Why not? This is just common sense (and some mathematical wisdom).
I support this.

BR,
Nuno Garcia

2010/7/22 Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]>

> hi,
>
> Another one I sent in.
>
> Again not one i expect the NCSG to endorse.
>
> a.
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 22 July 2010 00:00:11 EDT
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Community Priority Evaluation
> >
> >
> > This comment concerns the basis on which the calculations for Community
> priority ratings are done.
> >
> > The Integer scale that the staff has picked does not allow for sufficient
> differentiation for those doing the calculations.  It is, I believe, a
> reflection of the one size fits all problem that ICANN often experiences in
> its implementations.
> >
> > In almost all of the criteria, the decision is on a 3 point scale, though
> in some cases it is only a binary scale.  The criteria, are not, however
> that Black, Grey and White (or Black and White in the case of the binary
> selections) so the discrete scale will end up evaluating various choices
> with the same metric even when they may be qualitatively different.  Since
> only 2 points can be lost in the evaluation, such a rough scale will exclude
> possible communities who have near misses on the criteria, but who must be
> marked down a whole point, instead of a more appropriate .5 or even .2
> points.
> >
> > I recommend that the evaluation procedure not use a gross integer measure
> that will miss the nuances in these difficult and crucial criteria.  I
> recommend that the scale be changed to a real scale that allows for
> discrimination in terms of tenths of a point instead of in terms of whole
> points.
> >
> > I believe that making this change will make the decision procedure more
> sensitive, while still providing a bright line between those applications
> that merit community priority and those that don't.
> >
> > Avri Doria
> > Individual Opinion
>