15 May 2001: uk.gay-lesbian-bi Moderator Elections 2001
From: Barry Salter <b.salter@ukvoting.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 23:34:14 BST
Subject: RESULT : uk.glb Moderation Panel Elections 2001
Newsgroups: uk.gay-lesbian-bi
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RESULTS OF CALL FOR VOTES
uk.glb Moderation Panel Elections 2001
Summary:
All of the candidates are elected, in the following order:
Pete Denton
Susan Brace
Paul Anderson
Martin Smith
Stephen M Baines
Laurence Jupp
Richard G
Graham Reilly
Rich
Bod
Re-Open Nominations
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 BST, 29th April 2001.
Votetaker: b.salter@ukvoting.org.uk (Barry Salter)
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Distribution:
uk.gay-lesbian-bi
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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
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1) Result
Candidates:
1) Pete Denton
2) Stephen M Baines
3) Paul Anderson
4) Laurence Jupp
5) Richard G
6) Rich
7) Susan Brace
8) Bod
9) Graham Reilly
10) Martin Smith
11) Re-Open Nominations
NB: All figures are rounded to 2 decimal places. This can occasionally
result in them not adding up to the total amount being distributed.
Total votes cast: 31
Initial distribution:
Transfer 7 to 1 at 1
Transfer 2 to 2 at 1
Transfer 4 to 3 at 1
Transfer 1 to 4 at 1
Transfer 1 to 5 at 1
Transfer 1 to 6 at 1
Transfer 7 to 7 at 1
Transfer 1 to 8 at 1
Transfer 2 to 9 at 1
Transfer 4 to 10 at 1
Transfer 1 to 11 at 1
Status:
Non-transferable: 0
Pete Denton: 7
Stephen M Baines: 2
Paul Anderson: 4
Laurence Jupp: 1
Richard G: 1
Rich: 1
Susan Brace: 7
Bod: 1
Graham Reilly: 2
Martin Smith: 4
Re-Open Nominations: 1
Quota: 2.58
Pete Denton is elected
Susan Brace is elected
Paul Anderson is elected
Martin Smith is elected
Distribution of surplus of 4.42 for 1:
Transfer 6 to 2 at 0.63
Transfer 1 to 5 at 0.63
Status:
Non-transferable: 0
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 1
Richard G: 1.63
Rich: 1
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 1
Graham Reilly: 2
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 1
Quota: 2.58
Stephen M Baines is elected
Distribution of surplus of 4.42 for 7:
Transfer 4 to 4 at 0.63
Transfer 2 to 5 at 0.63
Transfer 1 to 9 at 0.63
Status:
Non-transferable: 0
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79 (elected)
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 3.52
Richard G: 2.89
Rich: 1
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 1
Graham Reilly: 2.63
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 1
Quota: 2.58
Laurence Jupp is elected
Richard G is elected
Graham Reilly is elected
Distribution of surplus of 1.42
Transfer 3 to 6 at 0.35
Transfer 1 to 8 at 0.35
Status:
Non-transferable: 0
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79 (elected)
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 3.52 (elected)
Richard G: 2.89 (elected)
Rich: 2.06
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 1.35
Graham Reilly: 2.63 (elected)
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 1
Quota: 2.58
Distribution of surplus of 1.42 for 10:
Transfer 3 to 6 at 0.35
Transfer 1 to 8 at 0.35
Status:
Non-transferable: 0
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79 (elected)
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 3.52 (elected)
Richard G: 2.89 (elected)
Rich: 3.13
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 1.71
Graham Reilly: 2.63 (elected)
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 1
Quota: 2.58
Rich is elected
Distribution of surplus of 3.20 for 2:
Non-transferable: 1
Transfer 5 to 8 at 0.40
Status:
Non-transferable: 1
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79 (elected)
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 3.52 (elected)
Richard G: 2.89 (elected)
Rich: 3.13 (elected)
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 3.73
Graham Reilly: 2.63 (elected)
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 1
Quota: 2.5
Bod is elected
Distribution of surplus of 1.02 for 4:
Non-transferable: 3
Transfer 1 to 11 at 0.65
Status:
Non-transferable: 4
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79 (elected)
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 3.52 (elected)
Richard G: 2.89 (elected)
Rich: 3.13 (elected)
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 3.73 (elected)
Graham Reilly: 2.63 (elected)
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 1.65
Quota: 2.25
Distribution of surplus of 0.64 for 5:
Transfer 2 to 11 at 0.20
Status:
Non-transferable: 4
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79 (elected)
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 3.52 (elected)
Richard G: 2.89 (elected)
