29 Nov 2009: UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009
From: Barry Salter <bsalter@ukvoting.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:29:52 +0000
Subject: RESULT - UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009
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 2009
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 2012:
Graham Drabble
Clive D. W. Feather
Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat')
Matthew Vernon
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 17th November 2009.
Votetaker: Barry Salter <com2k09-queries (at) ukvotes.southie.me.uk>
Secondary Votetaker: Jon Ribbens <j.ribbens (at) 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.net.news.management
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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
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Information on the Ballot
Voters were asked to rank the following candidates in order of
preference:
Jonathan Amery Candidate A
David Damerell Candidate B
Graham Drabble Candidate C
Clive D. W. Feather Candidate D
Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat') Candidate E
Ian Jackson Candidate F
Matthew Vernon Candidate G
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Summary of Mail Received During the Voting Period
180 messages were received to the Ballot Request Address, of which:
178 were valid Ballot Requests
2 were test messages sent by the votetaker
142 messages were received to the Voting Address, of which:
129 were valid and counted votes
1 was rejected due to the voter omitting their name, though they
did later submit a valid vote
9 valid votes subsequently superseded by the voters
1 was an abstention, thus does not affect the count
1 was a test message sent by the votetaker
1 was a test message sent by a voter
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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 2009
Stage 1
Total Votes Cast: 130
Invalid Votes: 1
Total Valid Vote: 129
Places to be filled +1: 5
So Quota = 129/5
Quota = 25.80
First Preferences:
Jonathan Amery : 1
David Damerell : 4
Graham Drabble : 22
Clive D. W. Feather : 61
Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat) : 29
Ian Jackson : 1
Matthew Vernon : 11
Clive D. W. Feather ELECTED
with 61.00
over quota 25.80
Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat') ELECTED
with 29.00
over quota 25.80
Active Vote: 77.40
Places left +1: 3
Vote required for election now: 25.80
Stage 2
No candidates can be excluded, so we transfer the largest surplus
Surplus of Clive D. W. Feather
Jonathan Amery gets 1 paper.
David Damerell gets 3 papers.
Graham Drabble gets 53 papers.
Ian Jackson gets 2 papers.
Matthew Vernon gets 1 paper.
60 papers transferred.
Total Present Value: 60.00
1 paper non-transferable.
Calculating transfer value: 35.20/60
Papers transferred at 0.58
Jonathan Amery now has 1.58 votes.
David Damerell now has 5.74 votes.
Graham Drabble now has 52.74 votes.
Ian Jackson now has 2.16 votes.
Matthew Vernon now has 11.58 votes.
0.40 votes non-transferable.
Graham Drabble ELECTED
with 52.74
over quota 25.80
Active Vote: 51.20
Places left+1: 2
Vote required for election now: 25.60
Stage 3
No candidates can be excluded, so we transfer the largest surplus
Surplus of Graham Drabble
Jonathan Amery gets 4 papers.
David Damerell gets 4 papers.
Ian Jackson gets 4 papers.
Matthew Vernon gets 13 papers.
25 papers transferred.
Total Present Value: 14.50
28 papers non-transferable.
Total current value of transferable papers is less than the surplus, so
these papers are transferred at their current value.
Papers transferred at 0.58
Jonathan Amery now has 1.58 votes.
David Damerell now has 5.74 votes.
Ian Jackson now has 2.16 votes.
Matthew Vernon now has 11.58 votes.
12.44 votes non-transferable.
Active Vote: 38.76
Places left+1: 2
Vote required for election now: 19.38
Stage 4
No candidates can be excluded, so we transfer the largest surplus
Surplus of Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat')
Jonathan Amery gets 4 papers.
David Damerell gets 2 papers.
Ian Jackson gets 2 papers.
Matthew Vernon gets 2 papers.
10 papers transferred.
Total Present Value: 10.00
19 papers non-transferable.
Calculating transfer value: 3.20/10
Papers transferred at 0.32
Jonathan Amery now has 5.18 votes.
David Damerell now has 8.70 votes.
Ian Jackson now has 5.12 votes.
Matthew Vernon now has 19.76 votes.
