Path: oaktree.co.uk!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Molly Mockford Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,alt.tv.dawsons-creek,uk.tv.misc Subject: Result: uk.media.tv.dawsons-creek PASSES Followup-To: uk.net.news.config Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 12:55:06 GMT Sender: control@clw.cs.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey) Approved: Charles Lindsey acting as control Message-ID: X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 957888829 mail2news:2282 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!probity.mcc.ac.uk!nessie.mcc.ac.uk!clw.cs.man.ac.uk Lines: 179 Xref: oaktree.co.uk uk.net.news.announce:1800 uk.net.news.config:90002 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Result: uk.media.tv.dawsons-creek PASSES 26:3 Summary - ------- There were 32 valid votes, comprising 26 votes in favour and three votes against, with three abstentions. In order for a proposal to pass, Yes must beat No by a margin of 12 or more; this proposal therefore passes. ====================================================================== Voting closed at 23:59:59 BST, 4th May 2000 Proponent: Ginger Adams Votetaker: Molly Mockford Distribution: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,alt.tv.dawsons-creek,uk.tv.misc ====================================================================== The results follow below in the following order: 1) Particulars of the vote 2) Votetaker's Comments 3) Voting and Appeal Guidelines 4) Rationale & Charter ====================================================================== 1. Particulars of the Vote - --------------------------- Name Email address Yes/No/Abstain Ace Greenhalgh ace greenhalgh ! dial pipex moc Y Andy Walker a j walker ! virgin ten Y Angela Kindon a kindon ! geog leeds ca ku Y Bizzy McClure bizzy_m ! hotmail moc Y Chris Bannister cj ! moodog gro ku Y Claire Essame claire ! essame clara ten Y ct ct ! ocmlab ox ca ku Y Damson shakes95 ! hotmail moc Y Diana Langdon diana_ginger ! yahoo moc Y Eddie Bernard edward ! ebernard greatxscape ten Y Eloise Lucy EloiseLucy ! hotmail moc Y Graham Murrau graham ! barnowl demon oc ku Y Jamesd jd_d931t ! btinternet moc Y John Robinson john ! thebeard gro Y Mike Henry mike ! tw2 moc Y Mike Welch mike ! flat222 gro Y Nathan Dimmock ndimmock ! bigfoot moc Y Paul paul ! xebon.clara oc ku Y Paul Taylor ptaylor ! eqe oc ku Y Philip Powell philip ! blencathra demon oc ku Y Quinn MALAURY quinn malaury ! online rf Y Romeo Montague Romeo ! juliet freeserve oc ku Y Ronn ronn ! ermintrude demon oc ku Y Steve Wright steve ! wrightnet demon oc ku Y Sunnyujm Dillhole ! tesco ten Y Tim Miller tim ! poyningsclose freeserve oc ku Y Darren Wyn Rees merlin ! netlink oc ku N Jon Thomson jon ! thomson2273 freeserve oc ku N Kieran Hadler hadler ! one net au N Andy Mabbett andy ! pigsonthewing demon oc ku A Dave Hillam d hillam ! btinternet moc A David Damerell damerell ! chiark greenend gro ku A Invalid Votes Votes from the following were rejected as not being on the official ballot paper, and were not re-submitted in the correct form. Elizabeth Ashford Elizabeth ! Ashforde freeserfe oc ku Mel Adkins granfromaggio ! hotmail moc Mike Jakeman mike ! jakeman demon oc ku Sarah Lovatt Sarah Lovatt ! ukgateway ten Stefan Arestis stef00 ! email moc ====================================================================== 2. Votetaker's Comments - ------------------------ No acknowledgements (or rejection notices) bounced. There were thirteen invalid votes, all but one of them free-form (i.e. not on the official ballot paper); some people made several attempts to vote in this manner. One ballot paper contained an invalid email address. Votes in the correct format were later received from all except those listed above. Three people sent in duplicate (although otherwise valid) votes, the last-received of which was counted in each case. Five people voted in HTML. I was relieved that I had decided to process and count the vote manually rather than attempt any form of automation in my first vote. ====================================================================== 3. 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: 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. ====================================================================== 4. Rationale and Charter from the CFV - -------------------------------------- RATIONALE - --------- Dawson's Creek is now about to start its third season's run in the United Kingdom. It has already nearly finished in the United States meaning the British viewers either know everything that is going to happen in the 3rd series or may have to leave the group as the viewers from USA and Canada do not respect spoiler space for other countries in the existing group (alt.tv.dawsons-creek) CHARTER - ------- uk.media.tv.dawsons-creek is a group for discussion of episodes of Dawson's Creek that have been aired in the UK. Postings on future storylines (spoilers) are acceptable, but if posted, should have a subject line beginning "SPOILER:" and a 30-line "spoiler space" before the content of the post. ADVERTISING Advertising is not permitted, with the following exceptions: Suppliers of goods and services relevant to Dawson's Creek may post a pointer to their website or invitation to request details. This may not exceed four lines and may be posted no more often than once every three months. The subject line should begin "AD: " or "ADVERT: ". BINARIES Binaries (including HTML) are forbidden, except for PGP signatures. Pointers to relevant URL's are however welcomed. END CHARTER. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBORgKoGOfGXkh8vHZAQG73QP/WoF6aagY9K7LSn9cZO8rWkJloklcFrU0 cMT2cpbhKKoQXGi5AfxJT7DB/hIIP8Kkx6M9/IwzSiQvUSImQqnEabWmzcr7e3sa yEFQ3kr4SvTLejIrxzPZOoiXOzGkGXdJEGMotbj6Jj8Yy7/GxJr8tu9WnounEVli enWMORMB8X8= =gE0i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Molly Visit http://www.thehungersite.com for a totally free and simple way to donate food to the hungry. (Go on, try it!)