[misc.misc] #$$ RESULTS of VOTE for new group 'soc.culture.british' $$#

maton@herald.usask.ca (Spam) (01/22/90)

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*   RESULTS OF VOTING FOR soc.culture.british  *
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In accordance with the 'GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION', following
the required discussion period and voting procedure, it gives me great
pleasure to announce that the vote gave overwhelming support for the
formation of the new group  -  soc.culture.british.

There were 205 valid 'YES' votes cast.
There were 23 valid 'NO' votes cast.

As you can see, there is no doubt that we therefore easily comply with
the 100 more yes votes than no votes, and also the requirement that at
least 2/3 of the total number of votes cast are in favour has been met.

After the required 5 day waiting period, I will attempt to CREATE the new
group from our machine here.  If that fails, I will request the people
at 'newgroup@ncar.ucar.edu' to do it for me.

I thank all of you who took the time to send in your votes, and look
forward to the discussions to be held in the new group.

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	Here are the addresses of the valid votes received
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	THE FOLLOWING REGISTERED 'YES' VOTES.....
"Brandon G. Lovested" <<@relay.cs.net:brandonl@amadeus.wr.tek.com>>
"Chris Williams - Vax Operator, aka poxaV" <CGW@UNTVAX.BITNET>
"DAVID TOCHER X2293, ROOM B3039" <TOCHERD%ul.ie@EVANS.UCAR.EDU>
"David N. Larkins" <davel@gvgpvd.uucp>
"I. Sutherland" <sutherla@ee.heriot-watt.ac.uk>
"J.D. Baldwin." <baldwin@cad.usna.mil>
"J.W. Harley" <J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk>
"Jack W. Pope" <POPE@ACUSD.BITNET>
"Kenneth C. Moyle" alberta!utai!lsuc!maccs!kenm
"M. G. Stinnett" <NUAPPLE@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
"Martyn K. White" <mkw6d@krebs.acc.virginia.edu>
"Mehrzad Hemmat, University of Kansas, Lawrence" <HEMMAT@UKANVAX.BITNET>
"Morris M. Keesan" <keesan@cca.bbn.com>
"Stephen D. Grant" <miles@ms.uky.edu>
"Tony Goulding" alberta!ubc-cs!uunet!mimsy!rutgers!retix.retix.com!tonyg
Andy Malis <malis@bbn.com>
Arun Welch <welch@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Bengt Larsson <bengtl@maths.lth.se>
Bob Powell <rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu>
Bruce Munro <bruce@tcom.stc.co.uk>
Ceri Hopkins 414 3708 <HopkinsCA@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk>
Clay Breshears <clay@cs.utk.edu>
Clive Loader <clive@Portia.stanford.edu>
Dana Amy  (amy%ntpal@egsner.cirr.com, ntpal!amy@egsner.cirr.com)
Darren Meister <dmeister@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
David Chalmers <dave@cogsci.indiana.edu>
David Finkel <<@relay.cs.net:dfinkel@oak.wpi.edu>>
David Harrington    dgh@unify.UUCP
Dorai Sitaram <dorai@rice.edu>
Ed Hall <edhall%ives@rand.org>
Ed Matthews <edm@vrdxhq.verdix.com>
Ellen Keyne Seebacher <elle@tank.uchicago.edu>
Eugenia Distefano <distef@eecg.toronto.edu>
GOFFINET@WUMS.BITNET
Gail Gurman <alberta!ubc-cs!uunet!dbi!wet!gail@dvinci.usask.ca>
George Drettakis <dret@dgp.toronto.edu>
Graeme Mullin <dmullin@uk.ac.strath.cs>
Guy Middleton <gamiddleton@watmath.uwaterloo.ca>
Harish Pillay <harish@ece.orst.edu>
Honi soit qui mal pense <PTGARVIN@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu>
Ian Smith <ian@ibmpcug.co.uk>
James Clark <@relay.EU.net:jjc@jclark>
Jeff Williamson <magik@norby.acns.nwu.edu>
Jeremy Crampton =Master Ultan= <ELE@PSUVM.BITNET>
Joe Rodrigue <rodrigue-joe@YALE.EDU>
Joel B Levin <levin@bbn.com>
John Robinson <john@watever.uwaterloo.ca>
Kearton Rees <krees@axion.bt.co.uk>
Ken Dykes <kgdykes@watmath.uwaterloo.ca>
Ken Weaverling <weave@sun.acs.udel.edu>
Kenneth_Burns%dgc.mceo.dg.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Krishna E. Bera ytopya!kebera@alzabo.UUCP
Laurie Sefton <lsefton@apple.com>
Martin Hanley <@relay.EU.net:mph@praxis>
Mary Shafer <shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>
Matthew_Eric_Seitz@cup.portal.com
Mike Godfrey <migod@csri.toronto.edu>
Mike Harrison <alberta!myrias!uunet!inmos.com!mph@dvinci.usask.ca>
NEURINGER@UKANVAX.BITNET
Nickolaos Sahinidis <ns1b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Number 6 <grega@hp-ptp.hp.com>
Patt Haring <patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Paul Higgins <phiggins@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Paul Roberts <alberta!ubc-cs!uunet!oracle!appseq.oracle.com!proberts>
Peter Farson <<@usc.edu:peter@celia.uucp>>
Peter Saviz <ps@vlsi1.vlsi.columbia.edu>
Phill Everson <phill@MED-IMAGE.COMPSCI.BRISTOL.AC.UK>
Richard Contreras <<@relay.cs.net:richardc@tekigm2.men.tek.com>>
