13 Jul 1997: uk.community.firefighting
RESULT: uk.community.firefighting PASSES
Author: UK USENET VOTETAKER
Email: ukvoting@ellery.demon.co.uk
Date: 1997/07/13
Forums: uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.announce, bit.listserv.fire-l, alt.firefighters, can.schoolnet.firefighters,
Message-ID: <result-uk.community.firefighting-970713-171751@usenet.org.uk>
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RESULT
Creation of uk.community.firefighting
Voting closed 23:59:59 GMT, Monday 30th June 1997.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UK-VOTING.
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Distribution:
bit.listserv.fire-l,
alt.firefighters
can.schoolnet.firefighters
uk.net.news.config
uk.net.news.announc.
SUMMARY OF RESULT : uk.community.firefighting PASSES 37:2:2
Summary:
uk.community.firefighting fire safety and UK fire and rescue services
Rationale:
People on the internet who want to discuss firefighting topics in the
UK are increasingly using the internet for communication and
discussion. Unfortunately they are hampered by the fact that most of
the information and news groups are US based. This means that UK and
other countries information resources in this area are swamped by the
US traffic, making it hard to communicate at a national level.
Newsgroups covering this topic include :
bit.listserv.fire-l (moderated, lots of US and some international
traffic)
alt.firefighters (fairly new, un-moderated US biased)
can.schoolnet.firefighters (not very busy but good international mix)
uk.community.firefighting would fit into this list as a communication
medium for anyone asking UK specific questions and discussing UK
issues. I would envisage the group to be used by :
firefighters (fulltime, part time and voluntary)
fire safety officers from any business
public interested in fire safety
firefighting equipment manufacturers
CHARTER:
For the discussion of topics, and the speedy dissemination of
information relating to the UK fire service industry.
Advertising:
Adverts for fire related products encouraged.
Non profession related commercial or personal advertising not
permitted.
Binaries and HTML:
No binaries of any kind are allowed; however pointers to
fire fighting related binaries on WWW or FTP sites are acceptable.
Moderated:
This group will not be moderated.
END CHARTER
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The Count
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There were 42 ballots received from individual accounts, of which 41
were deemed valid.
YES votes : 37
NO votes : 2
Abstain : 2
Rejected : 1
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FINAL VOTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following list of addresses is copyright 1997 by Rod Ellery. Use for
any purpose other than verifying the vote for this newsgroup is
prohibited.
Votes in Favour
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Alan Williams <alan{at}WILLY.demon.co.uk>
Andrew Witham <andrew{at}rescue.demon.co.uk>
Andy B <AndyB{at}cast.demon.co.uk>
R D Palmer <cbs6rdp{at}gps.leeds.ac.uk>
Chris Hawkins <chawkins{at}argonet.co.uk>
David Jones <DavidJ{at}forave.demon.co.uk>
Dick Cardwell <Dick.Cardwell{at}sgcs.co.uk>
William A Bongiorno <farflung{at}juno.com>
Richard Norman <flapper{at}norman.u-net.com>
Paul Tomlin <GadgetPJT{at}aol.com>
Gary Pearson <gpearson{at}mistral.co.uk>
Tony Stockford <hu37{at}dial.pipex.com>
John Cook <jac{at}elan-design.co.uk>
James Grove <James{at}jgrove.demon.co.uk>
Jim Worley <Jim{at}jhworley.demon.co.uk>
John Steele <jsteele{at}binghamton.edu>
Joyce Wilson <jwilson{at}sol.co.uk>
Kenneth Gray <keng{at}zetnet.co.uk>
M Jones <M.Jones{at}btinternet.com>
Matthew Russell <Matt.Russell{at}btinternet.com>
Dave Mayall <mayalld{at}it.postoffice.co.uk>
N C Fernandez <ncf{at}borve.demon.co.uk>
Dave JW Day <news97a{at}stejonda.demon.co.uk>
Neville Mooney <nsm{at}gentian.co.uk>
Peter Bruce <peter{at}thule.demon.co.uk>
Peter Parry <Peter{at}wppltd.demon.co.uk>
Dr Rachel Norman <rachel.norman{at}maths.stir.ac.uk>
Ron Gillies <rgillies{at}supernet.ab.ca>
Roger Venison <rogerv{at}btinternet.com>
Roy Stilling <rpjs{at}kalevala.demon.co.uk>
Graeme Bowser <Subo{at}iname.com>
Tim Grant <t.grant{at}virgin.net>
Thomas Lee <tfl{at}psp.co.uk>
Warrren Dwyer <toyworld{at}echuca.net.au>
Dennis Symons <wtfd{at}web-it-show.com>
Yves Gaffarel <yvesgaffarel{at}unn.unisys.com>
Geoffrey Smith <z0001286{at}zoo.co.uk>
Votes Against
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Julian White <u4d14{at}cc.keele.ac.uk>
Paul Carpenter <paul{at}pcserv.demon.co.uk>
Abstentions
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jAmES Lawson <chasm{at}zetnet.co.uk>
Simon Gray <simon{at}star-one.org.uk>
Votes in Error
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Chris Clough <chrisc{at}pobox.co.uk#> SPAM BLOCK
Votetakers Comments
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There appeared to be none of the recently seen attempts at multiple
voting during this Ballot. My only concern was the amount of unsolicited
commercial e-mail generated by my CFV postings. As a result several
sites will be added to my killfile.
--
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