CFV: sci.bio.immunocytochem
David Bostwick
FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group sci.bio.immunocytochem
Newsgroups line:
sci.bio.immunocytochem Immuno-labelling of biological material.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 16 Jun 1997.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Amanda Wilson <awi...@aw.u-net.com>
Mentor: Jonathan Grobe <gr...@netins.net>
Votetaker: David Bostwick <bost...@cas.chemistry.gatech.edu>
RATIONALE: sci.bio.immunocytochem
Immunohistochemists and immunocytochemists already enjoy the
benefits of online communication, utilizing e-mail, accessing web
sites, and subscribing to specialised mailing lists. Usenet
newsgroups are also popular, but this is less obvious because
articles with immunocytochemical/immunohistochemical content
get posted to many different newsgroups. Most articles are
posted to a favourite five or six newsgroups including
bionet.cellbiol, sci.med.immunology and sci.techniques.microscopy,
but often articles get posted to any one of fourteen or fifteen
newsgroups in the sci. and bionet. heirarchies. Some of these are
listed in the distribution list at the end of this proposal.
In my view, no existing newsgroup fulfils the criteria necessary
to attract all the various immunocytochemistry postings. I do not
wish to draw users away from other newsgroups, only to encourage
scientists to share their knowledge and expertise on
immunocytochemistry in the most effective manner.
Immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry are not
subdivisions of immunology, molecular biology or chemistry.
Microscopy, although essential, is only a small part of the story.
Immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry are multi-
disciplinary, therefore discussions are destined to stay distributed
amongst the different newsgroups until they are all brought
together under one umbrella. This would then act as a focus point
for all the immunocytochemists who are already Internet users, and
encourage new subscribers to Usenet.
CHARTER: sci.bio.immunocytochem
This is a newsgroup for the exchange of information relating to
immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry, and all forms of
related affinity labelling methods, such as lectins and in-situ
hybridisation. These unique research tools are used to locate and
identify specific molecules in biological material, at the
microscopical level.
Articles posted to this group must be relevant to one or more
aspects of the above. The kind of subjects that may be discussed
include techniques, theory, presentation of results, requests for
collaboration, history, equipment, publication references, notice of
events, tips and trouble-shooting, jobs offered andwanted, jokes,
stories and new ideas, so long as the posting bears a direct
relevance to the central theme. There will be a list of Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs) to help newcomers.
A relevant posting could just be a simple question or answer, for
example "Has anyone got any experience with this reagent ?"or
"Which course could I attend to learn more about immunogold
labelling?". There will be articles reminding people to read the list
of FAQs prior to posting their own article. Usenet readers may get
involved in complex discussions about, for example, multiple
labelling, proper use of control experiments, microwave antigen
retrieval or quantitative measurements. Remember that articles
posted to a newsgroup are intended for a wide readership, so if you
have information which concerns only one or two people then
please don't use this newsgroup, use e-mail.
Commercial advertisements for services, equipment or reagents
violate the charter unless one or more of the following apply:
(a)The advertisement is part of a comprehensive article designed
specifically to address issues raised in earlier articles posted to the
group (b)A general reference to the type of product does not suffice
for technical reasons and it is necessary to specify the exact
commercial product (c) The information is offered primarily for
the benefit of the readers (d)The advertisement is for second-hand
equipment specific to immunocytochemistry (e) Requests or offers
for free products are acceptable if they are not part of a sales
promotion.
END CHARTER.
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David Bostwick
RESULT
unmoderated group sci.bio.immunocytochem passes 189:18
There were 189 YES votes and 18 NO votes, for a total of 207 valid votes.
There was 1 abstain.
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Newsgroups line:
sci.bio.immunocytochem Immuno-labelling of biological material.
