Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce,uk.net.news.config,uk.net.news.management Path: oaktree.co.uk!ewrotcd!feed-ewrotcd!news.lattis.xara.net!akk.uni-karlsruhe.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!diablo.theplanet.net!news.freedom2surf.net!easynet-uk!easynet.net!yama.mcc.ac.uk!cs.man.ac.uk!clerew!control From: UKVoting Subject: Updated 1999 Committee Election Results Message-ID: Followup-To: uk.net.news.management Sender: control@clw.cs.man.ac.uk (Charles Lindsey) Supersedes: Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 15:56:39 GMT Approved: Charles Lindsey acting as control Lines: 868 Xref: oaktree.co.uk uk.net.news.announce:1663 uk.net.news.config:82684 uk.net.news.management:11081 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [[ This is a re-post in order to correct the serious errors in the original count. This does NOT affect the result of the election. The only other changes are that an incorrect date has been fixed, along with the munging of a small number of addresses which were accidentally left un-munged in the previous post, for which UK-Voting apologises. Finally, Control has pointed out that the discussion period should be five rather than ten days. ]] RESULTS OF CALL FOR VOTES From: UKVoting Newsgroups: uk.net.news.announce uk.net.news.config uk.net.news.management Subject: 1999 Committee Election Results RESULTS OF CALL FOR VOTES Summary of Committee Elections Open Class: The following people are elected (two to serve until Oct 2002, the other until Oct 2000): Geoff Berrow - a.k.a. Blade Runner Thomas Lee David Damerell News Class: The following person was elected unopposed Andrew Gierth - ------------------------------------------------------------- Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 19th December 1999. Initial Primary Votetaker: votequestion@swinny.cix.co.uk (Rob Felton) Secondary Votetaker: voting@mort.demon.co.uk (Malcolm Mladenovic) Tertiary Votetaker: r.irvine@ukvoting.org.uk - ------------------------------------------------------------- Distribution: uk.net.news.announce, uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.management - ------------------------------------------------------------- The Results: The results follow below in the following order: 1) Result 2) Particulars of the Vote 3) Votetakers comments 4) Voting and Appeal guidelines 5) Committee Elections Guidelines 1) Result N.B. Please find below a summarised set of the Results for the 1999 Committee Elections. Candidates: 1) David Damerell 2) Geoff Berrow (a.k.a. Blade Runner) 3) James Farrar 4) Peter Parry 5) Six 6) Thomas Lee Details of the Count Total Vote = 191 ballots Quota = 191/(3+1) == 47.75 Candidate 1 43 Candidate 2 53 Candidate 3 6 Candidate 4 26 Candidate 5 15 Candidate 6 48 Candidates 2 and 6 reach quota and are deemed elected. Their surpluses are as follows: Candidate 2: 53-47.75 = 5.25 Candidate 6: 48-47.75 = 0.25 Total transferrable vote = 5.50. This is smaller than the difference between the two lowest candidates' votes and is therefore deferred under section 5.2.2. Valid Vote = 191 Non-transferable vote = 0 Quota is unchanged at 47.75 Candidate 3 has 6 current ballots and is eliminated. Next preferences for Candidate 3 (excluding candidates 2 and 6) Candidate 1 4 Candidate 4 2 Non-xferable 0 Valid Vote = 191 Non-transferable vote = 0 Quota is unchanged at 47.75 Candidate 1 43 + 4[3] = 47 Candidate 4 26 + 2[3] = 28 Candidate 5 15 + 0[3] = 15 No candidate reaches quota. Total transferrable vote = 5.50. This is smaller than the difference between the two lowest candidates' votes and therefore is deferred under section 5.2.2. Valid Vote = 191 Non-transferable vote = 0 Quota is unchanged at 47.75 