16 Sep 1999: uk.politics.parties.libdem
From: Barry Salter <b.salter@ukvoting.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:02:15 GMT
Subject: RESULT: uk.politics.parties.libdem FAILS 25:18
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.politics.misc
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RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES
Summary: Creation of uk.politics.parties.libdem
PROPOSAL - Creation of uk.politics.parties.libdem FAILS 25:18
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 BST, 12th September 1999.
Proponent: Brett Paul Dunbar <brett@dimetrodon.demon.co.uk>
Votetaker: Barry Salter <b.salter@ukvoting.org.uk>
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Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.politics.misc
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The Results:
The results follow below in the following order:
1) Results
2) Particulars of the Vote
3) Votetakers Comments
4) Voting and Appeal Guidelines
5) Rationale & Proposed Charter
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RESULTS:
PROPOSAL - Creation of uk.politics.parties.libdem
YES : 25 votes
NO : 18 votes
ABSTAIN : 4 votes
Invalid : 2 votes
Total : 49 votes
YES beat NO by a majority of 7 votes. For group passage, there must be
12 more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, the group is not created.
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uk.politics.parties.libdem Final Vote Ack
Voted Yes 25 votes
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a%dawson`virgin%tne Alex Dawson
alanr`lightnet%oc%ku Alan Rayner
alex`alexh%clara%oc%ku Alex Holden
brett`dimetrodon%demon%oc%ku Brett Paul Dunbar
broonie`tardis%ed%ac%uk Mark Brown
dave`hbarnet%freeserve%oc%ku Dave Hillam
fulleraaron`ukonline%oc%ku Aaron Fuller
hifranc`breathemail%tne Francisco De Freitas
ikr2`cix%oc%ku Ian K. Ridley
jas`jmkemp%demon%oc%ku J M Kemp
jball`transoft%omc Jon Ball
merlin`netlink%oc%ku Darren Wyn Rees
michael`cavrdg%demon%oc%ku Michael Parry
papanui`cwcom%tne Martin W M Bryant
phil`saxmund%demon%oc%ku Phil Clark
philh`vision25%demon%oc%ku Philip Hunt
pmh`classicfm%tne Paul M. Hutchinson
richard`ppeace%demon%oc%ku Richard Tibbetts
richard`tga%u-net%omc Richard Gadsden
rpjs`kalevala%demon%oc%ku Roy Stilling
tfl`psp%oc%ku T Lee
tim-lee`bigfoot%omc Tim Harrison
tim`kooky%rgo Tim Bray
tim`poyningsclose%freeserve%oc%ku Tim Miller
wdonald`ibm%tne Bill Donald
Voted No - 18 votes
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alaric`harlech%demon%oc%ku Iain Bowen
craig`scot%demon%oc%ku Craig Cockburn
david`election%demon%oc%ku David Boothroyd
gandj`cix%oc%ku Gavin Drake
gazza%jones`virgin%tne Gary Jones
james`sfgiants22%freeserve%oc%ku James Farrar
jezza`hotwells%freeserve%oc%ku Jezza
lnorton`cix%oc%ku L Norton
neil`skipper%rgo%ku Neil Tungate
news`alba1314%demon%oc%ku Mr Russell Horn
news`druidic%isles%tne Mark Ynys-Mon
nigel`ashton%demon%oc%ku Nigel Ashton
richard`fairbairn%omc Richard Fairbairn
rosenstiel`cix%oc%ku Colin Rosenstiel
rphillips`cix%oc%ku R Phillips
simon`star-one%rgo%ku Simon Gray
steve`wrightnet%demon%oc%ku Steve Wright
vote-uk`kholdan%snafu%ed Tobias Erle
Abstained - 4 votes
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andy`pigsonthewing%demon%oc%ku Andy Mabbett
eaking`ulape%demon%oc%ku Edward King
murble-news`yuri%rgo%ku William Boughton
philip`blencathra%demon%oc%ku Philip Powell
Votes in error - 2 votes
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quantum`crosslink%tne atruelove
! No vote statement in message
rob`bleunoze%demon%oc%ku Rob Hill
! Acknowledgement bounced
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Votetakers Comments:
As usual, people managed to completely fail to follow the instructions
on the ballot paper and had to be informed of the error of their ways.
All of the votes affected by this *were* resubmitted and have been
counted.
This was also the first time that I've run two votes at the same time
and all appears to have worked perfectly even though both lots of
votes were submitted to the same address.
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RATIONALE: uk.politics.parties.libdem
Within uk.politics.* there is currently no place to discuss
party-specific politics, the volume of uk.politics.misc makes it
hard to find relevant discussions.
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