Richard Porter <rap@tcom.stc.co.uk>
Robert Evans <robert@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk>
Ross M Mather <matherr%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>
Ross Stenstrom <jrs@atc.boeing.com>
Rudy Amid <amid@contact.uucp>
Simon Lewis <scrl@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Smith J D <smijd@essex.ac.uk>
Stacy Weaver <stacy@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Stanier A <alan@essex.ac.uk>
Stephen K Mulrine <smulrine%computer-science.strathclyde.ac.uk>
Steve Hosgood <iiitsh%pyramid.swansea.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>
Steve Ratcliffe <sr@root.co.uk>
Susan Feely <sf@cs.duke.edu>
TJG110@psuvm.psu.edu
Terry Maton <MATON@SASK.BITNET>
Tim Day <T.Day@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
Tim Oldham <tjo@its.bt.co.uk>
Tom Dubinski <tdubins@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Tom Haapanen <tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu>
Tony Marshall <cstxqea@cu.warwick.ac.uk>
Trillian <hrose@uceng.uc.edu>
Williams Lloyd <lloyd@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu
alberta!myrias!uunet!altos86.Altos.COM!jerry
alberta!myrias!uunet!cindy.Altos.COM!adrian
alberta!myrias!uunet!palomar.SanDiego.NCR.COM!dougm
alberta!ubc-cs!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!gatech!harvard!frog!jp
alberta!ubc-cs!uunet!mimsy!rutgers!well.sf.ca.us!wfp
alberta!ubc-cs!uunet!samsung!shadooby!mailrus!ames!osc.osc.COM!jgk
amanda@math.ufl.edu
ames!amdcad!neptune.AMD.COM!mcintyre@ncar.UCAR.EDU
ames!uts.amdahl.com!greg@ncar.UCAR.EDU
andrew@herald.USask.CA
archer@hsi.com
baha <<@atc.boeing.com:baha@sol>>
bandy <<@uunet.uu.net:bandy@capmkt>>
birkmayr@phoenix.princeton.edu
bolfing@ernie.berkeley.edu
bowdidge%cs%ucsd.edu@SDSC.BITNET
braun@cs.purdue.edu
cbp@kirk.icc.com
ccastpt@prism.gatech.edu
cew@venera.isi.edu
cook@pinocchio.encore.com
creubank@crls.sony.co.jp
curt@dtix.dt.navy.mil
danger@tahoe.unr.edu
daver@East.Sun.COM
dbrooks@osf.org
dcoster@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
deln@druhi.att.com
dkletter@adobe.com
drich <@uunet.UU.NET:drich@dialogic>
dtb@Sun.COM
eliz@world.std.com
euatdt@euas17.ericsson.se
ez000691@pollux.ucdavis.edu
finley@osf.org
fledgist%weber@ucsd.edu
fuzzy@athena.mit.edu
geoff@east.sun.com
gil@banyan.banyan.com
graham@ionvax
grantham@math.lsa.umich.edu
gryphon.COM!richard
guy@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov
hcochran@adobe.com
henry@garp.mit.edu
ilanc <<@uunet.uu.net:ilanc@microsoft>>
jaw@mtgzy.att.com
jbart@pdx.mentor.com
jdevito@casca.cs.uiuc.edu
jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com
jhellman@math.lsa.umich.edu
jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
jmellby@ngstl1.csc.ti.com
jms@tardis.tymnet.com
john@minster.york.ac.uk
jon@lindy.stanford.edu
jpp <<@sharkey.cc.umich.edu:jpp@tygra>>
jspencer@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
julian@stat.lsa.umich.edu
jzimm@daisy.cc.utexas.edu
karen <@uunet.UU.NET:karen@everexn>
kivi@watcsc.uwaterloo.ca
leafusa!pynchon!kmc@uunet.UU.NET
leon_h@es.ele.tue.nl
likes@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
livesey@Sun.COM
louns@cs.washington.edu
lucas@scicom.alphacdc.com (Kevin Lucas Lord)
madison@vms.ecs.rpi.edu
marchant@iosg.enet.dec.com
marcos <<@apple.com:marcos@netcom>>
martin%mpl%ucsd.edu@SDSC.BITNET
mason@habs11.enet.dec.com
maurinco@iris.ucdavis.edu
mcb@presto.ig.com
mjseaman@athena.mit.edu
mona@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
mpc@phobos.cis.ksu.edu
mquigley@kean.ucs.mun.ca
nan <@ucscc.ucsc.edu:nan@helios.UCSC.EDU>
nboogaar@fys.ruu.nl
netvet@Sun.COM
nfs0113@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil
nxn@iwtng.att.com
owen@euclid.enet.dec.com
pa1740%sdcc13%ucsd.edu@SDSC.BITNET
pkivela@jyu.fi
prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov
rae <<@dvinci.usask.ca:alberta!utai!csri.toronto.edu!alias!rae@fred>>
rh26@prism.gatech.edu
richard welty <welty@lewis.crd.ge.com>
richard@calvin.spp.cornell.edu
rpatnaik <<@relay.cs.net:rpatnaik@td2cad.intel.com>>
sandersn@rdrc.rpi.edu
sandra <@cs.utah.edu:sandra@defun>
sandro@mcs.nlm.nih.gov
saucella@spca.bbn.com
schloss@marlin.nosc.mil
schuck@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca
smj@vlsi.cs.washington.edu
smm12@cl.cam.ac.uk
sp@osf.org
stuart@apollo.com
sullivan@math.princeton.edu
tjf <<@lanl.gov:tjf@beta>>
tolba@loria.crin.fr
tonyj <<@uunet.uu.net:tonyj@sco>>
tscott <@ucsd.edu:tscott@weber>
twiley@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU
unccab@med.unc.edu
uunet!samsung!shadooby!mailrus!wuarchive!swbatl!adams
vgk9a@neptune.cs.virginia.edu
wpc1 <@ucsd.edu:wpc1@sdbio2>
xanadu!STella@uunet.uu.net