The voting period ended at 23:59:59 UTC, 16 Jun 1997.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
Votetaker: David Bostwick <bost...@cas.chemistry.gatech.edu>
RATIONALE: sci.bio.immunocytochem
CHARTER: sci.bio.immunocytochem
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sci.bio.immunocytochem Final Vote Ack
Voted Yes
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aca...@mail2.cti.unav.es aca...@mail2.cti.unav.es
ag...@freenet.carleton.ca Colin Leech
ahe...@dircon.co.uk Andrew Henry
ajpi...@acs.ucalgary.ca Alisa J. Piekny
aka...@sghms.ac.uk A.KARIM
all...@biochem.iisc.ernet.in P.V.Subbarao
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api...@zg.tel.hr Ahmed Pirkic
ar...@freenet.carleton.ca Allison Haggarty
ax...@freenet.carleton.ca Rachelle Leger
bar...@norfolk.infi.net Barry H. Hellman, Jr., M.D.
bas...@biosci.mbp.missouri.edu Tobias Baskin
bb...@netside.com Beth Bray
bcel...@neuron.ato.org.tr Bulent Celasun
bee...@am.seer.wustl.edu David C. Beebe
bel...@unb.ca Susan Belfry
benc...@rockefeller.univ-lyon1.fr Benchaib Mehdi
BERND.B...@Roche.COM Dr. Bernd Bohrmann
bill....@daltile.com Bill Burns
b...@play.psych.mun.ca Robert Brown
bohm...@tcgcs.com John Bohmfalk
B...@bot.ku.dk Bo Johansen
Bonni...@aol.com Bonnie Whitaker
bout...@em.agr.ca Sam Boutros
br...@tmfs.mpgfk.tu-dresden.de Jens Bradt
br...@iupui.edu Bruce D. Ray
Carol_Bobrow...@qmail.path.mcw.edu Carol Ann Bobrowitz
cbi...@brynmawr.edu Caroline Bishop
ccan...@iafrica.com C Cantina
ceme...@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Carolyn J. Emerson
CHE...@admin3.usask.ca Brian Chelack
chi...@mbiweb.utmb.edu Gwen V. Childs, Ph.D.
clen...@acs.brockport.edu Craig Lending
cmrg...@usc.es Rosalma Gallego Gsmez
Colin....@dwt.csiro.au Colin Veitch
d.k...@ieee.org Don Kiely
Deca...@aol.com Cliff Berger
del...@univ-lyon1.fr Delorme
den...@sydpcug.org.au Dennis Hardgrove
desc...@sbbio.be Michel Deschuyteneer
df...@primenet.com Dr Sharon M Brookes
dgree...@hort.cri.nz Dr David R. Greenwood
dia...@eye.usyd.edu.au Diana van Driel
dimm...@aston.ac.uk Michael Dimmick
dj...@soton.ac.uk David Brownlee
dla...@netvision.net.il Daniel Lazard
dol...@cs.duke.edu Paul C. Dolber
drt...@silcom.com Michae. A. Richardson, M.D. FCAP drt...@silcom.com
eda...@pathserv.Stanford.EDU R. Eric Davis, M.D.
