09 Jan 2003: 2002 Committee Election
From: m.mockford@ukvoting.org.uk (Molly Mockford)
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 15:53:03 +0000
Subject: Result: Membership UK Usenet Committee 2002
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.management
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RESULTS OF A CALL FOR VOTES
Committee Elections 2002
The following people are elected to serve until end of December 2005:
As Open Class Candidates
Geoff Berrow
Sarah Reeson
Thomas Lee
Andrew Gierth
Voting closed at 23:59:59GMT, 31st October 2002.
Primary Votetaker: r.irvine@ukvoting.org.uk (Robbie Irvine)
Backup/Secondary Votetaker: m.mockford@ukvoting.org.uk (Molly Mockford)
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Distribution:
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The Results:
The results follow below in the following order:
1) Result
2) Particulars of the Vote
3) Secondary Votetaker's comments
4) Voting and Appeal guidelines
5) Copy of the Call for Votes dated 13th October 2002
1) RESULT
Please note that the count has been done using software developed by the
Electoral Reform Society <URL:http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk>.
Committee Elections 2002
31/10/2002
Stage 1
Quota = 26.40
Geoff_Berrow ELECTED
with 31.00
over quota 26.40
Sarah_Reeson ELECTED
with 28.00
over quota 26.40
Vote required for election now: 26.40
Stage 2
No candidates can be excluded, so we transfer the largest surplus
Surplus of Geoff_Berrow
30 papers transferred.
Total Present Value: 30.00
1 papers non-transferable.
Papers transferred at 0.15
Vote required for election now: 26.37
Stage 3
The sum of
Andrew_Hartley: 2.15
and the total surplus: 1.60
is less than the support for the next lowest candidate, Jezza: 8.15,
so that candidate is excluded.
Excluding Andrew_Hartley
Transferring papers worth 1.00
Transferring papers worth 0.15
Stage 4
The sum of
Jezza: 9.15
and the total surplus: 1.60
is less than the support for the next lowest candidate, James_Coupe:
12.75,
so that candidate is excluded.
Excluding Jezza
Transferring papers worth 1.00
Vote required for election now: 26.04
Transferring papers worth 0.15
Stage 5
The sum of
James_Coupe: 13.75
and the total surplus: 1.60
is less than the support for the next lowest candidate, Graham_Drabble:
16.05,
so that candidate is excluded.
Excluding James_Coupe
Transferring papers worth 1.00
Thomas_Lee ELECTED
with 28.80
over quota 26.40
Andrew_Gierth ELECTED
with 26.90
over quota 26.40
Total votes cast: 133 Valid Votes
2) PARTICULARS OF THE VOTE
2a) VOTER LIST
The following 133 people posted valid votes which have been counted:
{R} {R} % semolina gro
Adam D. Barratt usenet+ukce2002 % adam-barratt ku gro
Alan Ford alan % whirlnet ku oc
Alex Cook alexcook % cwcom ten
Alex Holden vote % alex-holden ku oc
Andrew Gierth andrew % erlenstar ! demon ku oc
Andrew Hartley andy % eastupham ! freeserve ku oc
andrew stone andrewstone % hemscott ten
Andrew Wheatley andrew ! wheatley % union gro az
Andy Davidson andy % nosignal gro
Anthony Naggs amn % ubik ! demon ku oc
Anthony R. Gold tgold % panix moc
Barry Dorrans barryd % idunno gro
Bill Godfrey billg % bacchae f9 ku oc
Bill Muskett billn % musketts ku gro
Bob Goddard bob % godwit ! demon ku oc
Brett Paul Dunbar brett % dimetrodon ! demon ku oc
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk % dsl ku oc
Charles Lindsey chl % clw ! cs ! man ku ca
Chris Bannister cj % moodog ku gro
Chris Croughton chris % keristor gro
Chris Gidden cdir % crag ku oc
Clive Martin clive % cmartin ! demon ku oc
Clive R Robertson cliver % clive ku gro
Colin Rosenstiel rosenstiel % cix ku oc
Dave Dave % community-spirit ! demon ku oc
Dave Budd d ! budd % man ku ca
Dave Johnson requiem % freeuk moc
Dave Mason COM2002 % sarnie ku gro
Dave Millard dave % focus3 ! uk moc
David Brain news % davidbrain ku oc
David Mahon dmahon_vote_com2002 % amigo ku oc
David Mayall dave % research-group ku oc
David Riley dave % dmriley ! demon ku oc
David Taylor davidt-vote % yadt ku oc
David Uri duri % blueyonder ku oc
Denis F denis % withypool ten
Denis McMahon com2002 % pickaxe ten
Devi Jankowicz devi ! jankowicz % luton ku ca
DG dickg % dickalba ! demon ku oc
Don Aitken don-aitken % freeuk moc
Douglas Paulley kq % kingqueen ku gro
Dr John Stockton 20021030 % merlyn ! demon ku oc
Eddie Bernard usenet % ebernard ! greatxscape ten
Fred Barber fredb % frolix8 ! demon ku oc
Geoff Berrow geoffberrow % bigfoot moc
gizbon gizbon % higs ku oc
Glenys Pople gkp % howfen ! demon ku oc
Graham Drabble graham ! drabble % lineone ten
Graham Murray newspost % gmurray ku gro
Grant Mason usenet % mason hs
Iain A F Fleming iainf % circuit-systems moc
Iain Bowen alaric % alaric ku gro
James Bentall jimney % bigfoot moc
James Coupe james % zephyr ku gro
James Davies jawida % ticket-stub ku oc
James Farrar londonstatto % yahoo ku oc
Jeff Lewis jeff % maerdy gro
Jeffrey Goldberg jeffrey % goldmark gro
Jezza jezza % hotwells ! freeserve ku oc
Jim Hill com2002 % jhc ku gro
Jim Riley jimrtex % pipeline moc
John Bean news % waterfoot gro
John Dean john-dean % lineone ten
John Hall john % jhall ku oc
Jon Beasley-Murray jpb8 % duke ude
Jon Thomson mawdl % csv ! warwick ku ca
Jonathen Wheeler J ! F ! Wheeler % rl ku ca
Justa Lurker jlurker % bigfoot moc
Keith Willoughby keith % flat222 gro
Kevin Andreoli kevin % andreoli ku oc
kqr kqr2D2 % btopenworld moc
Lesley Simpson nl % corwyn ! demon ku oc
Linz linz % lindsayendell ku gro
Liz Batty emb51 % cam ku ca
Lt. Cmdr. Jim jim % us-lot gro
Lyn David Thomas lyn % cibwr ! freeserve ku oc
Malcolm Mladenovic mbm % tinc ku gro
Mark Coxley mark % xcski moc
Mark Tyndall mrt102 % york ku ca
Michael Parry michael % cavrdg ! demon ku oc
Mike Bristow mike % urgle moc
Mike Fleming mike % tauzero ku oc
Mike Henry $usenet$} % mrtickle ! demon ku oc
Mike Tullett mtullett % ntlworld moc
Neil Ellwood cne % netmatters ku oc
Nigel Ashton nigel % nigelashton ! demon ku oc
Noreen noreen ! c % blueyonder ku oc
Patrick Herring anweald % ntlworld moc
paul {voter} % watman ! clara ku oc
Paul Giverin paul % giverin ku oc
Paul Harper paul % harper ten
Paul Roe paulroe660 % btinternet moc
Paul Womar Vote % womar ku oc
Pete Fenelon pete % fenelon moc
Pete The Gardener pete_the_gardener % hotmail moc
peter gradwell peter % gradwell moc
Peter Munn pmunnsub % pearce-neptune ! demon ku oc
Peter Robinson pmrobinson % gmx ten
Peter Smyth psmyth % gmx ten
Phil Todd philtodd % bigfoot moc
Philip Powell philip % blencathra ku gro
Richard Clayton richard % highwayman moc
Richard Kennaway jrk % sys ! uea ku ca
Richard Kettlewell richard+ukcom2002 % sfere ! greenend ku gro
Ron Morgan mysteron % zetnet ku oc
Ronan Flood ronan % noc ! ulcc ku ca
Ross Younger news04 % crazyscot moc
Roy Stilling rpjs % kalevala ku gro
Sarah Reeson sarah % gubbins ten
Shane Matthews ukcom2002 % gaelyn ten
sparhawk sparhawk2 % ntlworld moc
Spider dipsey-doodle % shaw ! ca
squire squireb % bryhod99 ! demon ku oc
Stephen Gower ukvoting % gowerpower ku gro
steve steve % rawlinson ! demon ku oc
Steve Firth vote % malloc ku oc
Steve Lewin slewin % clara ku oc
steve peake spam % puppet-head ku oc
Stuart Millington news % dsv1 ku oc
Susan Ashton susan % ashton ! demon ku oc
Tez Burke burkesworks % lineone ten
the kat katnews % ntlworld moc
Thomas Lee tfl % psp ku oc
Tim Emanuel tim % cantona ku gro
Tim Forcer tmf % ecs ! soton ku ca
Tim Miller tim % economic-truth ku oc
Tom Hughes tom % compton ! nu
Tony tony % darkstorm ku oc
Tony Towers tony % cats ! tele2 ku oc
Tony Walton tony ! walton % sun ku oc
Tony Wright adw % saska ! demon ku oc
Wm tcnw51 % tarrcity ! demon ku oc
2b) INVALID VOTES
The following five invalid votes were submitted:
* Acknowledgement notice undeliverable *
Scott Taylor taylorscott67 ! yahoo moc
It was noted that the Primary Votetaker had sent the initial
acknowledgement, which did not bounce, to the From address on this
ballot, and not to the e-mail address contained within the ballot. The
e-mail address in the vote has therefore not been validated as a working
one and this vote has to be excluded.