Rich: 3.13 (elected)
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 3.73 (elected)
Graham Reilly: 2.63 (elected)
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 2.05
Quota: 2.25
Distribution of surplus of 0.38 for 9:
Transfer 1 to 11 at 0.24
Status:
Non-transferable: 4
Pete Denton: 7 (elected)
Stephen M Baines: 5.79 (elected)
Paul Anderson: 4 (elected)
Laurence Jupp: 3.52 (elected)
Richard G: 2.89 (elected)
Rich: 3.13 (elected)
Susan Brace: 7 (elected)
Bod: 3.73 (elected)
Graham Reilly: 2.63 (elected)
Martin Smith: 4 (elected)
Re-Open Nominations: 2.29
Quota: 2.25
Re-Open Nominations is elected
The election is concluded with all candidates elected
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2) Particulars of the Vote
The following people posted valid votes:
Andrew Price aprice##mail.dotcom,rf
BaldJohn john##baldy.demon,uk,,co
Ben jazzdski##aol,moc
Bod ukglb##spam.bodnet,,moc
colin davis colind##tcp,uk,,co
Dave Hughes troubleshooter##clara,uk,,co
David E david##gidvuic.demon,uk,,co
Gavin Wheeler gavinwheeler##clara,uk,,co
Geoff Coupe gcoupe##xs4all,ln
graham abuse##vendetta.demon.uk,,co
Gregoire Kretz gregoire.kretz##wanadoo,rf
Harlequin harlequin##fnord,uk%%org
Laurence Jupp laurence##mithlond.fsnet,uk,,co
Lyn David Thomas lyn##cibwr.freeserve,uk,,co
mark marrkn19##aol,moc
Martin martin##speedsix.demon,uk,,co
Matthew Malthouse matthew##calmeilles.demon,uk,,co
Mike_B mike##gay-blackpool,moc
Mike Henry {$usenet$}##mrtickle.demon.uk,,co
Neil Matthews neil##chaos,uk%%org
paul paul##watman.clara,uk,,co
Pete Baggett pete##wulfrunian,ten
pete-d pjd##notned,ten
Rich rich##gayboy,uk%%org
Richard G richard.g##ntlworld,moc
Robert Marshall robert##chezmarshall.freeserve.uk,,co
Sblim Sblim82##twopees.freeserve,uk,,co
St Mym news##druidic.isles,ten
Stan Mason rsm##zetnet,uk,,co
Stephen M Baines stephen##kitschcamppalace,uk%%org
Trip trip##timeforce.freeserve,uk,,co
As per the charter:
vii. Each voter shall receive an acknowledgement from the vote taker.
They will be given a unique identification as part of their
acknowledgement, this will enable them to verify their vote when the
result is published while protecting their identity from other voters.
viii. The vote taker will publish the result and a voting list
comprising voter identifiers and their vote.
And therefore the following are the valid votes with the Unique ID for
people to identify their votes and the way people voted:
Re-Open Nominations ---------------------------------\
Martin Smith ------------------------------\ Ý
Graham Reilly ---------------------------\ Ý Ý
Bod ------------------------\ Ý Ý Ý
Susan Brace ---------------------\ Ý Ý Ý Ý
Rich ------------------\ Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
Richard G ---------------\ Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
Laurence Jupp ------------\ Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
Paul Anderson ---------\ Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
Stephen M Baines ------\ Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
Pete Denton ---\ Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
Voter ID Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý
FDF6A3BD481BC3EB 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 NP
64AC7F1D558A697D 05 NP 06 02 NP 03 01 04 NP NP NP
07B52F26ED982E0C 06 07 01 03 09 08 05 10 02 04 NP
FF90AB6FE08433CF NP 03 NP 08 02 06 01 07 05 04 9
2B1F52EFEC50D6DA 04 07 08 02 05 09 03 10 01 06 NP
DA433B6C63E91F0F 03 09 04 08 05 07 02 10 06 01 NP
07C2E2FD6FA5C209 04 02 09 03 06 07 01 05 10 08 NP
4341897E5B617403 02 05 08 03 07 09 04 10 06 01 11
70C130FE573D260D 06 01 07 09 05 08 02 10 03 04 11
AC50E68F52F9D908 05 04 06 03 01 07 02 08 09 10 NP
AEC2FECF3F3BBF74 06 05 09 10 08 04 07 03 02 01 NP
65381EDB35E597E3 02 11 05 06 10 04 09 07 03 01 08
13F849FBA74A3D1B 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 NP NP
436CB618958C6A8F 10 02 09 08 03 07 01 06 05 04 11
E4044EF2405838A2 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
67B880FEDB35C0DD 01 02 08 06 03 10 07 09 04 05 NP
B4AA0E7F8D41F1BA NP NP NP NP NP NP 01 NP 02 NP 03
619B8607E0559345 01 05 03 08 04 09 02 10 06 07 NP
72FC9786A71DD52A 01 03 04 09 05 06 02 07 08 10 11
32032CAD32FE3D02 NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP NP 01
CDF7BB194D504A5E 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 NP
90AF3D96D32FA4B4 03 05 07 02 10 09 01 04 06 08 NP
FF9AAE716D1D542C 09 06 01 03 10 05 04 07 02 08 11
15E2D86EB5A0F1F8 03 07 09 08 10 01 06 02 05 04 NP
3D10CAADD242C3B5 NP NP NP 01 02 NP 03 NP 05 04 NP
2D766F9DCD3394D4 06 02 01 07 09 10 05 08 03 04 NP
A1546F602FD64D87 NP NP 01 02 NP 03 04 NP 05 06 NP
7FED13258A3C5DB2 01 03 NP 04 05 NP 02 NP 06 07 NP
625A16CEAC5174F5 06 04 08 02 03 09 01 07 10 05 11
109EE457DCD31137 05 01 06 NP 03 04 02 NP NP NP NP
2FD6010CAEC0E994 06 05 10 07 04 02 08 01 09 03 11
Note: NP = No preference expressed
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3) Votetaker Comments
Apologies for the late posting of these results. This was mainly due
to work encroaching on my time and Demon's mail servers "holding on"
to the last few votes so I had to recalculate the result.
After the experience of the 2000 Elections, this was nice and simple,
with only one vote returned as invalid, and the voter did correct his
error.
The voting procedures still seem to make the whole Elections procedure
unnecessary, and (once again) I hope the charter is amended in time
for the next run.
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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 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.gay-lesbian-bi
Allegations of irregularity should be sent to ukvoting@ukvoting.org.uk.
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5) Moderation Panel Elections Guidelines
>From the charter for uk.glb:
Election
2 Initially moderators shall be the panel elected as part of
the charter change process.
3. Then each year there after elections will be held for the posts
of moderator.
i. 11 months after moderation comes into effect (and every twelve
months subsequently) the moderation panel will appoint a neutral party
to conduct the election as vote taker. The vote taker will issue a
call for nominations for a new moderation panel.
ii. Nominations will be open for 10 days and to be valid each nominee
will have to be proposed and seconded by white list posters
self-nomination is permitted). All white list posters shall have the
right to vote, regardless as to whether they were white listed before
or after the opening of nominations.
iii. At the end of 10 days a list of candidates (including their
proposers/seconders) will be published.
iv. A five day period of hustings will be held during which the
candidates will answer questions from posters to the group.
v. The vote taker will issue the first call for votes, to be
followed by a second call for votes five days later, the voting
period lasting in all for 10 days, votes shall only be valid if
submitted on official ballot forms.
vi. Voting will be by the Single Transferable Vote method, with
a reopen nominations candidate (RON) added to the ballot.
If RON passes the quota then all the then unfilled places are
void requiring a new election for those vacancies.
vii. Each voter shall receive an acknowledgement from the vote taker.
They will be given a unique identification as part of their
acknowledgement, this will enable them to verify their vote when the
result is published while protecting their identity from other voters.
viii. The vote taker will publish the result and a voting list
comprising voter identifiers and their vote.
xi. In the event of less than 4 moderators being elected or RON
passing quota the vote taker will issue a second request for
nominations no later than 1 month after the close of ballot
and hold elections for the remaining vacancies.
Those elected at this election shall serve until the annual
round of elections are held.
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CANDIDATES:
The following nominations were received and accepted:
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 : Pete Denton pjdno tnedn et
Nominator 1 = Richard G richa rdgnt lworl dcom
Nominator 2 = Stephen Baines steph enkit schca mppal aceor guk
Statement:
I am just completing my first year as a moderator and am seeking re-
election for a second term of one year. I feel that it is important
for there to be a good balance between existing and new moderators each
year - this should allow new blood to bring fresh ideas into the system
whilst still maintaining a consistent set of core principles from year
to year.
If I am re-elected I intend to stand down at the end of my second term.
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Candidate 2 : Stephen M Baines steph enkit schca mppal aceor guk
Nominator 1 = Martin marti nspee dsixd emonc ouk
Nominator 2 = Pete Denton pjdno tnedn et
Statement:
I've been a poster to UK.GLB for the past 2 years and have taken as
active a part in the newsgroup as time allows. Whilst moderating a
newsgroup isn't a glamour job, I know that the fact that the newsgroup
*is* moderated meant that I felt able to contribute to it when I was
struggling with my sexuality a few years back, and now I feel it's my
turn to try and put something back. I do have experience of moderation,
as I am also a moderator of a nomex-undies related newsgroup, and have
been for 2 years, also using webstump as the moderation software. I
also think that having more moderators outside of the M25 can only be a
positive thing and add more "UK" to uk.glb.
