07 Jan 1999: Committee Elections
From: Robert Felton <swinny@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Date: 7 Jan 1999 21:40:27 -0000
Subject: 1998 Committee Election Results
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.management
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RESULTS OF CALL FOR VOTES
Summary of Committee Elections
Open Class: The following people are elected (serving until Oct 2001):
Charles Lindsey
Iain Bowen
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 12th December 1998.
Primary Votetaker: votequestion@swinny.cix.co.uk (Rob Felton)
Secondary Votetaker: voting@mort.demon.co.uk (Malcolm Mladenovic)
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Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.management
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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) Committee Elections Guidelines
1) Result
N.B. Please find below a summarised set of the Results for the 1998
Committee Elections. Following discussion between myself and Malcolm
Mladenovic we have produced a more detailed document explaining the
results in depth. This document should be available n the next 72
hours via the following methods:
Web Page: http://www.ukvoting.org.uk/committeeresults98.html
Email: Please send a mail message to swinny@cix.co.uk with a Subject of
"1998 Committee Results In Depth".
N.B. Please remove the speech marks when entering the header, and please
make the title exact because I have set this is an automated mail
response.
And in light of the votetakers believing this document is necessary to be
able to check the results correctly, and following discussion with the
Committee the discussion period has been extended from 5 to 10 days.
Candidates:
A) Peter Parry
B) Peter Bowyer
C) Andy Mabbett
D) Richard Ashton
E) Charles Lindsey
F) Iain Bowen
G) Rod Begbie
Round 1
201 valid votes with a quota of 68:
N.B. 203 valid votes received but two votes treated as abstentions with no
preferences.
A = 12
B = 19
C = 22
D = 38
E = 65
F = 36
G = 9
With no-one reaching the quota no-one is elected in this round.
Round 2
Candidate G is eliminated, with 9 votes to transfer as follows:
A = 0
B = 0
C = 3
D = 1
E = 4
F = 1
Therefore:
201 valid votes with a quota of 68:
A = 12 + 0 = 12
B = 19 + 0 = 19
C = 22 + 3 = 25
D = 38 + 1 = 39
E = 65 + 4 = 69
F = 36 + 1 = 37
Candidate E has reached the quota of 68 and therefore is elected.
This leaves a surplus of 1 vote, which needs to allocated on the basis
1/69 and therefore has no effect, and so is placed in suspense.
Round 3
Candidate A is eliminated, with 12 votes to transfer as follows:
B = 1
C = 2
D = 1
F = 8
Therefore:
133 valid votes with a quota of 67:
B = 19 + 1 = 20
C = 25 + 2 = 27
D = 39 + 1 = 40
F = 37 + 8 = 45
The votes placed in suspense have no effect.
With no-one reaching the quota no-one is elected in this round.
Round 4
Candidate B is eliminated, with 20 votes to transfer as follows:
C = 2
D = 3
F = 11
Non-Transferrable Votes = 4
Therefore:
129 valid votes with a quota of 65:
C = 27 + 2 = 29
D = 40 + 3 = 43
F = 45 + 11 = 56
The votes placed in suspense have no effect.
With no-one reaching the quota no-one is elected in this round.
Round 5
Candidate C is eliminated, with 29 votes to transfer as follows:
D: 10
F: 11
Non-Transferrable Votes = 8
121 valid votes with a quota of 61:
D = 43 + 10 = 53
F = 56 + 11 = 67
Candidate F has reached the quota of 61 and therefore is elected.
