Vote Sizing Institute

After sampling a class on Vote Sized Learning (VSL) Julius Awafong explains how the process of filling on speadsheet goes about. How to deal with students who have from the highest to the lowest scores in examinations.     

Introduction The struggle between the ruler and the ruled has a long and chequered history. There was a time when rulers were perceived as emerging from heaven and therefore, having divine rights, and nobody could dare oppose (or challenge) their authority. As time went on, it was realised that government should and must be for the interest of the people. But this transition was not without resistance. The English revolution of 1688, the American Revolution of 1776 and the French Revolution of...    

Empowerment Inc. is an exciting new offshoot of vote sizing. Just as the Democratic Empowerment Party is the political arm of vote sizing (itself the social manifestation of the fair choice) - Empowerment Inc. is vote sizing's economic arm. Excerpted from: Empowerment Inc. Shareholders’ Agreement 0.1       Warranties of the Corporation.  The Corporation warrants...    

Index Reaction What to Expect Reactionary Strategies Ignoring Laughter / Scorn Fight / Overreacting GRIDLOCK! Planning Redirection Drawing Up the Bottom Drawing Out the Top Drawing Out the Middle Then...? Forever Silenced Success Preempted As far as outlining the evolution of vote sizing, this page is the end of the line. We've already outlined vote sizing's goals, what we're not, and proactive things to do to get the word out. We're predicting that with this information a small (and...    

Index Rising with Ability: The Opportunity Pyramid Doing No Wrong: The Patronage Hourglass Getting Ahead Quiz 21st Century, Bottom-Up, Caste System Iron-Age Bottom Refugees Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) Homelessness Externally Organized Labor Petroleum-Age Middle Ye Old White Boy's Club Bribes & Nepotism The Heavy Toll - Pollution Information-Age Top Revolving Doors Lobbyists Unfair Subsidies / Loans / Trade / Aid Corporations Patronage's Henchmen Academia Media...    

Page Index Roots of Corruption Avalanche of corruption Pyramids vs. Hourglasses The \Dysfunctional/ Top The /Crunched\ Bottom The |Squeezed| Middle Internalizing Corruption Meeting the Challenge Where does corruption start? Corruption is a very serious phenomenon that affects us all greatly, yet it is a term that can be applied to many different things and in many different ways. On this page, we're going to try to whittle down our definitions so that we have a better understanding of...    

Index What Vote Sizing Isn't: A means of redistributing wealth An anti-poverty movement Marxism or communism A utopian dream Representational voting In favor of sizing votes according to tests or abilities Violent activism The whole notion of vote sizing is so radically new that it naturally evokes many misunderstandings; so rather than try to explain all of it at once, perhaps the easiest approach to take is by first discovering what vote sizing is not. As we're gong to...    

Vote sizing is an innovative and provocative new way to design dynamic social systems by factoring in the ability to harness natural 'human' emotions such as satisfaction, inclusion, psychology and independent choice; into the collective decision-making process. Vote sizing can be implemented in many situations; such as in political models, economic models, academic models... and anywhere else where people may want to hold elections in order to reach consensus. In this evaluation, we're going...    

Vote sizing philosophy leans heavily on G.W.F. Hegel's theory that everything in the universe evolves through triads; thesis-antithesis-synthesis. Hegel was the first philosopher to notice that human society evolves over time, at each stage of development pursuing Geist - the manifestations of more freedoms. He noticed that the in order to achieve these freedoms the connection between the individual and the world had to change through social development; in other words, we evolve...    

Jimmy Christopher has Steve on America Tonight to discuss whether vote sizing is a better, fairer way to elect our nations leaders. {Billboard} America Tonight is topical, fun, interesting and covers everything from breaking news to contemporary lifestyle issues. It's general talk, non-political, lifestyle oriented. It's entertainment, games, contests, and nightly features like movie and DVD reviews. On any night you'll...    

Steve and Joe Hicks talked on about whether vote sizing was a step backwards or forwards: {Billboard} Joe Hicks Joe ON DEMAND Email the Show Joe Hicks Joe R. Hicks is the Vice President of Community Advocates, Inc., a privately-funded political think-tank that was created to counter the prevailing views that retard further growth in the arena of...    

Democratic Empowerment Party (DEP) founder and president Steve Glickman usually tries his hardest to shy away from discussing religion or scripture, preferring to stick to the here-and-now. However, it’s hard not to draw parallels between his model of a better society - using what he calls ‘vote sizing’ - and the messages Jesus taught. Glickman’s idea to replace one-person-one-vote with a weighted vote system to favor poorer, working and middle-class people has...