From control@usenet.org.uk Fri Feb 23 19:49:17 GMT 1996 Article: 246 of uk.net.news.announce Path: lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!warwick!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!bofh.ece.ufl.edu!yama.mcc.ac.uk!news.salford.ac.uk!illuin.demon.co.uk!control Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 23:34:07 GMT Sender: Richard Letts Newsgroups: uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.announce Message-ID: Approved: Richard Letts Reply-To: control@usenet.org.uk Followup-To: uk.net.news.config From: "Iain D. Bowen" Subject: RESULT: New uk hierarchy uk.local PASSES (AV vote) Lines: 272 Xref: lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk uk.net.news.config:4772 uk.net.news.announce:246 Status: OR [reposted] RESULT A uk.* hierarchy for local and regional newsgroups Voting for this CFV closed 23:59:59 UTC, 4 February 1996. This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UK-VOTING. For voting questions only contact voting@harlech.demon.co.uk (Iain Bowen).For questions about the new newsgroups contact Steven Clarke Distribution: uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news scot.general, midlands.general cam.misc, northwest.misc, solent.general, lon.misc, gla.general, birmingham.misc, ed.general, For Group Passage, the sum of votes for any name proposal must be 12 greater than the number of votes against the proposal on the first ballot. There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted. If no serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the group will be created shortly thereafter. Allegations should be sent to control@usenet.org.uk. SUMMARY Total Valid Votes = 168 FIRST COUNT - Quota = 85 No heirarchy created 41 uk.{england.scotland,wales,n-ireland}.* 34 uk.places.* 19 uk.loc.* 7 [ELIMINATED] uk.local.* 67 SECOND COUNT Non-Transferable Votes = 1; Quota = 84 No Heirarchy Created 41 + 1 = 42 uk.{england.scotland,wales,n-ireland}.* 34 + 1 = 35 uk.places.* 19 = 19 [ELIMINATED] uk.local.* 67 + 4 = 71 THIRD COUNT Non-Transferable Votes = 0; Quota = 84 No Heirarchy Created 42 = 42 uk.{england.scotland,wales,n-ireland}.* 35 + 3 = 38 uk.local.* 71 + 16 = 87 [ELECTED] The chosen name for the heirarchy is uk.local.* Information: A hierarchy for discussion and announcement of local issues and events. These groups should complement the soc.culture.* newsgroups (which relate to the UK) which cover larger groups of people, and require a large "for" vote to be created. These groups will NOT replace existing local groups such as scot.*, lon.*, midlands.* etc. except with the full support of their readers. Charter: The hierarchy is for groups to discuss and announce local issues and events. It is expected that most groups will be created in the form: uk.. or in the form: uk.... Where is the chosen hierarchy name, is the area to be covered by the group (eg. and can be used or extended as necessary) 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. No heirarchy created ------------------------------------------------------ uk.{england.scotland,wales,n-ireland}.* ------------------------------- | uk.places.* --------------------------------------------------------- | | uk.loc.* ----------------------------------------------------- | | | uk.local.* ------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | V V V V V 93djh2@eng.cam.ac.uk Dave Holland 3 2 1 aa1gha@orac.sunderland.ac.uk gillian hardy 1 4 3 2 ade@mcc.ac.uk Adrian Collins 1 2 3 4 5 af@rhyme.demon.co.uk Alan Fleming 1 afrost@omi.co.uk Anthony Frost 1 4 2 3 5 aloan@ast.cam.ac.uk Andy Loan 1 3 2 5 4 ajb44@cam.ac.uk Alex Burr 2 4 3 1 ajs6@leicester.ac.uk Andrew Stoker 2 5 4 1 3 andrew@golter.demon.co.uk Andrew Hoddinott 1 2 3 4 5 andy@nb-info.co.uk Andy Davis 1 2 anich@festival.ed.ac.uk Sandy Nicholson 2 3 1 ark@dcs.ed.ac.uk Alex Knowles 1 2 aw1@stade.co.uk Adrian Wontroba 3 1 2 4 B.A.McCauley@bham.ac.uk Brian McCauley 1 4 2 3 bancroft@shoebox.win-uk.net Bancroft Gracey 1 2 3 4 barney@thetford.dungeon.com Barney Adlington 2 1 barry@camino.demon.co.uk Barry Johnson 1 3 2 4 5 bosman@ma.man.ac.uk Steve Bosman 2 3 1 bwalker@csl.co.uk Barrie Walker 1 2 bwest@xaar.demon.co.uk Barry West 1 2 3 4 C.R.Ritson@newcastle.ac.uk Chris Ritson 2 3 1 cass@camberwell.compulink.co.uk Richard Cassidy 1 5 3 2 4 cgood@armltd.co.uk Chris Good 1 Charles@ellson.demon.co.uk Charles Ellson 1 charlie@antipope.demon.co.uk Charlie Stross 1 chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk Charles Lindsey 1 2 3 5 4 chris@isbell.demon.co.uk Chris Isbell 1 2 3 4 chris@keris.demon.co.uk Chris Croughton 3 2 4 1 chrisp@unipalm.pipex.com Chris Peckham 1 cjones@armltd.co.uk Clive Jones 1 Claire.Speed@mailhost.mcc.ac.uk Claire Speed 3 5 2 1 4 conrad@cs.man.ac.uk Conrad Toft 2 3 5 1 4 crb11@cus.cam.ac.uk Colin Bell 1 2 3 5 4 crn@netix.demon.co.uk Chris Newport 1 2 3 dave@morayc.demon.co.uk Dave Sim 2 4 3 5 1 daveh@vax.ox.ac.uk David Hastings 1 dcs@cogsci.ed.ac.uk David C. Sterratt 2 3 4 1 delkan@cup.cam.ac.uk David Elkan 1 5 4 2 3 derekl@harlequin.co.uk Derek Law 1 2 dlrh@th.ph.bham.ac.uk Daniel Hodson 1 2 4 3 5 drl@net-tel.co.uk David Lamkin 1 2 3 Dunkan@svc99.demon.co.uk Dunkan Armstrong 1 e_gs18@mail.nerc-murchison.ac.uk Russ Evans 1 eramm@dial.pipex.com Ned Ramm 1 evilandi@cimmerii.demon.co.uk Andrew Oakley 3 2 1 4 5 fleming@mail.internexus.co.uk Trevor G Fleming 1 3 2 4 G.J.McCaughan@pmms.cam.ac.uk Gareth McCaughan 1 G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk J P Gilliver (John) 4 2 3 1 5 gavini@ucs.ed.ac.uk Gavin Inglis 1 ggreig@mcs.dundee.ac.uk Gavin Greig 1 2 gordon@scotweb.co.uk Gordon Dick 2 1 gordon.woods@st-johns.oxford.ac.uk Gordon Woods 2 4 3 1 5 gre@mtits.co.uk Gwyn Evans 1 2 3 4 