* More than one candidate ranked in first place *
One ballot, superseded by a later valid vote from that voter.
* Invalid Ballot Key *
Three ballots, all of which were superseded by later valid votes from
those voters.
2c) VOTES CAST
The following are the valid votes, each with their Unique ID to enable
voters to identify their votes:
HH: James Coupe -------------------------------+
GG: Jezza ---------------------------------+ |
FF: Andrew Hartley --------------------+ | |
EE: Andrew Gierth -----------------+ | | |
DD: Geoff Berrow --------------+ | | | |
CC: Graham Drabble --------+ | | | | |
BB: Sarah Reeson ------+ | | | | | |
AA: Thomas Lee ----+ | | | | | | |
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Ballot ID AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH
0041dd2ad205fca4 - 6 1 2 3 5 4 -
01db204baeb83218 - 1 - - - - - -
025481ed36c43dbe 2 - - 3 1 - - 4
03a102456474e3d1 - 1 4 - - 2 3 -
04726b34f4c6c6d0 3 4 7 2 1 8 5 6
082c9567935a24ec 8 1 2 6 7 4 5 3
08987f1c6c3fba55 6 1 3 4 2 8 5 7
0a8d998c38b21c52 2 6 7 1 3 8 4 5
0afb62d468368439 8 4 3 2 5 7 6 1
0b0dd3db4d6a1ce9 - 1 - - - - 2 -
0cbea1ce0060148d - - 1 - - - - -
0fc5e052ff1cde5c 3 2 - - 4 6 5 1
135c5c04548a99f2 8 1 5 2 3 7 4 6
172fe939d6c89b27 2 - 3 1 - - - 4
17ab5c727a58d803 8 3 4 1 2 7 6 5
195e37d600857f5d 2 5 3 4 1 8 7 6
1d44bdee9491ed93 2 4 - 1 3 - - 5
1f5b685a1017b4ea - 1 - 2 3 - 4 -
22be8eaf6904dc41 - - - - - - - -
2448655786a4e6d1 8 1 4 2 3 5 6 7
2a95253cb4e30ece 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 2
2ae3fe62e4c6aa3d 4 6 1 8 3 7 2 5
2b2b0eff6250a045 4 5 1 3 2 7 6 8
2bdb47effb62df09 7 3 4 2 1 6 8 5
2c513ab0674b0432 2 3 6 1 8 7 5 4
2c59ad9dc2607e4d 1 - - - 2 - - 3
2ee0195df5113615 2 8 3 1 4 7 5 4
2ff68356969d0061 - - - - - - 1 -
31561fca25094a83 1 - - 2 - 4 3 -
35757fcd797909b9 3 - - 2 - - - 1
385a0fc30ebbdb06 7 1 4 3 2 5 6 7
3b64de9367a79b9c 2 - 3 4 5 - - 1
43dee9a73fa1a87e 6 3 1 2 7 4 5 8
4480cedf7415aff7 6 1 3 8 2 7 5 4
46173c3cfaebae95 8 1 3 4 2 7 6 5
46526e7432068e04 3 2 5 1 4 - - 6
4a7ffecbbd34524d 2 - - - - - - 1
4ad4ee12fea8fa9d 2 - 4 3 1 - - -
4b1a336c191e160b 5 3 4 1 2 8 6 7
4b4d4ea9dc64148a 6 3 2 1 4 - - 5
4f475d353e38c7d6 1 - - - - 3 2 -
4f61e45583ec1d3c 7 6 3 1 2 4 5 8
512fd8f76d23218c 2 - 1 5 3 - - 4
542e36fc3775fcec 2 - - 3 - 4 1 -
543be8e242f4e66d 3 2 5 1 6 8 4 7
544d8e3033da8e93 1 - 4 - 3 - - 2
592dd04fe3291e21 5 2 6 1 4 7 3 8
5b5a7f4e60abe6af 7 2 4 3 8 5 1 6
5cc8b3c45c9c2d1e 6 1 7 2 8 3 4 5
5fa6444404b0d85c 3 - - 1 2 - 4 -
6312baefe30be637 3 - 2 1 - - - 4
643c6e301b38776b 3 6 1 2 8 7 5 4
65f14d993acd007f - 2 - - 1 - - -
6ab97521b3e4d698 1 4 7 2 3 6 8 5
6bd890c7ed66db22 2 1 - - - - - -
707ae427998a46a0 2 6 1 4 7 5 8 3
730c13db2a42f7ca 4 8 7 1 2 6 5 3
73f0d4aacf4c442a 3 2 6 4 1 7 5 8
74051e0328a114b3 8 2 3 7 1 4 5 6
75832892d0dbb525 3 2 7 1 5 6 4 8
773fd950a9dc8746 2 - - 1 3 - - 4
7776e5f5165d7a44 - - 1 - 5 2 3 4
77b73d07431c21d2 6 7 4 3 1 2 5 8
7aac4503c11b85a8 - - 3 1 4 2 - -
7c31c9fdbe10d135 8 4 7 2 1 6 3 5
7f1b255b7d5db39e 7 3 1 6 2 4 5 -
80b655b5e2df7ae8 5 4 6 7 3 8 2 1
84b060c4fef66c57 2 5 4 8 1 6 7 3
879854bcd4598543 1 6 3 2 4 7 8 5
8b56487737656591 1 - - 3 2 - 4 -
8ba52b8d8d437949 7 4 2 3 1 5 6 8
8f33b600da3d2b30 2 - 3 - 4 5 - 1
8fdd99adbe0c6df1 3 1 5 2 4 8 6 7
91c0bacda5fab65a 1 7 6 2 3 8 5 4
94662cda71d723c5 8 1 4 3 2 6 5 7
95735ee4d1cc5fbe 2 5 8 1 6 7 4 3
984a36ebff336414 2 6 5 3 1 7 8 4
9a09a211f58bbbc3 3 8 4 2 1 7 6 5
9a51058841633e8a 3 - - - 1 - - 2
9b34d1e721a82da2 7 1 4 6 3 5 8 2
9bfb572e0f260cc3 1 7 4 5 2 6 8 3
9c3dfe22f04dc1c3 - 1 4 3 2 5 6 -
a44f9985349c75bb 2 - - 4 3 - 1 -
a537ba814eb6e40c 2 - 6 1 3 7 5 4
a6402af379bbd509 2 - - 3 1 - - 4
a9fe5658ca686c17 8 5 1 3 2 6 7 4
aa633a2ce81a4f57 1 2 - - 3 4 - -
aa797c0e5c771276 - 1 5 2 3 - 4 -
ab5fd29599ba31cd 3 4 - 2 - - - 1
ac643e56a9ea108b 5 1 4 3 2 6 7 8
aef118fea4280eb2 8 1 3 2 4 7 5 6
b1b45ca2d7377555 3 - - 2 1 - - 4
b1c86533561d0dd3 - - - 1 - - - -
b24ba49054cfae12 2 4 5 3 1 7 8 6
b2b33cf5c0106b72 6 5 4 3 8 1 7 2
b2caf7c4080dc824 6 4 3 5 7 8 1 2
b30ec002e9ba9b8f 1 - - 4 3 - - 2
b38ea4e655b3dedb 4 2 3 1 6 8 5 7
be4e839c65160752 1 - 4 - 2 3 5 -
bff8bee8b2a334ad 2 6 3 7 8 5 4 1
c124b8d17e52b9ae 6 7 3 1 5 8 4 2
c1355237740h39d1 6 1 7 4 2 8 5 3
c27fe7ebd486b91b 4 3 6 2 7 5 1 8
c404f9d2e194a2bf 6 8 1 2 5 7 4 3
c484227e8e0ec639 - 2 - 1 - - 4 3
c91954268d123eb5 3 - - 1 - - 4 2
c97143c69de90da7 - 1 - 2 4 3 - -
c990d4644a95ba49 5 1 4 2 3 - - 6
c9ab5475cd28085b 1 - - 2 3 - - 4
cb530b8031ee252f 4 1 6 3 5 7 8 2
ccae312517502590 4 7 3 - 6 5 2 1
cf7d613c7d6c4439 1 4 5 6 2 7 8 3
d051e9d81133180b 5 1 4 2 3 7 8 6
d14c76b97412352d 3 4 2 1 6 8 7 5
d5011504c948d17d - 3 4 - - 1 2 -
d79ccba560e072a1 1 6 5 2 3 4 8 7
d8da3e21ef097bb4 4 7 3 8 1 6 5 2
d9055e0bac807953 - 3 2 4 5 6 1 -
da35fb14d966f948 6 1 7 3 2 4 5 8
dcae36645dc853c3 6 3 4 2 1 7 8 5
dd6f7ee213b51823 7 3 2 1 5 6 4 8
ee13ed10a211ff62 - 1 3 - 2 - 4 -
ee71a733e55f8f2c 3 - - 1 4 - 5 2
f19a3e0b8ee5a0be 2 4 5 3 1 7 8 6
f2865811b058802f 3 7 6 5 1 8 4 2
f293824b33f4fec2 - 2 - - 3 - 1 -
f2f1c2a24e20ae3f - 5 4 2 1 - 3 -
