30 Nov 2004: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2004
From: "Barry Salter" <com2k04@blackhole.southie.me.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:59:30 +0000
Subject: RESULT - UK Usenet Committee Elections 2004
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.management
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Result of Call for Votes
UK Usenet Committee Elections 2004
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 to serve as Open Members of the UK
Usenet Committee until December 2007:
Molly Mockford
Charles Lindsey
Martyn Bailey (aka 'Mother')
Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 24th November 2004.
Primary Votetaker: Barry Salter <com2k04-query (at) southie.me.uk>
Secondary Votetaker: Jim Hill <committee-2004 (at) vote.rdns.org>
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Distribution:
These results have been posted to the following newsgroups:
uk.net.news.announce
uk.net.news.config
uk.net.news.management
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The full results follow below in the following order:
1) Information on the Ballot
2) Results in Detail
3) Voter List
4) Counted Vote List
5) Votetaker's Comments
6) Voting and Appeal Information
7) Copy of Statements from the CFV
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Information on the Ballot
Voters were asked to rank the following candidates in order of
preference:
Molly Mockford Candidate A
Paul Cummins Candidate B
Andrew Hodgson Candidate C
Martyn Bailey (aka 'Mother') Candidate D
David Mahon Candidate E
Charles Lindsey Candidate F
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Results in Detail
There were 112 vote emails received:
109 Valid and counted votes
1 Valid vote subsequently superseded by the voter
1 Invalid vote which remained uncorrected by the voter
1 Ballot request sent to the voting address
The election was conducted using the Single Transferable Vote method of
voting, with the count carried out under the Electoral Reform Society's
1997 (3rd Edition) rules.
The STV analysis is as follows:
UK Usenet Committee Elections 2004
Stage 1
Total Valid Vote: 109
Places to be filled +1: 4
So Quota = 109/4
Quota = 27.25
First Preferences:
Molly Mockford : 50.00
Paul Cummins : 3.00
Andrew Hodgson : 3.00
Martyn Bailey : 11.00
David Mahon : 9.00
Charles Lindsey : 33.00
Molly Mockford ELECTED
with 50.00
over quota 27.25
Charles Lindsey ELECTED
with 33.00
over quota 27.25
Active Vote: 54.50
Places left +1: 2
Vote required for election now: 27.25
Stage 2
No candidates can be excluded, so we transfer the largest surplus
Surplus of Molly Mockford
Paul Cummins gets 2 papers.
Andrew Hodgson gets 10 papers.
Martyn Bailey gets 31 papers.
David Mahon gets 5 papers.
48 papers transferred.
Total Present Value: 48.00
2 papers non-transferable.
Calculating transfer value: 22.75/48
Papers transferred at 0.47
Paul Cummins now has 3.94 votes.
Andrew Hodgson now has 7.70 votes.
Martyn Bailey now has 25.57 votes.
David Mahon now has 11.35 votes.
0.19 votes non-transferable.
Active Vote: 54.31
Places left+1: 2
Vote required for election now: 27.16
Stage 3
No candidates can be excluded, so we transfer the largest surplus
Surplus of Charles Lindsey
Paul Cummins gets 1 papers.
Andrew Hodgson gets 6 papers.
Martyn Bailey gets 15 papers.
David Mahon gets 11 papers.
33 papers transferred.
Total Present Value: 33.00
0 papers non-transferable.
Calculating transfer value: 5.75/33
Papers transferred at 0.17
Paul Cummins now has 4.11 votes.
Andrew Hodgson now has 8.72 votes.
Martyn Bailey now has 28.12 votes.
David Mahon now has 13.22 votes.
0.14 votes non-transferable.
Martyn Bailey ELECTED
with 28.12
over quota 27.25
***Finished***
In grid format, this is expressed as follows:
UK Usenet Committee Elections 2004
Number to be elected: 3 (from 6)
Counted votes: 109
Quota for election on first round: 27.25
1st Stage 2 Stage 3
Pref T A T A
50 -22.75 27.25 27.25 Elect Molly Mockford
3 0.94 3.94 0.17 4.11 Paul Cummins
3 4.70 7.70 1.08 8.72 Andrew Hodgson
11 14.57 25.57 2.55 28.12 Elect Martyn Bailey
9 2.35 11.35 1.87 13.22 David Mahon
33 33.00 -5.75 27.25 Elect Charles Lindsey
0.19 0.19 0.14 0.33 Non-transferable
109 109.00 109.00 Totals
Key to grid:
Stage 2 - Surplus of Molly Mockford
Stage 3 - Surplus of Charles Lindsey
T = number of votes transferred at this stage
A = votes for candidate after transfer
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Voter List
The following individuals supplied valid votes:
Name Email
^Thunder^ Thunder#ukessex#org#uk
{R} {R}#semolina#org
Adam D. Barratt vote+ctte+20045#adam-barratt#org#uk
Adam Price adam+usenet#pappnase#co#uk
Alan LeHun UKvote#lehun#clara#co#uk
Alastair alastair#bufflersholt#co#uk
Alex D. Baxter alex-news#oenone#demon#co#uk
Alex Holden envaabprag#alex-holden#co#uk
Alex Monro alexm#pobox#com
alexander mann alex#letmethink#co#uk
Ali Hopkins fn62#dial#pipex#com
Andrew McDonald andrew#mcdonald#org#uk
Anthony R. Gold bigfoot#davros#org
Bill Jillians Bill#Jillians#virgin#net
Bob Eager rde42#spamcop#net
Bob Scott bob#Bobandaileen#co#uk
Brett Paul Dunbar brett#dimetrodon#demon#co#uk
Brian Brian#bjforster#force9#co#uk
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk#dsl#co#uk
Charles Lindsey chl#clerew#man#ac#uk
Chris Croughton chris#keristor#net
Cliff Hones cliff-voter#cliff#hones#org#uk
Clive Feather thamesvalley#davros#org
Clive Martin clive#cmartin#demon#co#uk
Clive R Robertson comm2004#clive#org#uk
Colin Rosenstiel rosenstiel#cix#co#uk
Darren J Longhorn darrenlonghorn#yahoo#com
Dave Hillam brillig#dsl#pipex#com
Dave Johnson requiem#freeuk#com
Dave Mason xcom2k04#broonzy#org#uk
Dave Mayall dave#research-group#co#uk
Dave Millard dave#focus3#uk#com
David Mahon dmahon_vote_com2k04#amigo#co#uk
David Uri daviduri#bigfoot#com
Devi Jankowicz animas#ntlworld#com
Dick Gaughan dickg#dickalba#demon#co#uk
Dr John Stockton spam#merlyn#demon#co#uk
Fearghas McKay fm#st-kilda#org
Fishter fishter#fishter#org#uk
fred fred#fredc#demon#co#uk
gizbon gizbon#higs#co#uk
Graham Drabble graham#drabble#lineone#net
Grant xcom2k04#mason#sh
hannah d. hannah#comp#leeds#ac#uk
Iain iain#deepsea#force9#co#uk
James Bentall james#bentall#net
JBM jon#beasley-murray#manchester#ac#uk
Jeff McGhie jeff#mcghie#me#uk
Jim Crowther Don't_spam#crowfam#org#uk
Jim Riley jimrtex#pipeline#com
John Bean john#waterfoot#net
John Dean john-dean#msn#com
John Hall john#jhall#co#uk
John Reid john#reid#jazza#demon#co#uk
Jono Price j#d#price#205658#swansea#ac#uk
Julie Brandon julie-votexcom2k04#computergeeks#co#uk
kat kat#news#ntlworld#com
Keith Lawrence adsl#perrydell#com
Kevin Andreoli kevin#andreoli#co#uk
Kevin Ashley k#ashley#ulcc#ac#uk
Kim Andrews somerat#hotmail#com
Lt. Cmdr. Jim jim#us-lot#org
Marcus Houlden comm2004#nukesoft#co#uk
Mark Goodge mark#good-stuff#co#uk
Martin Ebourne martin#zepler#org
Martyn Bailey (aka: Mother) m#101fc#net
Matchstick matchstick#oofg#com
Mike Fleming mike#tauzero#co#uk
Mike Henry {$usenet-spamdump$}#mrtickle#demon#co#uk