Candidate 5 has 15 current ballots and is eliminated. Next preferences for Candidate 5 (excluding candidates 2 3 and 6) Candidate 1 7 Candidate 4 4 Non-xferable 4 Candidate 1 43 + 4[3] + 7[5] = 54 Candidate 4 26 + 2[3] + 4[5] = 32 Candidate 1 passes quota and is deemed elected. Result: The following are elected (in this order): Candidate 2 Candidate 6 Candidate 1 2) Particulars of the Vote The following people posted valid votes: James Farrar james@sfgiants22.freeserve@kuoc Marcus Houlden committee-99@houlden.f9@kuoc Tony Towers tony@cats.tele2@kuoc Ellen Mizzell votes9910@tictac.demon@kuoc Livia Mitson livia.wheelwrigh@tent Mark Brown broonie.tardis@ed@kuca Nick Regan nick@nregan@kuoc {R} richard@horizon@kuoc Barry Salter ukvotes.salterg@demon@kuoc Richard Clayton richard.turnpik@moce Alex Holden votes.alexh@clara@kuoc John Hall john.jhall@demon@kuoc Tom Hughes tom.compt@nuno Steve Dodd dirk.loth@demon@kuoc Raven (Brit) Raven.arpeggio@demon@kuoc Keith Willoughby keith.flat22@gro2 Arwel Parry arwel.cartref@demon@kuoc simon gray simon.star-one@o@kurg Peter Gradwell peter.gradwel@mocl Kath Collman kath.hwthwood@demon@kuoc Tim Sharrock tjsharrock.ie@groe Matthew Malthouse matthew.calmeilles@demon@kuoc Chris Croughton chris.keris@demon@kuoc Matt Johnson matt@guysfield@demon@kuoc Steve Wright steve@wrightnet@demon@kuoc Molly Mockford molly@orbs@demon@kuoc Adrian Wontroba aw1@stade@kuoc Tez Burke burkesworks@lineon@tene Dave Sparks Dave.Sparks@sisyphus@demon@kuoc Bill Bill@billybubbles@demon@kuoc Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing@demon@kuoc Jezza jezza@hotwells.freeserve@kuoc astral alice alice@darkwave.o@kugr Mike Fleming mike@tauzero@kuoc David Wood david@wood2@demon@kuoc Helge Nareid h.nareid@nareid@demon@kuoc Steve Peake puppet@dial.pipe@mocx Ian Peattie ian@john-richard@kuoc Roger Vincent rogerv@threex@kuoc Steve Lewin slewin@clara@kuoc Barry Dorrans barryd@bann@kuoc Ian Jackson ijackson@chiark.greenend.o@kugr Mark Tyndall mrt102@york.@kuca Phil Wade philwade@bigfoo@moct Annabel Smyth annabel@amsmyth@demon@kuoc Andrew Norma nja@le@kuca Paul Bolchover pb10003@cam@kuca Anthony R. Gold tgold@pani@mocx tobias erle vote-uk@kholdan.sna@eduf Nick Leverton leveret@warren@demon@kuoc Bob Scott bob@loud-n-clea@mocr Barry Johnson bjohnson@enterpris@tene Rachael Munns vashti@dream.o@kugr Andrew Heggie ahe1@cableol@kuoc Dick Craven R.C.Craven@btinterne@moct John Robinson john@thebeard@demon@kuoc Dave Mayall david.mayall@ukonline@kuoc Andy Walker a.j.walker@virgi@tenn Denis McMahon denis@pickaxe@demon@kuoc A Plantigrade Omnivore D.Budd@mcc@kuca Charles Lindsey chl@clw.cs.man@kuca David Damerell damerell@chiark.greenend.o@kugr Pete Humble peet@dircon@kuoc Sam Blackburn blackburn@nym.alia@tens Shane Matthews smatt@1st-legend@kuoc Tim Forcer tmf@ecs.soton@kuca Duncan Dewar duncan@brandane@demon@kuoc Richard Kennaway jrk@sys.uea@kuca Susan Ashton susan@ashton@demon@kuoc Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl@kuoc Alex D. Baxter alex-news@oenone@demon@kuoc Richard Herring richard@clupeid@demon@kuoc Keith Brazington keith@quetz@demon@kuoc Brett Paul Dunbar brett@dimetrodon@demon@kuoc Lindsay Endell linz@gofar@demon@kuoc Iain Rae iainr@civ.hw@kuca Matt Foster matt.foster@ed@kuca James Coupe james@obeah@demon@kuoc Tez Boyes tez@pierrot@kuoc Hugh Simmons hugh@st-ronan@demon@kuoc Imran Ghory ImranG@btinterne@moct David Clapham Dave@community-spirit@demon@kuoc Fred Barber fredb@frolix8@demon@kuoc James Bellaire bellaire@t@mock Huge huge@axalotl@demon@kuoc Lee Maguire lee@wetware@demon@kuoc Graham Nye graham@tyndale@demon@kuoc Jon Harley J.W.Harley@warwick@kuca Alan Ford alan@whirlnet@demon@kuoc Fenny yorks.lass@net.nt@mocl jeff lebowski thedude@jena@kuoc martinP