07 Apr 2003: Create uk.media.broadband
From: Molly Mockford <umbvote@mockfords.clara.uk>
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 18:52:17 +0100
Subject: RESULT: Creation of uk.media.broadband PASSES 51:6
Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.media.tv.sf.startrek,uk.media.tv.west-wing,uk.media.dvd,alt.internet.talk
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RESULT: Creation of uk.media.broadband PASSES 51:6
SUMMARY: Yes beat No by 51 votes to 6 votes. Since this exceeds the
required margin of 12 votes the proposal therefore PASSES.
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Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 30th March 2003
Proponent: Paul Harper <paul@harper.net>
Votetaker: Molly Mockford <umbvote@mockfords.clara.uk>
Distribution:
uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.media.tv.sf.startrek,
uk.media.tv.west-wing,uk.media.dvd,alt.internet.talk
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The full results follow below in the following order:
1) Information on the ballot
2) Results
3) Individual Vote Details
4) Votetaker's Comments
5) Voting and Appeal Guidelines
6) Rationale and Charter
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1) INFORMATION ON THE BALLOT
The CFV closed at 23:59:59 GMT on 30th March 2003. The vote
was conducted under the Guidelines For Group Creation.
67 votes were received during the period of the vote, consisting of:
61 valid and counted votes
2 votes subsequently superseded by the voters
4 e-mails sent to the voting address
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2) RESULTS
Question: Create uk.media.broadband? (Yes/No/Abstain)
Number of people voting YES: 51
NO: 6
ABSTAIN: 4
Total of counted valid votes: 61 (see vote details)
Not countable: 6 (see vote details)
Total number of mails: 67
YES beat NO by 45 votes. Accordingly this proposal PASSES.
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3) INDIVIDUAL VOTE DETAILS
Mails containing valid votes and included in final result.
Name of Voter Voter's e-mail address Vote
{R} {R} % semolina gro Y
Adam D. Barratt vote+umb+2003-03 % adam-barratt ku gro Y
Alan LeHun UKvote % lehun ! clara ku oc Y
Alex Cook Alex % drzoidberg ku oc Y
Alex Holden votes % alexholden ku oc Y
Ameet Shah a ! shah % doc ! ic ku ca Y
Andrew Cameron tags % tags2k ku oc Y
Andrew Wright andrew % stardock ! demon ku oc Y
Andy MacDonald andrew % insidersites ku oc Y
Anthony Gold bigfoot % davros gro Y
Barry Dorrans barryd % idunno gro Y
Barry Salter southpaw1805 % hotmail moc Y
bradders drlbradley % btopenworld moc Y
Chris Croughton chris % keristor gro Y
Christian Smith christian % jasdigital moc Y
Clive R Robertson broadband % clive ku gro Y
CRAIG RIDER cdrider1 % hotmail moc Y
Dan Milburn danmilburn % clara ku oc Y
Dave Fawthrop hyphen % hyphenologist ku oc Y
Dave Mason xumbvote % sarnie ku gro Y
David Brain news % davidbrain ku oc Y
David Dorward david % us-lot gro Y
Geoff Wilson geoff ! wilson % dsl ! pipex moc Y
helenh helenh % easynet ku oc Y
Iain Clark iain % dragonhaven ! plus moc Y
J. van der Knaap knaapjvd % yahoo ku oc Y
James Davies jawida ! money % btopenworld moc Y
Jason Clark jason % clarkhouse ku oc Y
JBM jpb8 % duke ude Y
Jo Ciampa jo ! ciampa % blueyonder ku oc Y
John Briggs john ! briggs4 % ntlworld moc Y
Kalorlo kalorlo % email moc Y
kat katnews % ntlworld moc Y
kqr kqrq % freeuk moc Y
Lt. Cmdr. Jim jim % us-lot gro Y
Mark Barltrop news % tachyonuk moc Y
Mark Goodge mark % good-stuff ku oc Y
Michael Greenhalgh michael ! greenhalgh % tripleb ku oc Y
Mike Fleming mike % tauzero ku oc Y
Mike Tullett mtullett % ntlworld moc Y
Owain Kenway s0091903 % sms ! ed ku ca Y
Paul Ellis paulellis % speed-mail ku oc Y
Paul Harper paul % harper ten Y
Paul Roe paulroe660 % btinternet moc Y
Pedt netnews % pkuatb ten Y
Peter Duck pduck % zetnet ku oc Y
Sarah Elton sarah ! elton % st-annes ! ox ku ca Y
Sieue sieue % sieue moc Y
Steph Peters urcs % sandbenders ! demon ku oc Y
Tony Wright tony ! wright % zen ku oc Y
xSaBx sarah % gubbins ten Y
Clive Feather clive % davros gro N
Scott Taylor taylorscott67 % yahoo ku oc N
Shane Matthews vote % gaelyn ten N
Stuart Millington phupp % dsv1 ku oc N
thomas lee tfl % psp ku oc N
Wm tcnw51 % tarrcity ! demon ku oc N
Dave H dmh % dmh ku gro A
Dave Mayall dave % research-group ku oc A
Graham Drabble graham ! drabble % lineone ten A
Jezza jezza % hotwells ! freeserve ku oc A
Total number of valid votes received and counted: 61
4 pieces of e-mail, including a ballot request sent to the wrong
address, were received at the voting address.