f39582bb52419553 1 4 5 2 8 7 6 3
f51b1b05a62d23e0 2 8 4 1 3 7 5 6
f8ea98701031633b 1 7 3 2 8 6 5 4
f9cd9a5d4f0a079c 5 1 6 3 2 7 4 8
fed5c896875f0c10 3 8 4 5 2 6 7 1
ff356b87e74c0bc3 4 - 2 1 3 - - -
3) Secondary Votetaker's Comments
This vote began badly, and continued badly. The first CFV was withdrawn
because of the omission of one candidate's name from the list and the
omission of another candidate's statement. The replacement CFV still
contained errors (too many nominators were listed for some candidates)
and the associated ballot paper introduced an altered definition of
"anonymous redirection services". The intervention of the Committee,
during the course of the vote, which resulted from this introduction was
not universally welcomed (and has been disregarded by me in the
production of these results). The Primary Votetaker eventually
submitted a set of results to Control, which the Committee decided
should be published in part only pending investigation of appeals and
objections. The Primary Votetaker resigned.
At this stage I was able to step in as Secondary Votetaker and, with the
support of Control, the Committee and UKVoting, I issued an announcement
stating that I would be re-examining and re-acknowledging every vote
submitted, establishing their validity or otherwise using methods which
differed from both the CFV and the ballot paper. This unprecedented
approach found acceptance in the uk.net.news.management community.
These results have therefore been arrived at on the following basis:
1. Largely as a result of the "Bigfoot row", some voters had submitted
votes from more than one e-mail address. These voters were invited to
select which vote they wished to appear in the results, their choice
being limited to the latest valid vote received from each e-mail
address. I, as the individual votetaker now in charge of the vote, do
not agree that ballots using a Bigfoot address should have been excluded
in the way that they were, and I have disregarded the reference to
Bigfoot in the rubric on the ballot paper.
2.. The CFV required that the e-mail address which appeared in the
ballot paper should be that to which the ballot paper had been sent.
This requirement (which automatically validates the e-mail address) was
not adhered to when the votes were initially examined, and as a result
voters who fell foul of this instruction were offered no opportunity to
re-vote. Because of this, I have disregarded this instruction when re-
examining the votes.
