Land use and conservation in the San Juan Islands

This is a community discussion on issues related to the Land Bank and how they could adapt to best address the community's interests. Your voice is needed to help them fulfill their stated mission and serve our community. Please join the effort below to inform what the community wants for this area, now and for future generations. The current mandate of the Land Bank is to "preserve in perpetuity areas in the county that have environmental, agricultural, aesthetic, cultural, scientific, historic, scenic or low-intensity recreational value and to protect existing and future sources of potable water."

This discussion will run through July, and outcomes will be communicated back to the Land Bank and community, providing insight into view distributions and with the potential of informing Land Bank policy going forward.

My name is Kaj Litch, and I am running this as part of an internship through Spring Street International School.

You may vote on as many questions as you like, any contribution is meaningful. If you return to the discussion new statements will be available for your input.

Original Polis poll: https://pol.is/2rumnecbeh

Summary of the Comment Section

This section showcases different methods for selecting representative comments from a broader discussion (see the comment section below). For each method, the goal is to highlight a small set of comments that best reflect the conversation. They each approach this task from a different standpoint, emphasising different principles, such as popularity, representation or diversity (among others).

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Popularity-Based Selection

Approval Voting
Chamberlin–Courant
Consensus Rule
Method of Equal Shares
Method of Equal Shares with Approval Voting Completion
Method of Equal Shares with Increment Completion
Proportional Approval Voting
Eneström–Phragmén
Satisfaction Approval Voting
Sequential Proportional Approval Voting
Phragmén's Sequential Rule
Popularity
max. popularity:
Inclusion
max. inclusion:
Satisfaction Distribution

Representation-Based Selection

Approval Voting
Chamberlin–Courant
Consensus Rule
Method of Equal Shares
Method of Equal Shares with Approval Voting Completion
Method of Equal Shares with Increment Completion
Proportional Approval Voting
Eneström–Phragmén
Satisfaction Approval Voting
Sequential Proportional Approval Voting
Phragmén's Sequential Rule
Popularity
max. popularity:
Inclusion
max. inclusion:
Satisfaction Distribution

Diversity-Based Selection

Approval Voting
Chamberlin–Courant
Consensus Rule
Method of Equal Shares
Method of Equal Shares with Approval Voting Completion
Method of Equal Shares with Increment Completion
Proportional Approval Voting
Eneström–Phragmén
Satisfaction Approval Voting
Sequential Proportional Approval Voting
Phragmén's Sequential Rule
Popularity
max. popularity:
Inclusion
max. inclusion:
Satisfaction Distribution

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Explanations

Analysis

Popularity

"Popularity" measures how popular is a set of comments for the participants. It is equal to the total amount of positive votes (thumbs, up or approvals) received by the comments in the selection.

Inclusion

"Inclusion" measures the percentage of participants included in the selection. That is, the percentage of participants who expressed a positive opinion (thumb up, or approval) about at least one of the selected comments.

For instance, an inclusion of 60% means that 60% of the participants feel positively about at least one comment of the selection.

Inclusion can also be expressed in terms of satisfaction: the inclusion is the percentage of participants with non-zero satisfaction.

Satisfaction

The "satisfaction of a participant" measures the number of selected comments that they expressed a positive opinion (thumb up, or approval) about.

For instance, a satisfaction of 3 means that the participant feels positively about 3 of the selected comments.

Selection Methods