Mike Stanton mike#stanton#dsl#pipex#com
Molly Mockford com2004#mollymockford#me#uk
Nadeem bambi#sushi#co#jp
Neil Matthews neil#chaos#org#uk
Nick Odell themusicworkshop#ntlworld#com
Owen Rees owen#rees#tesco#net
paul {voter}#watman#clara#co#uk
Paul Booth pabooth#grumpy#co#uk
Paul Carpenter paul#pcserviceselectronics#co#uk
Paul Cummins paulc#vlaad#co#uk
Paul Giverin paul#giverin#co#uk
Paul Harper paul#harper#net
Pedt pedt#spamless#org#uk
Pekka P. Pirinen ppp#pirinen#demon#co#uk
Pete Fenelon pete#fenelon#com
Pete The Gardener pete_the_gardener#hotmail#com
Peter Duck pduck#zetnet#co#uk
Peter Parry peter#wpp#ltd#uk
Peter Robinson pmrobinson#gmx#net
Peter Smyth psmyth#gmx#net
Philip Powell philip#blencathra#org#uk
Richard Clayton richard#highwayman#com
Richard Letts richard-vote#illuin#org
Robbie robbie#babblings#org#uk
Ronan Flood ronan#noc#ulcc#ac#uk
Scott Phase3#worldnet#att#net
Stephen Diston Usenet#Diston#me#uk
Stephen Watson stephen#kerofin#demon#co#uk
Steve Walker stephenw#beeb#net
Steven Clarke steve#clarke#org#uk
Stuart Millington celec2004#vote#dsv1#co#uk
Tez Burke burkesworks#lineone#net
Thomas Lee tfl#psp#co#uk
Tim Sharrock tim#sharrock#org#uk
Tom Hughes tom#compton#nu
Tony tony#darkstorm#co#uk
Tony Walton tony#walton#sun#com
Tony Wright adw#saska#demon#co#uk
Tracey Gauntlett tracey#vlaad#co#uk
Wm tcnw61#tarrcity#demon#co#uk
The following ballot papers was rejected as invalid:
Address Reason
barryd#idunno#org Invalid STV ordering
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Counted Vote List
The guidelines for the UK Usenet Committee Elections stipulate
that the votes of all voters shall be published in such a way that
only the voter can recognise his/her own vote.
The following votes were counted, listed in alphanumeric order of
the Ballot ID:
Candidate Rankings
Ballot ID A B C D E F
================ ================
02dcc8e46ffdb38e 3 6 4 5 2 1
04dc3c090dd2558d 1 6 2 4 5 3
08d493c7b6f87c03 3 - 5 4 1 2
092efa063b735f55 1 6 4 2 5 3
0b6e12ee2f6fdb21 3 - - - 2 1
0cdd352f577e06c8 - - - - 1 2
0e35db058ea1adf8 2 - - 3 - 1
16917f1673b33b7e 2 4 6 5 3 1
1859bb6de451e2fe 1 - 2 4 3 5
18e2a626c651a728 2 6 3 4 5 1
1cfd8f0370bcb452 2 5 4 3 6 1
1e3350ede549ac45 4 - 3 - 2 1
1f06bbcc8002c07e 2 4 3 1 6 5
1f1119f7d532303c 2 6 4 3 5 1
286121944ab87097 2 - 4 3 - 1
2a8e212951ffb900 1 - - - - 2
2c90cbb4814ba10c 1 6 4 2 3 5
2d8f639054c68f5c 3 5 4 1 6 2
2e71e45dda354d96 1 - 4 2 - 3
310aa6894ab491ee 1 6 5 2 4 3
335dde4947df07f6 2 - 1 - - 3
35055068ae9f12f7 2 5 4 3 6 1
35f01e7dc72a1e2a - 3 2 - 1 -
38c46755c155e399 1 6 4 2 3 5
3c507e37b1d174a7 1 5 4 2 6 3
3d47b0e3fd5c6d69 4 5 6 1 3 2
3f275ebb1eea5cb4 1 6 3 5 2 4
41926a09f4288ed8 3 5 4 6 2 1
4b18acbdb5153bea 2 6 5 3 4 1
4fc2f76d63a69ea3 1 6 3 2 4 5
5000caab6c06ba62 1 6 5 4 3 2
53a0e3c912765bb6 2 6 3 5 4 1
543a1538307eb954 1 6 4 3 5 2
5577cf7f684f5631 2 - 3 1 - -
5637f121288ef840 1 6 5 2 4 3
56e7b08e02206099 5 2 4 6 1 3
57e5f158f15c897b 1 5 2 4 3 6
58efc231a9bdfd90 1 6 5 2 4 3
597a25a236bb9588 2 6 4 3 5 1
5a0a4f4de4c35778 1 - - - - -
5e86c637f11c8760 2 6 4 3 5 1
5f5ac7d066f74629 1 6 4 2 3 5
5fb0ec9a6dd73edf 1 5 2 6 3 4
6322a741d5ea1aae 1 - 3 4 5 2
643bb91c6764f175 1 3 - - - 2
6705d7f4d294a615 4 - 1 - 2 3
675a8339d24ac7d2 4 6 5 1 2 3
6811da2c1b796294 2 - - 1 - 3
6a140ad8ffbc7f3b 4 6 2 3 5 1
6bd2ab54ba96a974 1 - 3 2 4 5
6d99cbfc79aa01be 5 6 3 4 2 1
73031c19e2c8be4e 1 6 4 2 5 3
73e74a8ef319dffe 1 6 2 3 4 5
74c2a89521c56e05 3 - - - 2 1
774afa6e143bac9a 1 5 4 3 6 2
7c6fca57eeb3d5a2 1 - 3 2 4 5
7c7b4afda2247c60 1 - 3 - - 2
7fa7db47e2e2d8b5 1 6 4 3 2 5
810294600ef74f5c 1 6 3 2 5 4
818a865c0b58c9bb 4 6 5 2 3 1
86c056f048e5a93e 1 - - 2 - 3
87a7d177d876c401 2 3 5 4 - 1
89d08128bc3488a7 2 6 4 5 3 1
8abdf4789e099583 2 6 5 3 4 1
8c13d54d5327b26b 1 6 4 3 5 2
8db0c32000c4b37b - - - - 1 2
8ee285e89456234f 1 6 4 2 3 5
8fa7556b247eaf24 2 - 3 5 4 1
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904fac24c1007f4d 1 - - - 2 3
a8c6f68a96f6229e 6 1 4 5 2 3
a9a913720fb81a8c 1 - 3 - - 2
abe431493805b4c1 3 1 5 4 2 6
aed4fdf0b97b1485 1 6 5 3 4 2
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b08941b020bf1557 1 6 5 3 4 2
b1326cde673ccfe1 2 6 3 4 5 1
b235d7c14f7772cd 2 - - 1 - -
b818c47e05bd7305 1 - 3 4 2 -
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c73406909234cbac 2 5 3 4 6 1
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c90c6ee893384026 2 - - 3 - 1
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cc49143c44f308fc 1 6 5 2 4 3
cc4f85b334148a21 2 6 5 4 1 3
cca851ab4c5651ec 3 6 5 4 2 1
cd07a965e9d69027 1 - 3 2 - 4
cee98b9250771f43 5 2 4 6 1 3
d3ef62a9f8e4d229 1 2 6 4 3 5
d72baa3a62e18222 2 1 4 - 3 -
d7f1427d72d8ca6f 1 6 3 4 5 2
d827d418abc38980 1 4 5 3 6 2
d8727143ba4dad7a 1 - 3 2 - 4
d9b1b36a16df472b 1 6 4 2 5 3
db4183502d951561 2 6 4 1 3 5
dca7b9feb1a182b8 3 6 2 5 1 4
de123b630a90e903 2 - - 3 - 1
e71d1c8cc9422b9b 2 - - 3 - 1
e74c953a8bbe3516 1 - 3 4 - 2
edf9b03bf3524ec6 3 4 5 6 2 1
f344b682284561b6 3 6 5 2 4 1
f369983d8693f795 2 6 5 1 4 3
f37cc27962d0bd43 - 2 - 3 1 -
f7c221ddadd2096d 1 - - 3 - 2
If you wish to check that your vote has been correctly recorded, your
Ballot ID can be found on your ballot paper and your acknowledgement.
It should be noted that the Ballot IDs were issued randomly, and the
sequence here does not match either the order in which ballot papers
were requested or the alphabetical sequence of voter names or email
addresses.
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Votetaker's Comments
Barry:-
I'd like to begin by thanking Control, something so few people think of
doing. In this case, thanks are due for getting the 1st CFV posted
within an hour of me sending it to him.
This has to go down as one of the simplest Committee Elections of recent
years, save for the original primary votetaker being removed as a result
of comments he made during the Nomination phase. Fortunately, this did
not affect the running of the CFV, apart from my being "promoted" to
primary votetaker, and Jim coming on board as secondary.
Wanting to learn more about the inner workings of STV, I opted to do a
manual count as well as using eSTV v1.40, supplied by the Electoral
Reform Society. Not surprisingly, both counts came out with exactly the
same results.
Validation of voters was, on the whole, easy as most of those who voted
are unn* "regulars". There were a few names that I didn't immediately
recognise, but those were also verified relatively easily.
One particular vote, however, caused alarm bells to ring. This was not,
I must stress, due to the preferences expressed within the voter's
ballot, but because their most recent (indeed, only) posts to Usenet had
been made in early 2002 and they claimed to be the partner of one of the
candidates.
