Path: eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!matrix.darkstorm.co.uk!.POSTED!matrix.darkstorm.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Barry Salter Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.management Subject: RESULT - UK Usenet Committee Elections 2011 Followup-To: uk.net.news.management Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:53:39 +0100 Organization: just another hole in the fabric of the internet Lines: 253 Sender: Tony Evans as Control Approved: Tony Evans as Control Message-ID: X-Trace: matrix.darkstorm.co.uk DrxA64Oq3ofKRBcu9F0l23wdMctNe+PhkWb1cEnA5VmccgFBwl1l1CSPkwHiXn1Zw+STk17suXJJQYEIDu2pTA== X-Complaints-To: abuse@matrix.darkstorm.co.uk X-User-ID: 9cs88CyGg0TtRKU0a2oOtkRl1QohEk61DGXaW7oaKrY= Cancel-Lock: sha1:a7awv5Qfi6K8YxbFizWduWlLp6k= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org uk.net.news.announce:245 uk.net.news.config:14789 uk.net.news.management:5277 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Result of Call for Nominations UK Usenet Committee Elections 2011 Due to the continued prevalence of viruses and worms the harvest Usenet posts for e-mail addresses, all e-mail addresses in these results are modified to prevent this. Summary: The following people are elected unopposed to serve as Open Members of the UK Usenet Committee until December 2014: Geoff Berrow kat Mark Goodge ====================================================================== Nominations closed at 23:59:59 BST, 7th October 2011. Votetakers for the 2011 UK Usenet Committee Elections: Primary: Barry Salter Secondary: Pedt Scragg (Please only contact the secondary votetaker in an emergency) ======================================================================== Distribution: These results have been posted to the following newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce uk.net.news.config uk.net.news.management ======================================================================== The full results follow below in the following order: 1) Summary of Mail Received During the Nominations Period 2) Candidates 3) Votetaker's Comments 4) Voting and Appeal Information ====================================================================== Summary of Mail Received During the Nominations Period 5 messages were received to the Nominations Address, of which: 1 was a test message by the primary votetaker 3 were valid nominations which were later confirmed 1 was a valid nomination which was later withdrawn ======================================================================== Candidates: Four nominations were received, one of which was subsequently withdrawn. The Committee had three vacancies for the Open Class, therefore no Election was necessary and all three remaining candidates were elected unopposed. A list of the candidates is below: Geoff Berrow Candidate A Mark Goodge Candidate B kat Candidate C Please find below details of the people who nominated each candidate (Name & Email Address) and a short statement from each candidate: Note: In each case, only the names of the first four nominators to confirm their nomination are listed. ======================================================================== Candidate A Name: Geoff Berrow E-Mail: bl (at) ckdog (dot) co (dot) uk Nominators: Name: Tony Evans E-Mail: tony (at) darkstorm (dot) co (dot) uk Name: Martyn Bailey E-Mail: m (at) 101fc (dot) net Name: kat E-Mail: katstuff (at) the-kat (dot) org Name: Molly Mockford E-Mail: com2011 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk Personal Statement: There has been increasingly little to do as a committee member over the past few years. I don't see that as a bad thing and still feel that Usenet is one of the hidden gems of the Internet. I think our role may have changed slightly from one of management to conservation but Usenet is an important part of the gene pool of the Internet and so it's quite right that it is conserved. Usenet will find its own level, but whatever happens, uk.* has a reputation for quality management and if re-elected I will do my utmost to maintain that situation. ======================================================================== Candidate B Name: Mark Goodge E-Mail: com2011 (at) good-stuff (dot) co (dot) uk Nominators: Name: Tony Evans E-Mail: tony (at) darkstorm (dot) co (dot) uk Name: Martyn Bailey E-Mail: m (at) 101fc (dot) net Name: kat E-Mail: katstuff (at) the-kat (dot) org Name: Molly Mockford E-Mail: com2011 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk Personal Statement: I've been doing this job since 2005, so you should know enough about me by now to make your own minds up whether to vote for me or not. ======================================================================== Candidate C Name: kat E-Mail: katstuff (at) the-kat (dot) org Nominators: Name: Molly Mockford E-Mail: com2011 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk Name: Tony Evans E-Mail: tony (at) darkstorm (dot) co (dot) uk Name: Martyn Bailey E-Mail: m (at) 101fc (dot) net Name: Mark Goodge E-Mail: com2011 (at) good-stuff (dot) co (dot) uk Personal Statement: If re-elected I will continue to do as I have been doing, to give the view of the ordinary user of usenet, as best I can. The hierarchy has been running smoothly, and I hope will long continue to do so, but should there be any problems, I will continue to work to solve them ======================================================================== Votetaker's Comments Barry:- Once again, there has been no need to run an Election, for the third time in four years, though in this case due to the withdrawal of a candidate between the close of nominations and creation of a Call for Votes. Whilst not having to run an Election makes our job as votetakers easier, it would have been nice to see some more candidates tossing their names into the ring. Other than the initial confusion regarding the handling of the tiebreak situation, the process has run fairly smoothly, as is usually the case. Pedt:- I agree with Barry's comments above. ======================================================================== Voting and Appeal Information This vote was conducted by neutral third party members of UKVoting. UKVoting is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFVs 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: 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 the committee via email to: control (at) usenet (dot) org (dot) uk. ====================================================================== (The information in this and the following section is a copy of that provided in the Call for Nominations) Definition of Open Class of Membership Any participant in the uk.* hierarchy qualifies as a candidate in the Open class. ======================================================================== Application Requirements Any participant in the uk.* hierarchy qualifies as a nominator for the Open class. Any individual may nominate a maximum of three candidates. ======================================================================== In accordance with the Committee Document, the following Open Class Members have served a full three year term and are deemed to be retiring from the Committee. They are eligible for re-election. Geoff Berrow Mark Goodge As this results in fewer than three vacant seats, the Committee Document states that the longest serving member(s) will retire (ties to be broken by lot) as needed to create three vacant seats. Fiona Gostling (aka 'Kat') has been selected by lot from herself, Graham Drabble, Clive D. W. Feather and Matthew Vernon as having retired from the Committee under this clause. 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