There were 109 YES votes and 18 NO votes, for a total of 127 valid
votes.  There was 1 invalid ballot.

For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes.  There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  Unless
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the group
may not be voted on again for six months.

Newsgroups line:
rec.motorcycles.cruisers        All types of cruising motorcycles.

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 19 Jul 1999.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Curtis D. Levin <cdle...@dialisdn.com>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <ne...@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: rec.motorcycles.cruisers

This newsgroup is being created to ease the traffic in other
motorcycle groups and to unite the cruising motorcyclists in
an area of common understanding, without prejudice against
marque. This will help the motorcycle community as
a whole, and promote brotherhood and friendship across
all boundaries of motorcycling.

CHARTER: rec.motorcycles.cruisers

This newsgroup is a text only newsgroup, and postings will
be conducted in English. Requests in other languages may be
honored if somone else is present who perhaps speaks the language.
Please refrain from posting binaries, HTML, Mime or any other
encoded messages.

END CHARTER.

rec.motorcycles.cruisers Final Voter list

NOTE:  This is not [to be used as] a mailing list.  The email addresses
are posted only to help verify the interest poll.  Thank you.

There were 145 YES votes and 19 NO votes, for a total of 164 valid
votes.  There were 2 abstentions and 1 invalid ballot.

For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes.  There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
comp.emulators.freemware        Open source PC Virtualisation software.

Voting closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 29 Jun 1999.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: David Hallowell <li...@cableinet.co.uk>
Votetaker: Dave Cornejo <d...@dogwood.com>

RATIONALE: comp.emulators.freemware

The goal of the freemware project is to create an extensible open
source PC virtualization software program which will allow PC and
workstation users to run multiple operating systems concurrently
on the same machine.

Since the project has been launched the co-ordinator of this
project has had hundreds of emails about the request. The
co-ordinator of this project is author of the commercial Bochs PC
emulation software and will move some of the code he's written for
Bochs into this open source project.

This newsgroup will be for discussion of this project.

CHARTER: comp.emulators.freemware

The comp.emulators.freemware is for those wishing to discuss
the the Freemware PC virtualisation software.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:

 Design and implementation of the freemware software
 Licensing issues (e.g. which open source licence to use)
 Performance Issues
 Debugging Applications
 Bug reporting

While small bug or example programs will be allowed, the posting
of binaries is prohibited.

The following will also not be tolerated:

  Commercial postings (spam)
  Off-topic (not related to freemware) or offensive postings

Announcements of new releases of freemware will be allowed.

comp.emulators.freemware will not be moderated.

END CHARTER.

comp.emulators.freemware Final Voter list

 Yes  No  | 2/3 >100 | Pass | Group
---- ---- | --- ---- | ---- | -------------------------------------------
 204   52 | Yes  Yes |  Yes | rec.boats.paddle.touring
 194   57 | Yes  Yes |  Yes | rec.boats.paddle.whitewater

There were 261 valid ballots and 8 invalid ballots

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the groups shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups lines:
rec.boats.paddle.touring        Flatwater paddling and touring.
rec.boats.paddle.whitewater     Whitewater paddling.

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Jul 1999.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: John Lester <jwles...@ucdavis.edu>
Proponent: Bob Solak <solak...@pilot.msu.edu>
Proponent: Bud Chavez <bcha...@rippe.com>
Proponent: Lloyd Bowles <lbow...@bmts.com>
Proponent: Don Varnau <dvar...@idir.net>
Proponent: Jim Michaels <jmicha...@home.com>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <ne...@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: rec.boats.paddle.touring

The newsgroup rec.boats.paddle carried more than 17,500 messages in
the first three months of 1999 for an average of 195 per day.  A
newsgroup with almost 200 messages per day can be difficult to read
and is considered by many to be too busy. Additionally, the total
number of posts increased by 40% from 1997 to 1998 (50,285 in
1998 vs 36,008 in 1997.) It is reasonable to expect that this growth
will continue. The creation of two new groups as subgroups to
rec.boats.paddle would redistribute this traffic among three groups
and would allow paddlers to read and post to a more focused group.

