[comp.sys.acorn] 2nd CFV and VOTE ACK: comp.{sources,binaries}.acorn

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