In a normal CFV, I most likely would have discarded both votes as
attempted multivoting and let the Committee decide on the resulting
appeal based on the evidence available. The Committee Elections are not
a normal CFV, and as one of the parties involved was a candidate, I
thought it would be prudent to seek further information prior to making
a decision.
Accordingly, after discussion with other members of UKVoting, it was
decided that the best option would be to attempt to phone the voter to
confirm their existence and whether or not they cast the vote in
question. This was done on my behalf by Alex Holden, using a phone
number which is available from the BT Directory Enquiries website. The
result of this call was enough to satisfy me that the voter did exist
and that they had submitted the queried vote, which I duly acknowledged
in the normal manner.
Jim:-
Barry stepped up to primary votetaker at short notice and has conducted
a model election. Aside from monitoring, nothing was required of me.
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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: <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 the committee via email
to: control (at) usenet (dot) org (dot) uk.
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(The information in this and the following section is a copy of that
provided in the CFV)
Elections:
There are currently 3 Open Vacancies
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.
Each candidate must receive four nominations. The nominators must
confirm support for their candidate(s) by replying to an email from
the votetaker.
If a candidate fails to attract four confirmations from
their nominators by that deadline, they will not qualify for this
round of elections.
If candidates wish to supply more than the minimum four nominators,
they may do so. The first four qualifying confirmations received from
nominators will be announced by the votetaker as the official
nominators for each candidate.
PERSONS RESIGNING FROM COMMITTEE
Alan Ford
Charles Lindsey
Who have served their respective terms
Andrew Gierth
Who was selected by lot from himself, Geoff Berrow and Thomas Lee.
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CANDIDATES:
6 nominations have been received. The committee has 3 vacancies and
therefore an election will be held to fill the 3 vacancies.
A list of the candidates is below (in application order).
Candidates:
Molly Mockford Candidate A
Paul Cummins Candidate B
Andrew Hodgson Candidate C
Martyn Bailey (aka 'Mother') Candidate D
David Mahon Candidate E
Charles Lindsey Candidate F
Please find below details of the people who nominated each candidate
(Name & Email Address) and a short statement from each candidate:
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Candidate A
Name : Molly Mockford
E-Mail: com2004 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk
Nominators
Name : Chris Croughton
E-Mail: chris (at) keristor (dot) net
Name : Pedt Scragg
E-Mail: pedt (at) spamless (dot) org (dot) uk
Name : Adam D. Barratt
E-Mail: usenet+nom04 (at) adam-barratt (dot) org (dot) uk
Name : Dick Gaughan
E-Mail: dickg (at) dickalba (dot) demon (dot) co (dot) uk
Statement:
I arrived in uk.net.news.* in 1998, and found the whole process of the
management of the hierarchy fascinating and compelling. For the last
four and a half years I have been a member of UKVoting; my motive in
applying was to do something for uk.* Usenet in return for the enjoyment
I received from it. I had intended to stand for Committee next year,
but under gentle pressure I have reconsidered and am putting my name
forward now.
I am not standing with any kind of axe to grind against the current
Committee, but rather in the hope of being of some benefit. Although
communications in general, as well as liaison between Committee and
UKVoting, have greatly improved recently, there is still plenty of room
for further improvement, and I would like to work towards this end.
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Candidate B
Name : Paul Cummins
E-Mail: paul (at) vlaad (dot) co (dot) uk
Nominators
Name : David Mahon
E-Mail: dmahon (at) amigo (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Dave Mayall
E-Mail: david (dot) mayall (at) ukonline (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Peter Smyth
E-Mail: psmyth (at) gmx (dot) net
Name : Dave Mason
E-Mail: cummins (at) broonzy (dot) org (dot) uk
Statement:
I am a Training Officer, currently working within the Jobcentre Plus NEW
DEAL programme. I have been a regular participant in the UK hierarchy
since around 1999, with a 6 month break at the end of the year 2001.
I make no bones about my reason for standing for the committee.
Increasingly, the management of the UK hierarchy has been descending
into personal insult, ad hominem, dissembling and fraud. It is time to
step above personal issues, and consider not what the benefit to the
individual would be in any circumstance, but the benefit to the
hierarchy as a whole.
Since returning to usenet a little under 2 years ago, I have tried (and
have not always succeeded) to avoid the errors I made in the past, admit
my mistakes, and robustly challenge actions by Committee Members and UK
Voting which do not seem to be in the best interest of the UK hierarchy.
If you select me as a committee member, I will offer my judgement, my
diligence and my experience freely without complaint.
