From: war...@syra.net (Warren Lavallee) Subject: RESULT: sci.med.diseases.lyme passes 131:13 Date: 1995/07/13 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 106157635 approved: t...@uunet.uu.net sender: t...@uunet.uu.net followup-to: news.groups organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.med,sci.med.immunology,alt.med.fibromyalgia,alt.support.arthritis,misc.health.arthritis,bionet.microbiology,sci.bio.microbiology RESULT unmoderated group sci.med.diseases.lyme passes 131:13 There were 131 YES votes and 13 NO votes, for a total of 144 valid votes. There were 4 abstains and 8 invalid ballots. For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO) votes. There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes. There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted. If no serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly thereafter. sci.med.diseases.lyme passed on Tue Jul 4 15:29:53 1995 Newsgroups line: sci.med.diseases.lyme Lyme Disease: patient support, research & information. This vote was being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact Warren Lavallee . For questions about the proposed group contact Linda Palund . CHARTER The proposed newsgroup, sci.med.diseases.lyme, is intended for discussion about the many different aspects of Lyme Disease as experienced by patients, their caregivers, friends and family members, doctors and other medical professionals, or anyone affected by or involved with Lyme Disease, as well as those who wish to learn about its symptoms, latest treatment options and its prevention. Anyone with an interest in Lyme Disease is free to post, including the medical and scientific community, as this newsgroup is interested both in fostering communication between Lyme Disease sufferers from all parts of the globe, as well as providing an open forum for the exchange of medical and scientific information which can be useful to all participants. Above all, we wish to encourage a supportive and open atmosphere for the free exchange of opinions and information. The following are examples of possible posting topics: - questions regarding any aspect of Lyme Disease - symptoms and problems arising from the onset of new symptoms - treatments and therapies, both conventional and alternative - emotions, including fears and anxieties caused by this illness - social issues regarding this illness - problems in the medical community in regard to Lyme Disease - new information and resources available about the disease - related practical problems or solutions - Lyme Disease research findings Commercial advertisements may NOT be posted to this proposed group. LymeNet Mailing List will be gatewayed to sci.med.diseases.lyme [This collection of addresses is (C)1995 by Consultix Computer Services. Permission is strictly NOT given to use this list or any part thereof to make a mailing list, or for mass-mailings. Any other use is fine.] sci.med.diseases.lyme Final Vote Ack Voted Yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ad...@scr.siemens.com Jonathan Adair ah...@cs.uml.edu Andrew Hall ai...@gov.nt.ca Aimee Phillpot al...@yfn.ysu.edu Tina M. Wood andrea.ho...@gmd.de armh...@tenebris.rutgers.edu George Armhold AVIR...@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU Amittai F. Aviram bai...@hagar.ph.utexas.edu Ed Bailey BK4...@aol.com bk...@unm.edu beth kaimowitz bn...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu Douglas P. Shannon botte...@gnu.ai.mit.edu Carol J. Botteron BOWLE...@SNYDELAB.DELHI.EDU bpar...@interaccess.com Ben Parker br...@geog.ubc.ca Brian Klinkenberg c...@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de cd...@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu Christine Gilmore Eubanks chic...@ix.netcom.com Chicago clsta...@mailbox.syr.edu Chris Stamper c...@icbdfcs3.fc.hp.com Catherine Nelson cnewp...@netix.demon.co.uk Chris Newport col...@terraport.net Colman M. Jones cr...@EMBL-Heidelberg.DE David Croft csin...@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu da...@mulberry.com Darek Iwanski Darren_Abbanat_at_USPRM...@internetmail.pr.cyanamid.com DCSKYD...@aol.com djenk...@midland.co.nz Dean Jenkins dman...@eideti.com Dick Manley dmur...@olac.Berkeley.EDU Doug Murphy dpor...@solar.sky.net Donna Herrell dra...@netcom.com Ryan ef...@gti.net effie eug...@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov Eugene N. Miya gi...@dev.cdx.mot.com Bruce Giese go...@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU Benedict A. Gomes gonza...@maroon.tc.umn.edu Pat Gonzales grab...@eng2.uconn.edu ZmG gr...@world.std.com Dick Grady g...@netcom.com Kiran Wagle g...@Glue.umd.edu George W. Baltz hamp...