31 Mar 1997: uk.people.bdsm
RESULT: uk.people.bdsm PASSES 52:19:2
Author: Iain Bowen
Email: voting@harlech.demon.co.uk
Date: 1997/03/31
Forums: uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.announce
Message-ID: <result-uk.people.bdsm-970331-185731@usenet.org.uk>
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RESULT
Creation of new newsgroup uk.people.bdsm PASSES 52:19:2
Voting closed 23:59:59 GMT, 16th March 1997
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information on UK-VOTING can be found at http://www.harlech.demon.co.uk
For voting questions only contact voting@harlech.demon.co.uk (Iain Bowen).
For questions about the new group contact the proposer at the address
given below:
Amethyst <amethyst@jadzia.demon.co.uk>
DISTRIBUTION:
These results have been posted to the following newsgroups:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, alt.sex.bondage,
alt.sex.femdom
Newsgroups line:
uk.people.bdsm Discussion of bondage, discipline, s/m and D/s
Charter
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This group is for the discussion of bondage, discipline,
Domination, submission and sado-masochism in Britain by those
involved in the scene and those with an interest in the scene.
I hope that this group will not have the need to enforce strict
on-topic discussion but will be a friendly place where those
interested or involved in the bdsm scene can get to know one
another. However the initial posting in a thread should be on-
topic, however much it may wander later. Queries about bdsm
practice, tips on safety, discussion of methods and materials,
arrangement of related UK meetings and events etc are all on
topic.
alt.sex.bondage has a policy of allowing explicit fiction, however
I feel it may be best to put this off-topic. Though announcements
when a story has been posted to alt.sex.stories or alt.sex.stories.
bondage by a member of the group are allowed.
Advertising:
Short (less than 20 line) announcements of _UK events_ relevant to
readers are permitted; blatant off-topic or commercial advertising
(even those related to the group topic and in particular for phone
sex, explicit web sites or bulletin boards) are not. If you run a
related business you may advertise it in your sig, providing it
does not exceed 6 lines total, if you have something relevant to
post to the group.
Binaries:
Binaries are not permitted on this group, they should be posted to
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bondage. Posts advertising web sites
or bulletin boards containing explicit pictures are not welcome,
again you may advertise in your sig if you have something relevant
to post.
Personals:
Personals are off-topic. The correct place for personals is
uk.adverts.personals.
Voting Summary
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First Count (quota = 38)
uk.people.bdsm 52 ELECTED
uk.people.adult.bdsm 19
No Newsgroup 2
Valid Votes
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93djh2(at)eng.cam.ac.uk Dave Holland 1 2 3
af(at)contract.co.uk Alan Fleming 1 3 2
alan.ralph(at)ukonline.co.uk Alan Ralph 2 1 3
amethyst(at)jadizia.demon.co.uk Amethyst 1 2 3
amster(at)amster.demon.co.uk Bob Adams 1 2
andy(at)vision25.demon.co.uk Andy Hunt 2 1
andrew(at)peek-a-boo.demon.co.uk Andrew Stoker 1
alfar(at)alfar.demon.co.uk Peter Lawton 1 2
BD1(at)mm-croy.mottmac.com Brian Duguid 1 3 2
c96(at)iz.urz.uni-heidelberg.de Alexander Eichener 1 2 3
chl(at)clw.cs.man.ac.uk Charles Lindsay 3 1 2
cju(at)bison.ph.bham.ac.uk Chris Underhill 1 2 3
Claire.Speed(at)mailhost.mcc.ac.uk Claire Speed 1 2
dave(at)darob.demon.co.uk Dave Roberts 1 2 3
david(at)election.demon.co.uk David Boothroyd 1 2 3
daviesjc(at)aston.ac.uk John Davies 2 1
dhastur(at)mail.geocities.com Matthew Malthouse 1 2
doriordan(at)rsceng.ac.uk Dermot O'Riordan 3 1 2
douglas(at)cityscape.co.uk Douglas Reay 1 3 2
ds(at)lionins.co.uk David Smith 1 2 3
eja(at)compulink.co.uk Eric Thompson 2 1 3
David(at)sidney.demon.co.uk David Gerch 2 1
freefall(at)ihug.co.nz Mouse 1 2 3
grete(at)tagman.demon.co.uk Grete Potts 1 2 3
Grant.Denkinson(at)nottingham.ac.uk Grant Denkinson 1 2
hansenho(at)dircon.co.uk Christian P. Hansen 1 2 3
hilbert(at)hilbert.demon.co.uk Anthony Hilbert 1 3 2
