Path: uni-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!feeder.xsnews.nl!83.128.0.11.MISMATCH!news-out1.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!xindi.nntp.kabelfoon.nl!195.40.4.120.MISMATCH!easynet-quince!easynet.net!news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net!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 2005 Followup-To: uk.net.news.management Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:00:49 +0100 Message-ID: Sender: Chris Croughton as Control Approved: Chris Croughton as Control Lines: 890 NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Oct 2005 19:02:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.19.251.174 X-Trace: 1130439742 news.gradwell.net 38041 control/82.19.251.174 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@gradwell.net Xref: uni-berlin.de uk.net.news.announce:3451 uk.net.news.config:206906 uk.net.news.management:66382 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Result of Call for Votes UK Usenet Committee Elections 2005 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 2008: Geoff Berrow Mark Goodge Alison Hopkins ======================================================================== Voting closed at 23:59:59 BST, 22nd October 2005. Primary Votetaker: Barry Salter Secondary Votetaker: Pedt Scragg ======================================================================== 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) Information on the Ballot 2) Summary of Mail Received During the Voting Period 3) Results in Detail 4) Voter List 5) Counted Vote List 6) Votetaker's Comments 7) Voting and Appeal Information 8) Copy of Statements from the CFV ====================================================================== Information on the Ballot Voters were asked to rank the following candidates in order of preference: Geoff Berrow Candidate A Paul Cummins Candidate B Graham Drabble Candidate C Mark Goodge Candidate D Andrew Hodgson Candidate E Alison Hopkins Candidate F Thomas Lee Candidate G ====================================================================== Summary of Mail Received During the Voting Period 133 messages were received to the Ballot Request Address, of which: 130 were valid Ballot Requests 2 had names, but no addresses, in the Reply-To header, resulting in the ballot papers being bounced 1 was a test message sent by the votetaker 116 messages were received to the Voting Address, of which: 103 were valid and counted votes 8 were deemed invalid by the votetakers due to attempted multivoting 2 were rejected due to the voters omitting their name, though they did later submit valid votes 1 valid vote subsequently superseded by the voter 1 was deemed invalid due to the acknowledgement having bounced 1 was an abstention ====================================================================== Results in Detail 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 2005 Stage 1 Total Valid Vote: 103 Places to be filled +1: 4 So Quota = 103/4 Quota = 25.75 First Preferences: Geoff Berrow : 48 Paul Cummins : 3 Graham Drabble : 6 Mark Goodge : 20 Andrew Hodgson : 4 Alison Hopkins : 20 Thomas Lee : 2 Geoff Berrow ELECTED with 48.00 over quota 25.75 Active Vote: 77.25 Places left +1: 3 Vote required for election now: 25.75 Stage 2 No candidates can be excluded, so we transfer the largest surplus Surplus of Geoff Berrow Graham Drabble gets 21 papers Mark Goodge gets 16 papers Andrew Hodgson gets 2 papers Alison Hopkins gets 7 papers Thomas Lee gets 2 papers 48 papers transferred. Total Present Value: 48.00 0 papers non-transferable. Calculating transfer value: 22.25/48 Papers transferred at 0.46 Graham Drabble now has 15.66 votes. Mark Goodge now has 27.36 votes. Andrew Hodgson now has 4.92 votes. Alison Hopkins now has 23.22 votes. Thomas Lee now has 2.92 votes. 