m.paterson@consun@lnte Philip Powell philip@blencathra@demon@kuoc Claire Speed c.speed@mcc@kuca Chris Bannister cj@moodog@demon@kuoc Kevin Andreoli kevin.andreoli@ukgatewa@teny Rick Ansell ricka@globalnet@kuoc Aakash Mehendale aakash@popaccoun@moct Mike Landers plissken@netcomuk@kuoc Dave Williams dave@clue@mocs Penny Mayes penny@labyrinth.freeu@mock jAmES Lawson chasm@ccl@gro4 Peter Parry peter@wppltd@demon@kuoc Tom Joyce t.m.joyce@dunelm.o@kugr Richard Letts rilchard-vote@illuin@demon@kuoc Stuart O'Donnell spod@venicones@demon@kuoc Maga Tweed maga@magawiska@kuoc Richard Lamont richard@stonix@demon@kuoc Delboy (D.M.Mackel) delboy@madasafis@moch Darren Wyn Rees merlin@netlink@kuoc Thomas Lee tfl@psp@kuoc Chris M. Dickson chris@dickson@demon@kuoc Brian Jones bajones@worcester@demon@kuoc Tim Willets tim@willets@demon@kuoc Denis F bedfordtlfan@yaho@moco Steve Way steve@ways@demon@kuoc niall niallcw@btinterne@comt Christopher Watkins christopher@uffa@demon@kuoc Andrew Gierth andrew@erlenstar@demon@kuoc Nigel Cliffe ncliffe@btinterne@comt dave mills davemills@ravesw@demon@kuoc John Mallard john_mallard@lineon@tene M@ mgk@ecs.soton@kuca Jonathan Wheeler J.F.Wheeler@rl@kuca S.W.F. Borthwick swfb@bokop.win-u@tenk Ben Evans bene@chiark.greenend.o@kugr Ross Hamilton rossh@clar@tena Mike Wallis m.wallis@leeds@kuca Colin Blackburn phys0060@ermine.ox@kuca David Kitching davidk@brocross.u-ne@comt Darren Meldrum darren@meldrum@kuoc Phil Clark phil@saxmund@demon@kuoc Stefan Davids smd@hopf@demon@kuoc John C. Kirk John@golgotha@demon@kuoc Pekka P. Pirinen ppp@pirinen@demon@kuoc Iain Bowen alaric@harlech@demon@kuoc squire squire@bryhod99@demon@kuoc Colin Rosenstiel rosenstiel@cix@kuoc Roger Haynes rogerh@crosswind@tens Martin Ludgate editor@navvies@demon@kuoc Jim Benton-Evans jim@benton-evans@demon@kuoc Stephen Baird steve@grinning-cat@kuoc Bob galactica@cwco@tenm Paul Carpenter paul@pcserv@demon@kuoc Peter Dent p-dent@iboro.freeserve@kuoc Andy Roberts andyrobts@zetnet@kuoc Rex M F Smith sumisu@gehena@demon@kuoc Barrie Black barrie@kingsmuirangus.softnet@kuoc Edward King eaking@ulape@demon@kuoc Aaron Fuller fulleraaron@ukonline@kuoc Guy Robinson guy_robinson@bigfoo@comt Andrew Gabriel andrew@cucumber@demon@kuoc Allan Beetlestone {A}@beetlestone@demon@kuoc Mark Meadows shazam@softhom@tene Evan Johns evan.johns@ukgatewa@teny Glenys Pople gkp@howfen@demon@kuoc Chris Eilbeck chris@yordas@demon@kuoc Doug Weller dweller@ramtops@demon@kuoc Mark Collis mwc22@cam@kuca Jurek Czernuszka george@beldame@demon@kuoc Dave Hillam d.hillam@btinterne@moct Geoff Pugh geoffpugh@fortyplus.f9@kuoc Lyn David Thomas lyn@stuffing@demon@kuoc Peter Alfredsen peteralf@softhom@tene Peter Corlett abuse@cabal.o@kugr John B. jcb@avism@demon@kuoc Neil Horlock Neil.Horlock@mcmai@mocl Pete Biggs pete@physchem.ox@kuca Paul Martin paul.martin@nuffield.ox@kuca John Davis echoes@btinterne@comt Anthony Naggs amn@ubik@demon@kuoc Jon Plews jonplews@dial.pipe@mocx Six six@screamingeagle.in2home@kuoc Scott Allison scott@freedomphones@kuoc Dr John Stockton jrs@merlyn@demon@kuoc Mike Bristow mike@urgl@moce Alan Wigand alan@alanw@demon@kuoc Jon Rouse Jon@timewarp@demon@kuoc Keith@Hampshire KA@roofer.swinternet@kuoc Mark Goodge mark@good-stuff@kuoc Clive Martin clive@cmartin@demon@kuoc Paul Womar Vote@pwomar@demon@kuoc Peter Munn pmunnsub@pearce-neptune@demon@kuoc Dave Lee dave@alpha21@demon@kuoc Jim Hill committee99@jhc.o@kugr Kate L Pugh kake@ox.compso@tenc Frankie Roberto frank.roberts@zetnet@kuoc draenog draenog@yon-net@demon@kuoc Paul Paul@xebon.clara@kuoc Ian Boe ian@boei@demon@kuoc Sue Lee sue@dizzydogs@demon@kuoc The following people posted invalid votes: chaz.obelisksystems@ukco - ack bounced Late votes Kevin Bracey kevin@bracey.pacemicr.moco deemed invalid by the votetakers Nogbert Noggson borsetshire.tesc.teno Borsetshire Webmaster webmaster.borsetshire.cj.tenb As per the guidelines: "The results shall be published in such a manner that it may be seen who voted, but only the individual voter will be able to recognise and confirm his own vote. " And therefore the following are the valid votes with the Unique ID for people to identify their votes and the way people voted: Candidate 6 ( TL )--------------+ Candidate 5 ( S )------------+ | Candidate 4 ( PP )----------+ | | Candidate 3 ( JF )--------+ | | | Candidate 2 ( GB )------+ | | | | Candidate 1 ( DD )----+ | | | | | ID | | | | | | 00f6304a9ed746fe 2 3 5 6 1 4 033d95a5f845ccbb 2 4 5 1 6 3 08f051ead124d803 1 2 5 3 6 4 09a2fd8071dadb61 3 1 4 2 6 5 0b941c4cefd7a312 1 2 5 3 6 4 0e3372b51192c353 2 1 - 3 - - 10b21223168399d7 2 1 5 3 6 4 1100e2ebfc9a4826 2 4 3 1 6 5 112866daf095a3fd 1 5 4 2 6 3 136b040f68b6fcd7 3 2 4 5 6 1 13da04441255f9cf 1 2 5 3 6 4 14e7ecc0906de034 5 2 4 1 6 3 15066c25ee458e81 1 3 5 4 6 2 151a5ca74c5fd310 5 2 4 3 6 1 154e82d538e5f555 - 2 5 3 1 4 16675bae654e991c 4 3 2 5 6 1 167c0e67521a3a77 - 1 - - - - 18572d3943aeb6e4 6 1 4 2 5 3 1a1c4f5eb53f77ed 3 4 5 2 6 1 1bfb3e08e328ebe0 3 1 2 4 6 5 1dfa6bfdbaf73413 2 4 5 1 - 3 1eb1343ed30237e3 2 1 4 5 6 3 1ec67aa51f855288 2 3 4 1 6 5 1ee736064605a959 2 3 5 4 6 1 1efa55653360b4f6 3 4 2 5 6 1 2074f86df68187b8 4 2 5 3 6 1 2258c007123a8dc8 4 5 3 2 - 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1 5373bb31ac55df66 2 3 5 1 6 4 540d8c485b87d83d - 1 - 3 - 2 54d950c38072c963 3 1 2 4 - 5 571381c39867d040 3 5 4 2 - 1 583d0798a1d18c56 2 1 5 3 - 4 5952032947cfb2f8 4 1 2 5 6 3 5ad679c3fe832679 3 1 4 5 6 2 5c28e19852984c42 1 3 5 2 6 4 5e8197159334e48e 3 - - 1 - 2 5e96a74081d50743 1 - 4 3 - 2 60c1ccace9e15039 3 1 4 2 6 5 60c7ad7d0f10819a 3 1 2 4 - - 65480121af72a33b 2 3 5 4 - 1 66171ea400429eb7 1 3 4 5 6 2 665957028b24bc77 1 6 2 3 5 4 667bd6391ffa87cd - 2 - - 1 - 6b54171ab61c9b9f 5 4 3 2 - 1 6bdcaa337f209872 2 1 5 4 6 3 6c809821a339dcdb 2 1 4 3 6 5 6ca8502cc5cd2378 - 1 2 - 3 - 6d9c373782762e97 2 1 5 3 - 4 6f382de5698afb7b 5 4 2 1 6 3 706b1cd3e718bd33 3 2 4 5 6 1 745ccd25cf2787bc 5 2 4 6 1 3 75df621a578cc7b7 - - - - 1 - 765fe9001cf9f07f 3 1 4 2 - 5 7788740fe06aeb7d 1 4 2 3 6 5 7f29397317d8faac 3 4 5 2 6 1 818d40692a4173f8 1 2 4 3 6 5 81d052e91f141f22 3 1 5 4 6 2 8306cbbb05264db4 3 1 - - 2 - 85cc666df1b5dec8 2 5 3 1 6 4 85f1aee9bc67af6b 2 3 4 1 - - 869ce7dc57835224 6 2 4 5 1 3 876303b00d47faa4 3 4 5 2 6 1 887de6aed3514421 5 3 4 1 6 2 88946f2fa98c7742 4 1 3 5 - 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- - 1 - - b579fe6aa0d8ae80 - - - 1 - 2 b598415716f51a74 2 3 - 4 - 1 b906474a9b77bf20 2 3 5 4 6 1 b913217cfb1a36bd 2 1 5 4 6 3 ba00edabc3afe514 1 3 5 2 - 4 bcf8fea44f0f965e 2 4 - 3 - 1 be8ad2e15a2ea704 2 3 4 5 - 1 bea3c586fc1a85a5 1 3 2 - - - bf6aa5ec4fedc046 - 5 - - 1 - c19d98fe6bd55b0e 3 4 5 1 6 2 c301644baa3310fa 1 3 5 4 6 2 c43291c5d5f8158f 6 1 3 4 2 5 c571158fe47a0815 1 3 4 5 6 2 c5e5d903475aedbb 1 2 - 3 - - c7170a1a9904f890 5 2 3 4 6 1 c8dfe530fe2b6cd7 3 2 5 4 - 1 ca99941d29d46e5c 3 4 5 2 6 1 cb91f567f166e020 2 1 4 3 6 5 cba14ec5cc39de45 1 2 4 5 6 3 cfd3b91ba351e6bf 2 5 1 4 - 3 d125c62716f0587f - 1 - - 2 - d191e210fa895c1f 1 5 4 3 6 2 d327f8d025feb477 - - - 1 - - d45ce451e7bb80e1 3 4 5 2 6 1 d488e8323269eb52 - 3 4 1 - 2 d53f82910a92c34e 3 1 5 2 6 4 d563ebecd51b27bf 5 2 6 4 1 3 d6246a03a46f52c1 2 1 4 5 6 3 d8528976a570394f 3 - 4 2 - 1 dae05ae7fafcd1ee 1 5 2 3 6 4 db684277aac4d996 5 1 4 2 6 3 dc618b47398dba0a 4 2 5 1 6 3 de15d758a52edb04 1 2 3 - - - dec690ec13305b3b 2 1 6 5 4 3 e119716f8a0fc48e 3 2 4 6 1 5 e177c8be5ebe7e85 2 1 4 3 5 6 e1c915ca39f78578 2 1 3 4 6 5 e2ac0ddbdeb33917 - - - - - 1 e3e2ce2ed0db227a 4 3 6 1 5 2 e8823e9a7e27ef9d 5 1 3 4 6 2 ea63ceea94379339 4 2 5 6 1 3 ea72cc16984d078e 1 4 3 5 - 2 ed9de8324bc6a402 1 2 3 4 - 5 ef56ae2f801d740d 2 1 5 4 6 3 f07843593f6addf0 1 - - 2 - 3 f168264d8484a555 1 4 5 2 - 3 f2a0610aec522acc 4 2 5 3 - 1 f320060510f630c1 5 2 4 3 6 1 f65aa01094434e11 3 1 2 4 6 5 f933db354f8c4c77 4 2 - - 1 3 f9357ef69965868f - 1 - 2 - - fc28407666c7dc89 4 2 3 5 6 1 fc400e3b5bb174b0 1 4 5 3 6 2 fda2a7afc6157045 3 4 5 2 6 1 ff04bb51c710f127 4 2 5 1 6 3 3) Votetaker Comments Robbie :- My first STV (officially) fairly uneventful apart from the business with the guidelines vote just as the vote ended. A unexpected painless process and a easy to work out result. I wasn't expecting to do anything else apart from checking of the votes, so a surprise. the worst part of the vote - formatting the spamtrapped mail addresses for this posting. Malcolm :- Not really much to add - most people managed to provide reasonably filled out ballots but a few required hand-editing before being script processed. The ID/ack generation code was essentially the same as last year. I (like everyone else, I expect) will be glad to get it all over with. 4) Voting and Appeal guidelines 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 The UKVoting web pages can be found at http://www.ukvoting.org.uk/ 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. 5) Committee Elections Guidelines ELECTIONS: ========== There are currently 3 Open and 3 News Administrator Vacancies DEFINITIONS OF NEWS ADMINISTRATOR and OPEN A News Administrator is a person responsible for administering or overseeing the news system on a site. Sites which serve only 1 user, or which exchange news articles with only 1 other site do not count. An Open Member is any person who is a reader of uk.* articles. NOMINATION RULES Nominations in the case of the "News Administrator" class of membership may only be made by News Administrators (definition above) Nominations in the case of the "Open" class of membership may be made by any reader of uk.* articles. Each candidate must receive 4 nominations. PERSONS RESIGNING FROM COMMITTEE News Administrator Class: 1) Jon Harley N.B. There are now three vacancies on the committee for this class. Open Member Class: 1) Paul Carpenter (end of 3 year term) 2) Thomas Lee (end of 3 year term) 3) Claire Speed (retiring one year early) ================================================================= CANDIDATES: News Administrator Class: One nomination received. Candidate: 1) Andrew Gierth Nominator 1 = Dave Williams davec luesc om Nominator 2 = Jeremy Nixon jnixo nrema rqcom Nominator 3 = Joe St Sauver JOEor egonu orego nedu Nominator 4 = Stuart Davies stoob tnet The appropriate validation of candidate and nominators having been carried out, Andrew Gierth is provisionally elected unopposed. Open Class: 6 nominations received - the committee has 3 vacancies and therefore an election will be held to fill the 3 vacancies. Candidates: 1) David Damerell 2) Geoff Berrow (a.k.a. Blade Runner) 3) James Farrar 4) Peter Parry 5) Six 6) Thomas Lee Please find below details of the people who nominated each candidate (Name & Email Address) and a short statement from each candidate: - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate 1: David Damerell damer ellch iarkg reene ndorg uk Nominator 1 = Claire Speed perdi tamcc acuk Nominator 2 = Dave Mayall david mayal lukon linec ouk Nominator 3 = Ian Jackson ijack sonch iarkg reene ndorg uk Nominator 4 = Wednesday White wedns daych iarkg reene ndorg uk Statement: I've read uk.* groups for around 5 years, and involved myself with the group creation process for about two. uk.* has a much higher proportion of readable groups than the Big Eight (let alone alt.