gwc@root.co.uk Geoff Clare 1 4 2 3 hancockd@cs.man.ac.uk David Hancock 1 hmc@cee.hw.ac.uk Hugh Conner 1 hugh@st-ronan.demon.co.uk Hugh Simmons 2 1 I.Turton@geography.leeds.ac.uk Ian Turton 1 ianj@castle.ed.ac.uk Ian Johnston 2 3 1 ibertram@cix.compulink.co.uk Ian Bertram 1 3 2 4 idaniel@jesus.ox.ac.uk Illtud Daniel 2 1 idc@cee.hw.ac.uk Ian Crorie 1 itr@spuddy.mew.co.uk Iain Robinson 2 3 1 4 5 jacksoro@eee2.bham.ac.uk Robert Jackson 2 3 4 1 James@hogshead.demon.co.uk James Wallis 1 jgriffiths@cix.compulink.co.uk Jonathan Griffiths 1 4 3 2 5 jimbo@camcable.co.uk James Crawshaw 1 2 4 3 jml4@cus.cam.ac.uk John Line 1 3 2 4 J.J.Smith@ftel.co.uk John J Smith 2 3 1 4 5 jeb27@cam.ac.uk James Broughton 2 5 3 1 4 Jo@kenjo.demon.co.uk Jo Walton 2 4 3 1 john@bramber.demon.co.uk John Allen 3 4 2 1 john@thebeard.demon.co.uk John Robinson 1 4 2 3 johns@unipalm.pipex.com John Sloan 1 John.Naylon@cl.cam.ac.uk John Naylon 2 4 1 3 5 jonathan@quern.demon.co.uk Johnathan Sanderson 1 2 jonivar@th.ph.ed.ac.uk Jon Ivar Skullerud 2 4 3 5 1 jonsg@harlequin.co.uk Jon S Green 2 1 3 4 5 jpsp1@leicester.ac.uk JPS Pennycook 2 3 4 1 jrg@blodwen.demon.co.uk James R Grinter 1 jmrm@eng.cam.ac.uk James Matheson 2 1 4 3 jrmt@uk.gdscorp.com Jon Thackray 1 JRS@merlyn.demon.co.uk Dr John Stockton 2 1 3 4 5 jschneid@armltd.co.uk Jon Schneider 1 2 3 4 5 jsps@jsps.ftech.co.uk Jim Spender 1 2 4 3 5 jsr@bcs.org.uk John S.Robinson 3 2 4 1 5 justin@puck.coventry.ac.uk Justin Murdock 2 1 K.A.MacDonald@eng.abdn.ac.uk Kenneth MacDonald 1 K.F.F.Darbyshire@newcastle.ac.uk Kirsty Darbyshire 1 3 2 kaye@festival.ed.ac.uk Kaye Brewster 2 1 kebl0206@sable.ox.ac.uk Mark Rigby-Jones 2 4 3 1 5 Kevin@krlee.demon.co.uk Kevin Lee 1 2 4 3 kevin@primag.co.uk Kevin Rolph 1 5 3 2 4 Kevin@wimber.demon.co.uk Kevin Hasler 5 3 4 2 1 leo@unixsoft.demon.co.uk Leo Hendry 1 2 3 5 4 leveret@warren.demon.co.uk Nick Leverton 1 2 lyn@stuffing.demon.co.uk Lyn David Thomas 2 3 1 5 4 lwalton@csss.com Lee Walton 1 2 3 4 5 m.gilbert@ucl.ac.uk Martin Gilbert 1 2 4 3 5 M.Ray@UEA.ac.uk M J Ray 2 4 1 3 mark@alexr.co.uk Mark Alexander 4 1 3 5 2 marsland@liverpool.ac.uk John Marsland 2 1 3 5 4 martin@mchunt.demon.co.uk Martin Carl Hunt 3 4 2 1 5 mcp26@hermes.cam.ac.uk Matthew Powell 1 2 3 4 5 mcpheat@phys.strath.ac.uk Robert McPheat 2 3 4 5 1 mfepsdp@afs.mcc.ac.uk David Potts 3 4 2 1 5 mhi@uk.gdscorp.com Mark Irving 1 4 2 3 mick@mdurham.demon.co.uk Michael S Durham 3 2 1 4 Mike@tauzero.demon.co.uk Mike Fleming 1 2 4 3 5 Mike.Rumboll@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk Mike Rumboll 1 2 4 3 mitchell@csd.abdn.ac.uk Fraser Mitchell 1 msaxon@cix.compulink.co.uk Martin Saxon 1 2 mxm@dcs.ed.ac.uk Mike Moran 2 1 Neil@groovin.demon.co.uk Neil Craig 1 neil@uk.gdscorp.com Neil Taylor 1 2 3 nick@nicknack.demon.co.uk Nick Hawes 1 2 3 nigel@dking.demon.co.uk Nigel D. King 2 3 4 1 5 oliver@clg.bham.ac.uk