Matthew Vernon ELECTED
with 19.76
over quota 19.38
***Finished***
In grid format, this is expressed as follows:
UK Usenet Committee Elections 2009
Number to be elected: 4 (from 7)
Counted votes: 129
Quota for election on first round: 25.80
1st Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Pref T A T A T A
1 0.58 1.58 2.32 3.90 1.28 5.18 Jonathan Amery
4 1.74 5.74 2.32 8.06 0.64 8.70 David Damerell
22 30.74 52.74 -26.94 25.80 25.80 Elect Graham Drabble
61 -35.20 25.80 25.80 25.80 Elect Clive D. W. Feather
29 29.00 29.00 -3.20 25.80 Elect Fiona Gostling
1 1.16 2.16 2.32 4.48 0.64 5.12 Ian Jackson
11 0.58 11.58 7.54 19.12 0.64 19.76 Elect Matthew Vernon
0.40 0.40 12.44 12.84 12.84 Non-transferable
129 129.00 129.00 129.00 Totals
Key to grid:
Stage 2 - Surplus of Clive D. W. Feather
Stage 3 - Surplus of Graham Drabble
Stage 4 - Surplus of Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat')
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 E-Mail
.m nospam#notnominet#name
{R} {R}#semolina#org
Adrian adrian#ffoil#org#uk
Adrian toomany2cvs#gmail#com
Alan Braggins armb#chiark#greenend#org#uk
Alan Lee alan#darkroom#plus#com
Alan LeHun ukvote#lehun#clara#co#uk
Alex Holden vote#alexholden#co#uk
Alex Potter alex#ap-consulting#co#uk
Ali ali#on_usenet#ntlworld#com
Alistair Gunn palmersperry#yahoo#com
Andrew Gabriel Andrew#cucumber#demon#co#uk
Andrew Heggie news#sylva#icuklive#co#uk
Andrew Hodgson andrew#hodgsonfamily#org
Andy Burns andy#burns#net
Andy Templema andy#templeman#org#uk
anonimulo anonimulo2003#yahoo#com
Anthony R. Gold bigfoot#davros#org
Bob Eager rde#tavi#co#uk
brasseagle steve#offerton#demon#co#uk
Brett Paul Dunbar brett#dimetrodon#demon#co#uk
Brian Brian#bjforster#force9#co#uk
BunnyHare barb#barbshouse#fsnet#co#uk
Charles Bryant ukcom2009#vote#ch#chch#demon#co#uk
Charles Lindsey chl#clerew#man#ac#uk
Cherry Chapstick glenys#kororaa#com
Chris Hills chaz#chaz6#com
Chris Jackson chris#fluffhouse#org#uk
Clive D.W. Feather clive#davros#org
Clive George clive#evil-c#co#uk
Clive Martin clive#cmartin#demon#co#uk
Clive R Robertson usenet-vote#clive#org#uk
Colin Rosenstiel usenet#rosenstiel#cix#co#uk
Cris Galletly cris#galletly#googlemail#com
Danny Colyer d#redpedals#co#uk
Dave Williams dave#clues#com
David Damerell damerell#chiark#greenend#org#uk
David Kemper david#kemper#ntlworld#com
David Taylor davidt-unna-2009#yadt#co#uk
Dick Gaughan dg#dickgaughan#co#uk
djc slais-www#ucl#ac#uk
Dr J R Stockton J#R#Stockton#physics#org
Dr Zoidberg alex#drzoidberg#co#uk
Eleanor Blair eleanor#the-blairs#co#uk
Geoff Berrow vote#4theweb#co#uk
Graham Drabble graham#drabble#me#uk