elain...@well.ox.ac.uk Elaine Levy
el...@Capital.Net Edgar Lynk
e...@rz.uni-sb.de Eberhard Morgenstern
eric....@ento.csiro.au Eric Hines
ezud...@mail2.cti.unav.es Enrique Zudaire
fo...@ura1195-6.univ-lyon1.fr FORT
gan...@biochem.iisc.ernet.in K.A.GANESH
gbz...@udcf.gla.ac.uk Laurence Tetley
gkr...@cms.cc.wayne.edu Gary Krause
gold...@fast.net Donald P. Cox
go...@zool.umd.edu Dennis Goode
GO...@hera.EMBL-Heidelberg.DE Brent Gowen
grbha...@ucdavis.edu Geeta Bharathan
gsan...@df.uba.ar Gustavo Sanchez
gsfr...@vetmed.wsu.edu Gregory S. Fraley
gst...@obsnsrv1.bio.uoknor.edu Greg Strout
guym...@deltanet.com Guy Macon
ha...@medcor.mcgill.ca Pat Hales
ha...@aecom.yu.edu David H. Hall
Hat...@Ifn-Magdeburg.de Christopher Hatton
Hea...@agresearch.cri.nz Heath, Derek
ho...@medizin.uni-leipzig.de Max Holzer
hra...@marccri.marc.cri.nz Ian Hallett
hra...@marccri.marc.cri.nz Paul Sutherland
hst...@marlin.utmb.edu Dr. H. Struse
ivp...@cc.uab.es Santiago Lopez
ja...@uia.ua.ac.be W.A. Jacob
j...@hteqa.demon.co.uk Jim Elsam
jk...@swt.edu Joseph R. Koke
jkie...@julian.uwo.ca J. A. KIERNAN
jkl...@capecod.net John C. Klimm
jl...@emory.edu James J. Lah
jl...@capecod.net Gerald J. Litt
jo...@scientist.com John G. Aghajanian, Ph.D.>=20
joro...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu John M. Robinson
jos...@mail2.cti.unav.es Jose A. Rodriguez
j...@ipass.net John P. O'Donnell
jrs...@ggr.co.uk John Spaull
Judy.Ca...@med.monash.edu.au judy callaghan
ju...@playfair.utoronto.ca Judy Trogadis
ka...@cornell.edu Kathie Berghorn
kjo...@odont.aau.dk Kaj Josephsen
kma...@u.washington.edu Ken Mackie
kma...@post.its.mcw.edu Kimberly Mauck
krer...@aton.abo.fi Krister Eriksson
ks...@uscom.com Keyur Shah
ksza...@mmm.com Karen S. Zaruba
lam...@ulb.ac.be AMEYE
la...@lava.net Lani Teshima-Miller
Laurent....@esa5017.u-bordeaux2.fr Laurent DELEPINE
les...@unixg.ubc.ca Lesley Weston
lesle...@ndirect.co.uk Lesley Jane
liz...@okway.okstate.edu Ginger R. Baker
LYM...@worldnet.att.net Richard Miller
m.mi...@ed-rbu.mrc.ac.uk Mike Millar
MAJ...@MKG.COM Michael Johnson
mak...@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Michael King
marc....@rug.ac.be Espeel
mark.b...@pi.net Mark Baptista
mcau...@UMDNJ.EDU Geoff McAuliffe
mc...@leonis.nus.sg Gerald Udolph
med...@leonis.nus.sg Mary Ng Mah Lee
m...@nwu.edu Mark Harms
mil...@em.agr.ca Shea Miller
mill...@IDT.NET Rodney T. Miller, M.D.
MLK...@novusint.com MLKITC
MLO...@medic.up.ac.za Marius Loots
MMAS...@medcor.mcgill.ca Michel Massaad
mmhe...@med.unc.edu Miriam Henson
Montagu...@exchange.uams.edu Donna C. Montague
mont...@montana.campus.mci.net Deborah Berglund
Monty...@bmc.boehringer-mannheim.com Monty J. Hyten
mp.ra...@mail.asianet.it Maria Pia Rastaldi
mro...@globalnet.co.uk Mark Roper
mso...@mistik.express.net Mustafa Soysal MS57
nos...@fwb.gulf.net Jules Dubois
Nub...@aol.com Noelle Patterson
nun...@msumusik.mursuky.edu Stacey A. Nunn
o...@nutr.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp Fusao Ota
pa...@south-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk Patricia Harnden
pa...@poseidon.physik.tu-berlin.de Michael Patra
paul.w...@yale.edu Paul Webster
pa...@inorth.on.ca Trevor Tymchuk