2) Particulars of the Vote
The following people posted valid votes:
Alan Fleming af##contract,uk,,co
Alan Ford alan##whirlnet.demon,uk,,co
Alex D. Baxter alex##oenone.demon,uk,,co
Alex Dawson alex.dawson##uea,uk//ac
ALEX FOSTER alex.foster##zetnet,uk,,co
Alex Holden votes##alexh.claranet,uk,,co
Alex Ray ajtr2##cam,uk//ac
Andrew Heggie ahe1##cableol,uk,,co
Andrew Norman nja##le,uk//ac
Andrew Wineberg A.Wineberg##BTINTERNET,moc
Andy Greener andy##ist,uk,,co
Andy Mabbett amabbett##bham-assist.demon,uk,,co
Andy Roberts andyrobts##zetnet,uk,,co
Ann Wood committee98##cul-de-sac.demon,uk,,co
Anthony Evans aevans##poggo.demon,uk,,co
Anthony Frost afrost##oregan,ten
Anthony Gold tgold##panix,moc
Anthony Naggs amn##ubik.demon,uk,,co
Anton Jackson antonj##antonj.demon,uk,,co
Arwel Parry arwel##cartref.demon,uk,,co
Ashley Sanders a.sanders##mcc,uk//ac
Barry Salter barrykas##salterg.demon,uk,,co
Barry Smith bazzas##btinternet,moc
Bill Davies billyboy##gto,ten.om
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk##dsl,uk,,co
Brian Jones bajones##worcester.demon,uk,,co
Bruce Mardle bruce##algol.demon,uk,,co
Bruce Peckett bpeckett##halfcut.demon,uk,,co
Charles Lindsey chl##clw.cs.man,uk//ac
Chris Bannister cj##moodog.demon,uk,,co
Chris M. Dickson chris##dickson.demon,uk,,co
Christopher Dearlove chris##mnemosyne.demon,uk,,co
Christopher Gladman chris##gladman.demon,uk,,co
Christopher Watkins christopher##uffa.demon,uk,,co
Claire Speed c.speed##mcc,uk//ac
Clive Martin clive##cmartin.demon,uk,,co
Colin Rosenstiel rosenstiel##cix,uk,,co
Corinne Brooks corinne##quizlady.freeserve,uk,,co
Craig Cockburn craig##scot.demon,uk,,co
Dan Glover dan##dangl.demon,uk,,co
Darren Meldrum darren##meldrum,uk,,co
Darren Wyn Rees merlin##cvnet,uk,,co
Dave Budd D.Budd##mcc,uk//ac
Dave Goulbourne davegoulbourne##yahoo,moc
Dave JW Day ukvote##stejonda.demon,uk,,co
Dave Mayall david.mayall##ukonline,uk,,co
Dave Millard dave##focus3.demon,uk,,co
Dave Sparks Dave.Sparks##sisyphus.demon,uk,,co
Dave Williams dave##clues,moc
David Briggs briggs##radstone,uk,,co
David Damerell damerell##chiark.greenend,rgo.uk
David Jones djones##borve.demon,uk,,co
David Kitching davidk##brocross.u-net,moc
David Mahon dmahon##amigo,uk,,co
David Marsh drmarsh##bigfoot,moc
David Morris david##davidm.demon,uk,,co
Denis Fuller denisvote##chf.softnet,uk,,co
Denis McMahon denis##pickaxe.demon,uk,,co
Dick Craven dick##rcraven.demon,uk,,co
Dominic Jackson dbj101##york,uk//ac
Doug Weller dweller##ramtops.demon,uk,,co
Dr John Stockton jrs##merlyn.demon,uk,,co
Duncan Dewar duncan##brandane.demon,uk,,co
Duncan Munro duncan##muffy.demon,uk,,co
Ellen Mizzell ellen##tictac.demon,uk,,co
Fred Barber fredb##frolix8.demon,uk,,co
Gary Jones newsreply##manassa.demon,uk,,co
Geoff Berrow black-dog##geocities,moc
Geraldine Messenbird Smith geraldine##messenbirdsmith.freeserve,uk,,co
Gerard Alan Latham Gerard##galatham.demon,uk,,co
Graham Green gg##beer-monster.demon,uk,,co
Guy Morgan guy##onelight.demon,uk,,co
