Sortitions
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The Sortitions function allows you to randomly select a certain number of proposals from a series, for example, to determine at random which people will form part of a group (such as a committee) from a larger group, where each person would be a nomination.
To configure the Sortitions function in the PROCESSES submenu, click first on Features/ Components and then click on Add feature in the upper right part of the window and select Sortitions. The ADD FEATURE/ COMPONENTS: SORTITIONS (Add Feature/ Components: Sortitions.).
The following fields have to be filled in:
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Name: Name of the sortition
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Weight: the order in which the Sortition component will be displayed in the participatory process’s menu.
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Gobal settings: Tick Comments enabled if there is a need for comments to be made.
To finish, click on Add feature/ Component.
To carry out a draw, click on NEW from the SORTITIONS window (to access it click on Sortitions from the participatory process’s Features/ Components submenu).
The NEW SORTITION window (New Sortition.) will open.
The fields that have to be filled in for configuring a new draw are as follows:
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Title
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Proposals set: select the series of proposals (in this case, the people who may form part of the group/ committee) that are included in the draw.
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Categories of the set of proposals in which you want to apply the draw: select, where necessary, the categories of the series of proposals that you wish the draw to apply to.
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Number of proposals to be selected: select the number of proposals (from the drop-down menu) which you want to be selected by means of a random draw of the previously selected series of proposals.
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Witnesses: Enter the names of the people who will be witnesses.
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Sortition information: fill in if further information is deemed relevant.
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Result of die roll: To further guarantee the randomness of the result, you will need to throw a 6-sided die (or look for another random way of generating a number from 1 to 6) before witnesses and enter the resulting number in the drop-down menu.
