Result: Committee Elections Author: Richard Letts Email: control@usenet.org.uk Date: 1998/02/16 Forums: uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.announce Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- RESULT Election of Members to serve on the UK Usenet Committee Distribution: uk.net.news.announce uk.net.config Nominations were requested for the "News Administrator" and "Open" classes of membership of the UK USENET Committee. There are currently 2 Open and 1 News Administrator Vacancies DEFINITIONS OF NEWS ADMINISTRATOR and OPEN A News Administrator is a person responsible for administering or overseeing the news system on a site. Sites which serve only 1 user, or which exchange news articles with only 1 other site do not count. An Open Member is any person who is a reader of uk.* articles. RESULTS The following were nominated for the above Open Posts. There were no nominations for the NEWSAdmin Posts. Dave Mayall Jon Ribbens Stephen D. Way Richard Ashton abelard Claire Speed Robbie Irvine Keith Willoughby The following were deemed to be elected to the post of UK Usenet Committee member followin this election. Claire Speed Dave Mayall. TKE VOTE Valid Votes were received from the following acuk> Aidan Alexander Folkes acuk> Andrew Stoker demoncouk> Alan Glover demoncouk> Alan Scobbie compulinkcouk> Alan Chapman demoncouk> Iain Bowen demoncouk> Andy Mabbet damon(AT)cableinetcouk> Nikas Akarimbo demoncouk> Andy Gibbs demoncouk> Andy Osborne demoncouk> Anne Ramkaran couk> Misha Khan demoncouk> Arwel Parry stadecouk> Adrian Wontroba com> Angus Gulliver win-uknet> Brian Jones demoncouk> becky stacey net> James Bellaire demoncouk> William Boughton demoncouk> Barry Johnson camacuk> Ben Harris couk> David Briggs ddnsorg> Mark Brown edacuk> Mark Brown couk> Chris Hutchings demoncouk> Catherine MacLeod hwacuk> Rod Begbie demoncouk> J Swan demoncouk> Charles Bryant org> jAmES Lawson csmanacuk> Charles Lindsey demoncouk> Chris M Dickson demoncouk> Christian P Hansen demoncouk> Chris Isbell demoncouk> Christopher Dearlove demoncouk> Chris Ame demoncouk> Christine Taylor demoncouk> Christopher Watkins demoncouk> Chris Livsey speed(AT)nessiemccacuk> Claire Speed demoncouk> Chris Newport greenendorguk> David Damerell demoncouk> Dan Glover couk> Darren Meldrum holland(AT)hexagencouk> Dave Holland demoncouk> David Bloomfield com> Dave Williams demoncouk> Dave Roberts demoncouk> David Spencer demoncouk> dave jw day mayall(AT)ukonlinecouk> Dave Mayall demoncouk> David M Bloor demoncouk> David Morris demoncouk> David James demoncouk> David Jones claracouk> Dolores Noonan demoncouk> Doug Weller couk> Edward H Currie couk> Simon Smythe demoncouk> Fred Barber demoncouk> Chan Tiam demoncouk> George Flinter demoncouk> Gerard Alan Latham u-netcom> G Francis demoncouk> Farmer Giles demoncouk> glynn bradley demoncouk> Hugh Simmons demoncouk> Iain L M Hotchkies hwacuk> Iain Rae demoncouk> Ian Peattie greenendorguk> Ian Jackson hell(AT)cableinetcouk> Louise Ferrister couk> Iain Rowan latter(AT)albion-bstairsdemoncouk> Justin Latter WHarley(AT)warwickacuk> Jon Harley demoncouk> Jeremy Barker win-uknet> Maura B McCoy demoncouk> Jaygee(AT)jjgibbdemoncouk demoncouk> John Bradbury ccrlacuk> Jonathan Wheeler demoncouk> Jim Hill demoncouk> Jim Maddison couk> Jonathan Levitt camacuk> John Line demoncouk> Jo Walton otten(AT)virginnet> Joe Otten demoncouk> John Hall demoncouk> John Robinson demoncouk> John