From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 00:23:17 -0400 From: Scott Schwartz schwartz@galapagos.cse.psu.edu Subject: comp.os.plan9 call for votes Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f75b2fc-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19950714042317.rNLE7M1Iww41-ipCpS0Me_zplu2ng6kMjuiHx3JWMKs@z> I see that the CFV for comp.os.plan9 has been posted to news.groups, and didn't see a reminder posted here, so this is it. | From: handler@sub-rosa.com (Michael Handler) | Subject: CFV: comp.os.plan9 moderated | Date: 12 Jul 1995 23:24:45 -0000 | | FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) | moderated group comp.os.plan9 | | Newsgroups line: | comp.os.plan9 Plan 9 from Bell Labs. | | Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 2 Aug 1995. | | This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting | questions only contact Michael Handler . For | questions about the proposed group contact Jim Davis | . | | RATIONALE | | Plan 9 is a computing system developed at the Computing Science | Research Center of AT&T Bell Laboratories. First released in 1990, | Plan 9 contains many innovative ideas but is robust enough for | production use. There is an active Plan 9 mailing list with several | hundred readers. | | Past releases of Plan 9 could only be licensed by universities. The | next release will be available to anyone, and run on a wide range of | PCs. This will make running Plan 9 an option for many Usenet readers. | | A Plan 9 newsgroup would let Plan 9 users help each other, and let | anyone interested in current operating system practice learn about | Plan 9. | | CHARTER | | comp.os.plan9 is a moderated newsgroup for discussion of the Plan 9 | operating system from Bell Labs. It's a forum to ask questions and | share information about installing, administering, and using Plan 9 | systems. The newsgroup will be bidirectionally gatewayed with the | Plan 9 mailing list <9fans@cse.psu.edu> | | MODERATORS & MODERATION POLICY | | Icarus Sparry has volunteered to be moderator; Tim | Goodwin has volunteered to be backup moderator. Both | are participants on the Plan 9 mailing list. Moderation is intended | to keep discussion on charter topics, which we hope will encourage the | Plan 9 developers to participate. | | MAILING LISTS AND GATEWAYS | | comp.os.plan9 will be bidirectionally gatewayed with the mailing list | <9fans@cse.psu.edu>. | | DISTRIBUTION | | This Call For Votes (CFV) has been crossposted to the following newsgroups: | | news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.os.research, comp.os.misc | | After this Call For Votes (CFV) appears in , it | will be sent to the following mailing lists: | | * Plan 9 mailing list <9fans@cse.psu.edu> | | HOW TO VOTE | | One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Attempts at | ballot box stuffing or vote fraud will not be treated lightly. | | ************************************************************************** | *** IMPORTANT: Email addresses, names, and votes of all voters will be *** | *** published in the final voting results list. UVV voting is not done *** | *** by secret ballot. If you don't like this policy, don't vote. *** | ************************************************************************** | | Send email to: | Just replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list. | | Your mail message should contain ONE (and only ONE) of the following | statements: | | I vote YES on comp.os.plan9 | I vote NO on comp.os.plan9 | I vote ABSTAIN on comp.os.plan9 | I CANCEL my vote on comp.os.plan9 | | If you vote ABSTAIN, your vote will be registered and will be shown in | the final results posting, but it will not affect the outcome of the vote. | It is intended as a form of symbolic protest, nothing more. | | If you CANCEL your vote, all records of your vote will be purged from the | active results file, and your name and address will not be listed in the | final results posting. | | ABSTAIN and CANCEL are nearly the same thing -- the only difference is, | with ABSTAIN, your name and address are still listed in the final listing. | | If you later change your mind you may vote again. Only your last valid | vote will count and will be published in the final results posting. | | Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The | votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal | acknowledgement by mail -- if you do not receive one within several days, | try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered | correctly. | | After the final results are posted to , there | will then be a five-day period during which the published vote list may be | corrected and any irregularities addressed. | | OFFICIAL SOURCES OF THE CFV | | The only official sources of this CFV are: | * The copy which was crossposted to | * Any copies which were sent to mailing lists by the votetaker (and *only* | the votetaker) | * One received from the votetaker's automated mailserver | | To obtain a copy of the CFV from the votetaker's mailserver, send an | email message to . This is an automated function, | so it does not matter what you say in the message. | | IMPORTANT: If you give anyone copies of the CFV, the copies must be whole | and unmodified. Distributing pre-filled in ballots or modified copies of | this CFV is considered voting fraud. If this occurs on a large scale or | causes voting problems or irregularities, the vote may be canceled. | | When in doubt, ask the votetaker. | -- | Michael Handler Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) | Usenet Volunteer Votetakers WWW page: