12 Mar 2001: Creation of uk.rec.fishing.match

From: Alex Holden <a.holden@ukvoting.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:35:09 +0000
Subject: RESULT: uk.rec.fishing.match FAILS (12:1)
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.rec.fishing.coarse

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                     RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES

Summary: Create unmoderated newsgroup uk.rec.fishing.match

PROPOSAL - Create newsgroup uk.rec.fishing.match FAILS 12:1

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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 6th March 2001.

Proponent: Mark Seymour <mark.seymour@virgin.net>
Votetaker: Alex Holden <a.holden@ukvoting.org.uk>

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Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.rec.fishing.coarse

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The Results:

The results follow below in the following order:

1) Results
2) Voting Details
3) Votetakers Comments
4) Voting and Appeal Guidelines
5) Rationale, Summary of Discussion & Proposed Charter

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RESULTS:

PROPOSAL - Create unmoderated newsgroup uk.rec.fishing.match

     YES : 12 votes
      NO :  1 votes
 ABSTAIN :  4 votes
   Total : 17 votes

YES beat NO by a majority of 11 votes. For passage, there must be 12 
more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, this proposal FAILS.

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VOTING DETAILS:

Adrian             blue@white=btinternet@moc            Yes
Rob                borntobag@field=virgin@etn           Yes
Derek Moody        derek@moody=clara@etn                No
dominiclloyd       dominiclloy=@genie@oc@ku             Yes
David Mahon        fish01_vote=amigo@oc@ku              Abstain
James Farrar       flynny=redhotant@moc                 Abstain
JerryP             j@paris=virgin@etn                   Yes
Lenx               len=kempsonl@freeserve@oc@ku         Yes
Mark               mark@seymour=virgin@etn              Yes
mike               mfreeman=lineone@etn                 Yes
Neil Jellis        neil@jellis=synapse-partnership@moc  Yes
Pete               petenoze=lineone@etn                 Yes
Phillip Powell     philip=blencathra@gro@ku             Abstain
Robert Todd        r@todd=ntlworld@moc                  Yes
Bob Mallett        ramallet=itl@etn                     Yes
Richard Kettlewell rjk+ukv-fish01=sfere@greenend@org@ku Abstain
Si                 simon=stephenshomehardware@moc       Yes

Invalid vote:

Laurence Gascoigne - No ballot paper sent

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VOTETAKERS COMMENTS:

The turnout for this vote has been exceptionally low, and with such a
low turnout, it was vital for voters to correctly follow instructions.

I had to reject 2 votes during the course of this vote for the same
reason - no ballot paper sent. To help those two voters, I mailed them
a copy of the CFV. One voter returned a correctly filled in vote and
their vote was duly counted.

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VOTING AND APPEAL GUIDELINES:

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party members of UKVoting. 
UKVoting is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on behalf 
of the uk.* hierarchy and other 3rd parties.

The rules under which votes for the uk.* hierarchy are 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 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.

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RATIONALE, SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION AND PROPOSED CHARTER:

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RATIONALE: uk.rec.fishing.match

uk.rec.fishing.match will create a Usenet forum for the discussion
of all aspects of match fishing. This sport has a huge following
in the UK and indeed worldwide. Fishing Usenet groups already
exist but do not cover the match fishing area. It would be used
for match fisherman to swap tips on venues, tackle, baits and
general chit chat regarding all aspects of match fishing.

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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION

I proposed the creation of a newsgroup uk.rec.fishing.match to
cater for all the match anglers in the uk.

No specific objections were raised in the original or 2nd RFD.

Many suggestions were made most of which pertained to the wording
of the Charter etc. I have hoisted these on board.

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PROPOSED CHARTER: uk.rec.fishing.match

uk.rec.fishing.match is for the discussion of match fishing,
which covers all aspects of competitive fishing in the uk. Topics
include, but are not limited to: venues, bait, equipment, rules,
organisations and requests for relevant information.

ADVERTISING

Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions:

Suppliers of goods and services relevant to match fishing in
the UK may post, not more than once every 3 months, an
invitation of four lines or fewer, to visit their web site or
request details. The subject line must begin "ADVERT: "

BINARIES AND 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.

SIGNATURES

Signatures must be no bigger than four lines of 79 characters.

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