02 Feb 2000: Committee Elections 1999
From: UKVoting <ukvoting@ukvoting.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 15:56:39 GMT
Subject: Updated 1999 Committee Election Results
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RESULTS OF CALL FOR VOTES
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Subject: 1999 Committee Election Results
RESULTS OF CALL FOR VOTES
Summary of Committee Elections
Open Class: The following people are elected (two to serve
until Oct 2002, the other until Oct 2000):
Geoff Berrow - a.k.a. Blade Runner
Thomas Lee
David Damerell
News Class: The following person was elected unopposed
Andrew Gierth
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 19th December 1999.
Initial Primary Votetaker: votequestion@swinny.cix.co.uk (Rob Felton)
Secondary Votetaker: voting@mort.demon.co.uk (Malcolm Mladenovic)
Tertiary Votetaker: r.irvine@ukvoting.org.uk
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The Results:
The results follow below in the following order:
1) Result
2) Particulars of the Vote
3) Votetakers comments
4) Voting and Appeal guidelines
5) Committee Elections Guidelines
1) Result
N.B. Please find below a summarised set of the Results for the 1999
Committee Elections.
Candidates:
1) David Damerell
2) Geoff Berrow (a.k.a. Blade Runner)
3) James Farrar
4) Peter Parry
5) Six
6) Thomas Lee
Details of the Count
Total Vote = 191 ballots
Quota = 191/(3+1) == 47.75
Candidate 1 43
Candidate 2 53
Candidate 3 6
Candidate 4 26
Candidate 5 15
Candidate 6 48
Candidates 2 and 6 reach quota and are deemed elected.
Their surpluses are as follows:
Candidate 2: 53-47.75 = 5.25
Candidate 6: 48-47.75 = 0.25
Total transferrable vote = 5.50.
This is smaller than the difference between the two lowest candidates'
votes and is therefore deferred under section 5.2.2.
Valid Vote = 191
Non-transferable vote = 0
Quota is unchanged at 47.75
Candidate 3 has 6 current ballots and is eliminated.
Next preferences for Candidate 3 (excluding candidates 2 and 6)
Candidate 1 4
Candidate 4 2
Non-xferable 0
Valid Vote = 191
Non-transferable vote = 0
Quota is unchanged at 47.75
Candidate 1 43 + 4[3] = 47
Candidate 4 26 + 2[3] = 28
Candidate 5 15 + 0[3] = 15
No candidate reaches quota.
Total transferrable vote = 5.50.
This is smaller than the difference between the two lowest candidates'
votes and therefore is deferred under section 5.2.2.
Valid Vote = 191
Non-transferable vote = 0
Quota is unchanged at 47.75
Candidate 5 has 15 current ballots and is eliminated.
Next preferences for Candidate 5 (excluding candidates 2 3 and 6)
Candidate 1 7
Candidate 4 4
Non-xferable 4
Candidate 1 43 + 4[3] + 7[5] = 54
Candidate 4 26 + 2[3] + 4[5] = 32
Candidate 1 passes quota and is deemed elected.
Result:
The following are elected (in this order):
Candidate 2
