BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20111106T020000 RDATE:20111106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120110T202135Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120126T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120126T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120110T202135Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T205417Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250461844 DESCRIPTION:Just-released open-source software that implements VoteFair r anking is now available to help us reach higher levels of voting fairnes s. You do voting when you click on Google search results\, and you use voting results when you view the star rating of an Amazon product. Now learn how voting really works\, how it is usually miscalculated -- inten tionally in the case of elections -- and how it can be done to fully ext ract the wisdom in a group. Learn the math behind the puppet strings th at connect politicians to the biggest campaign contributors. (Partial s poiler: The biggest unfairness is hidden in primary elections.) Also le arn the math that eventually will cut those puppet strings. Along the w ay you will learn that there are different kinds of popularity. \;\n& #13\;\nPresenter: Richard Fobes\, author of *The Creative Problem Solve r's Toolbox* and *Ending The Hidden Unfairness In U.S. Elections*\, deve loper of the Dashrep programming language and the software negotiation t ool at www.NegotiationTool.com. \;\n \;\nThis event is a meeting o f the Westside Proggers\, a group of language-agnostic programmers who l ike to talk about pioneering new frontiers in software. \;\n \;\nP lease RSVP (and reserve slices of free pizza) at the Westside Proggers f orum on Google. \;\n\n\nTags: pizza\, perl\, open-source\, elections\ , VoteFair ranking\, voting\, 99%\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org /events/1250461844 URL:http://groups.google.com/group/westsideproggers SUMMARY:Westside Proggers - VoteFair ranking: Math-based voting power for the 99% LOCATION:Tektronix Bldg 38: 3025 SW Zworykin Avenue\, Beaverton Oregon 97 077 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR