From: Alex Holden Subject: RESULT: Create uk.sport.squash PASSES, Create uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties FAILS Date: 2000/07/28 Message-ID: X-NNTP-Posting-Host: erlenstar.demon.co.uk:194.222.144.22 Approved: Control Sender: Control Followup-To: uk.net.news.config X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 964824009 nnrp-01:5545 NO-IDENT erlenstar.demon.co.uk:194.222.144.22 X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP uk.net.news.announce iQCVAwUBOYIFUGOfGXkh8vHZAQEq4QP9HYHtGM0p8IzHey7urk1Y/MRqtueXaqZT XopGdAOjc2gaagUkRQCp3RcTw4M7LK4z4VPat1gDME8C5FmFmDm3qgq6Mroft/5W GyuAxrOwW2q/8wL+NW18laNKuyzYhNmBn/AAp/FH/pDHXCtm33IwdZl6U8GXxJiT NtjWNa/hGhM= =94sD Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES Summary: Creation of uk.sport.squash, uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties PROPOSAL - Creation of new newsgroup uk.sport.squash PASSES Creation of new newsgroup uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties FAILS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Voting closed at 23:59:59 BST, 25th July 2000. Proponent: Phil Taylor Votetaker: Alex Holden - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Distribution: uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Results: The results follow below in the following order: 1) Results 2) Particulars of the Vote 3) Votetakers Comments 4) Voting and Appeal Guidelines 5) Rationale & Proposed Charter - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESULTS: PROPOSAL - Creation of uk.sport.squash YES : 28 votes NO : 2 votes ABSTAIN : 6 votes Total : 36 votes YES beat NO by a majority of 26 votes. For group passage, there must be 12 more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, the group has PASSED. PROPOSAL - Creation of uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties YES : 18 votes NO : 11 votes ABSTAIN : 7 votes Total : 36 votes YES beat NO by a majority of 7 votes. For group passage, there must be 12 more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, this proposal FAILS. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Particulars of the Vote Question A = Create uk.sport.squash Question B = Create uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties Y= Yes, N = No, A = Abstain Address Name A B ade@redwhite.freeserve.oc.ku Adrian White Y Y alaric@alaric.gro.ku Iain Bowen Y N andrew@peek-a-boo.gro.ku Andrew Stoker N N andy@pigsonthewing.gro.ku Andy Mabbett A N cd04@liv.ca.ku cd04@liv.ca.ku Y Y clive@cmartin.demon.oc.ku Clive Martin Y Y d.toye@ntlworld.moc Daniel Toye Y A Davemills@ravesw.demon.oc.ku Dave Mills Y A david.mayall@ukonline.oc.ku Dave Mayall Y A deb.davies@bigfoot.moc Debbie Davies Y Y denise_jubb@lineone.ten Denise Jubb Y Y duncan@bute.gro.ku Duncan Dewar A N graham.drabble@lineone.ten Graham Drabble Y A guy@first-light-services.oc.ku Guy Morgan Y A Jeffrey.Hampson@unilever.moc Jeffrey.Hampson Y Y John.davies@bigfoot.moc John Davies Y Y jon@thomson2273.freeserve.oc.ku Jon Y Y joncartmel@bigfoot.moc Jon Cartmel Y Y Kevmath@msn.moc Kevin Mathers Y N lisa.hope@totalise.oc.ku Lisa Hope Y Y michelle.ritchie@bigfoot.moc MichelleRitchie Y Y miller@bits.bris.ca.ku Simon Miller A Y ncf@borve.demon.oc.ku Neil Fernandez A N P.J.Leake@durham.ca.ku Paul Leake Y Y phil.taylor@bigfoot.moc Phil Taylor Y Y phil@willowsclose.supanet.moc Phil Hatton Y Y philip@blencathra.gro.ku Philip Powell Y A richard.moss@barclays.ten Richard Moss Y Y rjk+squashvote@sfere.greenend.gro.ku Richard Kettlewell A N rob@thebain.freeserve.oc.ku Rob Bain Y Y robbie@ukvote.arrakis.un robbie Y N Simon.Meyers@bigfoot.moc Simon Meyers Y Y tfl@psp.oc.ku Thomas Lee N N torex@kholdan.ed Tobias Earle Y Y uk-squash-vote@nukesoft.oc.ku Marcus Houlden A A ukvotes@salterg.demon.oc.ku Barry Salter Y N Rejected vote Neil Winward No e-mail address on ballot paper - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Votetakers Comments: For my first vote flying solo, this went fairly smoothly. Some voters needed to re-post their votes after incorrectly filling in the form, and their re-posted votes were duly counted. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: The UKVoting web pages can be found at 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. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RATIONALE: uk.sport.squash - -------------------------- At present all discussions take place in alt.sport.squash and rec.sport.squash which is heavily US oriented. The group also provides the basic hierachy for the creation of other groups such as uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties which is also proposed as part of this CFV. RATIONALE: uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties - ---------------------------------------------- This squash league is currently the largest in the world with 2,500 players playing in 500 teams each week. The league have recently established a web site (www.nwcsl.org) allowing the league to capture and publish squash results on-line. This has transformed the league and vastly improved communication. Discussion amongst players has spread to the guestbook hosted on the web site and we would now like to establish a proper newsgroup for discussion purposes. PROPOSED CHARTER: uk.sport.squash - --------------------------------- This group will be the main forum for discussion of uk squash related matters. Topics are likely to include national league, SRA issues, British Open, British professionals, rules, equipment etc Only plain text is welcome in this newsgroup. Postings containing Binaries of any nature (with the exception of digital signatures used to verify the identity of the poster) & HTML are not permitted on this group, however references to FTP-able material and web URLs are welcomed. Advertising Advertising is not permitted, although short announcements regarding squash events are welcome. 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 . Warning Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their "postmaster" and/or Service Provider. END CHARTER - uk.sport.squash PROPOSED CHARTER: uk.sport.squash.leagues.nw-counties - ----------------------------------------------------- This newsgroup is for the discussion of all squash matters relating to the north west counties squash league. Topics are likely to include fixtures, results, appeals, complaints, match reports, suggestions/requests to the officers, abuse of rules. Advertising Advertising is forbidden. 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, however references to FTP-able material and web URLs are welcomed. 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