Candidate 6
Candidate 1
2) Particulars of the Vote
The following people posted valid votes:
James Farrar james@sfgiants22.freeserve@kuoc
Marcus Houlden committee-99@houlden.f9@kuoc
Tony Towers tony@cats.tele2@kuoc
Ellen Mizzell votes9910@tictac.demon@kuoc
Livia Mitson livia.wheelwrigh@tent
Mark Brown broonie.tardis@ed@kuca
Nick Regan nick@nregan@kuoc
{R} richard@horizon@kuoc
Barry Salter ukvotes.salterg@demon@kuoc
Richard Clayton richard.turnpik@moce
Alex Holden votes.alexh@clara@kuoc
John Hall john.jhall@demon@kuoc
Tom Hughes tom.compt@nuno
Steve Dodd dirk.loth@demon@kuoc
Raven (Brit) Raven.arpeggio@demon@kuoc
Keith Willoughby keith.flat22@gro2
Arwel Parry arwel.cartref@demon@kuoc
simon gray simon.star-one@o@kurg
Peter Gradwell peter.gradwel@mocl
Kath Collman kath.hwthwood@demon@kuoc
Tim Sharrock tjsharrock.ie@groe
Matthew Malthouse matthew.calmeilles@demon@kuoc
Chris Croughton chris.keris@demon@kuoc
Matt Johnson matt@guysfield@demon@kuoc
Steve Wright steve@wrightnet@demon@kuoc
Molly Mockford molly@orbs@demon@kuoc
Adrian Wontroba aw1@stade@kuoc
Tez Burke burkesworks@lineon@tene
Dave Sparks Dave.Sparks@sisyphus@demon@kuoc
Bill Bill@billybubbles@demon@kuoc
Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing@demon@kuoc
Jezza jezza@hotwells.freeserve@kuoc
astral alice alice@darkwave.o@kugr
Mike Fleming mike@tauzero@kuoc
David Wood david@wood2@demon@kuoc
Helge Nareid h.nareid@nareid@demon@kuoc
Steve Peake puppet@dial.pipe@mocx
Ian Peattie ian@john-richard@kuoc
Roger Vincent rogerv@threex@kuoc
Steve Lewin slewin@clara@kuoc
Barry Dorrans barryd@bann@kuoc
Ian Jackson ijackson@chiark.greenend.o@kugr
Mark Tyndall mrt102@york.@kuca
Phil Wade philwade@bigfoo@moct
Annabel Smyth annabel@amsmyth@demon@kuoc
Andrew Norma nja@le@kuca
Paul Bolchover pb10003@cam@kuca
Anthony R. Gold tgold@pani@mocx
tobias erle vote-uk@kholdan.sna@eduf
Nick Leverton leveret@warren@demon@kuoc
Bob Scott bob@loud-n-clea@mocr
Barry Johnson bjohnson@enterpris@tene
Rachael Munns vashti@dream.o@kugr
Andrew Heggie ahe1@cableol@kuoc
Dick Craven R.C.Craven@btinterne@moct
John Robinson john@thebeard@demon@kuoc
Dave Mayall david.mayall@ukonline@kuoc
Andy Walker a.j.walker@virgi@tenn
Denis McMahon denis@pickaxe@demon@kuoc
A Plantigrade Omnivore D.Budd@mcc@kuca
Charles Lindsey chl@clw.cs.man@kuca
David Damerell damerell@chiark.greenend.o@kugr
Pete Humble peet@dircon@kuoc
Sam Blackburn blackburn@nym.alia@tens
Shane Matthews smatt@1st-legend@kuoc
Tim Forcer tmf@ecs.soton@kuca
Duncan Dewar duncan@brandane@demon@kuoc
Richard Kennaway jrk@sys.uea@kuca
Susan Ashton susan@ashton@demon@kuoc
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl@kuoc
Alex D. Baxter alex-news@oenone@demon@kuoc
Richard Herring richard@clupeid@demon@kuoc
Keith Brazington keith@quetz@demon@kuoc
Brett Paul Dunbar brett@dimetrodon@demon@kuoc
Lindsay Endell linz@gofar@demon@kuoc
Iain Rae iainr@civ.hw@kuca
Matt Foster matt.foster@ed@kuca
James Coupe james@obeah@demon@kuoc
Tez Boyes tez@pierrot@kuoc
Hugh Simmons hugh@st-ronan@demon@kuoc
Imran Ghory ImranG@btinterne@moct
David Clapham Dave@community-spirit@demon@kuoc
Fred Barber fredb@frolix8@demon@kuoc
James Bellaire bellaire@t@mock
Huge huge@axalotl@demon@kuoc
Lee Maguire lee@wetware@demon@kuoc
Graham Nye graham@tyndale@demon@kuoc
Jon Harley J.W.Harley@warwick@kuca
Alan Ford alan@whirlnet@demon@kuoc
Fenny yorks.lass@net.nt@mocl
jeff lebowski thedude@jena@kuoc
martinP m.paterson@consun@lnte
Philip Powell philip@blencathra@demon@kuoc
Claire Speed c.speed@mcc@kuca
Chris Bannister cj@moodog@demon@kuoc
Kevin Andreoli kevin.andreoli@ukgatewa@teny
Rick Ansell ricka@globalnet@kuoc
Aakash Mehendale aakash@popaccoun@moct
Mike Landers plissken@netcomuk@kuoc
Dave Williams dave@clue@mocs
Penny Mayes penny@labyrinth.freeu@mock
jAmES Lawson chasm@ccl@gro4
Peter Parry peter@wppltd@demon@kuoc
Tom Joyce t.m.joyce@dunelm.o@kugr
Richard Letts rilchard-vote@illuin@demon@kuoc
Stuart O'Donnell spod@venicones@demon@kuoc
Maga Tweed maga@magawiska@kuoc
Richard Lamont richard@stonix@demon@kuoc
Delboy (D.M.Mackel) delboy@madasafis@moch
Darren Wyn Rees merlin@netlink@kuoc
Thomas Lee tfl@psp@kuoc
Chris M. Dickson chris@dickson@demon@kuoc
Brian Jones bajones@worcester@demon@kuoc
Tim Willets tim@willets@demon@kuoc
Denis F bedfordtlfan@yaho@moco
Steve Way steve@ways@demon@kuoc
niall niallcw@btinterne@comt
Christopher Watkins christopher@uffa@demon@kuoc
Andrew Gierth andrew@erlenstar@demon@kuoc
Nigel Cliffe ncliffe@btinterne@comt
dave mills davemills@ravesw@demon@kuoc
John Mallard john_mallard@lineon@tene
M@ mgk@ecs.soton@kuca
Jonathan Wheeler J.F.Wheeler@rl@kuca
S.W.F. Borthwick swfb@bokop.win-u@tenk
Ben Evans bene@chiark.greenend.o@kugr
Ross Hamilton rossh@clar@tena
Mike Wallis m.wallis@leeds@kuca
Colin Blackburn phys0060@ermine.ox@kuca
David Kitching davidk@brocross.u-ne@comt
Darren Meldrum darren@meldrum@kuoc
Phil Clark phil@saxmund@demon@kuoc
Stefan Davids smd@hopf@demon@kuoc
John C. Kirk John@golgotha@demon@kuoc
Pekka P. Pirinen ppp@pirinen@demon@kuoc
Iain Bowen alaric@harlech@demon@kuoc
squire squire@bryhod99@demon@kuoc
Colin Rosenstiel rosenstiel@cix@kuoc
Roger Haynes rogerh@crosswind@tens
Martin Ludgate editor@navvies@demon@kuoc
Jim Benton-Evans jim@benton-evans@demon@kuoc
Stephen Baird steve@grinning-cat@kuoc
Bob galactica@cwco@tenm
Paul Carpenter paul@pcserv@demon@kuoc
Peter Dent p-dent@iboro.freeserve@kuoc
Andy Roberts andyrobts@zetnet@kuoc
Rex M F Smith sumisu@gehena@demon@kuoc
Barrie Black barrie@kingsmuirangus.softnet@kuoc
Edward King eaking@ulape@demon@kuoc
Aaron Fuller fulleraaron@ukonline@kuoc
Guy Robinson guy_robinson@bigfoo@comt
Andrew Gabriel andrew@cucumber@demon@kuoc