Discussion of flatwater paddling constitutes a minority of the traffic
on rbp.  A rec.boats.paddle.touring group would provide a forum for
those who are interested primarily in the use of canoes, kayaks,
pulling boats or similar craft on rivers, lakes, oceans or other
essentially flat bodies of water.  It is hoped that a lower volume
group, dedicated to touring, will encourage posting by paddlers who
are currently exchanging information through mailing lists, bulletin
boards, or other forums.

RATIONALE: rec.boats.paddle.whitewater

The newsgroup rec.boats.paddle carried more than 17,500 messages in
the first three months of 1999 for an average of 195 per day.  A
newsgroup with almost 200 messages per day can be difficult to read
and is considered by many to be too busy. Additionally, the total
number of posts increased by 40% from 1997 to 1998 (50,285 in
1998 vs 36,008 in 1997.) It is reasonable to expect that this growth
will continue. The creation of two new groups as subgroups to
rec.boats.paddle would redistribute this traffic among three groups
and would allow paddlers to read and post to a more focused group.

Relevant discussion of whitewater paddling on rec.boats.paddle has
been diminished by the large number of posts and the broad scope of
those posts.  A rec.boats.paddle.whitewater group would facilitate
focused, quality discussion for those who use kayaks, canoes, rafts,
or similar craft on whitewater.

CHARTER: rec.boats.paddle.touring

Appropriate topics for rec.boats.paddle.touring include questions and
comments about the paddling of canoes, sea, touring or recreational
kayaks and related craft on, rivers, lakes, and oceans for touring,
excursions, and explorations of any length. This may include some
discussion of whitewater if undertaken as part of a longer trip.
Discussion of equipment, techniques, routes, or trip reports would be
appropriate. Discussion of other paddling-related topics should be
taken to either rec.boats.paddle or rec.boats.paddle.whitewater, as
appropriate.

Crossposting should be kept to a minimum. An article which would be of
interest to the entire paddling community should be posted to
rec.boats.paddle instead of to the subgroups.  Readers who
are interested in general paddling traffic should subscribe
to rec.boats.paddle.

In accordance with current Usenet guidelines, spam is prohibited.
Commercial posts should be relevant, short and infrequent.  A link to
a website, or an e-mail address should be posted rather than the
promotional material itself.

For Sale and Wanted to Buy posts by individuals should be preceded by
a [FS] or [WTB] flag in the subject header and should be posted no
more than once per week.

Binary files should not be posted to this newsgroup.

END CHARTER.

CHARTER: rec.boats.paddle.whitewater

Appropriate topics for rec.boats.paddle.whitewater include questions
and comments about the paddling of swiftly moving water primarily in
rivers, but also including ocean water in the surf zone or in tidal
bores. Though not technically whitewater, discussion of the sport of
canoe (kayak) polo is also acceptable. Discussion of paddling
whitewater by any craft is acceptable, including but not limited to
kayaks, canoes, rafts, surf skis, inflatable kayaks and dories.
Additionally, discussion of whitewater travel by riverboard, inner
tube or in the total absence of a craft (swimming) is permitted.
Discussion of equipment, techniques, river conditions, trip reports,
or trips being planned would be appropriate. Discussion of other
paddling-related topics should be taken to either rec.boats.paddle or
rec.boats.paddle.touring, as appropriate.

Crossposting should be kept to a minimum. An article which would be of
interest to the entire paddling community should be posted to
rec.boats.paddle instead of to the subgroups.  Readers who are
interested in general paddling traffic should subscribe to
rec.boats.paddle.

In accordance with current Usenet guidelines, spam is prohibited.
Commercial posts should be relevant, short and infrequent.  A link to
a website, or an e-mail address should be posted rather than the
promotional material itself.

