New: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Philippines, Portugal. CA is 2nd state w/>1000. Details & map http://t.co/0rmg8TjxnH pic.twitter.com/RTz4gH9RcI
— sasquansf (@sasquansf) April 24, 2015
Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon has gained another 1,000 members in the past two weeks, however, nearly 90% of the newcomers are supporting members.
The con now has a total of 8,016 members, including 3,517 attending and 4,183 supporting. It has gained 2,550 members this month alone.
A $40 supporting membership is the minimum requirement to become eligible as a voter in 2017 site selection or to vote on the winners of the Hugo Awards.
Here is how the new count compares to the figures reported as of April 12:
| Sasquan Total Members | |
| 4/12/2015 | 7,016 |
| 4/23/2015 | 8,016 |
| Increase | 1,000 |
| Adult Attending Members | |
| 4/12/2015 | 3,418 |
| 4/23/2015 | 3,517 |
| Increase | 99 |
| Supporting Members | |
| 4/12/2015 | 3,300 |
| 4/23/2015 | 4,183 |
| Increase | 883 |
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Old problems in election systems.
If you want to vote for a list (or a committee) but you want to prevent a slate (or bloc) from taking over the entre list (or committee) you have to use a “proportional representation” system. There are several; the most popular is Single Transferrable Vote, but Reweighted Approval Voting works too.
With a “proportional representation” system, if the slate only has the support of 10% of the voters, the slate will get 10% of the slots on the list. Simple as that.