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Please see here for some background on the director.  And this is a Youtube presentation by Phil Kearney on decision-making.

The de Borda Institute aims to promote the use of inclusive voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice.

This applies specifically to decision-making, be it for the electorate in regional/national polls, for their elected representatives in councils and parliaments, for members of a local community group, for members of a company board, for members of a co-operative, and so on.

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The director alongside the statue of Jean-Charles de Borda, capitaine et savant, in l’École Navale in Brest, 24.9.2010. Photo by Gwenaelle Bichelot. 

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FAQ on Inclusive Voting Procedures > What is a Preferendum? > Is there not a danger that the use of the preferendum idea would lead to a complete snarl-up in the administration of, for example, a business?

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The preferendum is not a panacea for everything, of course, but evidence suggests that, in many instances, it would facilitate the very opposite of an impasse.

Businesses tend to get snarled when the workforce divides itself into two – management versus the workers, being the most obvious.

To allow the members of a committee to make suggestions, to debate all options, and then to express their preferences on a range of options, is often a very good way of ensuring that the committee never suffers from the dangers of a real or potential split.

Last updated on September 19, 2008 by Deborda