	THE FOLLOWING REGISTERED 'NO' VOTES...
"Bart J. Slagt" <bjslagt@cs.vu.nl>
"Michael J. Vasiliou" <mjvasiliou@watyew.waterloo.edu>
Abhay Bulsari <ABULSARI@FINABO.BITNET>
Brian L. Matthews	blm@6sceng.UUCP
C. Harald Koch  chk%alias@csri.utoronto.ca 
GaRY NEwelL <gln@cs.arizona.edu>
J G Miller <miller@ria.ccs.uwo.ca>
J Greely <jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu>
Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@unisoft.com>
Jim Roche <rutgers!cs.rochester.edu!roche>
Kevin Quinlan <kquinlan@edg.cv.co.uk>
Mark Brader <msb@sq.sq.com>
collins@nvpna1.prl.philips.nl
edguer@curie.ces.cwru.edu
lucas@scicom.alphacdc.com
mailrus!ames!parns.nsc.com!amol (Amol Kekre)
naomib <<@ucscc.ucsc.edu:naomib@sco>>
nigel <@uunet.UU.NET:nigel@modcomp>
oplinger@ra.crd.ge.com
peirce@gumby.cc.wmich.edu
rick@pavlov.bcm.tmc.edu
tower@bu-it.bu.edu
woods@snowmass.scd.ucar.EDU

ercn56@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Neilson) (01/24/90)

British culture, the mind boggles. They mean English culture, don't
they? Poor demented souls.

dcolkm@tness7.UUCP (Lou Montgomery ) (01/25/90)

In article <1782@castle.ed.ac.uk> ercn56@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Neilson) writes:
>British culture, the mind boggles. They mean English culture, don't
>they? Poor demented souls.

   May I take this opportunity to say that some of my friends thought
 that a couple of my recent posts to this newsgroup needlessly insulted
 some of the British taking part in this group. My intent was always to
 have fun with each post I made. While I honestly DO despise the so-called
 "Royal Family", and wonder why the English tolerate the clowns, I hold
 no ill feelings toward the British people. I think that our humor does
 not always translate well, one to another. Anyway, with that said, let's
 get back to business.

bobc@stratus.stratus.COM (Robert Christ) (01/26/90)

In article <1782@castle.ed.ac.uk> ercn56@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Neilson) writes:
>British culture, the mind boggles. They mean English culture, don't
>they? Poor demented souls.                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Yea right, sorta like `Fine English Food' - there's no such thing.