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Candidate 3 : Paul Anderson paulw atman clara couk
Nominator 1 = Matthew Malthouse matth ewcal meill esdem oncou k
Nominator 2 = Adrian Hadayah adria ndiat omnet
Statement:
Only starting to post here after moderation kicked in, having been
reading here for several years, I fully support its aims and having
joined the ranks as part of the new mods last year offer myself for
re-election.
While there are a couple of ambiguous areas within the current policy,
I'd like to see the group as open and as safe a space as is practical;
however, although on a personal level I'm wary of censorship, I'd
support the means whereby continual violations of safe space, such as
a persistent, malicious and threatening attack with an intent to cause
personal distress, could result in some sort of open vote for a review
and possible period of withdrawal of the author's automatic posting
rights.
I value the group highly and welcome the opportunity to do something,
to ensure it remains as open, readable and welcoming as possible, by
sharing in the task of moderation.
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Candidate 4 : Laurence Jupp laure ncemi thlon dfsne tcouk
Nominator 1 = Richard G richa rdgnt lworl dcom
Nominator 2 = Lyn David Thomas lynci bwrfr eeser vecou k
Statement:
I'd be happy to continue as a moderator if people want me to.
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Candidate 5 : Richard G richa rdgnt lworl dcom
Nominator 1 = Graham abuse vende ttade monco uk
Nominator 2 = Laurence Jupp laure ncemi thlon dfsne tcouk
Statement:
If elected, I will interpret the Charter guided by consistency,
proportionality and common sense. I will also work to improve
the Charter in areas where change is substantially supported by
moderators and the newsgroup as a whole.
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Candidate 6 : Rich Richg ayboy orguk
Nominator 1 = Stephen M Baines steph enkit schca mppal aceor guk
Nominator 2 = Bod ukglb modbo dnetc om
Statement:
I have been a moderator for the previous year, and would be happy to
carry out the role as defined by the moderation criteria for a second
year.
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Candidate 7 : Susan Brace susan sobri quetc ouk
Nominator 1 = Richard G richa rdgnt lworl dcom
Nominator 2 = Lyn David Thomas lynci bwrfr eeser vecou k
Statement:
I hadn't really given the idea of becoming a moderator much thought
before I was asked whether I'd consider giving it a go. I suppose my
main reason for deciding to complete this form is my belief in the
concept that "all it needs for evil to prosper is for people of
goodwill to do nothing". Now, I know "evil" may be a tad strong for
these circumstances, but the concept remains. This place has been good
to me, it is still an oasis of class in a sea of arse, and I'm prepared
to put in some effort to keep it that way.
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Candidate 8 : Bod ukglb modbo dnetc om
Nominator 1 = Richard Lucking modsg ayboy orguk
Nominator 2 = Paul G notio npadd ingto norgu k
Statement:
I have been a moderator for the last year and am quite happy to
continue for another year, to help there be some continuity between the
old panel and the new one.
However it seems to be customary for moderators to read all posts in
the newsgroup; experience over the last year (and a 20,000 post
backlog!) has told me that I have no chance whatsoever of reading the
whole group, sorry. If you are prepared to have me as a moderator under
that condition, then "Vote Bod"! :-)
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Candidate 9 : Graham Reilly Graha mReil lyven detta demon couk
Nominator 1 = Richard G richa rdgnt lworl dcom
Nominator 2 = Matthew Malthouse matth ewcal meill esdem oncou k
Statement:
I said it last year, and I'll say it again. All you need is love, and
a little bit of thought every now and again.
In the 3 1/2 years since I came out the closet, uk.gay-lesbian-bi has
played a large part in helping me find my feet and find myself in often
troublesome times. From this, I hope I know what it feels like to be
on the outside. I feel that I want to give something back to the group,
and becoming a moderator is a good way to do it. I have been a
moderator for the past year, and I hope that in that time I have
interpreted and applied the charter fairly, realistically and to the
best of my ability. I would aim to do so again.
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Candidate 10 : Martin Smith marti nspee dsixd emonc ouk
Nominator 1 = Stephen Baines steph enkit schca mppal aceor guk
Nominator 2 = Matthew Malthouse matth ewcal meill esdem oncou k
Statement:
I've been an active poster on uk.glb for several years now. I
have been serving as a moderator for the last 12 months, and am happy
to do so for another year.
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