2 votes were superseded.
Under voting guidelines, individual voters may vote more than once
using the same voting name and address. Only the most recent vote is
counted.
Total number of mails: 67
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4) VOTETAKER'S COMMENTS
In one place in the ballot paper when first issued, the placeholder
for the voting address remained instead of the address itself. As
soon as my error was pointed out, I updated the ballot paper on the
UKVoting server, and e-mailed everyone who had requested a ballot
paper but had not yet voted. There is no hint that anybody found
themselves unable to vote because of this error; nevertheless, it
was negligence on my part, and I apologise for it.
Otherwise the vote was reasonably without incident. One set of three
votes initially aroused concern, but the voters involved (one of whom
was a lurker who had never posted to Usenet) provided detailed and
helpful explanations of the circumstances and I have accepted all
three votes as valid.
Most voters provided an answer to the question about the From: line,
which was extremely helpful as it enabled me to validate a number of
votes without troubling the voters for further information.
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5) VOTING AND APPEAL GUIDELINES
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:
<ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting>
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 control@usenet.org.uk
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6) RATIONALE AND CHARTER
6.1 RATIONALE
The increased use of broadband internet technology has made streamed and
downloaded programming available to a wide UK audience.
There is currently no UK-specific usenet forum for discussing the
content of these programmes, though a few programme-specific groups do
allow discussion of downloaded episodes. This group does not replace
these, but allows discussion of other material not permitted elsewhere.
On-topic content will be primarily discussion of the content of these
programmes, hence the "media" positioning in the hierarchy, but an
important secondary topic will be the technology supporting the
reception and playing of the content.
The newsgroup will cover both live as well as recorded content for both
UK and non-UK programming, whether Internet-specific, currently
broadcast or archived.
An appropriate consideration space policy in conjunction with a system
of "tagging" subject matter will be specified for programmes that may at
a later date be transmitted on analogue UK terrestrial television or
radio for the first time.
The initial distribution of this RFD has been limited to six newsgroups
including those where the proponent is aware of interest in material
delivered through broadband connections. Please feel free to point out
the existence of this RFD to any other interested groups, but remember
that for discussion to be taken into account within the RFD process, it
has to take place in uk.net.news.config.
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6.2 CHARTER FOR UK.MEDIA.BROADBAND
The newsgroup discusses the content of media programming available
through the Internet to UK users. The scope of the newsgroup includes
both live as well as recorded content for both UK and non-UK
programming, whether Internet-specific, currently broadcast or archived.
Also on-topic for this group is discussion of the technology and
processes used to acquire and play the programming.
The existence of this group shall not be taken as advocating piracy or
illegal distribution of copyrighted material.
Where a programme is likely at some future date to be transmitted on UK
analogue terrestrial television or radio, consideration space (or
"spoiler space") of at least 30 blank lines shall precede discussion of
any programming content. This is to protect readers of the group who do
not yet wish to see discussion of newer shows.
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shall be used where consensus warrants it. The tags shall contain an
agreed identifier, all in upper case. For example: [24] or [ALIAS].
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End Charter
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Molly Mockford
Votetaker, uk.media.broadband creation vote
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