14 Feb 2002: Creation of uk.local.berkshire
From: Alex Holden <bks-vote@alex-holden.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:42:15 +0000
Subject: [Result] CFV: Creation of uk.local.berkshire FAILS (33:25)
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.local.thames-valley
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RESULT: CFV - Creation of uk.local.berkshire
SUMMARY: Yes beat no by 8 votes (33:25) Proposal FAILS (+12 rule)
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 10th February 2002
Proponent: Paul Cummins <paul@cummins.ie.eu.org>
Votetaker: Alex Holden <bks-vote@alex-holden.org.uk>
Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.local.thames-valley
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The full results follow below in the following order:
1) Information on the ballot
2) Results
3) Individual Vote Details
4) Votetaker's Comments
5) Voting and Appeal Guidelines
6) Rationale and Proposal
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INFORMATION ON THE BALLOT
The CFV closed at 23:59:59 GMT on the 10th February 2002. The vote
was conducted under the Guidelines For Group Creation.
79 votes were received during the period of the vote, consisting of:
72 valid and counted votes
1 invalid vote which remained uncorrected
5 valid votes subsequently superseded by the voter
1 invalid vote subsequently corrected by the voter
Further information is provided in the vote details.
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RESULTS
Question: Create uk.local.berkshire? (Yes/No/Abstain)
Number of people voting YES: 33
NO: 25
ABSTAIN: 14
Total of counted valid votes: 72 (see vote details)
Not countable: 7 (see vote details)
Total number of mails: 79
YES beat NO by 8 votes. Under the Guidelines for Group Creation
there must be 12 more yes votes than no votes. Accordingly this
proposal FAILS.
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INDIVIDUAL VOTE DETAILS
Mails containing valid votes and included in final result.
Name of Voter Voter's e-mail address Vote
[Name Goes Here] steve!darcyryan.freeserve:cu:ko no
{R} {R}!semolina:rgo abstain
Adam Price adam!pappnase:cu:ko no
Alan Macro alan!macro:urg:ko yes
Allen allen!allen:sa yes
Andrew Kurowski a.j.kurowski!dur:ca:ku no
Andrew Norman nja!le:ca:ku yes
Andrew Stoker andrew!peek-a-boo:urg:ko no
Andrew Wheatley andrew.wheatley!union:rgo.za yes
Andy Champ andy!champ-family.fsnet:cu:ko no
AstraVanMan Peter!SwerveWeb:cmo yes
Barry Salter ukvotes!salterg.demon:cu:ko yes
Batch {$news$}!rubious.demon:cu:ko yes
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk!dsl:cu:ko yes
Carl Inglis carl!yoshiwara.demon:cu:ko yes
Chris Croughton chris!keristor:rgo abstain
Colin Blackburn phys0060!ermine.ox:ca:ku yes
Dangerous sjalldred!tiscali:cu:ko no
Dave J requiem!freeuk:cmo no
Dave Mayall david.mayall!ukonline:cu:ko abstain
Dave Millard dave!focus3.uk:cmo yes
David d.ewart!rl:ca:ku yes
David Taylor davidt!yadt:cu:ko abstain
David Uri davidurivest!bigfoot:cmo yes
Denis McMahon denis!pickaxe.demon:cu:ko no
DG dickg!dickalba.demon:cu:ko yes
Graham Nye graham!tyndale.demon:cu:ko yes
Grant Mason usenet!mason:hs no
Guy Morgan guy!first-light-services:cu:ko yes
Jack Howard jack!stormshadow:cu:ko abstain
James Bentall jimney!bigfoot:cmo abstain
James Coupe james!zephyr:urg:ko abstain
James Farrar londonstatto!yahoo:cu:ko yes
Jeffrey Goldberg jeffrey!goldmark:rgo abstain
Jennie Reed HCVSBRMMOVET!spammotel:cmo yes
Jezza jezza!hotwells.freeserve:cu:ko abstain
John M Chapman john!purley.demon:cu:ko no
Jon Thomson J.A.Thomson!warwick:ca:ku yes
Julian Sharp news!sharpuk.f9:cu:ko no
Keith Wootten keith!wootten.demon:cu:ko no
Linus Surguy linus!world:cu:ko yes
Malcolm Mladenovic usenet-reply!tinc:urg:ko no
Mark Young M.Young!twinfair:cu:ko yes
martinp martinp!wanadoo:ln yes
MJ Ray markj+0110!cloaked.freeserve:cu:ko no
Mudge mudge!ringtail.fsnet:cu:ko no
Nick Leverton nick!leverton:rgo no
paul {voter}!watman.clara:cu:ko abstain
Paul Carpenter paul!pcserv.demon:cu:ko no
Paul Cummins paul!cummins.ie.eu:rgo yes
Paul Herber paul!pherber:cmo yes
Paul Leake P.J.Leake!durham:ca:ku yes
Pete Baggett pet!wulfrunian:ent yes
Pete Jewell morph!softhome:ent yes
Pete Langdale platypuss!ntlworld:cmo yes
Peter Parry peter!wpp:tdl:ku no
Peter Robinson pmrobinson!mail:cmo abstain
Peter Smyth psmyth!gmx:ent yes
Philip Powell philip!blencathra:urg:ko abstain
Richard Kettlewell richard+locbs!sfere.greenend:urg:ko abstain
Robert Davies r.j.l.davies!ntlworld:cmo no
Simon Gardner 666_!hack.powernet:cu:ko no
Simon Meeds simon.meeds!btinternet:cmo no
Steve news2!nightflame:cmo yes
Steve Lewin slewin!hotmail:cmo no
Steven Green steven!greenius:cu:ko yes
Thomas Lee tfl!psp:cu:ko no
Tim Miller tim!economic-truth:cu:ko no
Tim Pragnell tim.pragnell!physiol.ox:ca:ku yes
Tony Davison davison.tony!ntlworld:cmo yes
Tony Evans tony!darkstorm:cu:ko abstain
Tracy Tracylj!talk21:cmo no
Total number of valid votes received and counted: 72
5 votes were superseded.