For Sale and Wanted to Buy posts by individuals should be preceded by
a [FS] or [WTB] flag in the subject header and should be posted no
more than once per week.

Binary files should not be posted to this newsgroup.

END CHARTER.

rec.boats.paddle-reorg Final Voter list

NOTE:  This is not [to be used as] a mailing list.  The email addresses
are posted only to help verify the interest poll.  Thank you.

There were 183 YES votes and 48 NO votes, for a total of 231 valid
votes.  There were 7 abstentions and 3 invalid ballots.

For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes.  There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated    Discussion of Formula One racing. (Moderated)

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Jul 1999.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Stephen M Baines <step...@motorsport.org.uk>
Proponent: David Betts <dav...@dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk>
Proponent: Andrea Cocchiglia <a...@dgs.monash.edu.au>
Proponent: Tom Cosgrave <t...@indigo.ie>
Proponent: Paul Cronin <can...@email.msn.com>
Proponent: Thomas Gmuer <tho...@pitlane.com>
Proponent: Paul Ian Harman <paul_har...@pa.press.net>
Proponent: Julie Miles <jmi...@unibase.com>
Proponent: James Robson <ja...@indexsystems.co.uk>
Proponent: Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro <r...@mat.uc.pt>
Proponent: Gerard Stutje <ger...@costabrava.net>
Proponent: Geoffrey Webber <Ge...@pertinent.demon.co.uk>
Proponent: Glenys Williams-Hesse <gle...@tgis.co.uk>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <ne...@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Formula One racing has been the subject of Usenet discussion for many
years.  The existing newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1 (RASF1) gets at
least two hundred messages a day during the off-season, with the
volume doubling during the season and peaking at even higher rates
immediately following a race.  Much of this traffic is relevant and
of high quality, but there is also a significant amount of driver and
team abuse, attacks aimed at other posters to the newsgroup, and
discussion on topics not related to Formula One.  Many former posters
to the group have left because of these conditions.

The situation has been discussed extensively in RASF1, and the
discussions have shown that there are now two quite distinct groups
of subscribers: those who value the present culture, and who do not
wish to jeopardize the sense of community in RASF1 by attempting to
enforce the charter more stringently; and those who would prefer a
lower volume, less combative and more focused group.

Rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated is intended to be a forum where all
topics related to Formula One racing can be discussed without
distractions. Questions and answers about the sport will be welcomed
and a FAQ will be made available.

CHARTER: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Note: This Charter is intended to be read in conjunction with the
Moderation Policy which is appended.

(a)  Rationale

     The goal of rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated (hereafter RASF1M) is
     to provide a forum for the discussion of Formula One racing.  It
     differs from the existing English language newsgroups for F1
     (eg: rec.autos.sport.f1) in that it is moderated: the intention
     of this is to retain the opportunities for discussing Formula
     One currently found in other groups while preventing the spam,
     commercial posts, abuse directed towards F1 personalities and
     teams, participant abuse and postings completely unrelated to F1
     racing which can also be found there.

     The guiding principle for all moderators will be to interfere as
     little as possible with the discussions, whilst maintaining
     adherence to the Charter and Policy.

(b)  On- and off-charter postings

     This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
     Formula One. This can be assumed to cover topics such as races,
     results, drivers, teams, circuits, trips to races, gossip,
     rumours, sponsorship, reports of comments made by F1 personnel,
     careers of former F1 drivers, news items, rules, safety and
     upcoming events involving F1 personnel.

     It would be inappropriate and indeed impossible for a newsgroup
     charter to give an exhaustive list of what is and isn't
     acceptable.  However, postings which have no connection at all
     to Formula One are unlikely to qualify.  The final arbiter of
     this will be the moderators, working within the guidelines of
     the Policy as appended.

     Any submission which is relevant, civil and not in violation of
     the moderation policy will be accepted for posting.

