rcpieter@info.win.tue.nl (Tiggr) (03/10/91)
It's: - the 2nd Call For Votes on the creation of the newsgroup comp.binaries.acorn, and - the 2nd Call For Votes on the creation of the newsgroup comp.sources.acorn, and - a mass acknowledgement on both groups. PLEASE read all of this article before trying to cast a vote. NAME AND CHARTER comp.binaries.acorn moderated distribution of binaries for Acorn machines. comp.sources.acorn moderated distribution of sources for Acorn machines. MODERATION Alan Glover (AGlover@acorn.co.uk) has volunteered to moderate both groups. RATIONALE The stream of binaries flooding comp.sys.acorn has become too large (comp.sys.acorn is a discussion-only group: even a single binary is too much). Hence a comp.binaries.acorn newsgroup is called for. To ensure high quality this group shall be moderated. It seems normal a binaries group be accompanied by a sources group. Hence a comp.sources.acorn seems to be called for as well. It too shall be moderated. It is unclear whether desktop applications' sources with lots of binary resource files should be posted to a sources or binaries group. It is also unclear whether such sources should be excluded from the binaries group. From the discussion it appeared that all this is a matter of taste. It doesn't seem all that relevant. VOTING PERIOD The voting period has started on 25 Feb 1991. Your last chance to vote will be on 17 Mar 1991 (CET). HOW TO VOTE A valid vote is a line or sentence containing two key elements: - one or more newsgroup names (either `comp.binaries.acorn' or `comp.sources.acorn' or both). - whether you vote for or against the creation of those newsgroups. A vote which does not contain both elements is not valid and will be ignored without notice. It is encouraged to vote on both newsgroups. It is allowed to send more than one valid vote as long as a previous valid vote on a newsgroup is not duplicated or contradicted (in which case the original vote holds and any duplicate or contradiction is ignored without notice), unless the new valid vote contradicts a previous valid vote and includes a remark about the voter having changed his mind. Mail your votes to rcpieter@win.tue.nl. HOW TO VOTE (REALLY) Send me (rcpieter@win.tue.nl) a mail containing the following: comp.binaries.acorn: <VOTE> comp.sources.acorn: <VOTE> where `<VOTE>' should be substituted by `for', `against' or something similar. MASS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The following usercodes have originated a valid vote on comp.binaries.acorn: A.D.S.Benham@stl.stc.co.uk Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk Andrew.Stevens@prg.oxford.ac.uk Arthur.Norman@cl.cam.ac.uk Brian.Brunswick@cl.cam.ac.uk CABR07@vaxb.strathclyde.ac.uk CDDS01@vaxa.strathclyde.ac.uk D.T.Brown@newcastle.ac.uk David.Elworthy@cl.cam.ac.uk EHC10@phoenix.cambridge.ac.uk GPC@npl1.national-physical-lab.co.uk Gavin.Flower@comp.vuw.ac.nz HUGHESMP@vax1.tcd.ie J.P.O'Broin@durham.ac.uk J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk Jos.Groot@tnofel.fel.tno.nl Julian.Wright@comp.vuw.ac.nz KDMURPHY@vax1.tcd.ie MGK@npl1.national-physical-lab.co.uk N.R.Shore@newcastle.ac.uk RWilson@acorn.co.uk Richard.Black@cl.cam.ac.uk S.Carter@stl.stc.co.uk S.Lord@uk.cray.com SCST86@uk.ac.liverpool S_JEKUTSCH@irav1.ira.uka.de ZZASSGL@cms.mcc.ac.uk acummins@acorn.co.uk adam@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk adamd@rhi.hi.is adm@cs.man.ac.uk adz@rata.vuw.ac.nz aicsm@castle.ed.ac.uk aighb@castle.ed.ac.uk ajcd@lfcs.ed.ac.uk andras@alzabo.ocunix.on.ca andreas@nvmr.radig.de andy@acorn.co.uk andyg@sx.ac.uk aod@cs.exeter.ac.uk appel@ocf.berkeley.edu arb@comp.lancs.ac.uk archie@cs.warwick.ac.uk armltd!amerritt armltd!dseal armltd!pharrod aroest@fwi.uva.nl astevens@acorn.co.uk bcockburn@acorn.co.uk becker@cs.rochester.edu bernhard@solan.unit.no bh2@doc.imperial.ac.uk