Grant xcom2k9b#mason#sh
Gripper neely#weely#btinternet#com
Herbie herbie1#gmail#com
Huge huge#huge#org#uk
I J Clifton ian#clifton#chem#ox#ac#uk
Ian Jackson ijackson#chiark#greenend#org#uk
J. P. Gilliver G6JPG#soft255#demon#co#uk
James Coupe james#zephyr#org#uk
jaygee corbei#post#com
Jim Avery ja#averyjim#myzen#co#uk
Jim Crowther Don't_spam#wotmeworry#org#uk
John Blundell jcb#news#ntlworld#com
John Hall john#jhall#co#uk
John the R-T john-the-r-t#gmx#co#uk
Jon Nicoll jkn#nicorp#co#uk
Jonathan Amery jdamery#chiark#greenend#org#uk
Judith Smith judithmsmith#live#co#uk
Jusme nn-39282#jusme#com
kat kat#news#ntlworld#com
laz gurudamo-mail#yahoo#co#uk
Mark mafw13#yahoo#co#uk
mark BR mandd#barber-riley#co#uk
Mark Goodge mark#good-stuff#co#uk
Mark Spice mcspice#tiscali#co#uk
Mark Williams mark#aziraphale#homeip#net
Matt Balyuzi mbalyuzi#gmail#com
Matthew Vernon matthew#debian#org
MCC mcc11639#gmx#co#uk
Michael Parry mjp#crowsnest#co#uk
Mike Barnes mb-usenet#thedowerhouse#com
Mike Bristow mike#urgle#com
Mike Fleming mike#tauzero#co#uk
Mike P mikepearson8#yahoo#co#uk
Mike Tomlinson mike#jasper#org#uk
Molly Mockford com2009#mollymockford#me#uk
Mr. Benn censorshipnoto#yahoo#co#uk
ned alandale#bugsandweeds#co#uk
Neil Matthews neil#chaos#org#uk
Nick Nick#Spam#yahoo#co#uk
Nigel Cliffe ncliffe#btinternet#com
Owen Dunn owend#chiark#greenend#org#uk
Owen Rees owenrees#waitrose#com
Parrotfish parrotfish20#btinternet#com
paul {voter}#watman#clara#co#uk
Paul Cummins tramlink0800#googlemail#com
Paul Giverin paul#giverin#co#uk
pcb1962 peter#pandasys#co#uk
Pedt pedt#oddities-etc#co#uk
Peter D Hill peter#hill#skyshack#demon#co#uk
Peter Duncanson mail#peterduncanson#net
Peter Grange peter#plgrange#demon#co#uk
Peter J Ross peadar#ruadh#gmail#com
Peter Maydell pmaydell#chiark#greenend#org#uk
Peter Parry peter#wpp#ltd#uk
Peter Robinson pmrobinson#gmx#net
Rabbit Sandra#thistledoo#plus#com
Richard Kettlewell rjk#greenend#org#uk
Rob Morley nospam#ntlworld#com
Roger Burton West roger#firedrake#org
Roger Chapman r#chapman470#btinternet#com
Roger Hayter roger#hayter#org
Ross Younger news06#crazyscot#com
Sam Holloway sam#samholloway#co#uk
Sara Merriman saramerriman#blueyonder#co#uk
Simon Brooke stillyet#googlemail#com
Sn!pe steve#notforspam#fsnet#co#uk
Stephen Gower socks-1netnews#earth#li
Steve Baker stevebakerj#freeuk#com
Steve Firth vote#malloc#co#uk
Steve Walker steve#walker#mongo#org#uk
Stuart O'Donnell news#venicones#co#uk
Tansy aaaroseby#googlemail#com
The Happy Hippy the#happy#hippy#ntlworld#com
The Wanderer the#wanderer#tesco#net
Thomas Womack tom#womack#net
