From: Brian Jones -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Result of CFV for new newsgroup uk.local.edinburgh Summary Yes Votes: 31 No Votes: 22 Abstain: 2 Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 16th December 1998. Proponent: John Harris Votetaker: brianjones@worcester.demon.co.uk Distribution: uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, scot.general, ed.general The Result The YES vote of 31, is just 9 votes greater than the 22 NO votes. As this is less than the 12 votes required by the rules the CFV fails. Votes received Adrian Hurt adrian#~#cee.hw.ac.uk YES Alan Fleming af#~#contract.co.uk YES Andi Carey ukv#~#amcarey.demon.co.uk YES Andy Mabbett amabbett#~#bham-assist.demon.co.uk YES Clair Barrass clair.barrass#~#zetnet.co.uk YES Darren Craig darrenc#~#netcomuk.co.uk YES David Damerell damerell#~#chiark.greenend.org.uk YES David Hansen davidh#~#spidacom.co.uk YES Denis McMahon denis#~#pickaxe.demon.co.uk YES Derek Hodge derekh#~#post.almac.co.uk YES Hamish Bell hammy#~#croila.demon.co.uk YES Ian Jeffray ian#~#eh.org YES Ian Johnston engs0011#~#sable.ox.ac.uk YES Ian Wright i.wright#~#swimcoach.freeserve.co.uk YES Jim Darroch jimd#~#spider.com YES Joe Curry ability#~#zetnet.co.uk YES John.Mason John.Mason#~#ed.ac.uk YES Kevin Hislop K.W.Hislop#~#hw.ac.uk YES lOUISE Blatchford louise#~#woods.demon.co.uk YES Mark Woods mark#~#britball.com YES Marysia Kolodziej marysia#~#marysia.com YES Michael Parry michael#~#unicorn-connection.co.uk YES Mike Paley pmailkee#~#waverider.co.uk YES mIKE sCOT mike_scot#~#yahoo.com YES Omar Jamil oxj#~#dcs.ed.ac.uk YES Paul Womar Vote#~#pwomar.demon.co.uk YES Simon Smith simon.smith#~#ed.ac.uk YES Solomon Paul Sammy sps#~#argonet.co.uk YES steve ellwood steve.ellwood.ev#~#telecom.dircon.co.uk YES Steven J. Kinloch Steven#~#Kinloch.sol.co.uk YES tobias erle vote#~#kholdan.snafu.de YES Alex Dawson alex.dawson#~#uea.ac.uk NO Anne Jackson amygdala#~#zetnet.co.uk NO Barrie Black news#~#kingsmuirangus.softnet.co.uk NO Bob Scott Bob#~#landb5.demon.co.uk NO Calum Davidson calum.bis#~#agora.org NO Charles Ellson charles#~#ellson.demon.co.uk NO Craig Cockburn craig#~#scot.demon.co.uk NO Daniel Toye daniel.toye#~#cableol.co.uk NO Darren Rees merlin#~#cvnet.co.uk NO Dave Mayall david.mayall#~#ukonline.co.uk NO Dave Sparks Dave.Sparks#~#sisyphus.demon.co.uk NO David Marsh dmarsh#~#zetnet.co.uk NO George MacDonald gmd#~#slip.net NO Ian Peattie ian#~#johnrich.demon.co.uk NO John Breslin breslin#~#cadence.com NO Paul L. Allen pla#~#sktb.demon.co.uk NO Richard Fairbairn richard#~#fairbairn1.demon.co.uk NO Robert Gormley r.gormley#~#ed.ac.uk NO Russ Evans russ#~#seismo.demon.co.uk NO Simon Brooke simon#~#jasmine.org.uk NO Stephen Kitt steve#~#tardis.ed.ac.uk NO Steven Heddle sbh#~#roe.ac.uk NO Paul Bolchover pb10003#~#cus.cam.ac.uk ABSTAIN Ross Younger wry20#~#cam.ac.uk ABSTAIN Disallowed votes David Allison Name and email address not given in ballot form. Thomas Lee Posted after voting deadline. ====================================================================== Summary: The creation of a UK-wide newsgroup uk.local.edinburgh - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups line: uk.local.edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- RATIONALE: uk.local.edinburgh Edinburgh has a population in excess of 500,000 people, and has specific issues which can only be discussed on an Edinburgh wide basis, such as Health (Lothian Health Board), Transport (Lothian Region Transport), City of Edinburgh Council, the Environment, Employment, Festivals and so on. - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER: uk.local.edinburgh Uk.local.edinburgh is for the discussion of any topic relating to the City of Edinburgh, whether from people in the city or elsewhere. Contributions are welcome from people who Live, study, work or have an interest in the area, culture, history, sport and attractions of or plan to visit Edinburgh. Due to the diverse community in the city, uk.local.edinburgh welcomes posts in any language, but considers English the main language. Posters in other languages are requested to give translations in English where possible. ADVERTISING Commercial advertising is unwelcome, although a company reference in a signature not exceeding four lines is acceptable. CROSS POSTING X-posting to/from other newsgroups are welcome up to a limit of four other newsgroups, by directing a post from one to the other with follow-ups set accordingly. BINARIES With the exception of PGP signatures, the posting of binaries or other encoded data files is not permitted. You are invited to read a guide on the World Wide Web at http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html for further information on how to configure your newsreader to post to uk.* newsgroups. END CHARTER. Proponent: John Harris Email: mikeharris1@mailexcite.com ====================================================================== This vote was conducted by a neutral third party member of UKVoting. UKVoting is a group of independent votetakers who count votes on CFVs in the uk hierarchy. The rules under which this vote is taken are posted regularly to uk.net.news.announce or can be found at the following URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted to uk.net.news.announce. Allegations of irregularity should be sent to control@usenet.org.uk. Brian Jones on behalf of UK Voting - -- Brian Jones Worcester, United Kingdom mailto: brianjones@worcester.demon.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBNoeejmOfGXkh8vHZAQEOjAQAliqWQr3faGQzo/ykxktwE+f0JoZyCc5d ll/jFPE5wnM5KLz6Z1dBqvQJx3FdaLIOeJ+ZoKIxzvTP/oJVqmrb6FkWNMyDU05Z uFYGN5O5JNWSoaX4SnyG/YTBx6HrOG4u3F6dbyc2fyMloYtb/4edMu8SniSXuUiq hZ58SfS2N6U= =OZ43 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----