0.17 votes non-transferable. Mark Goodge ELECTED with 27.36 over quota 25.75 Active Vote: 51.33 Places left+1: 2 Vote required for election now: 25.67 Stage 3 The sum of Paul Cummins: 3.00 Thomas Lee: 2.92 Andrew Hodgson: 4.92 and the total surplus: 1.61 is less than the support for the next lowest candidate, Graham Drabble: 15.66, so those candidates are excluded. Excluding Paul Cummins Excluding Andrew Hodgson Excluding Thomas Lee Transferring papers worth 1.00 Graham Drabble gets 6 papers. Graham Drabble now has 21.66 votes. Alison Hopkins gets 3 papers. Alison Hopkins now has 26.22 votes. Alison Hopkins ELECTED with 26.22 over quota 25.75. ***Finished*** In grid format, this is expressed as follows: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2005 Number to be elected: 3 (from 7) Counted votes: 103 Quota for election on first round: 25.75 1st Stage 2 Stage 3 Pref T A T A 48 -22.25 25.75 25.75 Elect Geoff Berrow 3 3.00 -3.00 0.00 Exclude Paul Cummins 6 9.66 15.66 6.00 21.66 Graham Drabble 20 7.36 27.36 27.36 Elect Mark Goodge 4 0.92 4.92 -4.00 0.92 Exclude Andrew Hodgson 20 3.22 23.22 3.00 26.22 Elect Alison Hopkins 2 0.92 2.92 -2.00 0.92 Exclude Thomas Lee 0.17 0.17 0.17 Non-transferable 103 103.00 103.00 Totals Key to grid: Stage 2 - Surplus of Geoff Berrow Stage 3 - Exclusion of Paul Cummins, Andrew Hodgson, Thomas Lee T = number of votes transferred at this stage A = votes for candidate after transfer ====================================================================== Voter List The following individuals supplied valid votes: Name Email {R} {R}=semolina=ogr 3Phase Phase3#worldnet|att*nte Adam Price adam+usenet?pappnase$co?ku Adelaide atc12~mole!bio/cam$ac^ku Alan LeHun ukvote#lehun=clara$co^ku Alex Holden abgphzzvafntnva|alexholden%co~ku Ali ali_on_usenet'ntlworld*cmo Alison Hopkins fn62|dial^pipex|cmo Andrew Hodgson andrew#hodgsonfamily$ogr Andy Hartley andy|soright=co|ku Anthony Edwards anthony!catfish|nildram?co%ku Bill Jillians Bill|Jillians'virgin$nte Bob Scott bob=bobandaileen#co*ku Bootlaces boot_laces!hotmail$cmo Brett Paul Dunbar brett~dimetrodon#demon*co/ku Brian Brian~bjforster|force9*co/ku Charles Lindsey chl=clerew!man/ac~ku Chris Croughton chris~keristor/nte Chris Street chris~chris-street$demon'co=ku Chronos matt|mattsnetwork~co$ku Clive Martin clive~cmartin'demon*co*ku Clive R Robertson cvote05!clive'org~ku Colin Rosenstiel usenet#rosenstiel~cix^co'ku Darren Wyn Rees darren#cymraeg/ogr Dave Fawthrop hyphen#hyphenologist$co?ku Dave Hillam brillig!dsl?pipex~cmo Dave J. requiem!freeuk/cmo Dave Mayall dave|research-group*co*ku David Aldred david~familyaldred$org*ku David Mahon dmahon_vote_xcom2k5b$amigo%co~ku David Uri daviduri%bigfoot#cmo Debbie Herring debbie#cybertheology$nte DG dickg~dickalba/demon$co?ku Dr Zoidberg Alex|drzoidberg|co$ku Edward King eaking#ulape=org#ku Fishter usenet2004!fishter$org*ku fred fredc~emailacc/cmo Geoff Berrow response%ckdog/co~ku Graham Drabble usenet05%drabble#me*ku Grant unncvote05!mason#hs Guy Morgan guy=firstlight/plus*cmo Ian Clifton ian=clifton?chemistry^oxford|ac!ku James Farrar james~farrar=gmail$cmo Jeff Gaines jgaines_newsid/yahoo$co?ku Jim Crowther Don't_spam!crowfam$org*ku Jim Riley jimrtex!pipeline#cmo John Bean waterfoot^gmail|cmo John Hall john|jhall!co'ku John the R-T t_e_n_e_s_u?hotmail*cmo Jon Atkins jon=jonatkins'cmo Jonathan Wheeler jfw73~rl%ac?ku kat kat=committee'ntlworld*cmo Keith Lawrence adsl|perrydell/cmo Kevin Andreoli kevin~andreoli/co~ku Kevin Ashley k/ashley%ulcc'ac#ku Kim Andrews somerat!hotmail|cmo Lt. Cmdr. Jim jim=us-lot!ogr Martyn Bailey m/101fc!nte Maurice Bickerstaff mbickers%netcomuk~co$ku Michael Hoffman mh391~cam^ac=ku Michael Parry mjp=crowsnest'co#ku Mike Davis miked~trustsof/demon$co?ku Mike Fleming mike|tauzero=co|ku Mike Henry {$usenet-spamdump$}*mrtickle|demon!co'ku Mike Stanton mike|stanton=dsl#pipex*cmo Mike Tullett miketullett?ntlworld$cmo MJR