Tickettyboo tickettyboo#shaw#ca
Tom Crispin Kije#freeuk#com
Tony tony#darkstorm#co#uk
Trevor A Panther tapan#blueyonder#co#uk
Troy's Human john#pegler#org#uk
Victor Meldrew com2k9#meldrew#me#uk
Will Wilkinson will#lancre#net
Wm tcnw81#tarrcity#demon#co#uk
Zhang Dawei xiaoxi-1000#mugwort#adsl24#co#uk
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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 Voter ID:
Candidate Ranking
Ballot ID A B C D E F G
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01f0b0daa5575bf3 - - 2 3 1 - -
03183a58b5df6efc - - 1 2 3 - -
05d66374e6c1a3b9 5 3 6 1 2 7 4
0a71678de1f24a78 5 4 3 1 2 6 7
0da808c0c4208fab 6 1 4 5 7 2 3
0e45992f393f9ad9 - - 2 3 1 - -
0f95333789454c6b - 4 3 1 2 - -
121c4a51a4dbbfc8 5 7 1 3 2 6 4
18c841e100444f42 - - 3 2 1 - -
1d6695826e8b6a53 - - 3 1 2 - -
1d882cfc4d1903e3 - 4 1 2 3 - -
1e77a7d088e3ffc6 4 6 3 2 1 7 5
1ecf04a87a424b78 5 3 4 2 7 6 1
1f8bdd425f5fbd2e 5 6 2 1 3 7 4
20ffec71004aa23b 5 7 3 1 2 6 4
2317188c18deff4e - - 2 1 3 - -
2856a35f815dcdf6 - - 3 1 2 - -
29c96b37f2427d55 4 2 6 1 7 5 3
2ad2fbb622eca8f7 - 4 3 1 2 - -
2c1c4c908d8d7e3f 4 - 3 1 2 - -
2d8d14caf16d964d - - 3 1 2 4 -
2fa5d2d872c8c44b 7 6 2 1 3 4 5
31434d91a79b59c4 - - 3 1 2 - -
3260f83b7fe25b74 - - 2 - 1 - -
379576ecc4e87096 - - 3 2 1 - -
3a592a60803f79b0 2 4 - 1 - 5 3
410b9745c62ad81e - 4 2 1 3 - -
41cde194fa01b0c7 4 2 - 5 - 3 1
472383fec74c8bcd 5 6 1 2 3 7 4
4a1ff36d3972f4b1 3 1 6 5 7 4 2
4a687b23298f6a83 4 - 1 3 2 - -
4b1d2d37a2298f8a 7 5 2 1 3 6 4
4ba4be09d5d18d54 4 2 - - - 1 3
4e64b3037c36d1a2 - - - 2 1 - -
501bfbe6fd861155 - - 1 2 3 - -
51a803aa23c8e235 - - 3 1 2 - -
51af9a3f128a6385 - - 2 1 3 - -
526d33b905acd980 - - 3 1 2 - -
53091ae1d0c55c6b - - 3 1 2 - -
5b4cd87445c30f60 - - 3 1 2 - -
5b6775c8ff86ccf6 5 - 2 3 4 - 1
5c65e50213812b92 - - 2 1 3 - -
5c987ac5d883d683 7 6 3 1 2 5 4
5d1b67ae86b00acd 5 - 3 1 2 - 4
5eef31d3c434b4aa - - 1 3 2 - -
62cc72c5a52a7637 - - 2 3 1 - -
66cc4e6036176693 - 4 1 2 3 - -
66e754e8bb67076c 2 3 5 6 7 4 1
6b883f4bf25f7074 - 4 1 2 3 - -
6ce90e2bad8d92a6 4 7 1 2 3 6 5
6efb8bbe2a0995ab - - 3 2 1 - 4
72a1aa1370e7f532 - - 2 1 3 - -
76f9aa3e9960fe95 - - 3 2 1 - -
792af57cc97ccb3a - - 1 3 2 - -
7af31783a6e92c98 - - 3 1 2 - -
7d80fd5b6a6b6645 3 1 5 6 7 2 4
7e1c4ef7faf171a9 - - 1 - 2 - -
7e937c0122b1d4c2 - - 3 1 2 - -
81210c3186fe0f01 - 1 - - - 3 2
81722bdffbd9161c - - 3 1 2 - -
81ebb395dfb54d5d 7 5 2 1 3 4 6
835bedf0d8a61088 4 5 2 3 1 - -
840d415c29a5ce59 4 6 2 1 3 7 5
867f648ebbb80b18 - - 3 1 2 - -
88933cba016ca669 - - - 1 - - -
899bbab80a896097 6 7 3 1 2 5 4
8a7c73b9e1674b07 4 3 2 - 6 5 1