Grey edacuk> jon ivar skullerud bathacuk> JPFfitch ueaacuk> Richard Kennaway demoncouk> Dr John Stockton net> James Sears orguk> John SRobinson rlacuk> John Wright couk> JWilson demoncouk> demoncouk> chris keen prestelcouk> Kevin Lee demoncouk> Larry Treanor demoncouk> Leo daniels(AT)scoutnet> Les Daniels demoncouk> Lesley Simpson demoncouk> Lyn David Thomas biddiscombe(AT)uclacuk> Martin Biddiscombe demoncouk> Marcus Durham couk> Mark Goodge demoncouk> Max Bone orguk> SJF Beckwith demoncouk> Jeff Davies couk> Michael Parry demoncouk> Mike Welch demoncouk> Mike Fleming greenendorguk> Mike Pitt demoncouk> Mike Tan prestelcouk> Miles Batchelor alpha(AT)cableinetcouk> Ms L M Johnson deragovuk> Michael Humphrey org> M Birbidge win-uknet> Martin W M Bryant demoncouk> Neil Fernandez btcouk> Nigel Cliffe demoncouk> Neale Hind demoncouk> Neil Barker demoncouk> Neil Tungate demoncouk> James Kemp demoncouk> Paul Womar demoncouk> Nick Knot acuk> Andrew Norman u-netcom> NF Stevens mimircom> Nuala Fahey martin(AT)nuffieldoxfordacuk> Paul Martin c2net> Paul Sutton demoncouk> Paul Carpenter camacuk> Paul Bolchover oxacuk> Pete Biggs demoncouk> Peter Corlett demoncouk> Peter Parry com> Paul Herber demoncouk> Philip Hunt demoncouk> Philip Striplin net> Phil Clark acuk> Pete Humble demoncouk> Paul L Allen demoncouk> PHIL JONES demoncouk> Tim Willets demoncouk> Pekka P Pirinen dialpipexcom> Steve Peake chapman(AT)zetnetcouk> Roger Chapman flood(AT)noculccacuk> Ronan Flood herring(AT)gecmcom> Richard Herring demoncouk> Richard Challis demoncouk> Richard Ashton orguk> Richard Kettlewell demoncouk> Richard Letts demoncouk> Richard Lamont com> Richard Clayton martin(AT)pixel-groupcom> Rick Martin demoncouk> Robbie Irvine demoncouk> Roger Crate/Sparky couk> Colin Rosenstiel demoncouk> Roy Stilling orguk> Simon Brooke demoncouk> Simon Bonnick orguk> Simon Gray stcatzoxacuk> Stephen Gower couk> Steve Lewin couk> Mr S R West org> Stephen Purser greenendorguk> Steve McIntyre clarke(AT)monmouthdemoncouk> Steven Clarke m9(AT)ukonlinecouk> Steven Mayall demoncouk> Stephen D Way demoncouk> Stuart Baldwin demoncouk> Susan Ashton win-uknet> SWF Borthwick mjoyce(AT)duracuk> Tom Joyce couk> Steve Ellwood couk> Terrance Richard Boyes couk> Thomas Lee com> Anthony R Gold org> Tim Sharrock speight(AT)ansacouk> Toby Speight demoncouk> Tom Hughes rhbncacuk> Malcolm Ray couk> Nick Upson demoncouk> Tony Towers mccacuk> Dave Budd mccacuk> Ashley Sanders Votes were rejected for having no real name from demoncouk> leedsacuk> demoncouk> Duplicate Votes were received from demoncouk> greenendorguk> Ian Jackson As each vote was received it was allocated a unique ID. The votes cast were as follows Vote ID Vote 00666119 48838182 01163288 -3-1-2-- 06373167 3-4--1-2 10468027 2735-164 10733330 3245-167 10934873 3-2----1 12174164 47638251 12635928 ----1--- 12710679 2315-46- 13125463 57318246 13592309 27568134 14328666 3--1-2-- 14342065 ----1--2 14401716 27468135 15599837 2------1 15636799 ---1---- 15801380 3452-1-6 16263144 37258146 17324455 ---1-2-- 17556281 27318645 17937401 15368247 17987762 2----13- 18133862 ---1-2-- 18348804 ---1-2-3 18829049 27438165 19318584 23758164 19565406 28347165 21129651 3--1-24- 22405904 25648137 23050730 84376125 24308502 36478152 25438655 7453-126 25562077 37648215 27048179 2-43-165 27569594 -1457362 27702278 2--3-1-- 27771137 3--1-2-- 28384083 28347156 29010428 47681352 29047390 26358147 29275731 2-12---- 30551984 24578136 31146486 3-4--214 31841636 3-62-154 32056578 37468251 32473063 2--1---- 32852586 ---1-2-- 32902947 27648135 33086009 43268157 33282470 --1----- 33332831 4215-36- 33977657 3--2-1-- 34375661 2----1-- 35418492 24578136 35633433 2-56-143 36479802 32-1-4-- 36891205 -2537416 37586392 27348156 37879466 18637245 37984396 3571-462 38199338 24---1-3 38707354 17548362 38922296 3----1-2 39045707 36781425 39126267 2354-176 39983607 -------1 40335359 3-1--254 40335360 -----1-2 41773279 36587241 42471380 23658147 42919745 4321-567 43084326 -1-2---- 43687982 41368257 43715753 -----12- 44607401 ------1- 45650231 45-6-123 45700592 27438156 47557911 --2--1-3 47621671 2467-135 48879443 -1---2-3 49176672 -342-1-- 49542750 27648153 49699649 2--4-153 52058294 ---1--23 52076775 1-54-623 52168306 24318765 52273236 23765418 52721601 27538164 52886182 47318265 53316066 -2-4-1-3 53347946 36178254 53764431 17268354 54244676 34-2-165 54272447 2-53-14- 54642680 3741-256 55195975 27638154 55872424 3----12- 55932332 5624-1-3 57489006 37528146 57619988 42---1-3 58018029 13748265 58465359 36548217 58662818 27438156 59326125 36278145 59939071 ----1--- 59970951 ---1---- 60675428 1--2-43- 60798839 ---1---- 61730922 4-13-2-- 61951681 -3--2--1 62770279 35648217 63186764 32548167 63215618 2--3-1-- 63579686 2-34-167 64168271 38427165 64192632 3-2--14- 64334524 4352-167 64476416 27638154 65085472 16458237 66113711 27538164 66330363 17568234 66543595 27658143 66808898 4215736- 67028922 -51-23-4 67083491 3451-2-- 67453724 24387155 68501636 2--3-1-4 68821508 16458237 68944919 ----1--- 69452935 2--4--31 69647688 2-34-165 69992831 13658247 70834118 ---1---- 70944130 37681245 71065887 2-53-164 71662006 --42--13 72091890 ---1---- 72521774 ----1--- 73510035 --1-2--- 74383203 35-4-12- 74781206 -----1-- 75184292 2-31---- 75302621 413--2-- 75677936 1462-35- 75732505 -1-2---- 75949349 2---143- 75952529 --2-3-1- 77489003 67348152 78285011 37458126 79085128 2763-154 79972667 3742-156 80256451 4--2-13- 80434431 2736-145 80869397 4--1--23 81065858 --21-3-- 81262319 3417-265 82274621 58471263 83448701 253--14- 84276589 6342-751 85104477 27618435 85410950 34158267 85534362 5-63-214 86431091 ---1---- 87885325 2314--65 88548631 3542-167 90071706 4325-167 90957546 5243-167 91347959 ---2-1-- 91562901 74583261 91992785 27358146 92189246 68547123 92788793 --12-34- 92906575 35--142- 93054096 74368251 93232076 6712-345 93680441 3---12-4 94942197 3---12-- 95171636 13568274 95244686 2----1-- 95249768 ---1---- 96141416 28567134 96214466 --21-3-- 96676230 --2--1-- 97810591 ---3---- 98245557 2-43-1-- 98546948 567182-4 98552030 37528146 98565429 -1--23-- 98812251 3562-147 99333666 26781345 99639583 ---21--- The votes show the preferences given to each candidate in the order listed on the original ballot paper i.e.- Dave Mayall Jon Ribbens Stephen D. Way Richard Ashton abelard Claire Speed Robbie Irvine Keith Willoughby THE COUNT: The rules for Single Transferable vote as determined by the Electoral Reform Society were applied to this vote. The votes cast on the first round were: Dave Mayall 13 Jon Ribbens 7 Stephen D. Way 15 Richard Ashton 32 abelard 15 Claire Speed 87 Robbie Irvine 10 Keith Willoughby 10 -------- 189 Invalid votes 7 The quota (no if votes to be elected) was determined as 63 (189 /3) Claire Speed was deemed ELECTED with a surplus of 24 votes. 