Path: mercury.nildram.net!lon1-news.nildram.net!news-peer.gradwell.net!newsfeed.vmunix.org!news.space.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!host62-172-26-42.midband.mdip.bt.NET!not-for-mail From: UKVoting Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.management Subject: UKVoting Statement: Complaint regarding Richard Ashton Followup-To: uk.net.news.management Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 17:23:27 +0000 Lines: 41 Sender: Charles Lindsey as Deputy Control Approved: Charles Lindsey as Deputy Control Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: host62-172-26-42.midband.mdip.bt.net (62.172.26.42) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1076004041 34649786 I 62.172.26.42 ([99345]) X-Orig-Path: clerew!clw.cs.man.ac.uk!not-for-mail Xref: mercury.nildram.net uk.net.news.announce:667 uk.net.news.management:29846 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dave Mayall submitted an objection to the results of the 2003 Committee Elections, and a parallel complaint to UKVoting, regarding Richard Ashton's comments in unnc following publication of the results. The section of the complaint related to UKVoting was: Richard Ashton has brought the integrity of UKVoting and of the committee election process into disrepute by making his statement above, that he "did more than you to get Kat elected". The committee subsequently ruled that there was no cause to uphold the objection to the results. UKVoting accepts that Richard's comment was, under UKVoting's internal guidelines, mistimed, but agrees with the committee that this had no implications for the integrity of the result. That being the case, Richard's error was essentially trivial in nature. Richard has, therefore, been reminded of the guidelines and his responsibilities under them, and has agreed to exercise more care, in future cases where he is the primary or secondary votetaker, to avoid making personal comments prior to the date on which the vote is considered complete. UKVoting therefore does not consider that any further action is required. - -- Charles H. Lindsey ------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Control Voice/Fax: +44 161 436 6131 Email: control@usenet.org.uk Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave., CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 5.0i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBQCJ8I2OfGXkh8vHZAQGEpgP/Q/VLbATTLetZ1q3+dkFJQTVpIVkVz+RM 1l7BOuNLR3/6sAMBqyrqOnjxDpiGm23RRnyTHbEKhRXc1zCFCoUkWFm7yOlsdZrd rGgjkx4N/CZe2jo5DwIXCTpqz+2lJ3OY+eTnOFHkrFpScBnFf9YD4yO5+02ONsXO jzqWW3hrHz0= =fr8A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----