8ab06d2c6072deb3 2 5 6 4 7 3 1
8b3c2c666b53e650 - - 2 - 1 - -
8cb8d2b4ffa71667 - - 4 1 - 3 2
8cd89f72cd328d1c 6 5 3 1 2 7 4
8ed3c7c444e1f8d2 5 6 2 1 3 7 4
8f196a59bcd788fa - - 2 3 1 - -
93a60ebbd0d7ecfe - - 2 1 3 - -
97dc952acf2c0ec9 - - 2 3 1 - -
9de42e2489c68449 - - 3 1 2 - -
9e912c4744e5b402 - - 1 2 3 - -
a0f187c06977e947 2 3 6 4 7 5 1
a352c219e0b7e44d - - 1 2 3 - -
a4ecb308bab450d5 - - 3 1 2 - -
a66ac2bc2ec0d844 5 6 2 1 3 7 4
a8da7d7da890706b - - 3 1 2 - 4
a971649383d2f4b2 - - 3 2 1 - -
aa98bb3b24cf2cc9 - - 1 2 3 - -
ab84858f05b62582 4 6 5 2 3 7 1
b10a876f256dd06c - - 2 - 1 - -
b331d7da7d054ad1 - - 3 - 1 2 -
b4a9ceaa45a6a2fe - - 2 1 3 - -
b58ba2fdfcbf969e 6 5 2 3 1 7 4
b5df1ee35b0bba68 3 4 5 2 6 - 1
b61e6422188c4485 - 3 2 - 1 - -
b7560acacba18011 - - 3 2 1 - -
b85553a9e3ca0f9d - - 2 1 3 - -
b8a2e8d12dab4a26 - - 1 2 3 - 4
bc7e6518a00115e2 - - 3 2 1 4 -
bd1b17cb0ba39c9b 5 6 2 1 3 7 4
bdafe79da77d9186 - - 3 1 2 - -
c17185d123438d1f 2 3 7 5 6 4 1
c35a87118b99dbc4 4 6 3 1 2 7 5
c406f1d1639cbf15 - - 2 1 3 4 5
c44d956d1833bd46 6 4 3 2 1 5 7
c7ce0fef1b0f1138 - - 3 2 1 - -
c85c1085f6856e11 4 5 6 7 3 2 1
c8805fc5d2378974 - - 3 1 2 - 4
cac24abc58505774 - - 3 2 1 - -
cd2498e3fd304d22 - - 1 3 2 - -
cd4f3e41a7962e62 1 5 7 3 4 6 2
ce290f9da93f3220 2 5 7 6 1 4 3
ce7431dcf67d084c - - 1 2 3 - -
cf365beeda9b4f9e 5 4 1 3 2 7 6
d27ebedb258d364e - - 2 1 3 - -
d331dcab0168b5e0 - - 1 2 3 - -
d36726646372eb5d 4 7 2 3 1 6 5
d3fe7fd41d565694 - - 2 1 3 - -
d5809cf4fccb8f2d - - 2 3 1 - -
d73f5351ab031245 - - 2 1 3 - -
da8e40d3a900d0d4 - - 2 1 3 - -
dbd6c1043686a232 5 3 6 1 7 2 4
ddd321641aba88c3 7 3 4 1 6 2 5
e07622ff2691fc67 - 4 1 2 3 - -
e40e0b0050a54454 - - 1 2 3 - 4
e7719bf664d76425 - - 3 1 2 - -
e78751cd2c890375 4 - 2 1 3 6 5
ea5446d57cae2658 - - 3 1 2 - -
ec2830af69c2d683 A A A A A A A
f017cb60fc5c84fa 7 6 2 1 3 5 4
f4abf0e619ce5a2c - - 2 3 1 - -
fc697880093576fd - - 2 1 3 - -
fe21849131467dec - - 3 2 1 - -
fe920c247a901895 - 2 4 1 - - 3
Key: - = No preference expressed for that candidate
A = Abstained
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:-
Whilst there were some problems with ballot requests being rejected by
the SpamAssassin threshold on the UKVoting mail server being set too
low (initially 5.0, then 6.0 and now 10.0), as far as I can tell no
potential votes were lost.
Participants are reminded that the instructions on the CFV clearly state
that the purpose of the vote is to determine the genuine interest of
persons who have an interest in the people who represent them on the
Committee and that soliciting votes from disinterested parties defeats
this purpose.