Harry andelk##dial.pipex,moc
Hilde Fernandez hilde##borve.demon,uk,,co
Hugh Simmons hugh##st-ronan.demon,uk,,co
Iain A F Fleming iainf##spider,moc
Iain Bowen alaric##harlech.demon,uk,,co
Iain L M Hotchkies iain##hotch.demon,uk,,co
Ian Peattie ian##johnrich.demon,uk,,co
Imran Ghory ImranG##btinternet,moc
James Bellaire bellaire##iquest,ten
James Coupe james##obeah.demon,uk,,co
James Lawson chasm##ccl4,rgo
James Sears james##acornusers,rgo
Jeff Lewis jeff##rhondda.demon,uk,,co
Jeremy McNeill jezza##hotwells.freeserve,uk,,co
Jesus jesus##heaven,uk,,co
Jim Hill jim##jh-c.demon,uk,,co
Jim Maddison jim##maddison.demon,uk,,co
Jim Nicholson jimn##minusen.force9,uk,,co
John Baguley jcb##avism.demon,uk,,co
John Bennett john##johnpb.demon,uk,,co
John Bifield igsi##freenet,uk,,co
John Grey john##thegreys.demon,uk,,co
John Hall john##jhall.demon,uk,,co
John Line jml4##cam,uk//ac
John Robinson john##thebeard.demon,uk,,co
John S. ROBINSON Secretary##talyllyn,uk,,co
John Underwood john##jsunderwood.demon,uk,,co
Jon Harley Jon.Harley##warwick,uk//ac
Jon Morgan jon.morgan##dial.pipex,moc
Jonathan Ward wardjr##aston,uk,,co
Jonathan Wheeler J.F.Wheeler##rl,uk//ac
Keith Midgley kmidgley##lineone,ten
Keith Stanbury keith##ilf0rd.demon,uk,,co
Keith Willoughby keith.willoughby##digital,moc
Kevin Lee krl##keltia4,uk,,co
Kieran Hartnett kieran##twisted,rgo.uk
Leo leo##venturer.demon,uk,,co
Les Turner les##whickham.demon,uk,,co
Lesley Simpson nl##corwyn.demon,uk,,co
Lyn David Thomas lyn##stuffing.demon,uk,,co
Mark Andrew Lowes markl##ftech,ten
Mark Bennett nl##bcvr.demon,uk,,co
Mark Brown broonie##tardis.ed,uk//ac
Mark Collis mwc22##cam,uk//ac
Mark Goodge mark##good-stuff,uk,,co
Martin Ludgate editor##navvies.demon,uk,,co
Martin Paterson m.paterson##consunet.nl
Martin Wood mfw##woodycoon.demon,uk,,co
Matthew Malthouse matthew.malthouse##guardian,uk,,co
Michael Parry michael##unicorn-connection,uk,,co
Mike Crowe mac##fysh,rgo
Mike Fleming mike##tauzero.demon,uk,,co
Mike Henry mike##tw2,moc
Mike Humphrey mph##atc.dera.gov.uk
Mike Paley pmailkee##waverider,uk,,co
Mike Thomas mike##mbreliance.demon,uk,,co
Miles Batchelor miles_batchelor##bigfoot,moc
Molly Mockford molly_mockford##my-dejanews,moc
Neil Barker neil##nemesis,,un
Neil Tungate neil##skipper.demon,uk,,co
Niall Wardrop niallcw##btinternet,moc
Nick Leverton leveret##warren.demon,uk,,co
Nigel Ashton nigel##ashton.demon,uk,,co
Nigel Cliffe ncliffe##hfnet.bt,uk,,co
Patrick Herring ph##anweald.exnet,uk,,co
Paul Bolchover pb10003##cus.cam,uk//ac
Paul Carpenter paul##pcserv.demon,uk,,co
Paul L. Allen pla##sktb.demon,uk,,co
Paul Womar Vote##pwomar.demon,uk,,co
Pekka P. Pirinen ppp##pirinen.demon,uk,,co
Penny Mayes penny##orangenet,uk,,co
Pete Biggs pete##physchem.ox,uk//ac
Peter Corlett abuse##verrine.demon,uk,,co
Peter Denton pjd##notned.demon,uk,,co
Peter Duck pduck##zetnet,uk,,co
Peter Harper harpers##tipcat.demon,uk,,co
Peter Munn pmunnsub##pearce-neptune.demon,uk,,co
Peter Murphy pete##ento.demon,uk,,co
