Path: uni-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!zen.net.uk!dedekind.zen.co.uk!news.anlx.net!caladan!bbc!news-peer-lilac.gradwell.net!not-for-mail From: Pedt Scragg Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.local.southwest Subject: RESULT : Create unmoderated newsgroup uk.local.dorset PASSES 14:2 Followup-To: uk.net.news.config Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:04:50 +0100 Message-ID: Sender: Chris Croughton as Control Approved: Chris Croughton as Control Lines: 211 NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Apr 2005 08:05:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.0.192.110 X-Trace: 1113552343 news.gradwell.net 38045 control/80.0.192.110 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@gradwell.net Xref: uni-berlin.de uk.net.news.announce:3347 uk.net.news.config:201629 uk.local.southwest:185774 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- RESULT OF CALL FOR VOTES Summary: Create unmoderated newsgroup uk.local.dorset Create unmoderated newsgroup uk.local.dorset PASSES 14:2 YES beat NO by a majority of 12 votes. For group passage, there must be 12 more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, the proposal PASSES. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Voting closed at 23:59:59 BST, 10th April 2005. Proponent : Matt Holland Votetaker : Pedt Scragg - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Distribution: uk.net.news.announce uk.net.news.config uk.local.southwest - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) Proposed Charter - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY OF MAIL RECEIVED DURING THE VOTING PERIOD 20 emails were received at the ballot request address: 18 : valid ballot requests 2 : tests by the votetaker 21 emails were received at the vote submission address: 17 : valid votes 2 : emails regarding the vote 2 : tests by the votetaker - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RESULTS: Create unmoderated newsgroup uk.local.dorset YES : 14 votes NO : 2 votes ABSTAIN : 1 vote ------------------ Total : 17 votes YES beat NO by a majority of 12 votes. For group passage, there must be 12 more YES votes than NO votes. Accordingly, the proposal PASSES. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INDIVIDUAL VOTE DETAILS Voted YES - 14 votes - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ anonimulo anonimulo2003 $ yahoo ! com Barry Salter dorset $ ukvotes ! southie ! me ! uk David Uri daviduri $ bigfoot ! com Gerbil Gerbil $ stevey ! demon ! co ! uk James Cracknell james $ jcracknell ! co ! uk Keith Lawrence adsl $ perrydell ! com Matt Holland matt $ matt-holland ! org Michael Parry michael ! parry $ ntlworld ! com Mother m $ 101fc ! net Paul Harper paul $ harper ! net Peter Duck pduck $ zetnet ! co ! uk Peter Thomas peter $ godthoms ! demon ! co ! uk Shazzbat shservices $ shservices ! fsnet ! co ! uk Thomas Lee tfl $ psp ! co ! uk Voted NO - 2 votes - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MJ Ray mjr $ dsl ! pipex ! com Pete Fenelon pete $ fenelon ! com Voted ABSTAIN - 1 vote - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Cummins paul $ vlaad ! co ! uk - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Votetaker Comments: Thanks to the Proponent, Control and the Voters for their part in making this a smooth, straightforward and easy to count vote. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member 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: 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 control (at) usenet.org.uk - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RATIONALE: At present, the only local newsgroup relevant to Dorset is uk.local.southwest. That newsgroup covers a large geographical area and at least four counties (Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Avon) which somewhat defeats the nature of a local newsgroup. With towns in Dorset such as Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester and Weymouth getting bigger and bigger, a more focused newsgroup is required, enabling easier access to articles relevant to Dorset. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWSGROUPS LINE uk.local.dorset Discussion about Dorset - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHARTER: uk.local.dorset uk.local.dorset is a local interest newsgroup intended for discussions of a general nature about Dorset. Subjects may include sport, history, culture, towns, education, local club scenes and local media topics, plus anything else of interest regarding Dorset. Although the newsgroup will mainly be of interest to people living in Dorset, queries regarding the county and its culture are welcomed. Posts from ex-patriate Dorset people, whether overseas or in other parts of the UK, are encouraged. Advertising All adverts are forbidden. Short (i.e. under ten lines) announcements for local events may be posted provided they are non-commercial, relevant to the area covered by this group, and that they are not posted more frequently than once per month. Such announcements should have a subject line with the prefix "ANNOUNCE: ". Readers are reminded of the existence of uk.local.southwest.adverts, where relevant local adverts may still be posted. Messages posted to this newsgroup must not be cross-posted to more than a TOTAL of four uk.local.* newsgroups; these may be geographically adjacent or overlapping, or connected by the subject of the post (e.g. "moving house from Exeter to Bournemouth"). Binaries & Formatting Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) are forbidden. Such material belongs on a web or FTP site to which a pointer may be posted. Cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP) may be used where authentication is important and should be as short as possible. Posts must be readable as plain text. HTML, RTF and similarly formatted messages are prohibited. To see how to make some common newsreaders comply with this, read . Warning. Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their "postmaster" and/or Service Provider. END CHARTER -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG-v1.2.4-(GNU/Linux) Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBQl91qGOfGXkh8vHZAQFuIgP+KIw+Clf9MuExRce0viJ55iyiIzyVrnmK JmtN5BKRcBm1VxNpmcAHUZLC6kibPx8ted75B3/jB2KgAu0FO0UacyAnHVl9cYXF J4eN7Zv9cCLcN3xQor5+2g4+ya1MLo6iBieNL/o3zsR29hDpgwEO8RrBP54cyREE 1FGTCwexBPY= =L7o/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----