Whilst we appreciate that Demon Internet is a UK ISP, a post was made to
demon.service in a clear breach of this rule and, following discussion
with other members of UKVoting, if this had been a normal group creation
vote, the post would have been declared *VOTING FRAUD* and the vote
abandoned.
It was also brought to the attention of the votetakers that what can be
politely described as "less than impartial" pointers to the CFV (or,
worse, just the ballot request address) were posted to a number of
groups within uk.*. These posts were made both by candidates and by
others not directly involved in the Elections.
In addition, the votetakers were advised that some people, again
including candidates, were posting with controversial signatures
relating to the Elections.
Whilst reminding uk.* groups of the Elections is admirable, a neutral
posting pointing people to unna is recommended. If in doubt, posters are
asked to check with the votetaker(s) *BEFORE* making such posts.
A statement from UKVoting, formalising our position on this matter, will
be posted in due course.
That aside, the vote ran reasonably smoothly, with almost all of the
votes easily verified, thanks in part to how long I've been a member of
UKVoting, and the majority of the voters being regulars. The usual peaks
and troughs in the number of votes cast on a given day were present, as
we expect, with smaller peaks following pointers to the CFV being posted
to groups outside of uk.net.news.*.
Finally, I'd just like to congratulate Graham, Clive, 'kat' and Matthew
on their election, and offer my commiserations to Jonathan, David and
Ian.
Jon:-
Apologies for any ballot paper requests which were rejected by the
anti-spam system. This was somewhat unexpected as the system has been
unchanged for a long time and has never caused any issue previously.
The spam thresholds for the *.ukvoting.org.uk domains have now been
relaxed considerably, to prevent any future emails being inadvertently
blocked.
Many thanks to Barry for handling this complicated vote which turned
out to be rather more exciting than might have been expected in
advance.
Congratulations to those elected, and our thanks to all the candidates.
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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
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:
<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)
Definition of Open Class of Membership
Any participant in the uk.* hierarchy qualifies as a candidate in the
Open class.
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Application Requirements
Any participant in the uk.* hierarchy qualifies as a nominator for the
Open class.
Any individual may nominate a maximum of four candidates.
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Persons retiring from the Committee
Open Member Class:
Chris Croughton
Graham Drabble
Fiona Gostling (aka 'Kat')
Who have served their respective terms.
Clive D. W. Feather
Who was co-opted as an Open Member of the Committee in November 2008.
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Candidates:
Seven nominations have been received. The Committee has four vacancies
and therefore an election will be held to fill the four vacancies.
A list of the candidates is below (in alphabetical order by surname).
Candidates:
Jonathan Amery Candidate A
David Damerell Candidate B
Graham Drabble Candidate C
Clive D. W. Feather Candidate D
Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat') Candidate E
Ian Jackson Candidate F
Matthew Vernon 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.
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Candidate A
Name: Jonathan Amery
E-Mail: jdamery (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Nominators:
Name: Clare Boothby
E-Mail: clareb (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Eleanor Blair
E-Mail: eleanorb (at) gmail (dot) com
Name: Matthew Vernon
E-Mail: matthew (at) debian (dot) org
Name: Ian Jackson
E-Mail: ijackson (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Personal Statement:
None provided.
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Candidate B
Name: David Damerell
E-Mail: damerell (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Nominators:
Name: Ian Jackson
E-Mail: ijackson (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Clare Boothby
E-Mail: clareb (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Eleanor Blair
E-Mail: eleanorb (at) gmail (dot) com
Name: Matthew Vernon
E-Mail: matthew (at) debian (dot) org
Personal Statement:
I have used uk.* since early 1994, and served on the uk.* Committee
around ten years ago. It's easy to forget that the Committee are the
servants not the masters; I believe that has been forgotten, and that
when members of the Committee suggest, in a petty-minded fit of pique,
RFDing the removal of the group that received the largest ever "yes"
vote, that is a fine example of how things are seriously wrong.
If I am elected I will:
Examine the de facto procedures in use and either RFD to make them
Guidelines or make it clear that they are merely preferences that can be
suggested during the RFD process like any other.
Work with Control to determine if group creation can be done more
expediently.
Endeavour to maintain a civil tone in discussions related to uk.*
administration, unlike many members of the current Committee.