Thank You
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Candidate C
Name : Andrew Hodgson
E-Mail: andrew (at) hodgsonfamily (dot) org
Nominators
Name : David Mahon
E-Mail: dmahon (at) amigo (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Paul Anderson
E-Mail: {voter} (at) watman (dot) clara (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Derek Hornby
E-Mail: derek (dot) hornby_uk (at) btopenworld (dot) com
Name : Chris McMillan
E-Mail: chris (dot) mcmillan (at) ntlworld (dot) com
Statement:
My name is Andrew Hodgson, and I currently pay for all this Internet
stuff by working for a medium sized financial company in rural
Herefordshire as an IT Support Technician/jack of all trades. I am also
heavily involved with the local PCC (as secretary) and am the training
officer for the local bell ringing district. As someone who has been
reading UK newsgroups for over 7 years, I feel strongly that I can put
something back into the community by becoming a committee member and
help shape the future of the UK hierarchy.
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Candidate D
Name : Martyn Bailey (aka 'Mother')
E-Mail: m (at) 101fc (dot) net
Nominators
Name : Molly Mockford
E-Mail: uce2004 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk
Name : Chris Croughton
E-Mail: chris (at) keristor (dot) net
Name : 'kat'
E-Mail: kat (dot) news (at) ntlworld (dot) com
Name : Brian Hamilton Kelly
E-Mail: bhk (at) dsl (dot) co (dot) uk
Statement:
Although very serious about what I do, I don't generally take myself too
seriously.
I've been dossing around usenet since the early 90's and feel uk.*
provides a good model which other hierarchies may do well to observe.I'd
welcome the opportunity to be a part of the development of uk.*, but I
cannot necessarily guarantee to bring a depth of experience, skill or
technical understanding to the role if elected.
I will endeavour to be fair, just and balanced in any decisions I'm
required to make, wherever possible representing the views of a broad
and diverse community in a way which is inclusive, objective and
democratic. I reserve the right to speak my mind in as direct a manner
as I see fit at the time, and also reserve the right to be wrong, change
my mind upon reasoned argument and to apologise when (not if) I screw
up, misinterpret or misunderstand what may or may not have been said.
I have no particular axe to grind and have no time for irrational
intolerance or petty personality politics.
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Candidate E
Name : David Mahon
E-Mail: dmahon (at) amigo (dot) co (dot) uk
Nominators
Name : Anthony R Gold
E-Mail: panix2 (at) ahjg (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Bob Eager
E-Mail: rde (at) tavi (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Alastair Mackintosh
E-Mail: alastair (at) bufflersholt (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Fearghas McKay
E-Mail: fm (at) st-kilda (dot) org
Statement:
I have been a participant in the uk.net.news.* newsgroups and on usenet
in general for quite some time now. I have proposed several RFDs and
seen the process of group creation in action. As well as being an end
user, I also administer two news servers and have been a member of
UKVoting - the organisation which conducts votes for the uk.* usenet
community - since 2000.
I continue to believe that the most important thing the committee has to
oversee is striking the correct balance between ensuring that popular
groups are easy to create whilst avoiding the creation of unnecessary or
poorly named groups. If elected, I'll do my best to strike that balance,
and on any issues that come up along the way I'll try to be fair, let
you know what I think - and why.
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Candidate F
Name : Charles Lindsey
E-Mail: chl (at) clerew (dot) man (dot) ac (dot) uk
Nominators
Name : Richard Clayton
E-Mail: richard (at) highwayman (dot) com
Name : Paul Booth
E-Mail: pabooth (at) grumpy (dot) co (dot) uk
Name : Graham Drabble
E-Mail: graham (dot) drabble (at) lineone (dot) net
Name : Paul Harper
E-Mail: paul (at) harper (dot) net
Statement:
Yes, I have been on the Committee a long time (since it was founded, in
fact). However, that gives me the advantage of being able to recall all
the battles and precedents from the past - "We already dealt with that
issue back in 1999" sort of thing.
I have also been involved in a lot of the spade work. I am the keeper of
the www.usenet.org.uk website (and hence of the texts of the charters).
I am Deputy Control, and have actually acted as Control for a longer
period than some of the proper holders of that post. I am happy to
continue to wield that spade, but it is hardly practicable to do so from
outside of the Committee.
There is far too much bickering and animosity on UNNC and UNNM. I try to
keep out of it (and behind the scenes to cool it down), which is why you
will not see me posting so much. If I can contribute constructively to
the debate, especially on some technical matter, then I do so. Otherwise,
I try to hold my peace (and would urge others to do likewise).
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