@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au David Hampson hblat...@iac.net Hal Blatman her...@cats.ucsc.edu HIRSCHBERG#m#_MAR...@lims-a1.lerc.nasa.gov Marvin Hirschberg (216)433-3206 HW1.JWO...@HW1.CAHWNET.GOV Jane Wong ig...@pasteur.fr Dr Iain G. Old IMMNT...@aol.com jan...@no2sun.cray.com Janet Kowalewski jby...@primenet.com James M. Byers ji...@ibeam.jf.intel.com jknau...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Joyce A Knauerhase JLE...@OPAL.TUFTS.EDU jmcga...@uoguelph.ca JMH1...@aol.com jml...@cogsci.uiuc.edu Mike Lake j...@equator.com John Setel O'Donnell jo...@rdz.stjohns.edu Joel Hornstein jol...@mod.com Jim Olsen jon...@io.org Jonboy jos...@cis.ohio-state.edu Sudish Joseph j...@nr-atp.cit.cornell.edu Joy Veronneau jper...@umich.edu jrshe...@prairienet.org John R. Sherlock jwles...@ucdavis.edu John Lester Karl-Heinz.K...@biologie.uni-regensburg.de Karl-Heinz Kuhn t2150 ka...@aztec.asu.edu KATHY L. BIRDWELL k...@thor.ST.3Com.COM Ken Descoteaux kimk...@utu.fi Kimmo Ketolainen +358 40 500 2957 kna...@ibeam.jf.intel.com Rob Knauerhase kun...@crl.com Trisha Benedict lapo...@ARL.MIL Claude Lapointe (ACISD) list-vo...@dream.hb.north.de Martin Schr"oder ltho...@SIRIUS.COM Les Thomas M.David...@isode.com Madelaine Davidson m...@po.CWRU.Edu Michael A. Chary m...@world.std.com Marc Dashevsky mbross...@mhv.net m...@graphics.cornell.edu Mitch Collinsworth monke...@dircon.co.uk Linda Palund mo...@easi.com Robert K. Moore mo...@dorsai.dorsai.org Michael Ricci msnir...@olive.mscc.huji.ac.il Omer Nirhod mst...@lindsay.Princeton.EDU Marlene J. Stern ndal...@io.org Nigel Allen nel...@netcom.com Nelia Lyda nhav...@minerva.cis.yale.edu North Haven High School n...@inferno.fc.hp.com Nick Ingegneri norman.birk...@gs.com Norman Birkett pa...@VFL.Paramax.COM pdec...@lds.loral.com Philip Decker Peter.Rohle...@gmd.de Peter Rohleder pimen...@roots.ultranet.com John Pimentel pp002...@interramp.com Jim DePietro PTY...@Gems.VCU.EDU rad...@teleport.com radra...@panix.com Rebecca Drayer randolph.lit...@att.com R.S.LITTLE rconn...@sadis05.kelly.af.mil RALPH W. CONNELL - LGSPI rebo...@crocker.com Rebecca Otis red...@VNET.IBM.COM Renie...@aol.com RGINZB...@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU Ruth Ginzberg rgy...@aol.com RGyure r...@bcm.tmc.edu Richard H. Miller rl...@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu Robert M. Levy rm...@netcom.com ro...@marshall.manawatu.planet.co.nz Roger Marshall r...@advanced.org R. S. Camm rsm...@ham.island.net Robert Smits rufi...@mbe.ece.wisc.edu Jeffrey Rufinus sc...@cr41.staffs.ac.uk David Revitt shel...@netcom.com shells shime...@cs.nps.navy.mil timothy shimeall shor...@ic.sunysb.edu Schuyler W Horton sin...@ortel.org Gil Singer snowh...@aa.net Linda W. White son...@eskimo.com Boudicca stonesifer#m#_phyl...@msgw.vf.mmc.com Stonesifer, Phyllis s...@crl.com Steve Roberts s_r...@nocmsmgw.harvard.edu s rich ta...@banks.iii.net Barnet Sherman t...@tccn.com Coralie J. Allen teleg...@derm.med.upenn.edu Patti Telegan t...@netcom.com Thomas G. McWilliams Tickta...@aol.com tsin...@u.washington.edu T. Singer twpie...@midway.uchicago.edu Tim Pierce UGM...@SOUTH-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK Abdul W Abdul ulf.gar...@ng.hik.se Ulf Garpmo wana...@kingkong.escape.de Ulf Bahrenfuss Voted No ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ a...@sashimi.wwa.com Andrew H. Marrinson akilg...@thinkage.on.ca Anita Kilgour bal...@nexus.yorku.ca Balaji csa...@urc.tue.nl Michiel Wijers e...@crl.com Ed Anderson e...@titipu.resun.com Edward Reid e...@panix.com Emery Lapinski hit...@primenet.com HiTech j...@levin.MV.COM Joel B Levin kshoj...@wimsey.com Kam Shojania, MD sma...@turing.toronto.edu Smarasderagd stain...@bga.com Dwight Brown widen...@cc.helsinki.fi Risto Widenius Abstained ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ crouc...@flidh101.delcoelect.com Kenneth P Crouch Edward_McSwee...@exec.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov Edward McSweegan huusk...@cc.helsinki.fi Taneli Huuskonen m...@RedBrick.COM M Mike Taksar KC6ZPS Votes in error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cami...@primenet.com Camilla Cracchiolo ! No vote statement in message ewin...@ix.netcom.com ewinner ! No vote statement in message ivh...@IAEhv.nl Ivar van Heijningen ! No vote statement in message joly...@access.digex.net Johanna Lynch ! No vote statement in message mree...@ns.net Michael J. Reeves ! No vote statement in message n...@news.doas.state.ga.us NEWS News Admin. ! Invalid address rev...@dsm1.dsmnet.com Robert M. Evans ! No vote statement in message r...@hosp5.phklug.mednet.com Vladimir A. Bolibok ! Invalid address