From: Robert Felton Newsgroups: uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.management Subject: 1998 Committee Election Results Date: 7 Jan 1999 21:40:27 -0000 Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- RESULTS OF CALL FOR VOTES Summary of Committee Elections Open Class: The following people are elected (serving until Oct 2001): Charles Lindsey Iain Bowen - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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) - ------------------------------------------------------------ Distribution: uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.management - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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6742135 fb59a9084cb2d814 642-135 fb5b2f48b7e7c903 6752413 fc7bd2669a851b4b 3467125 fcc17598f164c0f5 --4123- fd814258854e5860 7621345 fdac5c6fd63c27d1 4672315 fe622b9e373db28f --2---1 feb5a081c1560c06 3725146 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 ================================================================= 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: - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate 2: PETER BOWYER peter>>unica,uk//co Nominator 1 = Jeff Dennison jeff-folkwise>>pipemedia,uk//co Nominator 2 = Guy Morgan guy<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. - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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<