23 Feb 2000: Create uk.philosophy.misc
From: alan@whirlnet.co.uk (Alan Ford)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:50:40 GMT
Subject: RESULTS: Creation of uk.philosophy.misc PASSES 50:5
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,sci.philosophy.meta,talk.philosophy.misc,alt.philosophy
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RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES
Creation of new newsgroup uk.philosophy.misc PASSES 50:5:6
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Voting began Friday, 28 January 1999
Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, Friday 18 February 1999
Proponent: Geoff Berrow <philproponent@cthree.freeserve.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
sci.philosophy.meta
talk.philosophy.misc
alt.philosophy
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Voting Summary:
The Rationale, Summary of Discussion, and Charter follow the main
results for informational purposes.
YES : 50 (82%)
NO : 5 (8%)
ABSTAIN : 6 (10%)
TOTAL : 61
YES MAJORITY : 45
There were a total of 61 valid votes. YES beat NO by a majority of 45.
This is above the majority of 12 that is required for a vote to pass.
There were 6 abstentions. There were no invalid votes.
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:
A lot of people voted in this vote, and the result at the end was
incredibly clear. With only five NO votes this must be one of the
clearest majorities in a vote for a long time.
This vote can probably be used as a fair sample of the opinion
regarding the entire uk.philosophy.* subhierarchy as a whole.
Once again (now for three votes in a row -- wow!) nobody made a
mess of their ballot papers for me. Which was nice.
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The Results in Full:
Aidan Folkes aidan@celestis@freeserve@OC@KU Y
Alan Fleming af@contract@OC@KU Y
Alex Dawson alex@dawson@uea@ac@KU Y
Alex Holden votes@alexh@clara@OC@KU Y
Andrew Norman nja@le@ac@KU Y
Andy Roberts andyrobts@zetnet@OC@KU Y
Barry Dorrans barryd@bann@OC@KU Y
Bill Snyder wsnyder@sciti@OCm Y
Bob Williams bob@williams@drbobw@demon@OC@KU Y
Brett Paul Dunbar brett@dimetrodon@demon@OC@KU Y
Bryan Kennerley bryank@btinternet@OCm Y
Calum MacLeod mmacle@scri@sari@ac@KU Y
Charles F Hankel charles@hankel@mersinet@OC@KU Y
Chris Croughton chris@keris@demon@OC@KU Y
Danny Collman ddcollman@hwthwood@demon@OC@KU Y
Dave Sparks Dave@Sparks@sisyphus@demon@OC@KU Y
Denis F bedfordtlfan@yahoo@OCm Y
Doug Weller dweller@ramtops@demon@OC@KU Y
Ellen Mizzell uphmvote@teasel@OC@KU Y
Geoff (Blade-Runner) black-dog@geocities@OCm Y
Harlequin harlequin@fnord@org@KU Y
Jason Waghorn wj@tesco@ENt Y
Jeffrey Goldberg J@Goldberg@Cranfield@ac@KU Y
Jezza jezza@hotwells@freeserve@OC@KU Y
Jim Benton-Evans jim@benton-evans@demon@OC@KU Y
John B jcb@avism@demon@OC@KU Y
Leo Vegoda leo@vegoda@ROg Y
Livia Mitson livia@wheelwright@ENt Y
Mark Etherington mark@roxley@demon@OC@KU Y
Martin Dann mdann@j9to56@demon@OC@KU Y
Mike Fleming mike@tauzero@OC@KU Y
Mike Henry mike@tw2@OCm Y
Mike Tan mike@duntone@demon@OC@KU Y
Molly Mockford molly@orbs@demon@OC@KU Y
Nick Regan nick@nregan@OC@KU Y
Paul Leake P@J@Leake@durham@ac@KU Y
Peter Humphrey prh@essence@demon@OC@KU Y
Phil Wade philwade@bigfoot@OCm Y
Philip Powell philip@blencathra@demon@OC@KU Y
simon gray simon@star-one@org@KU Y
St Mym news@druidic@ROg Y
Steve Wright steve@wrightnet@demon@OC@KU Y
Susan Ashton susan@ashton@demon@OC@KU Y
Terrance Richard Boyes tez@pierrot@OC@KU Y
Tim Bray tim@kooky@ROg Y
Tim Brutton tim@arcady@demon@OC@KU Y
Tim Walls tim@snowgoons@fsnet@OC@KU Y
tobias erle vote-uk@kholdan@snafu@DE Y
Tony tony@darkstorm@OC@KU Y
webhamster/Angelfish mmm27@cam@ac@KU Y
Dave Mason dave@lowjobs@OC@KU N
Pekka P Pirinen ppp@pirinen@demon@OC@KU N
Philip Baker phil@thalasson@OCm N
{R} {R}@semolina@ROg N
Richard Clayton richard@turnpike@OCm N
Alex D Baxter alex-news@oenone@demon@OC@KU A
Anthony Naggs amn@ubik@demon@OC@KU A
David Damerell damerell@chiark@greenend@ROg@KU A
James Farrar james@sfgiants22@freeserve@OC@KU A
Peter Alfredsen peteralf@mailme@DK A
Tim Miller tm9829@bristol@ac@KU A
YES 50
NO 5
ABSTAIN 6
TOTAL 61
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RATIONALE:
The purpose of the RFD was to discuss the creation of an initial
group in the uk.philosophy hierarchy.
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PROPONENT'S SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION
Discussion was minimal with the main item being the name of the
group. This was resolved by straw poll.
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NEWSGROUPS LINES:
uk.philosophy.misc General discussion of philosophy
PROPOSED CHARTER: uk.philosophy.misc
General philosophy discussion where no other more suitable group
exists. Typically, topics include:
a, the pursuit of wisdom;
b, the search for a general understanding of values and reality
by chiefly speculative rather than observational means;
c, the grounds of, and concepts expressing, fundamental beliefs.
ADVERTISING:
Advertising is forbidden.
BINARIES & FORMATTING:
Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) are
forbidden. Such material belongs on a web or ftp site to which
a pointer may be posted. Cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP)
may be used where authentication is important and should be as
short as possible.
WARNING:
Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their
"postmaster" and/or Service Provider.
END CHARTER
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