Allan Beetlestone {A}@beetlestone@demon@kuoc
Mark Meadows shazam@softhom@tene
Evan Johns evan.johns@ukgatewa@teny
Glenys Pople gkp@howfen@demon@kuoc
Chris Eilbeck chris@yordas@demon@kuoc
Doug Weller dweller@ramtops@demon@kuoc
Mark Collis mwc22@cam@kuca
Jurek Czernuszka george@beldame@demon@kuoc
Dave Hillam d.hillam@btinterne@moct
Geoff Pugh geoffpugh@fortyplus.f9@kuoc
Lyn David Thomas lyn@stuffing@demon@kuoc
Peter Alfredsen peteralf@softhom@tene
Peter Corlett abuse@cabal.o@kugr
John B. jcb@avism@demon@kuoc
Neil Horlock Neil.Horlock@mcmai@mocl
Pete Biggs pete@physchem.ox@kuca
Paul Martin paul.martin@nuffield.ox@kuca
John Davis echoes@btinterne@comt
Anthony Naggs amn@ubik@demon@kuoc
Jon Plews jonplews@dial.pipe@mocx
Six six@screamingeagle.in2home@kuoc
Scott Allison scott@freedomphones@kuoc
Dr John Stockton jrs@merlyn@demon@kuoc
Mike Bristow mike@urgl@moce
Alan Wigand alan@alanw@demon@kuoc
Jon Rouse Jon@timewarp@demon@kuoc
Keith@Hampshire KA@roofer.swinternet@kuoc
Mark Goodge mark@good-stuff@kuoc
Clive Martin clive@cmartin@demon@kuoc
Paul Womar Vote@pwomar@demon@kuoc
Peter Munn pmunnsub@pearce-neptune@demon@kuoc
Dave Lee dave@alpha21@demon@kuoc
Jim Hill committee99@jhc.o@kugr
Kate L Pugh kake@ox.compso@tenc
Frankie Roberto frank.roberts@zetnet@kuoc
draenog draenog@yon-net@demon@kuoc
Paul Paul@xebon.clara@kuoc
Ian Boe ian@boei@demon@kuoc
Sue Lee sue@dizzydogs@demon@kuoc
The following people posted invalid votes:
chaz.obelisksystems@ukco - ack bounced
Late votes
Kevin Bracey kevin@bracey.pacemicr.moco
deemed invalid by the votetakers
Nogbert Noggson borsetshire.tesc.teno
Borsetshire Webmaster webmaster.borsetshire.cj.tenb
As per the guidelines:
"The results shall be published in such a manner that it may be seen who
voted, but only the individual voter will be able to recognise and
confirm his own vote. "
And therefore the following are the valid votes with the Unique ID for
people to identify their votes and the way people voted:
Candidate 6 ( TL )--------------+
Candidate 5 ( S )------------+ |
Candidate 4 ( PP )----------+ | |
Candidate 3 ( JF )--------+ | | |
Candidate 2 ( GB )------+ | | | |
Candidate 1 ( DD )----+ | | | | |
ID | | | | | |
00f6304a9ed746fe 2 3 5 6 1 4
033d95a5f845ccbb 2 4 5 1 6 3
08f051ead124d803 1 2 5 3 6 4
09a2fd8071dadb61 3 1 4 2 6 5
0b941c4cefd7a312 1 2 5 3 6 4
0e3372b51192c353 2 1 - 3 - -
10b21223168399d7 2 1 5 3 6 4
1100e2ebfc9a4826 2 4 3 1 6 5
112866daf095a3fd 1 5 4 2 6 3
136b040f68b6fcd7 3 2 4 5 6 1
13da04441255f9cf 1 2 5 3 6 4
14e7ecc0906de034 5 2 4 1 6 3
15066c25ee458e81 1 3 5 4 6 2
151a5ca74c5fd310 5 2 4 3 6 1
154e82d538e5f555 - 2 5 3 1 4
16675bae654e991c 4 3 2 5 6 1
167c0e67521a3a77 - 1 - - - -
18572d3943aeb6e4 6 1 4 2 5 3
1a1c4f5eb53f77ed 3 4 5 2 6 1
1bfb3e08e328ebe0 3 1 2 4 6 5
1dfa6bfdbaf73413 2 4 5 1 - 3
1eb1343ed30237e3 2 1 4 5 6 3
