convergence with "stickie dots"

[Penny Scott]

hi joelle,

i have a question about convergence in os using these dots; do context and
situation have any bearing on how people vote using this method? or put
another way...can there be a peer pressure factor? the reason i'm asking is
because i was in a meeting this week -- not os -- where we used sticky dots
to converge on a large number of strategic goals the group had brainstormed
and felt were important. toward the end of the stickydot-placing-frenzy, it
seemed to me that people were looking around and making assessments as to
where their dots would have the most weight. it seemed to lose purity at
that point. the process became more political for sure.

any thoughts? Penny


----- Original Message -----
From: Joelle Lyons Everett <JLEShelton at aol.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: convergence with "stickie dots"


> Lisa--
>
> This is a question I have wondered about also--but I am not a
mathematician.
>
> One phenomenon that I have observed with almost any method of convergence
is
> that a handful of ideas generally come to the top.  Don't know whether
this
> is a mathematical phenomenon or a reflection of underlying agreement in
the
> group, which may have been invisible up to this point.  Seems like it
might
> be related to the fact that the same conversation often goes on in several
> breakout sessions, regardless of the posted session topic.
>
> There are a lot of things in group dynamics which I can observe but not
> explain. And I hope someone has a mathematical formula for deciding how
many
> dots to give out.
>
> Joelle
>
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