mjr=phonecoop'ocpo Molly Mockford com2005!mollymockford^me'ku Nadeem bambi~sushi?co/pj Neil Matthews neil|chaos!org/ku Nick Leverton nick|leverton'ogr Nick Odell themusicworkshop#ntlworld/cmo Owen Rees owenrees%waitrose~cmo Patrick Herring ph%anweald!co'ku paul {voter}!watman/clara$co?ku Paul Carpenter paul|pcserviceselectronics%co~ku Paul Cummins paul|cummins=ie|eu$ogr Paul Giverin paul|giverin=co|ku Paul Harper paul|harper?nte Pekka P. Pirinen ppp=pirinen?demon~co$ku Pete Fenelon pete|fenelon=cmo Peter Duck pduck~zetnet=co|ku Peter Duncanson mail|peterduncanson*nte Peter Robinson pmrobinson!gmx/nte Peter Smyth psmyth#gmx!nte Philip Powell philip#blencathra~org^ku remblem remblem!aol?cmo Rex M F Smith usenet#juu!san/gehena^demon=co#ku Richard Clayton richard!highwayman$cmo Richard Letts richard!illuin/ogr Robbie robbie#babblings#org$ku Robert Marshall robert$spam0104$#chezmarshall~freeserve|co$ku Roger Hayter roger~hayter=demon$co^ku Ronan Flood ronan~noc^ulcc/ac~ku Rusty Hinge horrid#squeak'zetnet$co?ku Safesound safesound^tiscali~co$ku Simon Turner simon~twoplaces|co$ku sparhawk sparhawk2^ntlworld$cmo Stuart Millington comvote2005?dsv1#co*ku Stuart O'Donnell stuart#o'donnell#venicones%demon%co?ku Thomas Lee tfl=psp!co!ku Tim Sharrock tim-mospam!sharrock*org?ku Tony tony|darkstorm/co~ku Wm tcnw81#tarrcity|demon^co'ku The following ballot papers were rejected as invalid: Name Address Reason Arthur Ascii arthuraskey?gmail~cmo Multivoting Charlie Drake charliedrake=tiscali$co?ku Multivoting Claire Kiff clairekiff!tiscali$co^ku Multivoting Dangerous sjalldred^tiscali~co$ku Multivoting David Kiff davidjkiff!tiscali$co^ku Multivoting Karen A karenalldred=gmail$cmo Multivoting Martin Biddiscombe public#priatel/co~ku Ack Bounced Steve Baker stevebakerj?freeuk$cmo Multivoting Sue Baker susanjbaker?tiscali*co*ku Multivoting ====================================================================== 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 Voter ID: Candidate Rankings Voter ID A B C D E F G ================ =================== 0067b6ef303f9a54 3 - 5 1 2 4 - 00d27318965adfc5 - - 1 - - 2 3 06ce2e5954fccf6e 2 7 3 4 6 1 5 0d0a78b0ec1bf8d9 1 3 2 7 5 4 6 130f81f45239177e 2 1 3 7 6 5 4 13ac5d548f83c6c3 1 - 2 - - 3 - 146c57b579f16496 3 - - 1 - 2 - 171534fcbe0efc20 7 5 4 1 2 3 6 17f94d5ead72dd62 4 7 3 1 5 2 6 1c9d5e83704c0673 2 7 1 4 6 3 5 1f9351d35b497e65 1 7 6 2 4 3 5 20c9ef5429a9d51e 1 7 3 5 2 6 4 26504718045dbe16 3 - 2 1 - - - 28ad2d0a48d60896 2 7 3 1 5 4 6 2a4ad358dab6bdae 1 7 4 2 6 5 3 2b0a642c11d53de3 2 7 3 4 6 1 5 2b1d35e93e7deff5 3 - - - 1 2 - 346a119add8ba319 4 1 3 2 6 5 7 356256fdb01224b0 4 7 3 1 6 2 5 38244d278d1399e5 2 - 3 1 4 5 - 389fa91b4b027012 2 7 3 6 1 4 5 3a16f10b735f12bc 3 1 2 4 6 5 7 3ab760b5fd180ed1 1 6 3 2 4 7 5 42759b40fc88f577 1 7 4 2 6 5 3 45b54b53374f3dbc 5 7 4 1 3 2 6 45d2d03ca2667bc9 3 5 7 6 4 1 2 4966ee1483aaefc2 3 - 5 4 2 1 - 4a0ef3a2f3ebc349 1 7 2 3 6 4 5 4b018ebcd78e0c18 1 7 6 2 5 4 3 4f3620e567cf9d92 1 - 2 5 - 3 4 5047c201d11b5177 1 7 5 3 4 2 6 504c28752bdef5e7 1 7 4 3 6 5 2 517fd79ff0117a2a 1 - 4 2 3 - - 5471bb7f2f9f2548 4 5 2 6 1 3 7 56621a6215941c3a 1 7 3 2 6 4 5 5b08908ff1a0d235 1 - 2 3 6 5 4 5c1e9dd365943e43 3 2 5 - 6 1 4 5c9ec17674da630e 2 - 3 - - 1 - 5e605bd9b8bbf12e 2 4 1 3 6 5 7 60c253e5f131d25f 1 7 3 2 5 6 4 6208a53db155046c 2 - 4 5 6 1 3 6863c1c689491354 2 7 4 1 5 6 3 68f9982415eb408d 1 7 2 4 6 5 3 6a82b9825733271f 2 7 6 4 3 1 5 6ccdb055f4ff2c54 2 - 3 1 - 4 - 6cf1f563a5ca3c4d - - - 2 3 1 - 6d89aa3a747edb96 1 7 3 4 6 2 5 77f53e59173befc7 1 7 2 4 5 6 3 7af84b5169a6c4c4 1 7 2 4 5 3 6 7c138bc3398e00ae 2 7 1 3 4 5 6 7eb2f12df632c6b7 2 7 1 5 3 6 4 7ed2293084d193d1 1 7 2 4 5 6 3 826483d5b20b44ec - 2 - 1 - 3 - 8297abb7c10174aa 2 7 6 4 3 1 5 843ea5eba20be09b 3 7 5 2 6 1 4 894f28a63b335b8f 1 7 6 2 5 3 4 8cb562532456ba4d 4 7 5 2 3 1 6 8e9e2cc732200aa9 4 5 6 1 3 2 7 8fe9bff8394f7ef4 3 - 2 - - 1 - 9046e28ed212a3c0 - - - 1 - - - 932810e9feaf76d5 5 - 2 1 3 4 - 939c36cc1c6cf561 2 7 5 1 6 4 3 95808e3cf70e06b5 1 7 2 4 5 3 6 959b4bfcbeebd6d0 1 7 3 5 4 2 6 9642415baedd8fd9 1 7 5 2 6 4 3 98bcc28498fe001d 1 7 3 2 5 4 6 9e9ae24cc3403143 4 7 2 1 5 6 3 a6cb1f0aa1da9ecd 2 - 3 4 6 1 5 a99347a04d630265 1 - 2 - - 4 3 ab5b605e0fb4db6d 1 7 6 4 5 2 3 ab7a14cb09732512 1 7 4 3 6 2 5 ae89926255c509f4 3 7 2 1 6 4 5 b5c4f5e0354c9e3f 1 7 4 2 5 3 6 b7950f5659a092a3 1 7 2 6 4 3 5 b857adfa7a25849c - - - - - - - bae3b862cee7130a 1 - 2 - - 3 4 bb4842958544b3bf 1 7 2 5 4 3 6 bb6716c7bf40a02d 3 - 2 - - 1 - c1f058e6bbdbfb4e 1 7 2 5 6 3 4 c33a35a0508a59af 3 - 5 1 6 2 4 c54c6645116f6536 - - 2 - 1 3 - c75aff1aa375bd45 2 7 3 4 5 1 6 d1e43583d95d6f07 1 7 2 4 5 3 6 d3964445a66dc0e0 1 7 3 4 5 2 6 d41474f9ccd22a7d 2 - 1 - - 3 4 d5db7e0bce55c18a 2 7 5 4 6 3 1 d65accc35c27b634 - 2 - - - 1 - d773a2b81b9cf49b - 3 - 1 - - 2 d844a9b5a324941b 1 5 2 3 7 4 6 d9c7f39916692548 1 7 2 6 5 4 3 e02bcca5b989ffef 1 7 4 2 5 3 6 e05617e37fbb1797 3 7 5 4 2 1 6 e568cda6b87a2e3c 1 7 3 5 6 2 4 e7feb3da576724a2 1 6 4 2 5 3 7 ea5d05c69efb6a3b 1 5 4 3 7 6 2 ea71991a78c30c3e 2 3 7 4 6 5 1 ea9f8dadc7e7eb17 1 7 3 2 6 5 4 ebf472b03bd1955d 2 7 3 4 5 1 6 ed6228f19c46f1e0 2 7 3 5 6 1 4 ede5c179ad1fba58 1 7 5 2 6 3 4 f647aa8131adad14 1 - 2 - - 3 - f7c2da0c73ae831d 1 5 2 4 6 3 7 f8651c0cd877bbc1 1 6 3 4 2 7 5 fa624ec261f8c20a 1 7 2 4 3 5 6 Key: - = No preference expressed for that candidate If you wish to check that your vote has been correctly recorded, your Voter ID can be found on your ballot paper and your acknowledgement. It should be noted that the Voter 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. ======================================================================== Votetaker's Comments Barry:- After a small problem during the Call for Nominations, where a potential nominator chose to use a different address to normal, which resulted in the source of their confirmation being anonymised, and the candidate supplying details of additional nominators, the Election ran reasonably smoothly. Having said that, as can be seen in the summary at the top of this results post:- a) Two people failed to provide their name in the space provided on the ballot paper, so their votes were initially rejected, but they did correct their mistake. b) One vote resulted in a Challenge/Response e-mail from the voting address. As per usual UKVoting practice, this was treated as a bounce, and the vote was not counted. c) Eight votes were disallowed for attempted multivoting. As is usual in such cases, the exact method by which this was detected will not be made public, but suffice to say, it wasn't hard to do so. To close, I'd like to be the first to congratulate Geoff, Mark and Alison on their Election, and offer commiserations to Paul, Graham, Andrew and Thomas. Still, there's always next year. I can't speak for the rest of UKVoting, but it'll be a shame to see Mark, currently our Deputy Co-Ordinator, leaving after nearly six years on the team, making him the third longest serving member after Jon and myself, and I wish him the best of luck in his new role. Pedt:- Barry conducted a model vote for this year's Committee election. As the Secondary Votetaker there was very little for me to do other than to perform my own manual count to confirm the result, although I did take on the duty of announcing the nominations to uk.net.news.management after a nomination form was received. I'd just like to add my own congratulations to those elected and wish them the best of luck and offer my commiserations to the others. ====================================================================== 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 CFV) 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. ======================================================================== Persons resigning from the