3. Some voters entered in the ballot paper e-mail addresses which are
role or positional addresses listed in RFC2142, such as news@domain or
usenet@domain. On the initial examination of the votes, these
particular votes were not queried to establish whether they did in fact
come from individuals. Because it is now too late to invite such voters
to vote again from an alternative address, I have not discarded any vote
on the grounds of the use of a role or positional e-mail address.
4. Some voters sent their ballot to an address other than the voting
address (e.g. to com2002@autoballot.ukvoting.org.uk or to
com2002@request.ukvoting.org.uk). Such votes should have been refused
and the voter invited to re-vote to the correct address. Because this
did not initially happen in all such cases, I have accepted all such
votes which I received as if they had been sent to the voting address.
None of the above departures from normal custom and practice should be
considered in any way to set a precedent, and voters in future votes are
strongly advised to read the CFV and ballot paper rubric carefully and
ensure that the votes they submit are in accordance with the
instructions for that particular vote.
It is very regrettable that in the case of one voter it was discovered,
during re-examination of the votes, that the initial acknowledgement had
been sent to the wrong e-mail address, and the acknowledgement sent by
me to the e-mail address contained in the ballot paper bounced as
undeliverable. This means that this vote must be regarded as invalid,
despite the voter having originally received no notification of its
invalidity, because the e-mail address in the ballot paper was never
validated as a working address.
Two other acknowledgements which I sent bounced as undeliverable -
fortunately, neither was one which required a reply selecting which vote
to use. In one case I had expected this, since the voter had already
notified me, immediately after my published announcement, that he had
changed e-mail accounts in the meantime. In both cases the original
acknowledgement (which was sent to the correct address) was successfully
delivered, and the e-mail address in the ballot had therefore been
validated as a working one. These votes have therefore been included in
the results.
In the list of votes, there is one ballot ID whose length differs from
the others. This was issued manually by the Primary Votetaker at the
voter's request. I have added some spurious characters after the end of
the ballot ID so that it is indistinguishable from the others in terms
of its length, but the voter to whom it was allocated will be able to
recognise it.
It is not usual to include a paragraph like this in the votetaker's
comments, but I wish to apologise to all candidates for the very long
time they have had to wait to learn the outcome of the elections, and to
congratulate them on the restraint which they have by and large shown
during the waiting period.
4) VOTING AND APPEAL GUIDELINES
This vote was conducted by neutral third party members of UKVoting.
UKVoting is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFVs
in the uk hierarchy. The rules under which this vote is taken are
posted regularly to uk.net.news.announce or can be found at the
following URL:
<ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting>
The UKVoting web pages can be found at http://www.ukvoting.org.uk/
There is a ten day discussion period after these results are posted to
uk.net.news.announce.
Allegations of irregularity should be sent to control@usenet.org.uk.
5) COPY OF THE CALL FOR VOTES DATED 13TH OCTOBER 2002
ELECTIONS:
==========
There are currently four Open member Vacancies
DEFINITIONS OF A OPEN MEMBER
An Open Member is any person who is a reader of uk.* articles.
NOMINATION RULES
Nominations in the case of the "Open" class of membership may be made
by any reader of uk.* articles.
You may only nominate up to and including four persons.
PERSONS RESIGNING FROM COMMITTEE
N.B. There are now three vacancies on the committee for this class.
Open Member Class:
=================================================================
Open Class:
8 nominations received - the committee has 4 vacancies and therefore
an election will be held to fill the 4 vacancies.
Candidates:
AA) Thomas Lee
BB) Sarah Reeson
CC) Graham Drabble
DD) Geoff Berrow
EE) Andrew Gierth
FF) Andrew Hartley
GG) Jezza
HH) James Coupe
Please find below details of the people who nominated each candidate
(Name & Email Address) and a short statement from each candidate:
- - ------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : Thomas Lee Email: tfl@psp.co.uk
Nominators
Name : James Coupe
Email: james[at]zephyr/org\uk
Name : Dave Williams
Email: dave[at]clues\com
Name : Richard Clayton
Email: richard[at]highwayman\com
Name : Mark Goodge
Email: mark[at]good-stuff/co\uk
Name : Jack Howard
Email: renegade[at]stormshadow\com
Statement
I have been a member of the UK Usenet Committee since it was first
setup and have been the proponent on three UK RFDs since than and have
helped another two through to fruition. I've also been a co-proponent
on one Big-8 group (misc.business.consulting).
I have tried to take an active part in most debates that we've held
here and have contributed to the many decisions that the Committee has
to make.