pbru...@u.washington.edu Paulette Brunner
phdu...@ulb.ac.be Philippe Dubois
Pierre....@esa5017.u-bordeaux2.fr AUBINEAU
pixe...@sn.no S. W. Tengelsen
P...@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Allan Mitchell
r.pi...@zetnet.co.uk RICHARD WILLIAM PITMAN
r.s...@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au Robert
ra...@ark.franken.de Ralf W. Stephan
rbon...@fs1.scg.man.ac.uk Richard Bonshek
rbu...@osu.edu Richard W. Burry
rhar...@sun3.oulu.fi Riitta Harjula
rh...@airmail.net Ronald H Houston
richard...@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Richard Lander
rm...@sghms.ac.uk R.F.MOSS
roba...@mail2.cti.unav.es Roberto Arias de Manuel
RONAL...@roche.com Ronald Cohn ; ronal...@roche.com
ron...@duke.usask.ca Ronald Doucette
ro...@capecod.net Dolores Scaldini Klimm
rosm...@pinkinc.com H. A. Rosman
rsch...@discover.net Robert L. Schmitt
RSCHOO...@MHS.UNC.EDU ROBERT SCHOONHOVEN
r...@plantpath.wisc.edu Russell N. Spear
sam...@wadsworth.org William A. Samsonoff
sav...@unb.ca Rod Savidge
sh...@mail.med.upenn.edu Neelima Shah
Sh...@agresearch.cri.nz Richard Shaw
simo...@aol.com Simon Smith
slcr...@facstaff.wisc.edu Sarah Crittenden
sli...@net-gate.com Diana G. Goodwin
spec...@pacifier.com Luther DeGado
srus...@ou.edu Scott Russell
sta...@stamper.com Chris Stamper
steff...@calc.vet.uga.edu W. L. Steffens
str...@UMDNJ.EDU Louise Strande
stu...@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Stuart Yeates
t24...@tip.nl Bert Oosting, PhD-student
tab...@lyon.fnclcc.fr Eric Tabone
te...@bani.ucl.ac.be Terao
thomas.h...@student.uni-tuebingen.de Thomas Hagenloch
Thorben.L...@plbio.kvl.dk Thorben Lundsgaard
TOMA...@aol.com Thomas J. Kuwahara
Toot...@pouch.com Cliff Baynon
t...@rri.sari.ac.uk Tim King
tp...@po.CWRU.Edu Theresa P Pretlow
trev...@uoneuro.uoregon.edu Bill Trevarrow
twia...@health.adelaide.edu.au Todd Wiadrowski
u217...@acsusun.acsu.unsw.edu.au D Yeung
uka...@hannover.sgh-net.de Udo Kaempf
VAN...@cesmtp.ccf.org David Van Wagoner Ph.D.
vect...@marquis.netinc.ca Patrick Keogh
virg...@oncology.uthscsa.edu Virginia Boucher
vpd...@hiwaay.net Victor Dura
W.van...@vthrc.uq.edu.au WALTER VAN HEUMEN
wgsc...@med.uni-tuebingen.de Wolfgang Schechinger
win...@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de Reinhard Windoffer
z...@cjnetworks.com Ned Fleming
Voted No
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bo...@datasync.com Martin H. Booda
dar...@smtplink.Coh.ORG Daniel A. Arber
eut...@siam.muc.de Ekkehard Uthke
gpr9...@uconnvm.uconn.edu G.P. Ryan
ki...@netcom.com Kim DeVaughn
legcjjk@_spaamtraap_lusta.latrobe.edu.au Jason King
mar...@pacbell.net Aaron Marquez
mas...@mail.deltanet.com Nacho Masters
na...@mips.rhein-neckar.de Christian Weisgerber
ol...@viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar
pa...@lcs.mit.edu Patrick J. LoPresti
rich...@vcn.bc.ca Richard Songhurst
ri...@bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller
stai...@bga.com Dwight Brown
stei...@primenet.com Jason Steiner
T.Bo...@Queens-Belfast.AC.UK Tony Bowden
to...@null.net Tony Basoglu
u...@doliolum.biology.yale.edu Una Smith
Abstained
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kir...@nki.nl joerg kirberg