iain(at)srama.demon.co.uk Iain Fielden 1 2
ice13(at)tomorrow.co.uk Joseph Carroll 2 1
ijackson(at)chiark.greenend.org.uk Ian Jackson 1 2 3
Ian(at)darkblak.demon.co.uk Ian Day 1 2
john(at)acs1.demon.co.uk John Davies 2 1
johnnyp(at)emjon.demon.co.uk John Proudler 1 2 3
jon(at)serf.org Jon Harley 1 2
jrk(at)sys.uea.ac.uk Richard Kennaway 1 2
jsw(at)isise.rl.ac.uk John Wright 1 2 3
juu(at)mindspring.com Jay Doubleyou 1 2
John.Kessel(at)gca.idn.nl John Kessel 1 2
kempken(at)pixelpark.com Markus Kempken 1 2
kero(at)amphibian.u-net.com Claire Parry 1 2 3
lyn(at)stuffing.demon.co.uk Lyn David Thomas 1 2
malc(at)thing.demon.co.uk Malc Arnold 1 2
malcolm(at)pigsty.demon.co.uk Malcolm McMahon 1 2
mark(at)good-stuff.co.uk Mark Goodge 3 1 2
marcus(at)elmail.co.uk Marcus Daley 1 2 3
mharvey(at)argonet.co.uk Mike Harvey 1 2 3
mkurrein(at)mkurrein.co.uk Martin Kurrein 1
mooner(at)globalnet.co.uk John Knowles 1 2 3
msf(at)amtp.liv.ac.uk Martyn Foster 1 2
m-ferr(at)townsquare.net Michael Ferranti 1 2
naturenet(at)chat.dungeon.com M P Chatfield 3 1 2
nbarn(at)earthlink.net N Barnes 2 1 3
OLDKEM(at)aol.com Dr H. Oldenburg 1
paul(at)phszx81.demon.co.uk Paul Harrison 1 2
pb1003(at)cus.cam.ac.uk Paul Bolchover 2 1 3
phil(at)vision25.demon.co.uk Phil Hunt 1 2
pjh1(at)leicester.ac.uk Pete Humble 1 2
richard(at)clupeid.demon.co.uk Richard Herring 1 2 3
richard(at)illuin.demon.co.uk Richard Letts 1
sandman(at)dircon.co.uk Dick Williams 2 1 3
sean(at)ocsltd.com Sean Corfield 1 2
silver(at)mordor.u-net.com The Nazgul 1 2
simon(at)star-one.org.uk Simon Org 1 2
spambin(at)precipice.demon.co.uk Joe Rowan 1 2
steve(at)packer.demon.co.uk Hopeless 2 1 3
steve.glover(at)ukonline.co.uk Steve Glover 1 2 3
S.J.Macmullen(at)newcastle.co.uk Simon MacMullen 2 1
SpyralFox(at)aol.com SpyralFox 2 1
tony(at)tagman.demon.co.uk Tony Evans 1 2 3
topbit(at)thepentagon.com Topbit 1 2 3
Touchstone(at)phadra.demon.co.uk Touchstone 1 2
Tufty(at)pobox.co.uk Chris Jording 1
u4d14(at)cc.keele.ac.uk Julian White 1
Invalid Votes
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andres(at)demon.co.uk Ack bounced, no such address
andy(at)lavalamp.demon.co.uk No real name or handle given
boris(at)room3b.demon.co.uk no filled in ballot
bosun(at)demandky.demon.co.uk Unsatisfactory handle
idaniel(at)jesus.ox.ac.uk invalid voting method used
john(at)dalling1.demon.co.uk No real name or handle given
invalid voting method used
mistress(at)drbrown.demon.co.uk Two names specified for vote
richard(at)tga.u-net.dot.com Spamblock
RichNghty(at)aol.com No real name or handle given
Swivette(at)aol.com No real name or handle given
tfl(at)psp.co.uk invalid voting method used
Votetakers rant
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73 valid ballots received, some people had problems with the AV style of
voting but this was well down on normal. All people using handles as opposed
to "real names", were checked for usage - those not found to have been used
before were rejected. I am not entirely happy about two other votes, but I
can find no evidence that they are from the same person, so they have been
retained. Only one person sent back the full CFV for which my mailbox is very
grateful. I have also checked a random sample of people who have real names.
There was two "duplicate" problems, in one case, a ballot was signed with
two names - this was rejected - it states, one person, one vote. In another
case, two people voted using the same account, this caused me some heartache,
but in the end I adopted the UVV solution which was that the last received
ballot only counts.
There were some people who tried to be "helpful" with this vote, by
publicing it further than the original distribution, luckily they contacted
me first and any conflicts were resolved. Remember, web pages are a no-no as
are reposted CFV's. The reasons for this may seem trival, but as someone who
has read news.groups irregularly for the last five years, they are needed.
I'm sorry to have taken so long to process this ballot, new job, new
boyfriend and accidental use of rm * have all contributed.....
--
Iain D. Bowen - Volunteer Votetaker, UK-VOTING. voting(at)harlech.demon.co.uk
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