*), and I'd like to preserve that. The role of the Committee involves resisting the increasingly commmon abuses of the group creation process; to that end, I'd like to submit RFDs to change the Committee's remit. It is currently possible for 4 demands to force the Committee to add ROD to an RFD; it should also be possible for a larger number - twelve, I suggest - to force the Committee to add naming options or Charter options. Committee decisions can often be terse. It would be pleasant if they - in general - had more justification of why the decision had been taken; the truly determined will still object to anything the Committee does, but the ordinary proponent - especially those uninformed about the group creation process - needs a clear indication of why a decision has been taken and how to proceed. Recently a lot of criticism of Control and Acting Control has been heard. I don't personally believe that much of it is justified; but I believe that the Committee must be fast to investigate complaints. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate 2: Geoff Berrow (Blade Runner) black -dogg eocit iesco m Nominator 1 = Claire Speed Clair eSpee dness iemcc acuk Nominator 2 = Iain Bowen alari charl echde monco uk Nominator 3 = Andy Mabbett andyp igson thewi ngdem oncou k Nominator 4 = Andrew John Roberts andyr obtsz etnet couk Statement: When I proposed my first newsgroup, I was told I would never get it past the unnc lot. I didn't even try, I just formed it in alt. It's not the busiest newsgroup in the world, but all those who drop by say what a friendly place it is and it's still going strong. I can't remember how I first came to spend time in unnc but I soon learned that what I had been told was only partly true. It was possible to 'get past the unnc lot' after all. My second newsgroup did. I believe that, whilst certain procedure is important to ensure the success of the hierarchy, unnc could really do with what the advertisers would call 're-branding'. I believe the process should be seen as firm, but fair and I also think that we can afford to be somewhat less confrontational in our attitude to newsgroup formation. I've not just talked about this. I wrote the RFD Maker, an online resource designed to help new proponents and formed a mailing list to enable information to be passed out to the wider hierarchy by means of .sig files. If elected, I will continue to look for ways to make the process fairer and less traumatic for the proponent whilst striving to make the hierarchy one to be proud of. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate 3: James Farrar james sfgia nts22 frees ervec ouk Nominator 1 = astral alice alice darkw aveor guk Nominator 2 = Ryan Taylor ryanc taylo rcabl einet couk Nominator 3 = Robert Park robcr ane-h ousef reese rveco uk Nominator 4 = Owen G. Hinchcliffe owenh inchc liffe icacu k Statement: I have been a reader of uk.* newsgroups for the past three years, and have been active in the newsgroup creation procedure both in uk.* and in the Big 8. I have also been involved with several real-life committees. The Committee will face new challenges over the next few years. There have already been attempts to undermine its authority. It is likely that the Committee may have to seek more input from our ISPs as to what they feel its role should be. It is through the ISPs that the Committee derives its power. It should never forget that, and it should use that to its advantage. I am currently a second year Chemistry student at Queen Mary & Westfield College (University of London). - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate 4: Peter Parry peter wpplt ddemo ncouk Nominator 1 = Sue