bhotvedt@gollum.uio.no burrowsh@p4.cs.man.ac.uk cbuckley@unix1.tcd.ie cca@cs.exeter.ac.uk charles@munucs.ucs.mun.ca chip@chinacat.unicom.com chughes@maths.tcd.ie clear@cavebbs.gen.nz colin@encore.nl coxjp@cs.man.ac.uk cs9h9tts@uk.ac.swan.pyr cstaqcx@uk.ac.warwick.cu cstcqec@cu.warwick.ac.uk csuaw@cu.warwick.ac.uk csubt@cu.warwick.ac.uk csuwr@cu.warwick.ac.uk daniel@hexagon.se dave@galaxia.newport.ri.us david@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov david@indetech.com dbh@doc.imperial.ac.uk dhmyrdal@solan.unit.no dtm90@ecs.soton.ac.uk ee88jmf@brunel.ac.uk efst03@castle.ed.ac.uk emcguire@cadfx.ccad.uiowa.edu emee36@castle.ed.ac.uk enevill@acorn.co.uk esumq@cu.warwick.ac.uk fischer@iesd.auc.dk flimm@thp.uni-koeln.de gae@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk garyb@abekrd.co.uk gavinw@syma.sussex.ac.uk gibson@ee.hw.ac.uk gilbertd@p4.cs.man.ac.uk gks@doc.imperial.ac.uk gpvos@cs.vu.nl grey@rtf.bt.co.uk gta@st-and.ac.uk gtoal@tardis.computer-science.edinburgh.ac.uk gvr@cs.brown.edu hdfa@cs.warwick.ac.uk hpbrown@physics.watstar.uwaterloo.ca hvrijheid@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl imb@oasis.icl.stc.co.uk jan@ee.uni-sb.de jh@elwood.materna.de jho@imada.dk jim@r140.tased.oz.au jochen@hotb.radig.de johny@cogs.sussex.ac.uk jon@prl.philips.co.uk jrg@doc.imperial.ac.uk jung@einstein.physics.buffalo.edu kent@sparky.imd.sterling.com kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com kjetilho@ifi.uio.no kjx@comp.vuw.ac.nz klar@thp.uni-koeln.de koellner@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de kortink@utwente.nl kvj@rhi.hi.is marksv@project4.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk marlow@sys.uea.ac.uk martino@maestro.htsa.aha.nl mathew@mantis.co.uk medema@neumann.prl.philips.nl mvjonke@cs.vu.nl mybg@doc.imperial.ac.uk nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk neufeld@thp.uni-koeln.de nms@ukc.ac.uk nomad@deakin.oz.au osmith@acorn.co.uk oystein@ifi.uio.no patrick@sideways.gen.nz pbunk@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl pcolmer@acorn.co.uk peter@taronga.hackercorp.com phh@veeble.han.de pjm@doc.imperial.ac.uk rabin@cs.qmw.ac.uk ray@gec-mi-at.co.uk rcbaem@urc.tue.nl rhh88@ecs.soton.ac.uk rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu rj@oasis.icl.stc.co.uk rlr@lfcs.ed.ac.uk roche@cs.rochester.edu rodrigol@ulrik.uio.no rogersh@p4.cs.man.ac.uk rojemo@cs.chalmers.se rooslindgreen@ecn.nl rre@ihlpm.att.com rt@doc.imperial.ac.uk rwkay@cs.hw.ac.uk schrauw@math.ruu.nl seanh@cs.man.ac.uk seifert@freja.diku.dk sfurber@cs.man.ac.uk sjouke@izf.tno.nl sks@doc.imperial.ac.uk slepla@acorn.co.uk snb90@ecs.soton.ac.uk snorris@rhi.hi.is spayne@acorn.co.uk spt1@ukc.ac.uk srd@peora.sdc.ccur.com steve@acorn.co.uk strgx@cu.warwick.ac.uk stuart@root.co.uk t891368@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au t900021@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au tessi!larry@uunet.uu.net thsa@rhi.hi.is tim@oasis.icl.stc.co.uk timv@cadfx.ccad.uiowa.edu tools!ef tools!fl truemanc@p4.cs.man.ac.uk urlichs@smurf.sub.org vhancock@acorn.co.uk vision!chris walther@econ.vu.nl wscomalo@bs.win.tue.nl wsinda@info.win.tue.nl xanadu!thelema!STella@uunet.uu.net yorkr@p4.cs.man.ac.uk yoshio@ucrmath.ucr.edu yuleat@prl.philips.co.uk The following usercodes have originated a valid vote on comp.sources.acorn: A.D.S.Benham@stl.stc.co.uk Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk Andrew.Stevens@prg.oxford.ac.uk Arthur.Norman@cl.cam.ac.uk Brian.Brunswick@cl.cam.ac.uk CABR07@vaxb.strathclyde.ac.uk CDDS01@vaxa.strathclyde.ac.uk D.T.Brown@newcastle.ac.uk David.Elworthy@cl.cam.ac.uk EHC10@phoenix.cambridge.ac.uk GPC@npl1.national-physical-lab.co.uk Gavin.Flower@comp.vuw.ac.nz HUGHESMP@vax1.tcd.ie J.P.O'Broin@durham.ac.uk J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk Jos.Groot@tnofel.fel.tno.nl Julian.Wright@comp.vuw.ac.nz