1 vote was rejected as invalid, and the voter superseded this vote
with a correctly submitted vote.
Under voting guidelines, individual voters may vote more than once
using the same voting name and address. Only the most recent vote is
counted.
1 vote remained uncorrected:
w.d.n.foote!reading:ca:ku
Reason: Flame mail accompanying ballot paper. Ballot paper left blank.
Action: Reject acknowledgement and fresh CFV sent. No reply.
Total number of mails: 79
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VOTETAKER'S COMMENTS
The turnout for this vote was one of the largest that I have had to
deal with during my time as a votetaker. The UKVoting server performed
perfectly during this vote. From an operational point of view, this
vote has run from start to finish extremely smoothly.
Although the vote ran smoothly, flame mails cannot be counted or
considered to be valid votes. Furthermore, votetakers run votes in
their spare time as a service to the UK Usenet community. The correct
way to express an opinion is by submitting a vote in the proper way,
or by voicing their opinion in the relevant newsgroups, not by
questioning votetakers' (or indeed the proponent's) use of their own
time.
I am afraid that I have to report that an attempt at perverting due
process was made during the life of this vote. A pre-filled ballot
paper was posted to the groups on the distribution list. I
investigated the matter and kept a close watch at the time on vote
traffic and the actual votes cast to see if there was any major change
to what I would expect to see at that time.
I can declare that there was no significant change in either vote
traffic levels compared with what I would expect to see at that stage
of a ballot. It is the votetaker's opinion that the outcome of the
vote therefore has NOT been affected by this episode.
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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.net.news.announce.
Allegations of irregularity should be sent to control@usenet.org.uk
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RATIONALE AND PROPOSAL FROM THE RFD
Rationale: uk.local.berkshire
There are many newsgroups in the uk.local* hierarchy showing that
there is an obvious need for local uk specific content.
At present there is no newsgroup dedicated to or directly related to
the county of Berkshire, despite it being one of the most affluent,
and technology-centric regions of the UK.
Berkshire residents currently use the uk.local.thames-valley group,
which, while having a relevance, actually covers areas which are not
adjacent to either the valley of the Thames or naturally linked to
Berkshire, therefore the reasoning behind a Berkshire-centric
newsgroup is obvious.
Proposed Charter: uk.local.berkshire
This newsgroup is about the county of Berkshire in England, its
residents and those who are interested in current affairs of, and/or
the history of, Berkshire.
A forum for requesting and disseminating information and views about
living in, visiting or being a descendant from Berkshire.
Contributions are welcome from people who live, work or study in the
county, or have an interest in the county.
Since Berkshire as an administrative county no longer exists, the area
considered to be Berkshire is that covered by the former Royal County
of Berkshire prior to the Unitary Authority Changes.
Advertising
Advertising is forbidden
Cross-Posting
Messages posted to this newsgroup must not be cross-posted to more
than a TOTAL of four uk.local.* newsgroups; these may be
geographically adjacent or overlapping, or connected by the subject of
the post (e.g. "moving house from Southampton to Newbury").
Note that the advertising of widely-available goods or services is
*not* relevant in this context, and that most uk.local.* groups have
restrictions on advertising, or prohibit it. Cross-posted adverts,
where allowed, must meet the requirements of the charters of *all*
groups
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.
Posts must be readable as plaintext. HTML, RTF and similarly formatted
messages are prohibited. To see how to make your newsreader comply
with this, read <http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.
Warning
Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their
"postmaster" and/or Service Provider.
End Charter
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