, I will insist that the FSP improve the infrastructure on our
website to better support decentralized activism. Steps for conducting
outreach, where to download or ask for materials and funding, how to
contact an official facilitator, and where to discuss proposed
recruitment activity should be clearer and more easily found on our
homepage.
Third, I will promote greater communication between The Board and the
community via monthly reports and discussion threads on the "Ask The
Leadership" section of our forum. People should know who The Board is
and The Board should feel a sense of public accountability to the FSP
community.
The resources to implement these advances are already present, but to
be realized require the leadership and persistence which I hope to
bring to The Board.
Lou Eastman
Lucio (Lou) Saverio Eastman
Prior to moving to NH, I got involved in FSP related activism almost
immediately after signing the statement of intent. One of the things I
could do best outside of the state while considering my move was to
help with Graphic/Web/Online support for the site and FSP events. After
attending the first annual NH Liberty Forum, I moved to NH in May of
2007 as part of the First 1000 and attended my first PorcFest along
with my daughter Eli.
Along with participating in the Ron Paul campaign, attending FSP social
events and meetings, and other small contributions where possible, I
took on the responsibility of organizing 3 litter pick ups along a 2
mile stretch of highway 101 in Peterborough. The stretch is
"unofficially" adopted by the Free State Project and offers a great
opportunity to be seen as an organization that is willing to do
community service. I look forward to organizing them again starting in
May of this year.
As a board member I intend to help the FSP gain new membership and grow
by focusing on gaining favorable local public opinion through voluntary
community service, friendship, image, marketing, branding, and activism.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to many more years of participation and activism.
Steve Villee
Steve grew up in the Boston area, and moved to Phoenix soon after getting a BA in Mathemetics. He became a software engineer, programming everything from mainframes to controller chips. For a while he lived in New York City, w
here he attended the FSP state announcement event in October 2003. Two m
onths later he moved to Berlin, NH. Since then he has served on the boar
ds of Granite State Taxpayers and the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance. Bu
t deep down he's really an agorist, and loves to promote his ideas abou
t anonymous commerce. He's also an avid hiker and solar eclipse watc
her.
How/ Where/ When to VoteThe election will be based on the Condorcet
method. Voters will log onto the CIVS website after reciving this email with their ballot and
vote for candidates in order of preference. 1 for the on
e
you want the most, 4 for the least, or no opinion if you have no
opinion. You can give the same ranking to more than one candidate if
you wish. The results of the ballots will be public, but no information that can tie the voter to their ballot will be kept by the server.
More information on the Condorcet voting
method can be found at: www.freestateproject.org/archives/state_vote/voting_methods and information about CIVS security can be found at http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~andru/civs/sec_priv.html You may vote between
now & April 18.
Voting closes at 8pm EST Sunday April 18th. In the event
of a tie, the winner will be decided by the flipping of an FSP silver roun
d!
Result
1. Rich Goldman (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)
2. Lou Eastman loses to Rich Goldman by 13–9
3. Tied:
Russell Kanning loses to Rich Goldman by 11–8, loses to Lou Eastman by 12–7
Steve Villee loses to Rich Goldman by 17–5, loses to Lou Eastman by 15–6
For simplicity, some details of the poll result are not shown.
The following matrix shows the strength of the strongest
beatpath connecting each pair of choices. Choice 1 is ranked above
choice 2 if there is a stronger beatpath leading from 1 to 2
than any leading from 2 to 1.