Fair way to calculate winner

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I am currently in the process of organising my work's summer party, and I have got a list of possible things we can do.

I've asked everyone to send me their top 3 options.

What is the best way to calculate the winner/most popular option?

I was thinking about assigning 3 points to 1st pref, 2 points to 2nd pref, and 1 point to 3rd pref? Is that a good way?
 
realBabelfish said:
couldnt you just sort by first choice (key in spreadsheet) then secondary sort as 2nd choice etc.
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Not sure how fair that would be? What is one thing had 5 #1 pref, but one 2# and zero #3

Then, another had only four #1 but had five #2 and three #3

Sorting would make the first thing win (more number #1), but in fact, the 2nd one had more votes in total
 
mp3duck said:
Not sure how fair that would be? What is one thing had 5 #1 pref, but one 2# and zero #3

Then, another had only four #1 but had five #2 and three #3

Sorting would make the first thing win (more number #1), but in fact, the 2nd one had more votes in total
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You end up with the option the majority of people are ok with. What's the problem?
 
Could be interesting:

  • Go Karting
  • Paintballing
  • Thrope Park
  • Money behind local bar
  • Great Fosters (large local hotel with 20+ acres of groups, private room with buffet)
  • Go Karting on ice
  • Runnymede Hotel (another local hotel, this time on river, shared buffet)
  • Dog Racing
  • Horse Racing
 
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like you say, put 3 slips of paper for first priority, 2 of the second priority and 1 of the third priority for each person into a hat and get someone impartial to pick one
 
Do a table

Then ask people to write a number next to each one in order of preference:
Horse Racing : 1
Dog Racing : 2
Runnymede Hotel : 3
Great Fosters : 4

Leave the ones you don't want to do blank.

If half the people put Paintballing as preference #1, but the other half don't want to do it at all, then you're not going to force half the staff to go Paintballing, are you?
 
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