Over the past few years, I've been away a great deal, although this
has largely ceased and from October I will be in a much more local
job.
If you have any questions whatsoever, please feel free to ask.
- - ------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : Sarah Reeson Email: sarah@gubbins.net
Nominators
Name : Mark Donlon
Email: sparhawk2[at]ntlworld\com
Name : Liz Batty
Email: emb51[at]cam/ac\uk
Name : Paul Roe
Email: paulroe660[at]btinternet\com
Name : James Davies
Email: jd_d931t[at]btinternet\com
Statement
It's been nearly five years since I subscribed to u.n.n.c, and since
that time I've argued, ignored, disagreed and proposed. I think now
may be the right moment to act: considering the huge amounts of
rhetoric that seem to spew forth daily on anything other than the
business of improving Usenet for the majority of it's users perhaps it
is time for someone who has no axe to grind, no point to make and no
glory to forge to put up her hand and try and make a difference. I
make no promises: I'll do my best, I'll try and be fair. I'd expect
nothing less from anyone else.
- - ------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : Graham Drabble Email: graham.drabble@lineone.net
Nominators
Name : Dave Mayall
Email: dave[at]research-group/co\uk
Name : Adam D. Barratt
Email: usenet[at]adam-barratt/org\uk
Name : Jeffrey Goldberg
Email: jeffrey[at]goldmark/org
Name : Paul Carpenter
Email: paul[at]pcserv.demon/co\uk
Name : Philip Powell
Email: philip[at]blencathra/org\uk
Name : Eddie Bernard
Email: usenet[at]ebernard/greatxscape\net
Statement
I have been using Usenet for about four years now and have been active
on uk.net.news.* for about two. During this time I have worked to try
and ensure that the group creation process works smoothly and to try
and make life easier for uk.* users to get useful groups. To that end
I have been a mentor since their inception and have RFD'd changes to
charters that allowed for the extending uk uk.current-event.* groups
and quick creation of uk.media.* groups.
To maintain the hierarchies integrity I feel that it is important that
we continue to ensure that groups are properly named and that the
written guidelines are followed and that confusiion is dealt with in a
quick and sensible way. I also feel that we should be checking that
groups haven't failed and that the role of Dr Death is very important.
Overall I feel that the system is working well and I would not push
for any major changes.
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Name : Geoff Berrow
Email: cttecfa@ckdog.co.uk
Nominators
Name : Glenys Pople
Email: gkp[at]howfen.demon/co\uk
Name : Richard Ashton
Email: {R}[at]semolina/org
Name : Tony Evans
Email: tony[at]darkstorm/co\uk
Name : Jeffrey Goldberg
Email: jeffrey[at]goldmark/org
Statement
Back in 1999, when I first stood for the committee, I had serious
concerns about the difficulties which faced new proponents. A lot has
changed since then and I now believe it is easier than ever to form a
new group. There is ample help available for anyone who wants to go
through the process. Whilst this has not totally removed the
problems, it does make the passage of a new RFD that much easier.
The hierarchy now faces new challenges. It faces the challenge of
petty squabbles and unproductive noise that make the newcomer feel
that he or she has stumbled upon a viper's nest. It is a problem that
requires a new determination to overcome. Or rather a new apathy,
since I am convinced the correct way of dealing with those whose sole
purpose is to cause mischief is to ignore them. At the same time we
(the committee) should be urging everyone to treat newcomers to our
groups with politeness and patience. Our hierarchy /can/ rise above
the trolls and wreckers.
Thomas Lee once paid me a great compliment. He said I was pragmatic
and flexible. That doesn't mean I am shy of speaking out for something
in which I believe, but neither am I afraid to admit it when I've got
it wrong. However, I try to keep a sense of perspective on the whole
thing.
It is, after all, only Usenet. No one dies.
