RESULT: comp.infosystems.search passes 145:15
Rebecca McQuitty
RESULT
unmoderated group comp.infosystems.search passes 145:15
There were 145 YES votes and 15 NO votes, for a total of 160 valid
votes. There was 1 abstain and 3 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.
Newsgroups line:
comp.infosystems.search All aspects of search technology.
The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 11 Sep 1997.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Questions about the
proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Mark Atkinson <mat...@verity.com>
Mentor: Jonathan Grobe <gr...@worf.netins.net>
Votetaker: Rebecca McQuitty <m...@wco.com>
RATIONALE: comp.infosystems.search
This news group would be the first newsgroup of it's kind setup
specifically for the discussion of search engine products and related
search technology. The existance of comp.infosystems.search would
reduce the number abstract threads in the comp.infosystems.www.*
hierarchy and attract more legitimate and focused discussions on
search technology topics. Place comp.infosystems.search above the www
heirarchy provides coverage of engines and technology that do not rely
on the world wide web for retrieval.
This group will also provide the mechanism needed to support users,
administrators, and developers in a place they can collaborate and
discuss such a widespread and indispensable information technology.
CHARTER: comp.infosystems.search
This is the charter for comp.infosystems.search. Discussions should
be about different aspects, ramifications, and use of search engines
and associated technology. Topics could include setup and
administration troubleshooting, indexing, search languages and syntax,
search programming and techniques, as well as proper web or enterprise
integration, deployment and performance.
This group is not meant for advertisements, or binaries although
announcements of new products and reviews would be more than
acceptable.
END CHARTER.
comp.infosystems.search Final Vote Ack
Voted Yes
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a-ko...@microsoft.com Kody Janney
aa...@netcom.com Aahz
AHilt...@t-online.de Andi Hiltenkamp
a...@primag.co.uk Andrew Haylett
alan....@ukonline.co.uk Alan Ralph
al...@indigo.ie Brian Walsh
amik...@pcug.org.au Allan Mikkelsen
Andrew....@cc.monash.edu.au Andrew Cosgriff
an...@merrydew.demon.co.uk Andrew Rigby
araf...@socs.uts.EDU.AU Alexandre Rafalovitch
bal...@eraserco.demon.co.uk Malcolm Loades
bas...@earthling.net Peter Scales
bb...@scn.org Klaus Elzer
Bill....@usm.edu Bill Goffe
b...@herbison.com B.J. Herbison
bma...@hyperwave.com Bernhard Marschall
b...@pappyproductions.com Bob Norman
cas...@clark.net Christopher Smith
cip...@mindspring.com David Howard
col...@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu collin forbes
crl...@freenet.carleton.ca Colin Leech
curtis...@bigfoot.com Curtis (Jewell) Whalen
d.b...@techsmith.com Dan Brown
D.J.B...@ukc.ac.uk Dave Beckett
dal...@qucis.queensu.ca David Alex Lamb
dbal...@cs.com Don Ballard
d...@panix.com David W. Crawford
dc...@overlord.com David Coe
dj...@juno.com Geronimo Mockingbird
dlm...@canopus.bu.edu David L. Matthews
dou...@ix.netcom.com Doug O'Brien
egg...@twinsun.com Paul Eggert
Emma.K.A...@gsfc.nasa.gov Emma Kolstad Antunes
eric_...@ncsu.edu Eric Lease Morgan
fgoo...@eden.com Fred Goodwin
Fo...@mindless.com Artem Novikov
fr...@planete.net Emilie Danna
fx...@poboxes.com Michael A. Tilp
g920...@student.anu.edu.au Sigi Goode
gar...@netcomuk.co.uk Gareth Young
GEC...@aol.com GRACE E. CROSS
Gerald...@geographie.uni-regensburg.de Gerald Huber
ger...@cs.vu.nl Gerben Vos
gin...@ultracom.net c gold
gr...@boutell.com M. L. Grant
gr...@netins.net Jonathan Grobe
gy...@wiz.coal.nl Guido A.J. Stevens
hall...@york.uchsc.edu Josh Hall
hen...@do.isst.fhg.de Dietmar Henning
hf...@lerami.lerctr.org Hank Fung
h...@hhome.farside.net Henning Hotschneider
hsa...@marnie.teuto.de Henning Sauer
hswe...@macro4.com Hugh Sweeney
hu...@RedRock.com Bob Hutchison
iv...@pacific.net.sg Ivan Leong
Janez....@zmar.sigov.mail.si Janez @upani~
jas...@fl.net.au Jasmine Taylor
j...@but-i-dont-like-spam.boxmail.com John David Galt