(c)  Moderation Policy

     This is appended to the Charter and is divided into three
     sections:

     1.  Restrictions on Articles
     2.  Moderators' Role
     3.  General Administration

Moderation policy:

Appendix: Moderation Policy for RASF1M

1.  Restrictions on Articles
    1.1  Acceptable topics
    1.2  On-charter threads
    1.3  Spoilers
    1.4  Unacceptable posts
    1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

2.  Moderator's Role
    2.1  Posts not modified
    2.2  Rejected posts
    2.3  Basis for rejection
    2.4  Undeliverable email
    2.5  Moderators' opinions
    2.6  Off-charter posts
    2.7  Removal of auto-approve status
    2.8  No retromoderation
    2.9  Administrative mailing list

3.  General Administration
    3.1  New moderators
    3.2  Removal of moderators
    3.3  Revisions to this policy
    3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ
    3.5  Disclaimer
    3.6  Approval of posts
    3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

1.  Restrictions on Articles

The Moderation Policy for RASF1M is guided by the statement laid out
in its Charter, namely that

     "the intention of this is to retain the opportunities for
     discussing Formula One currently found in other groups while
     preventing the spam, commercial posts, abuse directed
     towards F1 personalities and teams, participant abuse and
     posts completely unrelated to F1 racing which can also be
     found there."

1.1  Acceptable topics

This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
Formula One motor racing.  Any article about F1 which does not
contravene the guidelines set out here will be posted.

Potential topics might include the following:

     Races (results, discussions, first-hand accounts)
     Practice/testing results
     Drivers (former, present and potential future F1 drivers)
     Teams
     Circuits
     Requests for advice on attending races (prices, seating,
     equipment, etc)
     "Silly season" rumours and news
     Events involving former and/or present F1 cars and personalities
     (eg: historic car meets, celebrity kart races, Le Mans,
     promotional/media appearances)
     News stories involving present and former F1 personalities
     Sponsorship in F1
     Rules
     Safety
     Requests for, and information on, scheduled TV viewing times
     Announcements concerning RASF1/RASF1M gatherings, meetings
     and reunions

1.2  On-charter threads

Posters to this newsgroup are expected to conform as much as possible
to the requirement that articles are on-charter, as described above.
It is acknowledged that threads will sometimes tend to drift off-
charter; if this occurs, the participants will be expected to take
the discussion to a more appropriate forum as soon as possible.  If
required, a moderator will post a reminder to the thread in question.
Articles which attempt to begin a new thread with an off-charter post
are not acceptable.

1.3  Spoilers

Posts which mention or discuss a race result within 48 hours of the
chequered flag should make use of Spoiler conventions.  A lot of
people cannot watch races live, but still need to consult the
newsgroup for qualifying information, last-minute changes to
broadcast times, and so on.  Posters are therefore expected to
include the word "[SPOILER]" in the subject of posts about races less
than 48 hours old, and to omit details of the result from the Subject
header.

1.4  Unacceptable posts

     1.4.1  Posts which are solely about other types of motorsport
     and do not mention F1 should be directed to the appropriate
     group for that race series. (e.g. NASCAR posts go to
     rec.autos.sport.nascar (moderated).)

     1.4.2  Binaries will not be accepted.  Posts which contain a URL
     for a binary placed on a web page are acceptable.

     1.4.3  Posts in formats other than plain text, such as HTML,
     will not be accepted.  The moderators will send a short note to
     the poster explaining how s/he can set the newsreader to post in
     plain text.

     1.4.4  Posts which advertise a commercial service or product
     will not be accepted. However, the use of a signature that
     contains a business name, address, phone number or URL, or
     reference to a product or service, is considered acceptable
     provided the signature is otherwise compliant.

     Posts advising the group of charitable racing-related events, or
     offering race tickets at or below face value, are also permitted.

     1.4.5  Crossposts are not accepted for technical reasons.  The
     sole exceptions are posts from rec.autos.sport.info and Usenet
     Administrative crossposts, such as those from
     news.announce.newsgroups.

