28 Dec 1998: uk.local.edinburgh
From: Brian Jones <brianjones@worcester.demon.co.uk
Date: 28 Dec 1998 15:06:56 -0000
Subject: Result: uk.local.edinburgh FAILS 31:22
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,scot.general,ed.general
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Result of CFV for new newsgroup uk.local.edinburgh
Summary
Yes Votes: 31
No Votes: 22
Abstain: 2
Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 16th December 1998.
Proponent: John Harris <mikeharris1@mailexcite.com>
Votetaker: brianjones@worcester.demon.co.uk
Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, scot.general, ed.general
The Result
The YES vote of 31, is just 9 votes greater than the 22 NO votes.
As this is less than the 12 votes required by the rules the CFV fails.
Votes received
Adrian Hurt adrian#~#cee.hw.ac.uk YES
Alan Fleming af#~#contract.co.uk YES
Andi Carey ukv#~#amcarey.demon.co.uk YES
Andy Mabbett amabbett#~#bham-assist.demon.co.uk YES
Clair Barrass clair.barrass#~#zetnet.co.uk YES
Darren Craig darrenc#~#netcomuk.co.uk YES
David Damerell damerell#~#chiark.greenend.org.uk YES
David Hansen davidh#~#spidacom.co.uk YES
Denis McMahon denis#~#pickaxe.demon.co.uk YES
Derek Hodge derekh#~#post.almac.co.uk YES
Hamish Bell hammy#~#croila.demon.co.uk YES
Ian Jeffray ian#~#eh.org YES
Ian Johnston engs0011#~#sable.ox.ac.uk YES
Ian Wright i.wright#~#swimcoach.freeserve.co.uk YES
Jim Darroch jimd#~#spider.com YES
Joe Curry ability#~#zetnet.co.uk YES
John.Mason John.Mason#~#ed.ac.uk YES
Kevin Hislop K.W.Hislop#~#hw.ac.uk YES
lOUISE Blatchford louise#~#woods.demon.co.uk YES
Mark Woods mark#~#britball.com YES
Marysia Kolodziej marysia#~#marysia.com YES
Michael Parry michael#~#unicorn-connection.co.uk YES
Mike Paley pmailkee#~#waverider.co.uk YES
mIKE sCOT mike_scot#~#yahoo.com YES
Omar Jamil oxj#~#dcs.ed.ac.uk YES
Paul Womar Vote#~#pwomar.demon.co.uk YES
Simon Smith simon.smith#~#ed.ac.uk YES
Solomon Paul Sammy sps#~#argonet.co.uk YES
steve ellwood steve.ellwood.ev#~#telecom.dircon.co.uk YES
Steven J. Kinloch Steven#~#Kinloch.sol.co.uk YES
tobias erle vote#~#kholdan.snafu.de YES
Alex Dawson alex.dawson#~#uea.ac.uk NO
Anne Jackson amygdala#~#zetnet.co.uk NO
Barrie Black news#~#kingsmuirangus.softnet.co.uk NO
Bob Scott Bob#~#landb5.demon.co.uk NO
Calum Davidson calum.bis#~#agora.org NO
Charles Ellson charles#~#ellson.demon.co.uk NO
Craig Cockburn craig#~#scot.demon.co.uk NO
Daniel Toye daniel.toye#~#cableol.co.uk NO
Darren Rees merlin#~#cvnet.co.uk NO
Dave Mayall david.mayall#~#ukonline.co.uk NO
Dave Sparks Dave.Sparks#~#sisyphus.demon.co.uk NO
David Marsh dmarsh#~#zetnet.co.uk NO
George MacDonald gmd#~#slip.net NO
Ian Peattie ian#~#johnrich.demon.co.uk NO
John Breslin breslin#~#cadence.com NO
Paul L. Allen pla#~#sktb.demon.co.uk NO
Richard Fairbairn richard#~#fairbairn1.demon.co.uk NO
Robert Gormley r.gormley#~#ed.ac.uk NO
Russ Evans russ#~#seismo.demon.co.uk NO
Simon Brooke simon#~#jasmine.org.uk NO
Stephen Kitt steve#~#tardis.ed.ac.uk NO
Steven Heddle sbh#~#roe.ac.uk NO
Paul Bolchover pb10003#~#cus.cam.ac.uk ABSTAIN
Ross Younger wry20#~#cam.ac.uk ABSTAIN
Disallowed votes
David Allison <david#~#wedding-services.demon.co.uk>
Name and email address not given in ballot form.
Thomas Lee <tfl#~#psp.co.uk>
Posted after voting deadline.
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Summary: The creation of a UK-wide newsgroup uk.local.edinburgh
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Newsgroups line:
uk.local.edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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RATIONALE: uk.local.edinburgh
Edinburgh has a population in excess of 500,000 people, and has specific
issues which can only be discussed on an Edinburgh wide basis, such as
Health (Lothian Health Board), Transport (Lothian Region Transport),
City of Edinburgh Council, the Environment, Employment, Festivals and so
on.
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CHARTER: uk.local.edinburgh
Uk.local.edinburgh is for the discussion of any topic relating to the
City of Edinburgh, whether from people in the city or elsewhere.
Contributions are welcome from people who Live, study, work or have an
interest in the area, culture, history, sport and attractions of or
plan to visit Edinburgh.
Due to the diverse community in the city, uk.local.edinburgh welcomes
posts in any language, but considers English the main language. Posters
in other languages are requested to give translations in English where
possible.
ADVERTISING
Commercial advertising is unwelcome, although a company reference in a
signature not exceeding four lines is acceptable.
CROSS POSTING
X-posting to/from other newsgroups are welcome up to a limit of four
other newsgroups, by directing a post from one to the other with
follow-ups set accordingly.
BINARIES
With the exception of PGP signatures, the posting of binaries or other
encoded data files is not permitted. You are invited to read a guide on
the World Wide Web at http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html for
further information on how to configure your newsreader to post to
uk.* newsgroups.
END CHARTER.
Proponent: John Harris
Email: mikeharris1@mailexcite.com
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Brian Jones
on behalf of UK Voting
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Brian Jones Worcester, United Kingdom
mailto: brianjones@worcester.demon.co.uk
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