jeffer...@ns.sympatico.ca Jeffery D. Hunt
jer...@pipeline.com Jeri Massi
je...@intercable.net Jesus Eugenio Sanchez
jessic...@sprintmail.com Phil Cohen
jim_gre...@phx.mcd.mot.com James D. Greenfield
jma...@mail.hooked.net Jo Ann Malina
j...@universe.digex.net Janice M. Eisen
Johan....@dent.mikom.csir.co.za Johan Eksteen
joh...@munin.ub2.lu.se Johanna Nilsson
jo...@Mcs.Net Jorn Barger
jul...@fwb.gulf.net Jules Dubois
ju...@leo.org Achim Jung
k96...@cc.kzoo.edu rob kent
kap...@lombric.s-ip.eunet.fr Kim-Minh Kaplan
kmck...@ochin.on.ca Ken McKinlay
k...@inetarena.com Karel William Sebek
la...@lava.net Lani Teshima-Miller
la...@ricochet.net Lantz Rowland
le...@xmission.com Lee Choquette
lm...@city-net.com Laurie D. T. Mann
lur...@tiac.net pete lurie
m.m...@unl.ac.uk Matthew Mower
mas...@mail.deltanet.com Nathan Masters
ma...@mec.edu Matt Bancroft
m...@beatles.cselt.it Maurizio Codogno
m...@rahul.net David McKay
m...@mft.co.uk Mark H. Wilkinson
Mick....@super.zippo.com Mick Brown
mi...@firstbite.co.nz Miraz Jordan
m...@emjay.apana.org.au Matt Jackson
mko...@lightspeed.net Mark Kozel
mnea...@mail.usyd.edu.au Mark Nearhos
mro...@gwdg.de Matthias Romppel
mso...@mistik.express.net Mustafa Soysal MS57
mue...@religio.jena.thur.de Winfried Mueller
n...@pobox.com Nicholas D. Brownlow
ni...@cimio.co.uk Nick Waterman - Hater of Long Ballots
n...@sphinx.muc.de Nico Scherer
p.h.r....@reading.ac.uk Pete Houston
Pat.C...@Ebay.Sun.COM Patrick Clancey
p...@women.com Pat
pat...@ix.netcom.com Barbara Pattist
Paul....@Worldnet.att.net Paul N. Lee
Pa...@elsinore.demon.co.uk Paul Leader
pa...@inorth.on.ca Trevor Tymchuk
pdel...@bizonline.net Philip de Lisle
Peter.R...@gmd.de Peter J. Rohleder
pete...@ti.com Bob Peterson
pmc...@nwu.edu Peter McCoy
pol...@crpcu.lu Michel Poleur
pos...@earthlink.net Leo M. Cavanaugh III
psh...@energy.com.au Pat Sheen
qu...@baccus.franken.de Andreas Dietrich
rcl...@aa.net Rod Clark
rj...@cam.ac.uk Bob Dowling
Ron.Cr...@GEMS1.gov.bc.ca Ron Crabtree
rr...@india.hp.com Raghuram Bharathan
ruf...@computer.org J Rufinus
ru...@freespace.net Russ Chamberlayne
rwil...@ccnet3.ccnet.com Robert Wilkins
s96...@student.ulg.ac.be bugraph
sa...@uta.fi Samu Mielonen
sel...@cs.washington.edu Erik Selberg
s...@computer.org
spa...@meyer.fys.ku.dk Jacob Sparre Andersen
spc...@intermediacy.com Sanford Carr
srin...@cs.ualberta.ca Srinivas Padmanabhuni
sta...@stamper.com Chris Stamper
ste...@ry.com Steve Peterson
sto...@singularis.com Alexandre Stouffs
stu...@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
stui...@amigos.org Will Stuivenga
tar...@andrew.cmu.edu Matthew Joseph Tarpy
tec...@ilcnet.com Matt Perry
ted...@dnai.com Ted Resnick
t...@psp.co.uk Thomas Lee
tv...@thezone.net Dan Best
uzs...@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de Johannes Niess
v...@cyberdiem.com Vinny Carpenter
wa...@spin.de Markus Peter
wa...@stuff.cpcug.com Wayne Dernoncourt
wied...@com.enst.fr Frank Wiedmann
wire...@phoenix.net Alex Osland
wjo...@MICROSOFT.com William P. Jones
yan...@infoseek.com Yanhong Li
z...@cjnetworks.com Ned Fleming
z...@ampersand.com Mark Atwood
Voted No
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bo...@datasync.com Martin H. Booda
chr...@nortel.ca Chris Ebenezer
chuckh...@mindspring.com Chuck Hoffmann
eut...@siam.muc.de Ekkehard Uthke
gpr9...@uconnvm.uconn.edu G.P. Ryan
m...@bestpages.com M. D. Miller
ol...@viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar
pa...@lcs.mit.edu Patrick J. LoPresti
Paul.Be...@m.cc.utah.edu Paul Bernhardt
pj...@leicester.ac.uk Pete Humble
ri...@bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller
rob...@iea.com Bob blanchard
stai...@bga.com Dwight Brown
stei...@primenet.com Jason Steiner
to...@null.net Tony Basoglu
Abstained
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wide...@ling.helsinki.fi Risto Widenius
Votes in error
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Andrea...@COMPAQ.COM Romoli, Andrea
! No ballot
bo...@aqui.oula
! No ballot, invalid address
c...@utdallas.edu
! No vote statement in message
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Rebecca Graham McQuitty