2ND ROUND Claire's transferrable votes were then transferred with a value of 0.27. Dave Mayall 13 +12.15 25.15 Jon Ribbens 7 +1.35 8.35 Stephen D. Way 15 +2.16 17.16 Richard Ashton 32 +3.78 35.78 abelard 15 15 Claire Speed 87 -24 63 Robbie Irvine 10 +2.16 12.16 Keith Willoughby 10 +1.62 11.62 Non.Transfer/Rounding +0.78 0.78 -------- ---- 189 189 Invalid votes 7 3rd Round As no candidate exceeds the quota the lowest candidate was eliminated and their vote transferred to their next choice: Dave Mayall 25.15 +2.54 27.69 Jon Ribbens 8.35 -8.35 0 Stephen D. Way 17.16 +2.00 19.16 Richard Ashton 35.78 +0.27 36.05 abelard 15 +1.00 16.00 Claire Speed 63 Robbie Irvine 12.16 +0.00 12.16 Keith Willoughby 11.62 +2.54 14.16 Non.Transfer/Rounding 0.78 +0.00 0.78 --------- ----- 189 189 Invalid votes 7 4th Round As no candidate exceeds the quota the lowest candidate was eliminated and their vote transferred to their next choice: Dave Mayall 27.69 +5.81 33.50 Jon Ribbens 0 Stephen D. Way 19.16 +1.27 20.43 Richard Ashton 36.05 +3.27 39.32 abelard 16.00 +0.00 16.00 Claire Speed 63 Robbie Irvine 12.16 -12.16 0 Keith Willoughby 14.16 +.54 14.70 Non.Transfer/Rounding 0.78 +1.27 2.05 --------- ----- 189 189 Invalid votes 7 5th Round As no candidate exceeds the quota the lowest candidate was eliminated and their vote transferred to their next choice: Dave Mayall 33.50 +5.35 38.85 Jon Ribbens 0 Stephen D. Way 20.43 +3.27 23.70 Richard Ashton 39.32 +1.81 41.13 abelard 16.00 +2.00 18.00 Claire Speed 63 Robbie Irvine 0 Keith Willoughby 14.70 -14.70 0 Non.Transfer/Rounding 2.05 +2.27 4.32 --------- ----- 189 189 Invalid votes 7 6th Round As no candidate exceeds the quota the lowest candidate was eliminated and their vote transferred to their next choice: Dave Mayall 38.85 +8.00 46.85 Jon Ribbens 0 Stephen D. Way 23.70 +2.00 25.70 Richard Ashton 41.13 +1.00 42.13 abelard 18.00 -18.00 0 Claire Speed 63 Robbie Irvine 0 Keith Willoughby 0 Non.Transfer/Rounding 4.32 +7.00 11.32 --------- ----- 189 189 Invalid votes 7 7th Round As no candidate exceeds the quota the lowest candidate was eliminated and their vote transferred to their next choice: Dave Mayall 46.85 +14.35 61.20 Jon Ribbens 0 Stephen D. Way 25.70 -25.70 0 Richard Ashton 42.13 +6.81 48.94 abelard 0 Claire Speed 63 Robbie Irvine 0 Keith Willoughby 0 Non.Transfer/Rounding 11.32 +4.54 15.86 --------- ----- 189 189 Invalid votes 7 As only two candidates are remaining the candidate with the highest vote DAVE MAYALL is deemed elected. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UK- VOTING. UK-VOTING is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFV's in the uk hierarchy. The rules under which this vote is taken are posted regularly to uk.net.news.announce or can be found at the following URL(s): ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting ftp://rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet-by- group/uk.net.news.announce/Voting_Procedures_for_uk.* For voting questions only contact ukquery@ellery.demon.co.uk ======================================================================== - -- ukvoting@ellery.demon.co.uk (Rod Ellery) Please direct all personal mail to rod@ellery.demon.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBNOiroGOfGXkh8vHZAQF5qwP+ImFS9zHZoCzWArUZqFbxZwAQzgkvZbkC LR8bKK7+U6sABskEO1vxIqglIJamKLdmRGJ74jNU+rCuhxrtlQhCrsd8Yq8XEU2K 6Onbq4Vg8VJ9E11BnWSfkz5ARXUp9WJY3k7EnsvN8ARfOnIXyK4+WTCVzdZ1eV5T tfqjiJcCDpw= =pzHS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----