lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) (10/24/88)
This is the final call for votes for the moderation of news.admin. I invite further discussion to be posted to news.groups. A summary of the reasons for and against moderation follows, as does a summary of the voting, thus far. If you've voted, please confirm that your vote is in the correct list. If you haven't voted, VOTE!!! IF YOU WISH TO VOTE, SEND YOUR VOTES [**ONLY**] TO admin-votes@NET.BIO.NET. Voting will end midnight, Oct. 30. Please feel free to send me comments. Here is a summary of the discussion: The reasons for moderation are as follows: o Moderation would raise the signal to noise level of the group. The basic idea is that we would attempt to keep personal flames and material that is clearly not germane to the topic (which is pretty broad) OFF of the group. At the same time, the goal is is to keep up throughput. This will be accomplished by having alternate moderators when the regular moderator is not around. Reasons against moderation: o There are possible conflicts of interest with any given moderator. [Ed: I don't forsee this being a problem.] o Slower turnaround time. o Could be done by individual user software. Alternatives: o Posting monthly ``rules''. I may implement this in some manner if the vote fails. Here is the summary of votes: Yes: @cunyvm.cuny.edu:mauhk@CU.WARWICK.AC.UK @relay.cs.net,@neat.ai.toronto.edu:brian@radio.astro.toronto.edu @relay.cs.net,@tektronix.tek.com:jeff@hammer.gwd.tek.com @relay.cs.net:brad@looking.uucp @relay.cs.net:eschle@forty2.uucp @relay.cs.net:scott%tekcrl.crl@tektronix.tek.com @relay.cs.net:wyle@lavi.uucp @virginia.acc.virginia.edu:rja@edison.ge.com @zorac.dciem.dnd.ca:ntt@dretor GROSSMAN@score.stanford.edu John.Myers@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu NMBCU@cunyvm.cuny.edu ambar@bloom-beacon.mit.edu ane@hal.cwru.edu attcan!lsuc!dave@uunet.uu.net attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!cs-col!toto!haug@uunet.uu.net attcan!telly!evan@uunet.uu.net ballou%pool.DEC@decwrl.dec.com bch@uncecs.edu bgsuvax!osu-cis!mstar!karl@opie.bgsu.edu blarson@skat.usc.edu bsu-cs!dhesi@gold.bacs.indiana.edu c3pe!cucstud!wb8foz@decuac.dec.com cbp@foster.oz.au cher%whutt%att@research.att.com chuq@sun.com claris!clay@ames.arc.nasa.gov claris!skip@ames.arc.nasa.gov csun!lkw@rdlvax.rdl.com datapg!sewilco@uunet.uu.net 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cstam@cont1.dayton.ncr.com cucard!ccnysci!dan@nyu.edu daver!versatc!datack!cratz@wombat.stsci.edu david@e.ms.uky.edu decvax!zinn!mem@ucbvax.berkeley.edu djn@jupiter.nmt.edu drogers@riacs.edu esj@manatee.cis.ufl.edu execu!dewey@cs.utexas.edu ficc!peter@uunet.uu.net george@hyper.lap.upenn.edu greg@gryphon.cts.com jj%alice@research.att.com karl@ddsw1.mcs.com karl@sugar.uu.net krone@presto.ig.com legare@emx.utexas.edu levin@oakland.bbn.com lll-winken!lll-crg!ames!rutgers!hplabs.hp.com!hpcea!hpda!hpsemc!jat mcmi!denny@uunet.uu.net msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu nitrex!rbl@uunet.uu.net nucsrl!chinet!garret@oddjob.uchicago.edu nucsrl!chinet!rissa@oddjob.uchicago.edu oleg@gryphon.cts.com osu-cis!att!watmath!electro!carlo@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu osu-cis!chemabs!lwv27@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu page@swan.ulowell.edu pyramid!tmpmbx!pengo@ames.arc.nasa.gov richard@gryphon.cts.com sco!davidbe@uunet.uu.net silverio@brahms.berkeley.edu sob@bcm.tmc.edu sp7040!obie!wes@sun.com spaf@purdue.edu spl1!quintro!root@lll-winken.llnl.gov steve@athena.mit.edu stevo@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov sulaco!allen@sun.com sun!sjsumcs!ctnews!mitisft!bms@decwrl.dec.com texbell!root@tness7.sw1e.swbt.com unido!isaak!einstein!luik@uunet.uu.net wbt%cbnews@research.att.com -- Eliot Lear [lear@net.bio.net]