09 Feb 2000: Changes to uk.local.london Charter and Create .info Group


From: alan@whirlnet.co.uk (Alan Ford)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:23:32 GMT
Subject: RESULTS: Changes to uk.local.london Charter and Create .info Group:
 BOTH PASS
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.local.london



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RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES

Changes to uk.local.london:
   Change charter of uk.local.london PASSES 24:8:7
   Create uk.local.london.info PASSES 25:9:5

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Voting began Friday 14 January 2000
Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, Friday 4 February 2000

Proponent: Barry Salter <ull-prop@salterg.demon.co.uk>
Votetaker: alan@whirlnet.co.uk (Alan Ford)

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DISTRIBUTION:

These results have been posted to:
 uk.net.news.announce
 uk.net.news.config
 uk.local.london
      
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VOTING SUMMARY:

The Rationale, Summary of Discussion, and Proposal follow the main 
results for informational purposes.

CREATE uk.local.london.info -----------\ 
CHANGE CHARTER uk.local.london ----\   |
                                   |   |
                             YES  24  25
                              NO   8   9
                         ABSTAIN   7   5
                           TOTAL  39  39
                    YES MAJORITY  16  16

There were a total of 39 valid votes, and no invalid votes. For both 
proposals the YES vote beat the NO vote by the required majority of 12,
so both proposals pass.

There will be a five day discussion period after these results have 
been posted before the group is created to allow for any allegations 
of irregularities to be raised.

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VOTETAKER'S COMMENTS:

Not an excessive amount of interest in this vote, but the result seems
pretty decisive. The vote iteself passed off without incident, and
once again everybody (IIRC) provided valid ballot papers first time!

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THE RESULTS IN FULL:

Total: 39 votes
                      Create uk.local.london.info ------\ 
                Change Charter of uk.local.london --\   |
                                                    |   |
Aakash Mehendale   aakash@popaccount@OCm            N   N
Alan Fleming       af@contract@OC@KU                Y   Y
Alex Holden        votes@alexh@clara@OC@KU          Y   Y
Andrew Smith       andrew@smithh@usa@net            Y   Y
Andy Mabbett       andy@pigsonthewing@demon@OC@KU   A   A
Andy Roberts       andyrobts@zetnet@OC@KU           N   A
astral alice       alice@darkwave@org@KU            Y   Y
Barry Salter       ukvotes@salterg@demon@OC@KU      Y   Y
Bill               bill@billybubbles@demon@OC@KU    Y   Y
Brymor             bryan@brymor@freeserve@OC@KU     N   N
dave d             voting001@stejonda@demon@OC@KU   Y   Y
David Wood         david@wood2@org@KU               Y   Y
DerekK             derek@knight@bigfoot@OCm         Y   Y
dmahon             dmahon@amigo@demon@OC@KU         Y   Y
Iain               iain@deepsea@force9@OC@KU        Y   Y
Ian Kitching       systimk@bridge@anglia@ac@KU      Y   Y
Jeffrey Goldberg   J@Goldberg@Cranfield@ac@KU       A   A
Jim Ley            Jim@jibbering@OCm                Y   Y
Joe Higman         Joe@higco@freeserve@OC@KU        N   N
Jon Thomson        jon@thomson2273@freeserve@OC@KU  A   Y
Kat                katrina@st@cwcom@net             A   Y
Leo Vegoda         leo@vegoda@org                   A   Y
Paul               Paul-u@xebon@clara@OC@KU         Y   Y
Paul Leake         P@J@Leake@durham@ac@KU           A   A
Philip Hunt        phil@comuno@OCm                  Y   Y
Philip Powell      philip@blencathra@demon@OC@KU    Y   Y
{R}                {R}@semolina@org                 Y   Y
Rex M F Smith      sumisu@gehena@demon@OC@KU        N   N
Rogi               rogi@indigo@ie                   Y   Y
simon gray         simon@star-one@org@KU            A   A
Sky Rider          ODPS@CyberScriber@OCm            Y   Y
Steve Peake        puppet@dial@pipex@OCm            Y   Y
Terry Lange        tlange@prodigy@net               Y   Y
Tim Walls          tim@snowgoons@fsnet@OC@KU        N   N
tiny               clipper@dircon@OC@KU             Y   N
tobias erle        vote-uk@kholdan@snafu@de         Y   N
Tom Heathcote      TomHeathcote@email@OCm           Y   Y
Tony Walton        tony@walton@sun@OC@KU            N   N
Tristan White      Tristan_White@rocketmail@OCm     N   N