KDMURPHY@vax1.tcd.ie MGK@npl1.national-physical-lab.co.uk N.R.Shore@newcastle.ac.uk RWilson@acorn.co.uk S.Lord@uk.cray.com SCST86@uk.ac.liverpool S_JEKUTSCH@irav1.ira.uka.de ZZASSGL@cms.mcc.ac.uk acummins@acorn.co.uk adam@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk adamd@rhi.hi.is adm@cs.man.ac.uk ado@alw.nih.gov adz@rata.vuw.ac.nz aicsm@castle.ed.ac.uk aighb@castle.ed.ac.uk ajcd@lfcs.ed.ac.uk andras@alzabo.ocunix.on.ca andreas@nvmr.radig.de andy@acorn.co.uk andyg@sx.ac.uk aod@cs.exeter.ac.uk appel@ocf.berkeley.edu arb@comp.lancs.ac.uk archie@cs.warwick.ac.uk armltd!amerritt armltd!dseal armltd!pharrod aroest@fwi.uva.nl astevens@acorn.co.uk bcockburn@acorn.co.uk becker@cs.rochester.edu bernhard@solan.unit.no bh2@doc.imperial.ac.uk bhotvedt@gollum.uio.no burrowsh@p4.cs.man.ac.uk cbuckley@unix1.tcd.ie cca@cs.exeter.ac.uk charles@munucs.ucs.mun.ca chughes@maths.tcd.ie clear@cavebbs.gen.nz colin@encore.nl coxjp@cs.man.ac.uk cs9h9tts@uk.ac.swan.pyr cstaqcx@uk.ac.warwick.cu cstcqec@cu.warwick.ac.uk csuaw@cu.warwick.ac.uk csubt@cu.warwick.ac.uk csuwr@cu.warwick.ac.uk daniel@hexagon.se dave@galaxia.newport.ri.us david@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov david@indetech.com dbh@doc.imperial.ac.uk dhmyrdal@solan.unit.no dtm90@ecs.soton.ac.uk ee88jmf@brunel.ac.uk efst03@castle.ed.ac.uk emcguire@cadfx.ccad.uiowa.edu emee36@castle.ed.ac.uk enevill@acorn.co.uk esumq@cu.warwick.ac.uk fischer@iesd.auc.dk flimm@thp.uni-koeln.de gae@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk garyb@abekrd.co.uk gavinw@syma.sussex.ac.uk gibson@ee.hw.ac.uk gilbertd@p4.cs.man.ac.uk gks@doc.imperial.ac.uk gpvos@cs.vu.nl grey@rtf.bt.co.uk gta@st-and.ac.uk gtoal@tardis.computer-science.edinburgh.ac.uk gvr@cs.brown.edu hdfa@cs.warwick.ac.uk hpbrown@physics.watstar.uwaterloo.ca hvrijheid@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl imb@oasis.icl.stc.co.uk jan@ee.uni-sb.de jh@elwood.materna.de jho@imada.dk jim@r140.tased.oz.au jochen@hotb.radig.de johny@cogs.sussex.ac.uk jon@prl.philips.co.uk jrg@doc.imperial.ac.uk jung@einstein.physics.buffalo.edu kent@sparky.imd.sterling.com kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com kjetilho@ifi.uio.no kjx@comp.vuw.ac.nz klar@thp.uni-koeln.de koellner@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de kortink@utwente.nl kvj@rhi.hi.is marksv@project4.computer-science.manchester.ac.uk marlow@sys.uea.ac.uk martino@maestro.htsa.aha.nl mathew@mantis.co.uk medema@neumann.prl.philips.nl mvjonke@cs.vu.nl mybg@doc.imperial.ac.uk nbvs@cl.cam.ac.uk neufeld@thp.uni-koeln.de nms@ukc.ac.uk nomad@deakin.oz.au osmith@acorn.co.uk oystein@ifi.uio.no patrick@sideways.gen.nz pbunk@mswe.dnet.ms.philips.nl pcolmer@acorn.co.uk phh@veeble.han.de pjm@doc.imperial.ac.uk rabin@cs.qmw.ac.uk ray@gec-mi-at.co.uk rcbaem@urc.tue.nl rhh88@ecs.soton.ac.uk rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu rj@oasis.icl.stc.co.uk rlr@lfcs.ed.ac.uk roche@cs.rochester.edu rodrigol@ulrik.uio.no rogersh@p4.cs.man.ac.uk rojemo@cs.chalmers.se rooslindgreen@ecn.nl rre@ihlpm.att.com rt@doc.imperial.ac.uk rwkay@cs.hw.ac.uk schrauw@math.ruu.nl seanh@cs.man.ac.uk seifert@freja.diku.dk sfurber@cs.man.ac.uk sjouke@izf.tno.nl sks@doc.imperial.ac.uk slepla@acorn.co.uk snb90@ecs.soton.ac.uk snorris@rhi.hi.is spayne@acorn.co.uk spt1@ukc.ac.uk srd@peora.sdc.ccur.com steve@acorn.co.uk strgx@cu.warwick.ac.uk stuart@root.co.uk t891368@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au t900021@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au tessi!larry@uunet.uu.net thsa@rhi.hi.is tim@oasis.icl.stc.co.uk timv@cadfx.ccad.uiowa.edu tools!ef tools!fl truemanc@p4.cs.man.ac.uk vhancock@acorn.co.uk vision!chris walther@econ.vu.nl wscomalo@bs.win.tue.nl wsinda@info.win.tue.nl xanadu!thelema!STella@uunet.uu.net yorkr@p4.cs.man.ac.uk yoshio@ucrmath.ucr.edu yuleat@prl.philips.co.uk