1ec67aa51f855288 2 3 4 1 6 5
1ee736064605a959 2 3 5 4 6 1
1efa55653360b4f6 3 4 2 5 6 1
2074f86df68187b8 4 2 5 3 6 1
2258c007123a8dc8 4 5 3 2 - 1
2340453be9f9a2bd 3 1 5 2 6 4
23649febaa3eae73 - 1 - - 2 -
24bddfd50705d56b 1 2 4 3 6 5
28173ca1ff441e08 4 3 5 2 6 1
2ac1a48b9654f530 5 2 4 1 6 3
2af3ba787e6b7fa9 4 1 5 2 6 3
2cf3de780e3a5c42 - - - - 1 -
2d3933ffcff8d9d4 3 5 4 2 6 1
325d89c3bbdfe98a 4 5 3 1 6 2
3311e3b971e3a7d4 3 1 - 2 - -
331abd6da78634b6 5 4 1 3 6 2
36c544b492d48e18 3 2 5 4 6 1
37623ab573c1d371 - 1 3 - - 2
395170f86b6d1fa7 3 4 2 1 - 5
3a94a8c93a14e5e5 2 3 4 5 1 6
3b55fbf3d1f41005 3 2 6 4 1 5
3c8a3350f9b691fb 3 4 1 5 6 2
3e0311d61903a015 6 5 4 2 3 1
3efc4a774e10bff0 3 - - 2 - 1
3f8eca55f954d2b7 4 5 3 1 6 2
400866bbff74ab3c 3 2 1 - - 4
419967d702d9b5b1 1 5 4 2 6 3
422244824dddc648 3 2 5 4 6 1
450f84cf6fe68018 3 2 5 4 6 1
454eb022536911ac 1 5 2 3 6 4
4572399bf6cc04c5 1 4 5 3 6 2
45fceda3e0abcbf2 2 3 4 5 6 1
4676b93b2ca12bf2 2 4 5 3 6 1
46cbe11b4dbbbd8b 1 3 4 5 6 2
48dc723796273f85 4 5 3 2 - 1
499bcf1e802f6c6f 3 4 5 2 1 6
4cefe34846d9b35b 1 2 5 3 - 4
4e2086eecec13929 2 1 - - - 3
51a20cc6aa48a50e 1 5 4 3 2 6
5328020b7ee27c58 5 2 3 4 - 1
5373bb31ac55df66 2 3 5 1 6 4
540d8c485b87d83d - 1 - 3 - 2
54d950c38072c963 3 1 2 4 - 5
571381c39867d040 3 5 4 2 - 1
583d0798a1d18c56 2 1 5 3 - 4
5952032947cfb2f8 4 1 2 5 6 3
5ad679c3fe832679 3 1 4 5 6 2
5c28e19852984c42 1 3 5 2 6 4
5e8197159334e48e 3 - - 1 - 2
5e96a74081d50743 1 - 4 3 - 2
60c1ccace9e15039 3 1 4 2 6 5
60c7ad7d0f10819a 3 1 2 4 - -
65480121af72a33b 2 3 5 4 - 1
66171ea400429eb7 1 3 4 5 6 2
665957028b24bc77 1 6 2 3 5 4
667bd6391ffa87cd - 2 - - 1 -
6b54171ab61c9b9f 5 4 3 2 - 1
6bdcaa337f209872 2 1 5 4 6 3
6c809821a339dcdb 2 1 4 3 6 5
6ca8502cc5cd2378 - 1 2 - 3 -
6d9c373782762e97 2 1 5 3 - 4
6f382de5698afb7b 5 4 2 1 6 3
706b1cd3e718bd33 3 2 4 5 6 1
745ccd25cf2787bc 5 2 4 6 1 3
75df621a578cc7b7 - - - - 1 -
765fe9001cf9f07f 3 1 4 2 - 5
7788740fe06aeb7d 1 4 2 3 6 5
7f29397317d8faac 3 4 5 2 6 1
818d40692a4173f8 1 2 4 3 6 5
81d052e91f141f22 3 1 5 4 6 2
8306cbbb05264db4 3 1 - - 2 -
85cc666df1b5dec8 2 5 3 1 6 4
85f1aee9bc67af6b 2 3 4 1 - -
869ce7dc57835224 6 2 4 5 1 3
876303b00d47faa4 3 4 5 2 6 1
887de6aed3514421 5 3 4 1 6 2
88946f2fa98c7742 4 1 3 5 - 2
88c2f0e16ed80d91 3 4 5 1 6 2
89afe9b95132484c 4 2 5 3 6 1
8adb67d6797ff28c 2 5 4 3 6 1
8c85afa6629b16da 5 3 4 1 6 2
8d81706888affaa2 3 2 5 4 - 1
8dde72470add9946 5 1 2 3 6 4
8f5750b2cbd761ce 5 1 4 3 6 2
8f9cb4c2ba23f202 2 1 3 4 6 5
8fd6ff8e7d0a2b1b 6 1 4 2 5 3
8fd9798b419dca96 4 1 2 3 6 5
9156fcf4c18cf0c1 3 1 2 4 6 5
9163151e1dd64eb4 5 3 4 1 6 2
9328ec5647b1f30f 3 2 5 4 6 1
934ea103a8fff156 1 2 4 3 - 5
937614dbf8693880 1 2 4 3 6 5
94530f59609caff0 1 3 4 5 - 2
963aaf25a499f574 2 1 - - - -
9654a10917432643 1 2 5 4 6 3
9895f4689d1d98ea 2 5 1 4 6 3
9c74a339436199d1 1 2 5 3 6 4