     1.4.6  Posts that are intended or likely to provoke abuse from
     other readers of the group are not acceptable.  This category
     includes messages containing racial abuse, or offensive and
     malicious statements about drivers, other people associated with
     the sport, or other posters.  It also includes fulsome,
     excessive and unsubstantiated praise of a driver, team, or any
     other person.

There were 23 YES votes and 39 NO votes, for a total of 62 valid
votes.  There were 2 abstentions and 2 invalid ballots.

For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes.  There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  Unless
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the group
may not be voted on again for six months.

Newsgroups line:
rec.music.artists.blind-guardian        The music group Blind Guardian.

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Jul 1999.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Andreas Kalchschmid <blackcham...@mordor.ch>
Mentor: Jonathan Grobe <gr...@worf.netins.net>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <ne...@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: rec.music.artists.blind-guardian

Blind Guardian is a Heavy Metal Band, you even can say an Art Metal Band as
there are many classical and folky elements in there kind of music. The band
exists since 1988 and soon they have been popular all over the world in the
metal scene what you can see in their immense success in Japan. Their songs
are often about books or film of the fantasy and sci-fi genre. This
newsgroup should be created, because many people all over the world would be
interested in it. There exist some hundred private sites in the internet
about Blind Guardian, and nearly all of them are highly visited. There also
exist some html-based discussion pages and they are high frequented, too.
But having a good discussion on this pages isn't very easy and comfortabe,
caused by the long time you have to wait to get or post a message. And there
is also the disadvantage that you cannot sort the articles by date, name or
anything else.

CHARTER: rec.music.artists.blind-guardian

All articles suitable for posting to rec.music.artists.blind-guardian are
those pertaining to any topic related to the music group Blind Guardian
Expected topics of discussion will include:
-meanings of lyrics, covers
-interviews or speeches of the band
-exchange of urls of band related sites
-new tours or CDs of the band
-some fantasy and sci-fi related issues (caused by the discussions of the
 meaning of lyrics and covers)
-related bands
-Advertising posts: If there is a new product of Blind Guardian (website,
 book...) it is allright to post one message that this new product exists
 now, but it is not allowed to post a second time.
 Inappropriate posts will include:
-Flaming and inappropriate posts.  All users of this group will
 maintain a level of respect and common courtesy for other posters
 and will refrain from using excessive foul or threatening language
 whose purpose is to disrespect another user.
-Binaries like pictures or sounds except those of the PGP type

END CHARTER.

rec.music.artists.blind-guardian Final Voter list

NOTE:  This is not [to be used as] a mailing list.  The email addresses
are posted only to help verify the interest poll.  Thank you.

Voted YES
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mcduke [at] magnet.at                                            Thomas Herzog
s338443 [at] student.uq.edu.au                                 Shaun Nancarrow
dany.steyaert [at] ping.be                                       Dany Steyaert
blackchamber [at] mordor.ch                                          Andreas =
hornist1 [at] aol.com                                                Hornist 1
Jason.Breitweg [at] blind-guardian.com                          Jason Breitweg
stacia [at] io.com                                              Stacia Kissick
Mordeth [at] nettaxi.com                                  Cillian Critchley=20
fkrebs [at] bndlg.de                       Florian Krebs<BR>&nbsp;<BR><FONT=20
jdarmochwal [at] gmx.de                                         Jan Darmochwal
tarak.kwien [at] gmx.de                                          Jan Peterding
stratovarius [at] gmx.de                                           Julian Luna
mwirz [at] HTWM.De                                                Michael Wirz
vote-big8 [at] kholdan.snafu.de                                    tobias erle
GTM_Boehm [at] t-online.de                                        Michael Böhm
uli [at] math.auc.dk                                         Ulrich Fehrenberg
rufinus [at] mbe.ece.wisc.edu                                        J Rufinus
runggaldier [at] iol.it                                Klaus Oskar Runggaldier
DonMetal [at] Gmx.Net                                           Rasmus Althoff
soth [at] gmx.net                                                 Jens Fischer
finn0 [at] lineone.net                                            Maurice Finn
nm156 [at] ihug.co.nz                                          Glenn Caulfield
l42809 [at] alfa.ist.utl.pt                                      Pedro Andrade