Committee Open Member Class: Geoff Berrow Thomas Lee Who have served their respective terms, Graham Drabble Who was selected by lot from himself, Fiona Gostling (aka 'Kat'), Chris Croughton and Jim Clokey (aka 'Lt. Cmdr. Jim') ======================================================================== Candidates: 7 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 alphabetical order by surname). Candidates: Geoff Berrow Candidate A Paul Cummins Candidate B Graham Drabble Candidate C Mark Goodge Candidate D Andrew Hodgson Candidate E Alison Hopkins Candidate F Thomas Lee Candidate G 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: ce2005 (at) ckdog (dot) co (dot) uk Nominators Name : Molly Mockford E-Mail: com2005 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk Name : 'kat' E-Mail: kat (dot) committee (at) ntlworld (dot) com Name : Charles Lindsey E-Mail: chl (at) clerew (dot) man (dot) ac (dot) uk Name : Graham Drabble E-Mail: usenet05 (at) drabble (dot) me (dot) uk Statement: I hate to start on a negative note but it's probably fair to say that the glory days of Usenet are over. Having said that I remain passionate about Usenet and regard it as the 'Internet's best kept secret'. It is educational, entertaining and informative and has helped and entertained me enormously over the years. So much so that I am pleased to have been able to put something back in my two terms in office as well as maintaining the RFDMaker, and as UK Usenet Mentors Oversight Person with Long Title. As technical adviser to the us.* Interim Committee, I am constantly made aware of what a good system we have here. uk.* is one of the great success stories of Usenet and I hope it will remain so for a long time to come. I'd very much like to continue to be part of that success story. I hope my track record speaks for itself and that you will support me in my bid for a third term. ======================================================================== Candidate B Name : Paul Cummins E-Mail: Committee (at) vlaad (dot) co (dot) uk Nominators Name : Peter Smyth E-Mail: psmyth (at) gmx (dot) net Name : Clive Feather E-Mail: clive (at) davros (dot) org Name : Paul Harper E-Mail: paul (at) harper (dot) net Name : Roger Hayter E-Mail: roger (at) hayter (dot) demon (dot) co (dot) uk Statement: I am a Training Officer, currently working within the NHS IT rollout 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. 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 3 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. ======================================================================== Candidate C Name : Graham Drabble E-Mail: usenet05 (at) drabble (dot) me (dot) uk Nominators Name : Dick Gaughan E-Mail: dg (at) dickgaughan (dot) co (dot) uk Name : Ali Hopkins E-Mail: fn62 (at) dial (dot) pipex (dot) com Name : 'kat' E-Mail: kat (dot) committee (at) ntlworld (dot) com Name : Charles Lindsey E-Mail: chl (at) clerew (dot) man (dot) ac (dot) uk Statement: I was originally coopted onto the committee in April 2003 and was then elected for a full term later that year. If elected again I would continue to work in the same way that I have done up to now. I feel that the process works far better when all parties work together applying common sense rather than trying to prove they have the right to do X and think that things have improved in that regard over the last few months. I am also a believer that the D in RFD is important, the best proponents listen to the discussion and try to work with the community at large for consensus rather than trying to defend their original proposal to the death and hope they have the numbers to force it through a vote. In general I believe that charters are best viewed as a guide to help people rather than as a set of rules to be enforced and that ignoring or filtering those seeking to disrupt groups is a better deterrent than complaining. ======================================================================== Candidate D Name : Mark Goodge E-Mail: markgoodge05 (at) listmail (dot) good-stuff (dot) co (dot) uk Nominators Name : Owen Rees E-Mail: owenrees (at) waitrose (dot) com Name : David Lane E-Mail: d (dot) lane (at) lineone (dot) net Name : Robert Marshall E-Mail: robert (at) chezmarshall (dot) freeserve (dot) co (dot) uk Name : Debbie Herring E-Mail: debbie (at) cybertheology (dot) net Statement: I have been reading and contributing to usenet, and uk.