RESULT: Moderation of uk.religion.christian PASSES 80:11 Author: Iain D. Bowen Email: voting@harlech.demon.co.uk Date: 1996/05/07 Forums: uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.announce Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESULT Moderation of existing newsgroup uk.religion.christian Voting Closed 23:59:59 GMT, 27th April 1996. This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UK-VOTING. UK-VOTING is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFV's in the uk hierarchy. The rules under which this vote was 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 For voting questions only contact voting@harlech.demon.co.uk (Iain Bowen). For questions about the change contact the proposer who is Kevin King Distribution: uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.religion.christian Summary: Moderation of uk.religion.christian PASSES 80:11 MODERATION POLICY It is our wish to maintain as free a forum as possible for the expression of ideas within the terms of our existing charter. Since we are only reluctantly adopting a moderation policy, this proposal is for a minimum-level approach, whereby approval will be automatically granted to known participants and only subject to specific prior approval by the moderator or exclusion from the newsgroup under exceptional circumstances. Cross-posting will, however, be strictly limited. For full details of this policy refer to the amended charter, which is appended below. The moderation policy may change with experiece. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER: This newsgroup is intended for discussion of Christianity in the UK, Christianity from the persepctive of UK posters, and general discussion amongst UK Christians. Welcome: UK Christians and non-Christians are welcome to post on any appropriate discussion topic. Non UK posters are welcome to post on matters of specific UK relevance, or contribute to existing discussions. Non-UK posters are strongly advised to consider whether another group would be more appropriate before starting a new thread. Language: English. Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic words should be given with an English translation. Discussion topics: The following are considered to be on-topic: + Discussions regarding Christianity from a UK perspective, and the UK from a Christian perspective. + General discussion amongst UK Christians and between UK Christians and non-Christians. + Announcements of specific interest to UK Christians. The following are considered to be off-topic: - Discussions which could be better conducted in an international newsgroup (e.g. soc.religion.christian). - Advertising which is not specifically relevant to UK Christians. - Posts on matters specific to other countries. - Binaries and posts not in plain English. - Personal abuse/flames. Moderation policy: It is NOT intended that the moderator should censor postings, the objective is to keep discussions broadly within the defined topic of 'Christianity from a UK perspective'. In time it is envisaged that many of the functions described below will be performed automatically. Posts from new subscribers will be accepted provided that they broadly comply with the terms of this charter. Posts from known subscribers will always be accepted for posting, except under the circumstances specified below: a) Articles cross-posted to more than two other newsgroups and all binary files will normally be rejected. b) Postings from a person who has seriously or consistently violated the group's charter may, for a fixed period, be made subject to prior approval by the moderator. In such a case, the moderator must immediately send the offender a notice outlining the reason for this action and its duration. A person disciplined in this manner has the right to demand that the moderator posts a copy of this notice to the newsgroup for comment by other subscribers. c) In the following cases only, the moderator may impose a total ban of unspecified duration: i) following persistent violations even after the implementation of (b) above, ii) in the event of serious abuse directed against the moderator, iii) if a poster forges newsgroup headers or gives a fake id. In all cases except (iii) the moderator must send a notice outlining the reason for this action to the offender, and to the newsgroup for comment by other subscribers. Advertising: Short announcements of specific interest to UK Christians ONLY. Binaries: None. Cross-posts: Articles cross-posted to more than 2 other newsgroups will normally be rejected. END CHARTER. MODERATOR INFO: group.name Moderator: Patrick Herring The moderation submission address will be uk-religion-christian@usenet.org.uk. In the event that routine moderation is performed by a robot, the address uk-religion-christian-request@usenet.org.uk may also be set up for direct email access to the moderator. END MODERATOR INFO. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL VOTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following list of addresses is copyright 1996 by the Revolutionary Penguin Press(1985). Use for any purpose other than verifying the vote for this newsgroup is prohibited. Votes Processed ---------------- A.J.Moon@newcastle.ac.uk Alun Moon Y aa@mfltd.co.uk Adrian Aylward Y af4532@bristol.ac.uk AR. Foote Y ajk@yorke.demon.co.uk Alice Kennard Y alan@bittern.demon.co.uk Alan Zanker Y andrew@foakes.demon.co.uk Andrew Foakes Y anich@tattoo.ed.ac.uk Sandy Nicholson Y Annabel@amsmyth.demon.co.uk Annabel Smyth Y andy@oznet.demon.co.uk Andy Osborne Y bosco@brother.demon.co.uk J. B. MacDonald Y chas@holyrood.ed.ac.uk Chas Spencer Y chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk Charles Lindsey Y chris.prior@zetnet.co.uk Chris Prior Y CLA6MH@ARTS-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK Malcolm Heath Y Claire.Speed@mailhost.mcc.ac.uk Claire Speed Y clucy@liverpool.ac.uk Andy Clucas Y crb11@cus.cam.ac.uk Colin Bell Y crn@netix.telecall.co.uk C Newport Y daren.austin@Zoology.oxford.ac.uk Daren Austin Y david@aldred.demon.co.uk David Aldred Y David@dbush.demon.co.uk David Bush Y david@tcs01.demon.co.uk David James Y david.shephard@gecm.com David Shephard Y davidl@rcp.co.uk David Leftley Y dca@ray.npl.co.uk David C. Aldridge Y djs101@mailer.york.ac.uk Dave Spence Y dlester@cs.man.ac.uk David Lester Y dweller@ramtops.demon.co.uk Doug Weller Y esrqw@csv.warwick.ac.uk Margaret J. Low Y evansch@servelan.co.uk Colin Evans Y G.J.McCaughan@pmms.cam.ac.uk Gareth McCaughan Y gareth@feruce.demon.co.uk Gareth Jones Y grahamb@cityscape.co.uk Graham Philip Bates Y jackrbts@world.std.com Jack Roberts Y james@jbarber.com James Barber Y JDM@rheom.demon.co.uk John David MITCHELL Y jfw1@osfserv.rl.ac.uk Jonathan Wheeler Y jlp@bcwcs1.bnr.ca Jeff Pratley Y johnt@melb.convergent.com.au Jon Thackray Y jst@dcs.ed.ac.uk Julian S. Turnbull Y Kevin@wimber.demon.co.uk Kevin Hasler Y kevin.king@zetnet.co.uk Kevin King Y j.read1@physics.oxford.ac.uk Jenny Read Y jgreen@nimr.mrc.ac.uk John Green Y lionel@ucott.demon.co.uk Lionel T. Jones Y M.S.Stewart@durham.ac.uk Mickey Stewart Y malcolm@minster.york.ac.uk Malcolm Wallace Y mark@hpcpbla.bri.hp.com Mark Simms Y mark@logos.demon.co.uk Mark D Rice Y mdmacleod@librykim.demon.co.uk Murdo MacLeod Y mht11@eng.cam.ac.uk Mark Thornton Y ncd1000@cus.cam.ac.uk Nicholas Denyer Y nick@deepblue.demon.co.uk Nick Russell Y paul.roberts@sund.ac.uk Paul Roberts Y peter@vincefam.demon.co.uk Peter Vincent Y PeterG@bhmsatro.powernet.co.uk Peter Gallant Y ph@anweald.exnet.co.uk Patrick Herring Y philhet@argonet.co.uk Philip Hetherington Y pw201@hermes.cam.ac.uk Paul Wright Y rah94@aberystwyth.ac.uk Richard Alan Huss Y rhiannon@llais.demon.co.uk Rhiannon Macfie Y ronnie.gibson@strath.ac.uk Ronnie Gibson Y s.ward@dial.pipex.com Simon Ward Y S.Warrick@cs.ucl.ac.uk Stephanie Warrick Y S.A.Cullinane@newcastle.ac.uk Sarah Anne Culliane Y sat@sysmatic.systematic.co.uk Tony Towers Y ShadboltS@uk.logica.com Stephen Shadbolt Y simon@yrsk.demon.co.uk Simon P P Lakin Y Simon.Kershaw@Smallworld.co.uk Simon Kershaw Y stephen@brierley.demon.co.uk Stephen Brierley Y Steve@pinicle.demon.co.uk Stephen Dark Y Stuart.Summers@mcl.co.uk Stuart Summers Y T.R.Astin@reading.ac.uk Revd Dr Timothy R Astin Y tcrnapt@ucl.ac.uk Adrian Tribe Y telecom@dircon.co.uk Steve Ellwood Y tjde.barry@argonet.co.uk TJD Erskine Y twarburt@LandP.com Tim Warburton Y u4d14@cc.keele.ac.uk Julian White Y unclebob@tnglwood.demon.co.uk Robert Billing Y vine@dircon.co.uk Chris Vine Y Andy@smitha.demon.co.uk Andy Smith N e_gs18@mail.nerc-murchison.ac.uk Russ Evans N evilandi@cimmerii.demon.co.uk Andrew Oakley N grovesa@starbase1.caltech.edu Andrew K. Groves N Jon@timewarp.demon.co.uk Jon Rouse N jwe@clint.demon.co.uk John Eastwood N malcolmr@westminster.ac.uk Malcolm Ray N mike@pitpony.demon.co.uk Mike Leary N philip@tuksbury.foobar.co.uk Philip Tiplady N richard@corixia.demon.co.uk Richard Ashton N tfl@psp.co.uk Thomas Lee N bruno@chemcrys.cam.ac.uk Ian Bruno Abs simon@mahayana.demon.co.uk Simon Gray Abs Votes In Error -------------- 70374.3073@compuserve.com, Chris J. Galley Invalid Address K.Haigh-Hutchinson@bradford.ac.uk ??? No Name Given Votetaker Comment: Virtually none except for the high level of complete CFV's sent back rather than just the ballot form. Please don't do this, it makes them soggy and hard to light .... -- Iain D. Bowen - Volunteer Votetaker, UK-VOTING. voting@harlech.demon.co.uk please use alaric@harlech.demon.co.uk for personal mail.