Voted NO
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crleech [at] freenet.carleton.ca                                      C. Leech
trevort [at] inorth.on.ca                                       Trevor Tymchuk
travis [at] SEDSystems.ca                                   Shane H. W. Travis
ru [at] cls.usask.ca                                               Ru Igarashi
jeremymcm1 [at] aol.com                                        Jeremy McMillan
sforsell [at] aol.com                                            Scott Forsell
valeriepg [at] aol.com                                          Valerie Romano
kimdv [at] best.com                                               Kim DeVaughn
stainles [at] bga.com                                             Dwight Brown
davidbath [at] bigfoot.com                                       David E. Bath
dputzolu [at] BigFoot.com                                     David M. Putzolu
ahk [at] chinet.chinet.com                                      Adam H. Kerman
ferret [at] enteract.com                                            Karl Meyer
julesd [at] erols.com                                             Jules Dubois
celticwiccan [at] hotmail.com                                      Peter Byron
jesp [at] hotmail.com                                          Eugenio Sanchez
kamlet [at] infinet.com                                             Art Kamlet
cipher [at] mindspring.com                                              Cipher
gprrspw [at] mindspring.com                                          G.P. Ryan
olav [at] viking.mv.com                                        Olav Nieuwejaar
phil [at] panix.com                                             Phil Gustafson
bmailman [at] sfo.com                                            Brian Mailman
josephb [at] tezcat.com                                          Joe Bernstein
francis_uy [at] yahoo.com                                             Frank Uy
Ekkehard.Uthke [at] gmx.de                                      Ekkehard Uthke
naddy [at] mips.rhein-neckar.de                           Christian Weisgerber
c928400 [at] student.dtu.dk                                    Preben Guldberg
jdavis [at] bsod.CS.Arizona.EDU                                      Jim Davis
hfung [at] csupomona.edu                                             Hank Fung
meg [at] Steam.Stanford.EDU                                         meg worley
rick [at] bcm.tmc.edu                                           Richard Miller
graham [at] maxwell.ee.washington.edu                           Stephen Graham
porter.clark [at] msfc.nasa.gov                                J. Porter Clark
tov [at] altavista.net                                              Mike Craig
larmondin [at] ica.net                                               Larmondin
a.dawson [at] pmail.net                                            Alex Dawson
kate [at] haven.eyrie.org
joeshaw [at] oh.krunk.org                                             Joe Shaw
merlin [at] A470.demon.co.uk                                   Darren Wyn Rees

Abstained
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mcclenon [at] erols.com                                           Bob McClenon
chris [at] kzim.com                                Christopher Robin Zimmerman

Invalid votes
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mail [at] frenki.de                                              Frank Barwich
    ! Ineligible address
alperi [at] REMOVESPAMGUARDdds.nl                                  Alper Cugun
    ! Undeliverable address: user unknown munged and unmunged

There were 40 YES votes and 10 NO votes, for a total of 50 valid
votes.  There were 3 abstentions.

For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes.  There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  Unless
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the group
may not be voted on again for six months.

Newsgroups line:
sci.polymers.molding    All molding & molding based manufacturing.

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Jul 1999.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Andrew P. Powell <andy...@sprynet.com>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <ne...@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: sci.polymers.molding

The sci.polymers.molding NG will provide a worldwide resource for
plastics (polymer) people to get technical, marketing or general
information. Molded component parts are the starting point for
many manufactured consumer goods.

The sci.polymers.molding will aid people involved with this
prevalent manufacturing technique.  The growing array of plastic,
metal, ceramic, foam, thermal pressure, rubber and silicone parts
or products grows daily.  The people involved in these processes
need a place to investigate molds, equipment and manufacturing
system design and marketing issues.  New product are being developed
constantly, merging know how and processes from various industries.

