Fred,

There are several companies that offer voting services.  Before I raised my motion at the last Board meeting, I did research via Google and found several examples.

All the voting systems I have used, as a member of an association, have worked well.  This includes voting for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, IEEE, ACM, etc.  (Actually I think the IEEE may have written their own.)

I absolutely agree that we should not write/maintain our own software.  We should investigate the cost of such services, ask for references, and, if possible, ask for a demonstration in an actual vote.

73, Art K0AIZ

Arthur I. Zygielbaum, K0AIZ
ARRL Midwest Division Director

An alma mater of mine has just requested that ballots be cast for the Alumni Association Board, and the Overseers (two elections). They are using (for the first time that I’ve noticed) http://www.electionservicesco.com/pages/index.php

 

The votes that I cast went smoothly.

Their front page says:  “Since 1989, employee-owned, Election Services Co. has successfully administered over 8,900 elections for stockholders, credit unions, membership organizations, non-profit organizations, alumni associations, professional organizations, cooperatives, music awards, military organizations, pension and retirement funds.

ESC manages elections on behalf of its clients comprising of over fourteen million members annually.”

I have no idea what they charge. But I suspect that using them would avoid the need to write our own software, with all that might entail.

 

-Fred K1VR

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