25 Apr 2017: uk.radio.amateur (remove)
From: Graham Drabble <g.drabble@ukvoting.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:28:41 +0100
Subject: RESULT - Delete newsgroup uk.radio.amateur FAILS 15:37
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.radio.amateur
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RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES
Summary: Delete newsgroup uk.radio.amateur
Delete newsgroup uk.radio.amateur FAILS 15:37
NO beat YES by a majority of 22 votes. For the proposal to succeed,
there must be 12 more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, the proposal
FAILS.
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 17th December 2014.
Proponent : "Clive White" <whiteclive64@gmail.com>
Votetaker: Graham Drabble <g.drabble@ukvoting.org.uk>
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Distribution:
These results have been posted to the following newsgroups:
uk.net.news.announce
uk.net.news.config
uk.radio.amateur
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The Results:
The results follow below in the following order:
1) Summary of Mail Received During the Voting Period
2) Results
3) Individual Vote Details
4) Votetakers Comments
5) Voting and Appeal Guidelines
6) Rationale
7) Newsgroups Line
8) Proposal
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SUMMARY OF MAIL RECEIVED DURING THE VOTING PERIOD
71 messages were received to the Ballot Request Address, of which:
70 were valid Ballot Requests
1 was a test message sent by the votetaker
57 messages were received to the Voting Address, of which:
54 were valid and counted votes
2 were deemed invalid due to being from an organisation not an individual
1 was a repeat vote
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RESULTS:
Create moderated newsgroup uk.radio.amateur.moderated
YES : 15 votes
NO : 37 votes
ABSTAIN : 2 vote
Total : 54 votes
NO beat YES by a majority of 22 votes. For the proposal to succeed,
there must be 12 more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, the proposal
FAILS.
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INDIVIDUAL VOTE DETAILS
Voted YES (15)
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crn-{at}-netunix'com crn
dave'g4ugm-{at}-gmail'com David Wade
deckchair-{at}-bigfoot'com CyniC
g8osn-{at}-yahoo'co'uk Brian Reay
geraldine'stewart-{at}-ntlworld'com geraldine stewart
gm4tyr-{at}-gmail'com James Smith
iqbaluppalsalam-{at}-gmail'com Iqbal Uppal
john'whittingtonpain-{at}-gmail'com John
lenjames48-{at}-yahoo'com Leonard James
m0cef-{at}-linuxmail'org Jan-Martin Hertzsch
mike-{at}-jasper'org'uk Mike Tomlinson
rodnewtonradio-{at}-gmail'com Rod Newton
roger+urcm201703-{at}-nospam'firedrake'org Roger Bell_West
steve't'cole-{at}-gmail'com Stephen Thomas Cole
whiteclive64-{at}-gmail'com Clive White
Voted NO (37)
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Aero'Spike-{at}-mail'com Spike
Brian-{at}-bjforster'force9'co'uk Brian
a24061a-{at}-ducksburg'com Adam Funk
anoneyemouse-{at}-eml'cc A, non Eyemouse
bdm-{at}-fenrir'org'uk Brian Morrison
brian-{at}-b-howie'demon'co'uk Brian Howie
clive-{at}-evil-c'co'uk Clive George
damerell-{at}-chiark'greenend'org'uk David Damerell
frank-{at}-turner-smith'co'uk FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI
g7iii-{at}-g7iii'net Iain Young G7III
g8izy-{at}-blueyonder'co'uk Steve
gi8lbp-{at}-gi4gov'plus'com gi8lbp
home-{at}-fairfieldtowers'net Pedt
ian'clifton-{at}-chem'ox'ac'uk Ian Clifton
ianjackson-{at}-g3ohx'co'uk Ian
ijackson-{at}-chiark'greenend'org'uk Ian Jackson
jim'gm4dhj-{at}-ntlworld'com jim gm4dhj
jkw-{at}-tesco'net John Wilson
jstuckle-{at}-attglobal'net Jerry Stuckle
lehun-{at}-clara'co'uk Alan LeHun
matthew-{at}-debian'org Matthew Vernon
mike-{at}-tauzero'co'uk Mike Fleming
mike-{at}-urgle'com Mike Bristow
mw3qro-{at}-gmail'com mw3qro
news-{at}-thenyes'org'uk Graham Nye
nospam-{at}-ntlworld'com Rob Morley
not-for-mail-{at}-ahjg'co'uk Anthony Gold
owend-{at}-chiark'greenend'org'uk Owen Dunn
owenrees-{at}-fastmail'fm Owen Rees
paulcummins-{at}-tiscali'co'uk Paul Cummins
rjk-{at}-terraraq'uk Richard Kettlewell
roger-{at}-hayter'org Roger Hayter
snipeco'2-{at}-gmail'com Sn!pe aka g8dgc
urarmgrp-{at}-mollymockford'me'uk Molly Mockford
usenet-{at}-chronos'org'uk Chronos
voting-{at}-255soft'uk junk
{voter}-{at}-watman'clara'co'uk paul
Voted ABSTAIN (2)
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llymru-{at}-gmail'com llymru
pschleck-{at}-novia'net Paul W, Schleck
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Votetakers Comments:
Generally fairly straightforward vote with a clear result.
Appologies for the delay in getting results repaired, Easter break
got in the way.
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This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UKVoting.
UKVoting is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFVs on
behalf of the uk.* hierarchy and other 3rd parties. The rules under
which this vote is taken are posted regularly to uk.net.news.announce or
can be found at the following URL: <http://www.usenet.org.uk/voting.html>
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 (at) usenet (dot) org (dot) uk.
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RATIONALE
The newsgroup uk.radio.amateur should be removed from the hierarchy as
it has irretrievably descended into a group where trolling, flames and
personal attacks make up the vast majority (regularly to the point of
100%) of posted content. The trolling and attacks routinely spill over
from uk.radio.amateur into other newsgroups in the UK hierarchy and
Big 8, ruining innocent bystanders enjoyment of usenet. There is no
realistic expectation that the trolls' behaviour will change. The
group has been this way for many years already. The impact on the UK
hierarchy management newsgroups has been particularly bad with them
often rendered unusable for days or weeks at a time. This is arguably
a direct threat to the credibility and future of the hierarchy.
There now exists a second amateur radio group in UK,
uk.radio.amateur.moderated. Any users of uk.radio.amateur who wish to
discuss amateur radio on UK are able to do so there. There are also
many other unmoderated amateur radio newsgroups in other hierarchies,
including free.uk.amateur-radio. Removing uk.radio.amateur from UK
will not deprive anybody of the opportunity to discuss amateur radio
on Usenet but it will deprive the trolls of their long-term base. It
will also remove a direct threat and nuisance to UK and its users.
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NEWSGROUPS LINE
uk.radio.amateur Amateur radio and related matters
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CHARTER
uk.radio.amateur
This group is intended to provide a forum for discussion of amateur
radio in the UK.
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