CHARTER: sci.polymers.molding

This newsgroup is a worldwide resource for questions, statements and
issues regarding plastic molding and plastic molding based manufacturing.

The sci.polymers.molding newsgroup welcomes postings concerning
plastic/polymer, metal, ceramic, foam, blow, thermal pressure, rubber
and silicone molding, part, mold, equipment and manufacturing system
design issues, questions and ideas.  New product manufacturing
techniques, equipment recommendations, conference/trade show notices
and plastic & rubber links are also be welcome.

END CHARTER.

sci.polymers.molding Final Voter list

NOTE:  This is not [to be used as] a mailing list.  The email addresses
are posted only to help verify the interest poll.  Thank you.

Voted YES
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hum [at] nettrek.com.au                                            Rolan Hulme
dany.steyaert [at] ping.be                                       Dany Steyaert
trevort [at] inorth.on.ca                                       Trevor Tymchuk
smoking357 [at] aol.com                                       Brian P. Sweeney
TJKugel [at] aol.com                                             Timothy Kugel
kimdv [at] best.com                                               Kim DeVaughn
msr [at] comco.com                                     Ravisankar S. Mayavaram
Comet [at] Comet-Tool.com                                           Don Horner
jasper [at] janssen.dynip.com                                   Jasper Janssen
mcclenon [at] erols.com                                           Bob McClenon
celticwiccan [at] hotmail.com                                      Peter Byron
jesp [at] hotmail.com                                          Eugenio Sanchez
kamlet [at] infinet.com                                             Art Kamlet
stacia [at] io.com                                              Stacia Kissick
info [at] mimsystems.com                                   Jean-Marc Bo=E9chat
cipher [at] mindspring.com                                              Cipher
source [at] netcom.com                                            David Harmon
clive.maier.econology [at] dial.pipex.com                        Clive A Maier
pan [at] syix.com                                                          Pan
dougob [at] the-spa.com                                           Doug O'Brien
fiedler [at] izm.fhg.de                                         Stefan Fiedler
vote-big8 [at] kholdan.snafu.de                                    tobias erle
sreeni [at] ktp.uni-paderborn.de                           Sreenivas Paruchuri
mark.stapleton [at] gtri.gatech.edu                             Mark Stapleton
omar [at] math.umd.edu                                             Omar Lakkis
rufinus [at] mbe.ece.wisc.edu                                        J Rufinus
ellis [at] ftel.net                                                 Rick Ellis
forestech [at] mpinet.net                                         Peter Nopper
slepian [at] nb.net                   R. M. Slepian,  robertmslep...@eaton.com
a.dawson [at] pmail.net                                            Alex Dawson
gabe1 [at] softhome.net                                           Gabriel Picu
steamer [at] sonic.net                                             Edward Haas
rb211 [at] nelson.tds.net                                    William W Bagwell
dewitaj [at] concepts.nl                                             A. de Wit
rsmith [at] xs4all.nl                          Roland Smith <rsm...@xs4all.nl>
chil020 [at] student.auckland.ac.nz                               Carrick Hill
hendriem [at] ihug.co.nz                                       Malcolm Hendrie
rezola [at] mail.telepac.pt                              Jaime Rezola Clemente
Mark [at] ellmar.demon.co.uk                                        Mark Eller
trev [at] hydron.demon.co.uk                                    Trevor Glasbey

Voted NO
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yan [at] storm.ca                                            Yves Bellefeuille
jeremymcm1 [at] aol.com                                        Jeremy McMillan
valeriepg [at] aol.com                                          Valerie Romano
stainles [at] bga.com                                             Dwight Brown
julesd [at] erols.com                                             Jules Dubois
gprrspw [at] mindspring.com                                          G.P. Ryan
olav [at] viking.mv.com                                        Olav Nieuwejaar
Ekkehard.Uthke [at] gmx.de                                      Ekkehard Uthke
naddy [at] mips.rhein-neckar.de                           Christian Weisgerber
rick [at] bcm.tmc.edu                                           Richard Miller

Abstained
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sforsell [at] aol.com                                            Scott Forsell
chris [at] kzim.com                                Christopher Robin Zimmerman
merlin [at] A470.demon.co.uk                                   Darren Wyn Rees

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This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup rec.crafts.scrapbooks.  This
is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Procedural details are below.