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PROPONENT'S RATIONALE:

In recent months, uk.local.london has become somewhat unwieldy due to
the high volume of off-topic "chat" which is being posted. It is
proposed to recharter uk.local.london specifically for this "chatting"
and create uk.local.london.info for, and I quote from the existing
charter for uk.local.london, "requesting and disseminating information
regarding living in, or visiting, London."

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PROPONENT'S SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:

Whilst the majority of posters have expressed support for the proposal,
a significant minority have expressed displeasure at it, including one
poster who supported the 2nd RFD, but then disagreed with the 3rd
despite it merely being a rearrangement of the originally proposed
charters. It is for this reason that I am requesting a vote rather than
attempting a FAST TRACK.

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PROPOSALS:


NEWSGROUPS LINES:

uk.local.london        London, the capital city of the United Kingdom
uk.local.london.info   Information about living in, or visiting, London


NEW CHARTER: uk.local.london

This group is for general chat with London, England as a focus.

ADVERTISING

   Advertising is forbidden.

CROSS-POSTING

   Messages posted to this newsgroup must not be cross-posted to 
   more than a TOTAL of four uk.local.* newsgroups; these may be 
   geographically adjacent or overlapping, or connected by the 
   subject of the post (e.g. "moving house from Manchester to London").

BINARIES & FORMATTING

   Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, word processor files, Zip files,
   "business cards", etc.), are *forbidden*, with the exception of
   cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP).

   Such material belongs on a web or FTP site, to which a pointer may 
   be posted.

   Posts must be readable as plaintext and only mock-HTML format marks to
   denote emotion (e.g. <pedant>..</pedant>), if any, should be used.
   Posts duplicating their text content as fully marked up HTML, or only
   the latter, should not be made.

   Posters 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 newsreaders to post to uk.* newsgroups.

END CHARTER.


CHARTER FOR NEW NEWSGROUP: uk.local.london.info

This group is a forum for requesting and disseminating information
regarding living in, or visiting, London. Transport queries should be
directed to the companion group uk.transport.london.

ADVERTISING

   Advertising is forbidden, with the following exceptions:

   Suppliers of goods and services relevant to London may post a pointer
   to their website or invitation to request details. This may not exceed
   four lines and may be posted no more often than once every three
   months. The subject line should begin "ADVERT: ", except for vacancies,
   which should begin "JOB: ".

CROSS-POSTING

   Messages posted to this newsgroup must not be cross-posted to more than
   a TOTAL of four uk.local.* newsgroups; these may be geographically
   adjacent or overlapping, or connected by the subject of the post (e.g.
   "moving house from Manchester to London").

   Note that the advertising of widely-available goods or services is
   *not* relevant in this context, and that most uk.local.* groups have
   restrictions on advertising, or prohibit it. Cross-posted adverts,
   where allowed, must meet the requirements of the charters of *all*
   groups involved.

BINARIES & FORMATTING

   Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, word processor files, Zip files,
   "business cards", etc.), are *forbidden*, with the exception of
   cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP).

   Such material belongs on a web or FTP site, to which a pointer may be
   posted.

   Posts must be readable as plaintext and only mock-HTML format marks to
   denote emotion (e.g. <pedant>..</pedant>), if any, should be used. Posts
   duplicating their text content as fully marked up HTML, or only the
   latter, should not be made.

   Posters 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 newsreaders to post to uk.* newsgroups.

END CHARTER.

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Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk> <a.ford@ukvoting.org.uk>
UKVoting Votetaker



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