27 Feb 1999: uk.local.southwest.jobs


From: Robert Felton <swinny@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Date: 27 Feb 1999 12:04:58 -0000
Subject: RESULT - Create uk.local.southwest.jobs FAILS 15:17
Newsgroups: None

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			 RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES

	  Summary: Creating new newsgroup uk.local.southwest.jobs

	   Create newsgroup uk.local.southwest.jobs FAILS 15:17

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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 14th February 1999.

Proponent: tm6248@bristol.ac.uk (Tim Miller)
Votetaker: votequestion@swinny.cix.co.uk (Rob Felton)

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Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.local.southwest

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The Results:

The results follow below in the following order:

1) Result
2) Particulars of the Vote
3) Votetakers comments
4) Voting and Appeal guidelines
5) Rationale & Newsgroup charter

PROPOSAL - Create newsgroup uk.local.southwest.jobs

YES = 15
NO = 17
ABSTAIN = 2

NO beat YES by a majority of 2 votes.

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The Particulars of the Vote

YES VOTES

Clive Martin         clive:':cmartin.demonuk,co##
Ellen Stafford       ellen:':duff,or:':g
Jim Avery            jimavery:':cableinetuk,co##
lionel Jones         lionel:':ucott.demonuk,co##
Gary Wilmot          grw:':bedlam.u-net,moc
Suze Hall            suze:':theworkhouse1.demonuk,co##
Sue Hossack          sue:':hossackhouse.demonuk,co##
Jane Vernon          jane:':otbo.demonuk,co##
Denis Fuller         denis:':chf.softnetuk,co##
Jeremy McNeill       jezza:':hotwells.freeserveuk,co##
VinceH               vinceh:':softrockuk,co##
LB Brooks            LB:':pipponet.freeserveuk,co##
Simon Dunlavey       simon:':dsuk,co##
Tim Miller           tm6248:':bristol.ac.uk
Ted Heath            Ted:':the-pub3.demonuk,co##

NO VOTES

Paul Carpenter       paul:':pcserv.demonuk,co##
Alex Dawson          alex.dawson:':uea.ac.uk
Thomas Le            tfl:':pspuk,co##
Mike Henry           mike:':tw2,moc
David Redhouse       dir21:':cam.ac.uk
Conor O'Neill        conor:':puddle.demonuk,co##
Malcolm Mladenovic   mbm:':acm,or:':g
Dave Mayall          david.mayall:':ukonlineuk,co##
Darren Wyn Rees      merlin:':cvnetuk,co##
James Coupe          james:':obeah.demonuk,co##
Ian Jackson          ijackson:':chiark.greenend,or:':g.uk
Lyn David Thomas     lyn:':stuffing.demonuk,co##
Gareth J Dykes       dykes:':argonetuk,co##
Bryan Morris         bryan:':morris4.demonuk,co##
tobias erle          vote-uk:':kholdan.snafu.de
Richard Clayton      richard:':turnpike,moc
richard letts        richard-vote:':illuin.demonuk,co##

ABSTAIN

Andy Mabbett         amabbett:':bham-assist.demonuk,co##
SJFBeckwith          sjfb:':cirra,moc

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Votetakers Notes:

Well I think this was almost the easiest vote yet - but I must say that 
several people edited the ballot paper removing the placeholders, and 
officially these votes should not be included - and next time I am 
thinking of excluding these votes.

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RATIONALE: 
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Of late the uk.* group uk.local.southwest has been receiving a lot of 
attention from advertisers, both genuine local advertisers and corporate 
spammers.  Many of these adverts have been concerned with looking for 
employment or employees.  This is to be expected, since many residents 
here are unwilling to move away from the SouthWest to find employment, and 
employers are not willing to pay relocation costs to move people from 
around the country. Currently there exist newsgroups for such adverts, 
uk.jobs and uk.jobs.wanted, but these are mainly concerned with nationwide 
and SouthEastern jobs.

By creating a separate newsgroup for jobs in the SouthWest, we hope to 
provide a forum where those without the geographic mobility necessary to 
find a job in the uk.jobs group can find employers based in the SouthWest.

Also, the (existing) charter for uk.local.southwest indicates that should 
postings exceed 30 a day, the newsgroup may be split. Postings do indeed 
exceed this limit, and it is hoped by removing job adverts and complaints 
about job adverts this total may fall.

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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION & CHANGES TO RFD
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Summary:

The discussion was undertaken simultaneously with that for
uk.local.southwest.adverts.  Many of the same points were made.

Many said that they were in support of this, following recent incidents
in the uk.local.southwest newsgroup, in which hostile reaction to an
inappropriate job advert caused legitimate job adverts to be overlooked.

Several people expressed concern that the newsgroup would be filled with
agency posts, ignoring the fact that the newsgroup was for the SouthWest
only.  This was agreed to be a valid point, and the charter has been
changed accordingly, to forbid crossposting between
uk.local.southwest.jobs and any other job group.  No better method for
reducing agency traffic was forthcoming.

Several also expressed concern over the name of the group, preferring to
keep all jobs groups together - so preferring to create a group
uk.jobs.southwest.  Although this may make NewsServers' jobs easier, it
seems to hide the group away from the users of uk.local.southwest
somewhat, and make it more close to the agencies advertising in uk.jobs.

One person objected to all proposals put forward.

Changes since the 1st RFD:

Changed cross-posting guidance, so cross-posts between
uk.local.southwest.jobs and uk.jobs.* are forbidden.

Added clause so reference to uk.local.southwest.adverts should only be
made if uk.local.southwest.adverts is created (through the other
ballot).

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PROPOSED  or AMENDED CHARTER 
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Charter:

uk.local.southwest.jobs is a local newsgroup intended for those searching 
for employment, and those advertising employment, in the SouthWest of 
England.  All types of employment may be advertised, providing it is legal 
under UK law.

For the purposes of this newsgroup the SouthWest is defined as including 
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Bristol and Bath, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, and 
Cornwall.

Users should note the existance of uk.jobs and uk.jobs.wanted and should 
consider posting to one of these groups if the job offered or wanted is 
not necessarily in the SouthWest. Crossposting between 
uk.local.southwest.jobs and uk.jobs is permitted if and only if the job 
offered is based in the SouthWest. Likewise, crossposting between 
uk.local.southwest.jobs and uk.jobs.wanted is permitted if and only if the 
potential employee is searching for a job in the SouthWest.

Adverts:

This is a job adverts group, and so adverts are restricted to those 
seeking employment or employees.  Other types of advert relevant to the 
SouthWest must be posted to uk.local.southwest.adverts.

(THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE EXCLUDED IF UK.LOCAL.SOUTHWEST.ADVERTS CFV 
FAILS - AND THE GROUP IS NOT CREATED.)

This is a UK newsgroup, and activities which are illegal under UK law 
(including laws governing paper mail, such as chain email and multi-level 
marketing) must not be posted.

Binaries:

Binaries are not permitted; pointers to ftp or web sites may be posted.

Newsgroups line:

uk.local.southwest.jobs The job market in the uk.local.southwest area.

Moderated:

Not moderated

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Thanks

Swinny - Rob Felton
Co-Ordinator, UKVoting (mailto:ukvoting@usenet.org.uk)

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