Newsgroup line:
rec.crafts.scrapbooks   The art of scrapbooking and its techniques.

RATIONALE: rec.crafts.scrapbooks

There has been a great increase in the popularity and interest of
scrapbook creation.  Many people enjoy the craft of scrapbooking and
desire a forum where they can meet to discuss techniques, supply
sources, vendors, page layouts, arrange swaps, thereby improving their
scrapbook crafting knowledge.

There is currently no newsgroup to discuss the craft of scrapbooking.
Several scrapbook listservs exist, but there are large volumes of mail
(150 messages per day) and many members of the listserv, and of other
rec.crafts.* groups have asked about the establishment of a Usenet
Newsgroup.  This group would not replace the mailing lists but
complement them and allow a greater number of scrapbook crafters a
place to discuss their craft.

CHARTER: rec.crafts.scrapbooks

The purpose of the newsgroup is to facilitate open discussion of the
craft of scrapbooking.  It will provide a global forum to discuss
topics concerning scrapbooking, its techniques, vendors, supply
sources, and to arrange swaps.

The group will be unmoderated.

Postings from vendors advertising products and sales related to
scrapbooking supplies are welcome, provided they announce the word
"vendor" in the subject of their posting.

END CHARTER.

PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved.  The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it.  Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal".  Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD will be posted to the following newsgroups:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
misc.creativity
rec.arts.misc
k12.ed.art
rec.crafts.misc
rec.crafts.textiles.misc
rec.photo.misc
uk.rec.crafts
rec.crafts.rubberstamps

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup rec.travel.europe.uk.  This is
not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.  Procedural
details are below.

Newsgroup line:
rec.travel.europe.uk    Travel in/to/from the United Kingdom.

RATIONALE: rec.travel.europe.uk

With rec.travel.europe presently receiving over two hundred posts a
day, the group has become too big to use practically, which has
resulted in fewer people subscribing to the group except when they
have a new message to post, which has in turn meant fewer messages are
replied to.  Whilst many messages in rec.travel.europe regard travel
across Europe as a whole, many others are concerned with travel to
specific regions or countries.  With a sub level of rec.travel.europe
being created this will lead the way for far more European travel
newsgroups to be created covering various different countries and
regions, whilst maintain the existing group (rec.travel.europe) for
discussion of travel around Europe as a whole.  This will create a net
increase in messages about travel in Europe as well as a better
quality of discussion, because people will be able to subscribe to a
specific group or groups for the areas of European travel in which
they are interested and thereby have fewer headers for discussions in
which they are not interested to sort through.

CHARTER: rec.travel.europe.uk

rec.travel.europe.uk is for the discussion of travel: in the United
Kingdom, to the United Kingdom, or from the United Kingdom.

Cross posting between rec.travel.europe.uk and other
rec.travel.europe.* newsgroups or rec.travel.europe is not welcome,
unless the post specifically concerns travel between the regions or
countries which are the topic of those newsgroups, in which case one
follow-up group should be set.

In general excessive cross posting is unwelcome especially if no
follow-up group is set.

With the exception of PGP signatures, all encoded binaries (eg
pictures, word processor files, .zip files etc), html, or similar
non-plaintext postings are *forbidden*; malformed posts from badly
configured newsreaders are also unwelcome.

Advertising is not welcome

Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their
postmaster/ ISP.

END CHARTER.

PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved.  The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it.  Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal".  Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.travel.europe