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Candidate C
Name: Graham Drabble
E-Mail: usenet05 (at) drabble (dot) me (dot) uk
Nominators:
Name: Tony Evans
E-Mail: tony (at) darkstorm (dot) co (dot) uk
Name: Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat')
E-Mail: kat.news (at) ntlworld (dot) com
Name: Molly Mockford
E-Mail: com2009 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk
Name: Charles H. Lindsey
E-Mail: chl (at) clerew (dot) man (dot) ac (dot) uk
Personal Statement:
Generally I feel that the committee should use a very light touch,
giving advice where possible and only intervening when required to by
the guidelines. unn* as a community, and, despite the naturally changing
population, I do believe it can and is most sucessful when it acts as a
community, should be responsible for ensuring that RFDs are discussed in
a positive way and that proponents are guided to a sucessful RFD
wherever possible.
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Candidate D
Name: Clive D. W. Feather
E-Mail: clive (at) davros (dot) org
Nominators:
Name: Mike Bristow
E-Mail: mike (at) urgle (dot) com
Name: Peter Parry
E-Mail: peter (at) wpp (dot) ltd (dot) uk
Name: John Hall
E-Mail: john (at) jhall (dot) co (dot) uk
Name: Graham Drabble
E-Mail: graham (at) drabble (dot) me (dot) uk
Personal Statement:
For those wondering what you'd get:
* experience of Usenet in general, and the Committee in particular;
* technical knowledge (see RFC 3977);
* a common-sense approach to the unimportance of Usenet;
* the capability to distinguish sensible points from idiot comments;
* the ability to be pedantic for England [1] if necessary;
* a world-weary cynicism.
Your choice.
[1] I have represented the UK to ISO.
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Candidate E
Name: Fiona Gostling (aka 'kat')
E-Mail: kat (dot) news (at) ntlworld (dot) com
Nominators:
Name: Wm
E-Mail: tcnw81 (at) tarrcity (dot) demon (dot) co (dot) uk
Name: Molly Mockford
E-Mail: com2009 (at) mollymockford (dot) me (dot) uk
Name: Geoff Berrow
E-Mail: com2009 (at) 4theweb (dot) co (dot) uk
Name: Martyn Bailey (aka 'Mother')
E-Mail: nospam (at) notnominet (dot) name
Personal Statement:
I have served two terms on the Committee and if elected would continue
as before, to attempt to give the view of an ordinary user of usenet.
The hierarchy appears to be running smoothly, and I hope this continues
to be the case. But if it doesn't, I would be happy to continue serving
the uk.* community.
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Candidate F
Name: Ian Jackson
E-Mail: ijackson (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Nominators:
Name: David Damerell
E-Mail: damerell (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Theo Markettos
E-Mail: theom+news (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Clare Boothby
E-Mail: clareb (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Eleanor Blair
E-Mail: eleanorb (at) gmail (dot) com
Personal Statement:
I've been on USENET since 1989, and in that time have been a participant
in many newsgroups. I've also been involved in group creation
processes: for example, as a votetaker for the big-8 around 1992, and
most recently as the proponent for the very successful
uk.rec.cycling.moderated.
I'm hoping to provide assistance and encouragement to proponents to try
to get them the groups they want.
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Candidate G
Name: Matthew Vernon
E-Mail: matthew (at) debian (dot) org
Nominators:
Name: David Damerell
E-Mail: damerell (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Theo Markettos
E-Mail: theom+news (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Ian Jackson
E-Mail: ijackson (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Name: Clare Boothby
E-Mail: clareb (at) chiark (dot) greenend (dot) org (dot) uk
Personal Statement:
I'm Matthew Vernon, a research scientist and veterinary surgeon in my
"day job". I've been reading usenet for the last decade or so, and am
a contributor to several uk groups. I was involved in the recent
discussions about the creation of the new group
uk.rec.cycling.moderated, and am pleased to see the new group taking
off nicely. I think the process could have gone more smoothly, though,
and that members of the committee could have been more civil when the
process was criticised. I spent ten years as a trustee of an education
charity (including one year as chair), and am aware that what
committee members say as individuals does inevitably reflect on the
committee as a whole.
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