9cec9865ed30cfa8 1 2 4 5 6 3
9ddc605958e29a45 - 1 4 3 2 -
9ecc52788a9b0048 1 5 4 3 - 2
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a4ab33e58925fbbd 4 1 3 2 6 5
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a5b70c0e8f84fe66 1 5 3 4 - 2
a6143ea5b2b1243e 3 2 5 4 6 1
a7dedf56606b4e5c 3 1 4 2 6 5
a89cca77b6722807 3 1 4 2 5 6
ab43371324f0ba07 1 4 5 3 6 2
abf19856c10fdefb 1 3 5 4 6 2
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b3ac294f2d757e19 2 4 5 3 6 1
b3b36a0e01f80c7c 3 2 4 5 6 1
b45faec6a77ee63c - - - 1 - -
b579fe6aa0d8ae80 - - - 1 - 2
b598415716f51a74 2 3 - 4 - 1
b906474a9b77bf20 2 3 5 4 6 1
b913217cfb1a36bd 2 1 5 4 6 3
ba00edabc3afe514 1 3 5 2 - 4
bcf8fea44f0f965e 2 4 - 3 - 1
be8ad2e15a2ea704 2 3 4 5 - 1
bea3c586fc1a85a5 1 3 2 - - -
bf6aa5ec4fedc046 - 5 - - 1 -
c19d98fe6bd55b0e 3 4 5 1 6 2
c301644baa3310fa 1 3 5 4 6 2
c43291c5d5f8158f 6 1 3 4 2 5
c571158fe47a0815 1 3 4 5 6 2
c5e5d903475aedbb 1 2 - 3 - -
c7170a1a9904f890 5 2 3 4 6 1
c8dfe530fe2b6cd7 3 2 5 4 - 1
ca99941d29d46e5c 3 4 5 2 6 1
cb91f567f166e020 2 1 4 3 6 5
cba14ec5cc39de45 1 2 4 5 6 3
cfd3b91ba351e6bf 2 5 1 4 - 3
d125c62716f0587f - 1 - - 2 -
d191e210fa895c1f 1 5 4 3 6 2
d327f8d025feb477 - - - 1 - -
d45ce451e7bb80e1 3 4 5 2 6 1
d488e8323269eb52 - 3 4 1 - 2
d53f82910a92c34e 3 1 5 2 6 4
d563ebecd51b27bf 5 2 6 4 1 3
d6246a03a46f52c1 2 1 4 5 6 3
d8528976a570394f 3 - 4 2 - 1
dae05ae7fafcd1ee 1 5 2 3 6 4
db684277aac4d996 5 1 4 2 6 3
dc618b47398dba0a 4 2 5 1 6 3
de15d758a52edb04 1 2 3 - - -
dec690ec13305b3b 2 1 6 5 4 3
e119716f8a0fc48e 3 2 4 6 1 5
e177c8be5ebe7e85 2 1 4 3 5 6
e1c915ca39f78578 2 1 3 4 6 5
e2ac0ddbdeb33917 - - - - - 1
e3e2ce2ed0db227a 4 3 6 1 5 2
e8823e9a7e27ef9d 5 1 3 4 6 2
ea63ceea94379339 4 2 5 6 1 3
ea72cc16984d078e 1 4 3 5 - 2
ed9de8324bc6a402 1 2 3 4 - 5
ef56ae2f801d740d 2 1 5 4 6 3
f07843593f6addf0 1 - - 2 - 3
f168264d8484a555 1 4 5 2 - 3
f2a0610aec522acc 4 2 5 3 - 1
f320060510f630c1 5 2 4 3 6 1
f65aa01094434e11 3 1 2 4 6 5
f933db354f8c4c77 4 2 - - 1 3
f9357ef69965868f - 1 - 2 - -
fc28407666c7dc89 4 2 3 5 6 1
fc400e3b5bb174b0 1 4 5 3 6 2
fda2a7afc6157045 3 4 5 2 6 1
ff04bb51c710f127 4 2 5 1 6 3
3) Votetaker Comments
Robbie :-
My first STV (officially) fairly uneventful apart from the business with
the guidelines vote just as the vote ended. A unexpected painless process
and a easy to work out result. I wasn't expecting to do anything else apart
from checking of the votes, so a surprise. the worst part of the vote -
formatting the spamtrapped mail addresses for this posting.
Malcolm :-
Not really much to add - most people managed to provide reasonably
filled out ballots but a few required hand-editing before being script
processed. The ID/ack generation code was essentially the same as
last year. I (like everyone else, I expect) will be glad to get it
all over with.
4) Voting and Appeal guidelines
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member 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://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting
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There is a five 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) Committee Elections Guidelines
ELECTIONS:
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There are currently 3 Open and 3 News Administrator Vacancies
DEFINITIONS OF NEWS ADMINISTRATOR and OPEN
A News Administrator is a person responsible for administering or
overseeing the news system on a site. Sites which serve only 1 user, or
which exchange news articles with only 1 other site do not count.
An Open Member is any person who is a reader of uk.* articles.
NOMINATION RULES
Nominations in the case of the "News Administrator" class of membership
may only be made by News Administrators (definition above)
Nominations in the case of the "Open" class of membership may be made by
any reader of uk.* articles.
Each candidate must receive 4 nominations.
PERSONS RESIGNING FROM COMMITTEE
News Administrator Class:
1) Jon Harley
N.B. There are now three vacancies on the committee for this class.
Open Member Class:
1) Paul Carpenter (end of 3 year term)
2) Thomas Lee (end of 3 year term)
3) Claire Speed (retiring one year early)
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CANDIDATES:
News Administrator Class:
One nomination received.
Candidate:
1) Andrew Gierth
Nominator 1 = Dave Williams davec luesc om
Nominator 2 = Jeremy Nixon jnixo nrema rqcom
Nominator 3 = Joe St Sauver JOEor egonu orego nedu
Nominator 4 = Stuart Davies stoob tnet
The appropriate validation of candidate and nominators having been
carried out, Andrew Gierth is provisionally elected unopposed.
Open Class:
6 nominations received - the committee has 3 vacancies and therefore an
election will be held to fill the 3 vacancies.
Candidates:
1) David Damerell
2) Geoff Berrow (a.k.a. Blade Runner)
3) James Farrar
4) Peter Parry
5) Six
6) Thomas Lee
Please find below details of the people who nominated each candidate
(Name
& Email Address) and a short statement from each candidate:
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Candidate 1: David Damerell damer ellch iarkg reene ndorg
uk
Nominator 1 = Claire Speed perdi tamcc acuk
Nominator 2 = Dave Mayall david mayal lukon linec ouk
Nominator 3 = Ian Jackson ijack sonch iarkg reene ndorg
uk
Nominator 4 = Wednesday White wedns daych iarkg reene ndorg
uk
Statement:
I've read uk.* groups for around 5 years, and involved myself with the
group creation process for about two. uk.* has a much higher
proportion of readable groups than the Big Eight (let alone alt.*),
and I'd like to preserve that.
The role of the Committee involves resisting the increasingly commmon
abuses of the group creation process; to that end, I'd like to submit
RFDs to change the Committee's remit. It is currently possible for 4
demands to force the Committee to add ROD to an RFD; it should also be
possible for a larger number - twelve, I suggest - to force the
Committee to add naming options or Charter options.
Committee decisions can often be terse. It would be pleasant if they -
in general - had more justification of why the decision had been
taken; the truly determined will still object to anything the
Committee does, but the ordinary proponent - especially those
uninformed about the group creation process - needs a clear indication
of why a decision has been taken and how to proceed.
Recently a lot of criticism of Control and Acting Control has been
heard. I don't personally believe that much of it is justified; but I
believe that the Committee must be fast to investigate complaints.
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Candidate 2: Geoff Berrow (Blade Runner) black -dogg eocit iesco m
Nominator 1 = Claire Speed Clair eSpee dness iemcc acuk
Nominator 2 = Iain Bowen alari charl echde monco uk
Nominator 3 = Andy Mabbett andyp igson thewi ngdem oncou
k
Nominator 4 = Andrew John Roberts andyr obtsz etnet couk
Statement:
When I proposed my first newsgroup, I was told I would never get it
past the unnc lot. I didn't even try, I just formed it in alt. It's
not the busiest newsgroup in the world, but all those who drop by say
what a friendly place it is and it's still going strong. I can't
remember how I first came to spend time in unnc but I soon learned
that what I had been told was only partly true. It was possible to
'get past the unnc lot' after all. My second newsgroup did.
I believe that, whilst certain procedure is important to ensure the
success of the hierarchy, unnc could really do with what the
advertisers would call 're-branding'. I believe the process should be
seen as firm, but fair and I also think that we can afford to be
somewhat less confrontational in our attitude to newsgroup formation.
I've not just talked about this. I wrote the RFD Maker, an online
resource designed to help new proponents and formed a mailing list to
enable information to be passed out to the wider hierarchy by means of
.sig files. If elected, I will continue to look for ways to make the
process fairer and less traumatic for the proponent whilst striving to
make the hierarchy one to be proud of.
