[comp.software-eng] Call for Votes: comp.research.japan

japan@cs.arizona.edu (Japanese CS Project) (10/30/90)

Thanks to all who participated in the discussion concerning this
group.  The only substantial change has been in the name of the
group; several people suggested that comp.research.japan would
be a better name than comp.japan.research, and after some refection, 
I concurred.

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*** First Call for Votes *** --  comp.research.japan

VOTING PROCEDURE:

Dates: The voting period will start Sunday, Oct. 28, 1990, and
                              end   Sunday, Nov. 25, 1990

Voting: Send email with your vote to "japan@cs.arizona.edu" 
        (a reply to this posting should be sufficient.)

        Your preference must be indicated clearly either in the subject 
        line or in the message text.  For example, either:

                yes  comp.research.japan
     
        or
 
                no   comp.research.japan

        would be fine.  The exact wording is not crucial, but your 
        intentions must be clear.  

        Votes that are qualified in any way, such as "yes/no if...." 
        will not be counted.  Votes sent anywhere else or posted to 
        a newsgroup also cannot be counted.

        I will post a second call for votes and a "mass acknowledgement"
        about halfway through the voting period.

GROUP CHARTER:

Name: comp.research.japan

Moderation: yes (I have volunteered.)

Scope and purpose:

    There is limited awareness of Japanese developments in computer 
    science outside of Japan.  The purpose of this newsgroup would be 
    to increase accessibility to these research results by providing a 
    forum for publicizing this work and for subsequent discussions.  In 
    particular, the types of articles envisioned would include the 
    following:

       -- Information about CS research papers published in Japan, 
          including titles, authors, and (where feasible) abstracts.
          We are currently pursuing ways to provide information such 
          as the Table of Contents of Japanese journals on a 
          systematic basis.

       -- Descriptions of current Japanese CS research activities, 
          such as the reports written by Dr. David Kahaner from the 
          Office of Naval Research/Far East (currently posted to 
          soc.culture.japan.)

       -- Specific requests for information.

       -- Announcements related to CS in Japan, including those related 
          to conferences held in Japan, research opportunities in 
          Japan, etc.

       -- General discussions on CS in Japan.
           
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Rick Schlichting, Associate Professor           (rick@cs.arizona.edu) 
Dept of Computer Science,  The University of Arizona
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