[IGFmaglist] Question about evaluation mechanism - "blank" scores

[Chengetai Masango]

Dear All,

Blank scores will not be counted.
The proposal will not be penalized if a MAG member does not grade it.

Best regards,

Chengetai 

On May 6, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Vladimir Radunovic <vladar at diplomacy.edu> wrote:

> +1
> 
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> Paul Wilson
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> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] Question about evaluation mechanism - "blank"
> scores
> 
> It is inevitable that if some MAG members need to abstain from voting on
> some proposals, then not all proposals will be scored by all MAG members.
> 
> But considering the huge number of MAG members, it really does not matter if
> some proposals are rated by 35 members while others are rating by 36 (say).
> With those numbers, every proposal will get a fair hearing.
> 
> But it really is essential that by abstaining, a MAG member is NOT giving a
> 0 score to a proposal, because that represents a huge disadvantage to that
> proposal.  Rather, as I suggested before, each proposal should receive a
> final score based on the average of MAG members who DID contribute a score
> (whether 35, 36 or whatever).
> 
> I'd suggest further than MAG members should be able to abstain for any
> reason they choose.  If I am personally not qualified to rate a proposal,
> then surely it is better that I voluntarily abstain, than making a guess or
> a bad judgement on such a proposal?  
> 
> In any case, the final score of proposals really must be based on scores
> contributed, EXCLUDING abstentions.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 06/05/2014, at 12:56 AM, Susan Chalmers <susan at susanchalmers.com> wrote:
> 
>> Greetings all,
>> 
>> Paul, yes, thank you for raising this question. I agree in principle that
> non-scoring (whether out of conflict of interest or, as Marilyn suggested,
> incompleteness) shouldn't affect the score. I'm wondering, however, whether
> the Secretariat has a methodology for this? 
>> 
>> Chengetai, would you mind explaining how that will be handled? Judy raises
> a good point about the practicalities of this option.
>> 
>> The question of whether MAG members should as a rule be precluded from
> voting for their own panels is an issue that perhaps we could explore during
> the evaluation of this year's process.
>> 
>> Warm regards,
>> Susan
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Angelic del Castilho
> <angelic40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I agree with that Carolina.
>> 
>> Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho
>> 
>> Angelic Caroline Alihusain-del Castilho POB 3036 Wanica Suriname
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Carolina Aguerre <carolina at lactld.org>
> wrote:
>> Hi Paul
>> I also tend to agree that a blank score should not be  considered a zero
> and thus should not affect the overall average score of that session.
>> Best
>> Carolina
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Paul Wilson <pwilson at apnic.net>
>> Date: 04/05/2014 23:45 (GMT-05:00)
>> To: "igfmaglist at intgovforum.org IGF" <igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>> Subject: [IGFmaglist] Question about evaluation mechanism - "blank" 
>> scores
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Chengetai and all,
>> 
>> can I confirm that if a MAG member chooses not (or omits) to enter a score
> for any given proposal, that this non-score will have no bearing on the
> final rating.
>> 
>> i am opting not to enter a score for several proposals in which I may have
> a conflict of interest (by organisational association) but I want to be sure
> that in this case, the proposal score will be calculated as an average of
> the scores of other MAG members, and that my decision will not effect that
> score.
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> Paul.
>> 
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