Oliver Jakobs 2 5 3 1 4 Owen.Smith@net-tel.co.uk Owen Smith 1 2 3 4 paul@ccmail.iso.port.ac.uk Paul Clarke 2 3 1 pb10003@cam.ac.uk Paul Bolchover 3 4 2 5 1 penny.wythes@zetnet.co.uk Penelope Wythes 2 3 4 1 pete@mimir.com Pete Bentley 2 3 4 5 1 peter@vincefam.demon.co.uk Peter Vincent 1 4 3 2 5 petert@wolv.demon.co.uk Peter Thompson 1 3 2 4 5 Peter.Boorman@gf.barclays.co.uk Peter Boorman 1 2 4 3 5 philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk Philip Hunt 2 4 3 1 pjb1008@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk Peter Benie 2 3 1 4 5 pjh1@leicester.ac.uk Pete Humble 3 2 1 4 pjm@dcs.ed.ac.uk Paul J Murphy 2 3 4 1 5 pmd@tcp.co.uk Phil Dye 2 1 pt100@cup.cam.ac.uk Paul Treadaway 1 R.J.Hendley@cs.bham.ac.uk R.J Hendley 2 1 raj@courtfld.demon.co.uk Raj Rijhwani 1 rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk Rhodri James 2 1 richard@illuin.demon.co.uk Richard Letts 1 3 2 richard@turnpike.com Richard Clayton 1 2 rihan@tcp.co.uk Jo Rihan 3 4 2 1 5 robert@cs.strath.ac.uk Robert Lambert 1 Robert.Debenham@Smallworld.co.uk Robert Debenham 1 rod@ellery.demon.co.uk Rod Ellery 2 3 1 4 rosenstiel@cix.compulink.co.uk Colin Rosenstiel 1 2 3 5 4 rtusler@cix.compulink.co.uk Robert Tusler 5 4 1 2 3 S.Oakey@doc.mmu.ac.uk Steve Oakey 2 3 1 4 sam@grelb.src.gla.ac.uk Sam Kington 3 4 2 1 scoanc@babel.comp.cf.ac.uk Andrew Cormack 1 2 3 serr15@liverpool.ac.uk Sam Toon 1 2 3 4 5 sharl@custard.co.uk Robert Sharl 1 2 3 4 5 simes@tcp.co.uk Simon Burr 1 simon@mahayana.demon.co.uk Simon Gray 4 3 1 2 simon@nuts.demon.co.uk Simon Bonnick 1 2 simon@rheged.dircon.co.uk Simon Brooke 2 1 simonp@morgan.com Peter M Simon 3 2 1 4 snuffles@wintermute.co.uk Alexandra Mitchell 1 spages@dial.pipex.com Brian Horisk 1 2 3 4 spb@sv1.smb.man.ac.uk Stephen Bates 2 1 steven.clarke@keble.oxford.ac.uk Stephen Clarke 1 4 2 3 5 stucs002@ibm3090.computer-centre.birmingham.ac.uk Giles Sutcliffe 3 4 2 1 t.hawkins@ic.ac.uk Tom Hawkins 2 3 1 telecom@dircon.co.uk Steve Ellwood 4 1 3 2 Tim@mikebray.demon.co.uk Tim Bray 2 3 1 timothyh@pipex.net Timothy Hunt 1 tfl@psp.co.uk Thomas Lee 3 5 2 1 4 tgw1001@cam.ac.uk Tim Wells 2 4 3 5 1 tosh-g@dircon.co.uk Graham McIntosh 1 training@bcceddts.demon.co.uk Andy Mabbett 1 3 2 4 twortley@tiac.net Tim Wortley 1 2 3 5 4 zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk Dave Budd 1 4 3 2 5 Votes in error ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave.Sparks@sisyphus.demon.co.uk ??? No Real Name Supplied keith@mag-net.co.uk Keith Williams Spoilt Ballot Please note that votes have been translated into the 1, 2, 3 format when received in incorrect but still legitimate forms (i.e 'X', 'YES') etc. Votetakers Note: This is a new record turnout for a uk.hierarchy CFV. -- Iain D. Bowen - Volunteer Votetaker, UK-VOTING. voting@harlech.demon.co.uk please use alaric@harlech.demon.co.uk for personal mail.