Peter Parry Peter##wppltd.demon,uk,,co
Peter Rodger {Pete}##glost.demon,uk,,co
Peter Sullivan peter##manorcon.demon,uk,,co
Peter Thomas peter##godthoms.demon,uk,,co
Phil Wade phil##pooters.freeserve,uk,,co
Philip Hunt philh##vision25.demon,uk,,co
R G Ansell ricka##globalnet,uk,,co
Rachael Munns vashti##dream,rgo.uk
Richard Ashton richard##corixia.demon,uk,,co
Richard Clayton richard##turnpike,moc
Richard Gadsden richard##tga.u-net,moc
Richard Herring richard.herring##gecm,moc
Richard Letts richard-vote##illuin.demon,uk,,co
Rick Martin rick.martin##pixel-group,moc
Rob Allen rob##akra.demon,uk,,co
Robert Hull Robert##thehulls.demon,uk,,co
Robert Irvine robbie##arrakis.nu
Rod Begbie rod##begbie,moc
Roger Haynes roger.haynes##virgin,ten
Ron Pople ron##pople.freeserve,uk,,co
Ronan Flood R.Flood##noc.ulcc,uk//ac
Ross Younger wry20##cam,uk//ac
Roy Jeffery carv##dial.pipex,moc
Roy Stilling rpjs##kalevala.demon,uk,,co
S.W.F. Borthwick swfb##bokop.win-uk,ten
Sarah Baker sarah##simple-signshop.demon,uk,,co
Simon Bonnick simon##trimcase,moc
simon gray simon##star-one,rgo.uk
SJFBeckwith sjfb##cirra,moc
squire squire##bryhod99.demon,uk,,co
Stephen Gower stephen.gower##st-catherines.oxford,uk//ac
Stephen Purser stephen##blacksheep,rgo
Stephen Way steve##ways.demon,uk,,co
Steve Bloomer Steve##crowpark.demon,uk,,co
Steve Ellwood steve.ellwood.cv##telecom.dircon,uk,,co
Steve Lewin slewin##clara,ten
Steve Peake puppet##dial.pipex,moc
Stuart Millington phupp##wormhole.demon,uk,,co
Susan Ashton susan##ashton.demon,uk,,co
Susan Wormald susan##woodmoor.demon,uk,,co
Tez Boyes tez##pierrot,uk,,co
Thomas Lee tfl##psp,uk,,co
Tim Dignon tim##cursci,uk,,co
Tim Sharrock tjsharrock##iee,rgo
Tim Willets tim##willets.demon,uk,,co
Tom Hughes tom##compton.demon,uk,,co
Tony Towers tony##fishblanket.demon,uk,,co
Tony Walton tony.walton##sun,uk,,co
Tony Wright adw##saska.demon,uk,,co
Vernon Hampson vhampson##netcomuk,uk,,co
Warren Hoy warren##gwtech.demon,uk,,co
William Boughton bill##xencat.demon,uk,,co
William Tarr (Wm) newsmaster##tarrcity.demon,uk,,co
The following people posted invalid votes:
No name/address in ballot:
Dave Holland dave@zenda.demon.co.uk
Tobias Erle vote@kholdan.snafu.de (x2)
Jeff Dennison jeff-folkwise@pipemedia.co.uk
Shaun Hague shaunh@dtop.demon.co.uk
Charles Norrie Charles@geodeon.demon.co.uk
Newsreader News@maddison.demon.co.uk
David Marsh dm@bigfoot.com
Arrived after voting deadline:
Mike Landers plissken@netcomuk.co.uk
As per the guidelines:
"The results shall be published in such a manner that it may be seen who
voted, but only the individual voter will be able to recognise and confirm
his own vote. "
And therefore the following are the valid votes with the Unique ID for
people to identify their votes and the way people voted:
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3) Votetaker Comments
There are several points which have to be made:
1) This is the highest turn out for a Committee Elections CFV yet.
