From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 22:25:42 -0400 From: Michael Handler grendel@netaxs.com Subject: CFV: comp.os.plan9 moderated Topicbox-Message-UUID: 10a7ab94-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19950729022542.GsVFlCQM_nkLyzFEYsEuiMpbbEPLS9aZamGExk7NJ1s@z> LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) moderated group comp.os.plan9 *************************************************************************** * 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 * *************************************************************************** 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. comp.os.plan9 Bounce List - No need to revote ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fabrice@joe Laborie Fabrice gfg@cyberspace.com George F Gould -- Michael Handler Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) Usenet Volunteer Votetakers WWW page: