CFV: comp.os.plan9 moderated

CFV: comp.os.plan9 moderated

[Michael]

                          LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                        moderated group comp.os.plan9

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* NOTE: This is the second CFV of two. If you have already voted and      *
* received an acknowledgement of your vote in email from the              *
* votetaker, you *DO* *NOT* need to vote again. If you have any           *
* questions, ask the votetaker, Michael Handler <handler@sub-rosa.com>    *
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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 <handler@sub-rosa.com>. For
questions about the proposed group contact Jim Davis
<jdavis@cs.arizona.edu>.

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 <ccsis@bath.ac.uk> has volunteered to be moderator; Tim
Goodwin <tim@pipex.net> 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 <news.announce.newsgroups>, 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.

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*** 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.       ***
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Send email to: <plan9-vote@sub-rosa.com>
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 <news.announce.newgroups>, 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 <news.announce.newgroups>
* 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 <plan9-cfv@sub-rosa.com>. 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.

comp.os.plan9 Bounce List - No need to revote
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fabrice@joe                                                    Laborie Fabrice
gfg@cyberspace.com                                              George F Gould

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