2) There was a high proportion of people voting incorrectly by not
including their name or address, but I am glad to see that quite a few of
these voted again when prompted by the ACK.
3) The results have been delayed due to the Christmas period and also the
need to make a decision on the Charles Norrie posting (please see separate
statement), and also the need to make sure the results are 100% correct -
and this is something which cannot be rushed.
4) For the ease of counting though the transfer of part votes was never a
problem with only 1 vote to transfer.
5) This is the first Committee Elections which I have co-ordinated and I
hope it has been a lot more successful then last years, but there are
things which I think need changing. And I will be issuing a multiple
proposal RFD when these results have been issued to amend the Committee
Guidelines, and this should hopefully satisfy people who have been aiming
criticism at UKVoting recently.
4) Voting and Appeal guidelines
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UKVoting.
UKVoting is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFVs in
the uk hierarchy. The rules under which this vote is taken are posted
regularly to uk.net.news.announce or can be found at the following URL:
ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting
The UKVoting web pages can be found at http://www.ukvoting.org.uk/
There is a ten day discussion period after these results are posted to
uk.net.news.announce.
Allegations of irregularity should be sent to control@usenet.org.uk.
5) Committee Elections Guidelines
ELECTIONS:
==========
There are currently 2 Open and 2 News Administrator Vacancies
DEFINITIONS OF NEWS ADMINISTRATOR and OPEN
A News Administrator is a person responsible for administering or
overseeing the news system on a site. Sites which serve only 1 user, or
which exchange news articles with only 1 other site do not count.
An Open Member is any person who is a reader of uk.* articles.
NOMINATION RULES
Nominations in the case of the "News Administrator" class of membership
may only be made by News Administrators (definition above)
Nominations in the case of the "Open" class of membership may be made by
any reader of uk.* articles.
Each candidate must receive 4 nominations.
In the event of there being more than 2 successfully nominated "News
Administrator" candidates and/or 2 "Open" Candidates an election will be
held during November 1998.
PERSONS RESIGNING FROM COMMITTEE
News Administrator Class:
1) John Line
N.B. There is one vacancy on the committee for this class.
Open Member Class:
1) Charles Lindsey
2) Simon Gray
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CANDIDATES:
News Administrator Class:
No nominations received - therefore the committee has 2 vacancies for this
class.
Open Class:
7 nominations received - the committee has 2 vacancies and therefore an
election will be held to fill the 2 vacancies.
Candidates:
1) Peter Parry
2) Peter Bowyer
3) Andy Mabbett
4) Richard Ashton
5) Charles Lindsey
6) Iain Bowen
7) Rod Begbie
Please find below details of the people who nominated each candidate (Name
& Email Address) and a short statement from each candidate:
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Candidate 1: PETER PARRY peter##wppltd.demon,uk//co
Nominator 1 = Simon Gray $simon$##star-one.org.uk
Nominator 2 = Sue Lee sue??dizzydogs.demon,uk//co
Nominator 3 = Louis Sabet sabetl**aston,uk()(ca
Nominator 4 = Jonathan Smith js~~livlond.u-netc,o5m
Statement:
My background is as a user rather than administrator firstly on
Arpanet and later the Internet. I have seen the changes that have
taken place as the Net has grown and evolved. The balance of useage
has altered considerably as it has become accessible to many more
than in the past. The corollary is that many more inexperienced and
naive users are let loose. In addition newsgroups are being eyed
avariciously by "activists" of various sorts and Politicians with
partisan agendas. The efforts of the latter groups have often, and
quite understandably, created a defensive atmosphere which leads to
lengthy, heated and largely irrelevant debates to the detriment of
newcomers. I would like to work towards an approach which is more
welcoming to (and more forgiving of) the inexperienced proponent
while at the same time maintaining a rigorous response to the
professional agitators. Replying to an initial flawed post with
public critisisms of broken newsreaders, faulty sigs and accusations
of fwittery achieves little other than to antagonise or alienate the
newcomer. Taking time to explain clearly why things are done a
particular way pays dividends, very few people make their first
mistakes deliberately. A newcomer should not feel they are stepping
into the Lions den when they come here.