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Candidate 3: James Farrar james sfgia nts22 frees ervec ouk
Nominator 1 = astral alice alice darkw aveor guk
Nominator 2 = Ryan Taylor ryanc taylo rcabl einet couk
Nominator 3 = Robert Park robcr ane-h ousef reese rveco uk
Nominator 4 = Owen G. Hinchcliffe owenh inchc liffe icacu k
Statement:
I have been a reader of uk.* newsgroups for the past three years, and
have been active in the newsgroup creation procedure both in uk.* and in
the Big 8. I have also been involved with several real-life committees.
The Committee will face new challenges over the next few years. There
have already been attempts to undermine its authority. It is likely that
the Committee may have to seek more input from our ISPs as to what they
feel its role should be. It is through the ISPs that the Committee
derives
its power. It should never forget that, and it should use that to its
advantage.
I am currently a second year Chemistry student at Queen Mary & Westfield
College (University of London).
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Candidate 4: Peter Parry peter wpplt ddemo ncouk
Nominator 1 = Sue Lee suedi zzydo gsdem oncouk
Nominator 2 = Alan Wigand alana lanwd emonc ouk
Nominator 3 = Ian Boe ianbo eidem oncou k
Nominator 4 = Dave Lee Davea lpha2 1demo ncouk
Statement
Having been around here for some years I am of the opinion that on
balance the present system works well and should continue.
While it must change with time and users needs such changes should be
evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
I am very strongly against attempts to politicise the committee. The
committee should be made up of individuals responsive to users not
'activists' in the thrall of secretive organisations with their own
agendas. The efforts of these have often created a confrontational
atmosphere which leads to lengthy, heated and largely irrelevant
debates to the detriment of newcomers and the group creation process.
I would like to work towards the development of more standardised
texts for the creation of RFD's without unnecessary pain and believe
it is the task of the committee members to provide both guidance and
leadership in such areas. However, I would not want everything to be
taken too seriously. For most of us this is not real life and it
ought to be more about helping others to achieve what they want
within the framework we have than endless squabbling.
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Candidate 5: Six sixsc reami ngeag le1to 1org
Nominator 1 = Andy Roberts andyr obtsz etnet couk
Nominator 2 = Fenris Wolf fenri sreal ity8d emonc ouk
Nominator 3 = Dr D M Mackel macke lmada safis hcom
Nominator 4 = Charles F Hankel charl eshan kelme rsine tcouk
Statement:
I stand on the Reform Group ticket, whose policy statements I generally
agree with except for publishing the committee mail list verbatim, but
feel that some form of minutes must be published on a regular basis, and
that progress reports must be published weekly by Control. I believe
that the group creation process can be simplified without compromising
the uk.* hierarchy, and that the committee must be a facilitative body
instead of its current blurred role. As a Uk Dot Star Agent, I am
committed to pro-actively spreading the election message throughout the
uk.* hierarchy with a view to getting more of the electorate informed
and involved. I believe that committee terms must be reduced to one
year and, in support of this, I intend to resign after a year and maybe
offer myself for re-election at that time regardless of whether or not
the committee rules are altered before then. Age, experience and
the rest: I hold dual nationality (British and American), am older than
most, younger then some; my IT experience exceeds a quarter of a
century, and comes after being commander of a combat infantry company
when the Western world was discovering free love. I use the name "Six"
because it has historical significance for me and to avoid confusion
between my amateur Internet activities with my professional ones. I
shall be more than happy to answer relevant questions on
uk.net.news.config in the election run-up.
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Candidate 6: Thomas Lee tflps pcouk
Nominator 1 = Dave Roberts daved arobd emonc ouk
Nominator 2 = Stefan Perry stefs marts igcou k
Nominator 3 = Andy Hoad andyh arhoa dfree serve couk
Nominator 4 = Robin Muskett Alpha 1droo mdemo ncouk
Statement
I have been a member of the UK Usenet Committee since it's formation and
participate both in the committee discussions and in the newsgroups.
Working as a computer consultant specialising in Windows 2000, I have
spent much of the past two years contracting at Microsoft, spending much
of that time living in the US. I returned to the UK in May of this year.
I will be happy to answer any questions the voters have to ask, either
via email to committee@psp.co.uk, or in uk.net.new.config.
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