csa-vote@zorch.sf-bay.org (Amiga Vote Mailbox) (12/17/90)
Interested folks,
The comp.sys.amiga reorganization vote is over, and all the groups
passed! Many thanks to all who participated in designing the
reorganization, and many thanks to all who voted. We didn't make top
vote getter ever, by around 10%, but we put up a substantial showing
indeed, especially considering the (relative) lack of controversy over
the reorganization.
Following the group by group vote breakdown is a small analysis of use
to those trying to design a standard reorganization mechanism. I intend
to post the rather modest software used to analyze the vote to
alt.sources, for those interested in running a similar reorganization to
use as a guide.
The individual votes are posted in two separate MASS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
articles, for the usual five day vote challenge period. I will leave the
task of issuing the appropriate "newgroup" and "rmgroup" and alias
directing control messages to the moderator of news.announce.newgroups,
whose assistance and advice in conducting this reorganization I would
also like to credit here.
The task of posting to the right groups is up to the comp.sys.amiga.*
subscribers, and the moderators and monitor are ready to go. Enjoy!
Time for the vote taker to get out of the loop.
y = yes, n = no, y% = 100*y/(y+n), a = abstain, i = invalid (data check)
y 871 n 57 y% 93.86% a 13 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.misc
y 886 n 40 y% 95.68% a 15 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.programmer
y 885 n 41 y% 95.57% a 15 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.announce
y 869 n 48 y% 94.77% a 24 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.reviews
y 802 n 90 y% 89.91% a 49 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.introduction
y 790 n 98 y% 88.96% a 53 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.audio
y 853 n 53 y% 94.15% a 35 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.graphics
y 727 n 145 y% 83.37% a 69 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
y 804 n 78 y% 91.16% a 59 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
y 802 n 91 y% 89.81% a 48 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.applications
y 699 n 171 y% 80.34% a 71 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.emulations
y 625 n 207 y% 75.12% a 109 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
y 729 n 144 y% 83.51% a 68 i 0 comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
y 846 n 48 y% 94.63% a 47 i 0 comp.unix.amiga
Meaningless but comforting statistics on the overall acceptance of doing
this kind of a reorganization at all, and fuel for the news.groups
reorganization discussions:
Total yes votes: 11188, or 84.92%
Total no votes: 1311, or 9.95%
Total abstain votes: 675, or 5.12%
Total invalid votes: 0, or 0.00%
Total votes: 13174, or 100.00%
Mixed ballots: 390, or 41.45%
All yes ballots: 541, or 57.49%
All no ballots: 9, or 0.96%
All abstain ballots: 1, or 0.11%
Total ballots: 941, or 100.00%
Ballots with at least 1 abstain 227, or 24.12%
/// It's Amiga
/// for me: why
Kent, the man from xanth. \\\/// settle for
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> \XX/ anything less?
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Convener, ongoing comp.sys.amiga grand reorganization.