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Candidate 2: PETER BOWYER peter>>unica,uk//co
Nominator 1 = Jeff Dennison jeff-folkwise>>pipemedia,uk//co
Nominator 2 = Guy Morgan guy<<onelight.demon,uk//co
Nominator 3 = Charles Lyne Charles_Lyne<<mitelc,o5m
Nominator 4 = John Bennett john$$johnpb.demon,uk//co
Statement:
Professionally, I'm a software consultant, working in Knowledge Management
and Groupware. I earn part of my living hosting on-line forums and mailing
lists (www.msexchange.org for example) and through related promotional
activity, branching out into new-media sales and marketing.
I've been an Internet user since 1992, and a regular user of Newsgroups,
whether UK or otherwise. I'm no stranger to committee work - I serve on
the committee of the Microsoft Messaging International User Group and on a
committee of the Radio Society of Great Britain.
I'm 38, have one child and no dogs.
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Candidate 3: ANDY MABBETT amabbett$$bham-assist.demon,uk//co
Nominator 1 = Molly Mockford molly_mockford%%my-dejanewsc,o5m
Nominator 2 = Dave Mayall david.mayall%%ukonline,uk//co
Nominator 3 = Geoff Berrow black-dog==geocitiesc,o5m
Nominator 4 = Darren Rees merlin==cvnet,uk//co
Statement:
I trust that my posting record, in uk.net.news.* as elsewhere, speaks
for itself. I have supported the development of the uk.* hierarchy as a
means for discussing matters relating to the UK, by anyone with an
interest, whoever and wherever they are. I will continue to do so,
whether elected or not, but obviously as a member of the committee I
would have a more formal involvement.
My support has included giving advice to many new proponents and
drafting the currently- debated boilerplate text, in which I attempt to
encapsulate the consensus of users, with due regard to minority opinion.
I believe I apply this approach to wider uk.* issues also.
If elected I, like other 'Open' committee members, would be
participating in a personal capacity, rather than on behalf of my
employers.
Finally, I would like to thank my four nominators, and others, for their
unsolicited support.
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Candidate 4: RICHARD ASHTON richardcorixia.demon,uk//co
Nominator 1 = Mark Lowes hamsterlspace,pgro
Nominator 2 = John Hall john^^jhall.demon,uk//co
Nominator 3 = Neil Barker neil^^nemesis.nu
Nominator 4 = Cris Lawrence cml;;spacetime.demon,uk//co
Statement:
I have decided to stand again this year, after the narrowest of defeats
last year, as Simon Gray is not standing for re-election. Simon deserves
many thanks and much praise for his past efforts.
I generally support the status quo with evolutionary change, the guiding
principle "to make and keep Usenet/NetNews a useful communications
medium." I also wish to help strengthen the uk.* hierachy with well named
and well used groups.
After 5 years on Usenet I have recently noticed a shift from the "old"
days to today, I therefore pledge, if elected, never again to use bad
language or to refer people to www.fuckwit.tm. [at least in uk.*]
I also pledge to strive to be unfailingly polite and helpful, illuminating
the path rather than obscuring it, whenever possible.
The alternative {r} will try to serve well and fairly and see if he can
find a decent spelling checker.
