How are winners selected?
Winners are selected through our user voting process. Users vote 1 to 5 stars on a wish (There is no zero star rating). Each vote grants or denies that particular wish ‘Wish Points’ based on their rating as follows: Star Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 Wish Points Granted: -2 -1 1 2 3 How much each user has participated in GoN also impacts the weight of their vote. Someone with full participation (100%), will have their vote count twice as much as a user with 0% participation. For instance, a user with 100% participation giving a 5 star rating will grant that wish 6 Wish Points (3 points * (1+100% Participation)), whereas a user with 50% participation will grant that wish 4.5 wish points (3 points *(1+50% Participation)). The wish with the most Wish Points at the end of each month wins. It’s that simple!
We use a computer program that creates a numbered entry for every member’s entry in a given scholarship. If you spent 5 points you get 5 numbered entries, sort of like 5 lottery tickets. Then the computer program picks a winner at random. Like the lottery the more tickets you hold the greater your chances to win but in the end it only takes one ticket to win.