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Name : Andrew Gierth Email: andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk
Nominators
Name : Graham Drabble
Email: graham.drabble[at]lineone.net
Name : Peter Parry
Email: peter[at]wpp.ltd.uk
Name : Richard Letts
Email: richard[at]illuin/org
Name : Tony Evans
Email: tony[at]darkstorm/co\uk
Name : Chris Croughton
Email: chris[at]keristor/org
Name : Kevin Andreoli
Email: kevin[at]andreoli/co\uk
Name : David Mahon
Email: newsreply[at]amigo/co\uk
Name : Steve Firth
Email: %steve%[at]malloc/co\uk
Statement
As a professional news administrator, I believe that the interests of
both uk.* users in general and my users in particular are best served
by having a group creation process that maintains a reasonable balance
between avoiding the creation of unnecessary groups while still
allowing popular groups to be created easily. As part of this, I
believe that on occasion, common sense and the Committee's discretion
sometimes has to take precedence over strict interpretation of the
Guidelines. I also consider it important that the Committee's
decisions be based on accurate information on both the technical
aspects of Usenet and the practical aspects of news administration.
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Name : Andrew Hartley Email: andy@eastupham.freeserve.co.uk
Nominators
Name : Eddie Bernard
Email: usenet[at]ebernard/greatxscape\net
Name : Tony Evans
Email: tony[at]darkstorm/co\uk
Name : Philip Powell
Email: philip[at]blencathra/org.uk
Name : Chris Croughton
Email: chris[at]keristor/org
Statement
I'm not going to sit here and type a load of rubbish, so I'll say this
instead; I want to see the uk.* hierarchy prosper as much as
possible. I think that Usenet is an excellent resource, and much
better than signing up for endless profiles and chat rooms. I see
Usenet as a widespread digital university debating society, insofar as
many serious issues are discussed but allot of fun is had along the
way.
As for why I want to be on the committee, I believe I can give a
rational and common sense view on any issue raised. I will not act
with bias towards a person, but look at the evidence for and against
an issue (if you like, "weigh up the pros and cons") and decide on
that, and that alone.
Some of you may also know that I am a member of UK Mentors, and I
state now that I will resign from UKM if I am elected to the committee
on the basis of fairness to proponents. I also am a member of the
Scout Association and I am attending the 20th World Scout Jamboree in
Thailand, as part of the Devon contingent, at the end of this year. Oh
BTW, don't forget to vote for me :-)
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Name : Jezza Email: jezza@hotwells.freeserve.co.uk
Nominators
Name : Dave Mayall
Email: dave[at]research-group/co\uk
Name : Suze
Email: suze[at]theworkhouse1/co\uk
Name : Denis F aka Denis Fuller
Email: denis[at]withypool\net
Name : Tony Pawsey
Email: tpawsey[at]lineone\net
Name : Adrian Stapley
Email: adrian[at]semleystation/co\uk
Statement
I have been using usenet since 1996. I have knowledge of the group
creation process gained from proposing uk.culture.arts.theatre,
amending the charter for uk.local.southwest and proposing the removal
of uk.announce.d
I am a member of UK Mentors, actively engaged in helping people
through the group creation process.
In real life, I am a boatman, writer, web site creator and actor. I
am also an editor for the Open Directory Project.
If elected, I would aim to put something back into the uk.* usenet
community, especially by maintaining the integrity of the uk.* usenet
hierarchy and doing my best to ensure that decisions in which I
participated were honest and as open as possible.
In case you wish to know, my full name is Jeremy McNeill.
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Name : James Coupe Email: james@zephyr.org.uk
Nominators
Name : Thomas Lee
Email: tfl[at]psp/co\uk
Name : Andy Davidson
Email: andy[at]nosignal/org
Name : August West
Email: august[at]kororaa\com
Also Known As: Iain Fleming
Name : Dave Mayall
Email: dave[at]research-group/co\uk
Statement
As a long-time poster in uk.*, and uk.net.news.*, several people
suggested I stand. That experience of uk.* means I know both the
highs and the lows, the perils and the pit-falls. I know what
challenges I face, and I know I can see it through. I am not going to
fall silent, I will continue to engage in discussions on what's best
for uk.* with anyone who cares to approach me.
My core belief is in that openness and frank discussion. It is all
too easy for people, however well intentioned, to fall silent, in line
with 'the system'. Open and flexible discussions, to gauge what the
users of uk.* want, is necessary and desirable and I intend to be part
of that process, representing people and their views, whether that be
pro- or anti-any given point, so that the system works for the people,
not the people for the system.
I am not perfect, I am not infallible, and I reserve the right to make
mistakes. Where I do, however, I would hope that people feel able to
tell me what I should be doing and where uk.* should be working
towards.
Your hierarchy, your views, your choice.
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Molly Mockford
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