Lee suedi zzydo gsdem oncouk Nominator 2 = Alan Wigand alana lanwd emonc ouk Nominator 3 = Ian Boe ianbo eidem oncou k Nominator 4 = Dave Lee Davea lpha2 1demo ncouk Statement Having been around here for some years I am of the opinion that on balance the present system works well and should continue. While it must change with time and users needs such changes should be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. I am very strongly against attempts to politicise the committee. The committee should be made up of individuals responsive to users not 'activists' in the thrall of secretive organisations with their own agendas. The efforts of these have often created a confrontational atmosphere which leads to lengthy, heated and largely irrelevant debates to the detriment of newcomers and the group creation process. I would like to work towards the development of more standardised texts for the creation of RFD's without unnecessary pain and believe it is the task of the committee members to provide both guidance and leadership in such areas. However, I would not want everything to be taken too seriously. For most of us this is not real life and it ought to be more about helping others to achieve what they want within the framework we have than endless squabbling. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate 5: Six sixsc reami ngeag le1to 1org Nominator 1 = Andy Roberts andyr obtsz etnet couk Nominator 2 = Fenris Wolf fenri sreal ity8d emonc ouk Nominator 3 = Dr D M Mackel macke lmada safis hcom Nominator 4 = Charles F Hankel charl eshan kelme rsine tcouk Statement: I stand on the Reform Group ticket, whose policy statements I generally agree with except for publishing the committee mail list verbatim, but feel that some form of minutes must be published on a regular basis, and that progress reports must be published weekly by Control. I believe that the group creation process can be simplified without compromising the uk.* hierarchy, and that the committee must be a facilitative body instead of its current blurred role. As a Uk Dot Star Agent, I am committed to pro-actively spreading the election message throughout the uk.* hierarchy with a view to getting more of the electorate informed and involved. I believe that committee terms must be reduced to one year and, in support of this, I intend to resign after a year and maybe offer myself for re-election at that time regardless of whether or not the committee rules are altered before then. Age, experience and the rest: I hold dual nationality (British and American), am older than most, younger then some; my IT experience exceeds a quarter of a century, and comes after being commander of a combat infantry company when the Western world was discovering free love. I use the name "Six" because it has historical significance for me and to avoid confusion between my amateur Internet activities with my professional ones. I shall be more than happy to answer relevant questions on uk.net.news.config in the election run-up. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate 6: Thomas Lee tflps pcouk Nominator 1 = Dave Roberts daved arobd emonc ouk Nominator 2 = Stefan Perry stefs marts igcou k Nominator 3 = Andy Hoad andyh arhoa dfree serve couk Nominator 4 = Robin Muskett Alpha 1droo mdemo ncouk Statement I have been a member of the UK Usenet Committee since it's formation and participate both in the committee discussions and in the newsgroups. Working as a computer consultant specialising in Windows 2000, I have spent much of the past two years contracting at Microsoft, spending much of that time living in the US. I returned to the UK in May of this year. 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