{R} wondering if BillyShit had better be renamed BillySlop, now
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Candidate 5: CHARLES LINDSEY chl;;clw.cs.man,,uk&&ca
Nominator 1 = Richard Clayton richard<>turnpikec,o5m
Nominator 2 = David Damerell damerell<>chiark.greenend,uk??gro
Nominator 3 = Mark Goodge mark$good-stuff,uk//co
Nominator 4 = Dave Mayall david.mayall$ukonline,uk//co
Statement:
Three years or so ago, the UK hierarchy was an anarchy. A flat
namespace, few groups, no agreed mechanisms to create new ones, lots of
people moaning in uk.net.news, but nobody doing anything.
So I did something. I got together a group of people (yes, a Cabal if
you wish), and I got the major ISPs on board, and we prepared a set of
Guidelines and steered them through a vote on uk.net.news. And now uk.*
is acknowledged as one of the best run hierarchies on the net.
As a Committee member over the past three years, I have tried to keep
things on an even keel; to be firm but fair; to eschew hysterical
reactions; to confuse people with the facts, when needed; and to answer
abuse with calm reason. I have acted as standin-control on several
occasions, and I get to manage www.usenet.org.uk (which makes me Keeper
of the Texts, I suppose).
I am happy to continue doing all of these things, and to that end I
solicit your Vote.
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Candidate 6: IAIN BOWEN alaric()(harlech.demon,uk//co
Nominator 1 = Rick Martin rick.martin()(pixel-groupc,o5m
Nominator 2 = James Coupe james+=+obeah.demon,uk//co
Nominator 3 = James Lawson chasm+=+ccl4<<gro
Nominator 4 = Richard Letts richard&&&illuin.demon,uk//co
Statement:
"I have been involved with Usenet for several years now and have a
good understanding of both the technical and social issues involved in
newsgroup creation. Previously, I served as a votetaker for two years and
learnt a great deal from that experience.
I respect the majority of the work of the current committee and believe
that uk.* would be a much worse place without their steering hand,
however, I believe that there should be a regular influx of new blood onto
the committee and replacement of old members.
I am dubious of the ideas of collective responsibility, whilst I do not
stand as a gadfly candidate, those who know me, know that I hold
principles very strongly and that I will act honourably and openly rather
than bury any terrible secrets. The black helicopter is not welcome here.
Nor will I sheepishly go along with consensus when I feel that it is
wrong.
Should I be elected, after I have stopped choking with surprise, I will
endeavour to do my best to keep down bureaucracy, increase
user-friendliness whilst attempting to maintain a well-regulated and
taxonomically correct namespace.
I faithfully promise not to eat any babies and to only call a fsckwit a
fsckwit when severely provoked. "
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Candidate 7: ROD BEGBIE rod&&&begbiec,o5m
Nominator 1 = Hugh Davies huge&^%axalotl.demon,uk//co
Nominator 2 = Ian Peattie ian&^%johnrich.demon,uk//co
Nominator 3 = Dave Mayall david.mayall+_)ukonline,uk//co
Nominator 4 = Stephen Gower sjg+_)k2.stcatz.ox,uk//ac
Statement:
Hello. I'm Rod. But you probably already know that.
Brief history: 22 year old CompSci graduate who has been using USENET for
six years, and reading and posting to u.n.n.c for one.
I have decided to stand for election to the committee this year because I
feel I have a good understanding of how the hierarchy operates, and am
committed to ensuring that the hierarchy continues to prosper as an
increasing number of internet users discover netnews.
One immediate priority would be to ensure that the role of the committee
was better documented so that people stop seeing them as some big scary
cabal (TINC) and instead see them in their proper role as guides to the
smooth running of the hierarchy - ensuring that uk.* remains a hierarchy
that others are jealous of!
Thanks
Swinny - Rob Felton
Co-Ordinator, UKVoting (mailto:ukvoting@usenet.org.uk)
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