* in particular, for over ten years. I run my own news server, and look after the sysadmin side of a moderated uk.* newsgroup. I have been the (successful!) proponent of three uk.* newsgroups. I currently work as a web author and programmer, prior to that I managed the technical support team for a major UK ISP. I am currently a votetaker; I will, of course, stand down from UKVoting if elected. Beyond this basic information, I hope that people will judge me on my record of contributions to uk.* over the past few years. ======================================================================== Candidate E Name : Andrew Hodgson E-Mail: andrew (at) hodgsonfamily (dot) org Nominators Name : Ronan Flood E-Mail: ronan (at) noc (dot) ulcc (dot) ac (dot) uk Name : John Bean E-Mail: waterfoot (at) gmail (dot) com Name : Simon Turner E-Mail: simon (at) twoplaces (dot) co (dot) uk Name : Adam Price E-Mail: adam+usenet (at) pappnase (dot) co (dot) uk Statement: My name is Andrew Hodgson, and I have been a participant in Usenet for around 8 years, and a participant in UNNC/M for around 2 years. Whilst I don't feel I would be able to change anything much in the committee (because I am happy with how things run currently), I feel I could take an active role in discussions on the committee. ======================================================================== Candidate F Name : Alison Hopkins E-Mail: fn62 (at) dial (dot) pipex (dot) com Nominators Name : Kim Andrews E-Mail: kim (at) totternhoe (dot) demon (dot) co (dot) uk Name : 'Dr Zoidberg' E-Mail: Alex (at) drzoidberg (dot) co (dot) uk Name : Molly Mockford E-Mail: com2005 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk Name : 'Rusty Hinge' E-Mail: horrid (dot) squeak (at) zetnet (dot) co (dot) uk Statement: When explaining to an electorate why you wish to stand for office, you must first question why you are doing it! I thought about this long and hard; it's a compliment to have others suggest and support me, but flattery is never a good motivation for action in my book. So, why am I standing? I believe strongly in key principles in both Real Life and Usenet. Firstly, if you are part of a community, then at some point making a contribution becomes essential if that community is to thrive and grow. This is my way of trying to give something back after many years of enjoyment and participation. I believe in due process, fair play, the English Law concept of reasonableness and the rights of the individual to be heard no matter how unpopular or contentious their point of view. The UK hierarchy should not be constrained by unnecessary bureaucracy, nor should it ever become a bear garden where only the loudest are heard. Consensus and reasoned argument are key; and change can be a Good Thing. ======================================================================== Candidate G Name : Thomas Lee E-Mail: tfl (at) psp (dot) co (dot) uk Nominators Name : Chris Croughton E-Mail: chris (at) keristor (dot) net Name : 'kat' E-Mail: kat (dot) committee (at) ntlworld (dot) com Name : Alison Hopkins E-Mail: fn62 (at) dial (dot) pipex (dot) com Name : Martyn Bailey E-Mail: m (at) 101fc (dot) net Statement: I have been a member of the Committee since it was first setup in 1995. 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