votes@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) (01/07/91)
Charter:
Comp.sys.unisys is intended for discussion of systems sold
under the "Unisys" name, including former Sperry, Burroughs,
and Convergent Technologies machines. Unisys software such as
Mapper is also welcome. Most of the discussion of relabelled
third-party UNIX equipment such as the Convergent Technologies
386 PC-clone based boxes or the Arix and Sequent minis would be
expected to go on in comp.unix or comp.sys.sequent.
The newsgroup will be unmoderated.
Voting Period
The voting period starts when this is posted and lasts for 28 days.
Votes received after 24:00 GMT on Sunday 3rd February will not be counted.
How to vote
Vote by sending mail to votes@stl.stc.co.uk, with the word YES or NO
(case immaterial) in the subject line. If you use rn or a similar news
reader, you can use r (reply), add YES or NO to the Subject line, and mail.
Then your vote would appear as one of the following:
Subject: Re: CALL FOR VOTES: comp.sys.unisys YES
Subject: Re: CALL FOR VOTES: comp.sys.unisys NO
Votes which do not contain yes or no in the Subject line, or which are sent
to me instead of 'votes', will cause me extra work but will still be counted
if unambiguous. Ambiguous votes and any posted votes will not be counted.
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You could even send me X.400 mail at the address given in my signature.
Votes will be acknowledged by mail, but any acknowledgement that bounces
will not be re-tried. However I will also acknowledge by a mass posting
to news.groups. The final vote tally will be posted at the end of the
vote, including a list showing how everyone voted.
Credit where it's due department
Peter da Silva supplied the group charter shown above. This particular
discussion on having a Unisys group was started by Craig Wilson.
Vote Taker's credentials
I have no personal interest in whether there is a Unisys group or not - I
don't work for, sell or even use any Unisys systems. I volunteered to take
the vote because Craig didn't want to, and I had objected to alt.unisys on
the grounds that it should really go for voting as comp.sys.unisys rather
than become an alt group just because nobody could be bothered to carry out
a vote. Anyway I haven't done one recently :-)
Summary of discussion
The Call for Discussion was posted to news.announce.newgroups a month ago.
At the time I said I'd call the vote in two weeks time unless someone had a
good reason to delay it: I promptly got such a reply citing "Christmas".
As to actual discussion, there has been very little, almost all in favour.
The only question is whether enough people actually want the group:
the vote will settle that.
Regards, David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK
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