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From allan@sophie.allan.org Mon Sep 22 05:30:06 1997
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From: allan@sophie.allan.org (allan)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,alt.sci.sociology,alt.psychology,sci.anthropology,sci.econ
Subject: RFD: sci.sociology.general moderated
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group sci.sociology.general
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup sci.sociology.general. This is
not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural
details are below.
Newsgroup line:
sci.sociology.general For the discussion of all aspects of Sociology. (Moderated)
RATIONALE: sci.sociology.general
Why is there a need for sci.sociology.general? There is a good deal of
discussion about Sociology on the Internet. Deja News shows that the
term Sociology used 3336 times in the last 6 weeks. In addition, there
are two major Sociology mailing lists:
1. Progressive Sociologists Network
2. Soc Grad
Each of these mailing lists has more than 500 hundred members and
boasts more than 50 messages a day, during the school year. In
addition, there are about 20 more smaller mailing lists. So, there are
people talking about Sociology, they are just looking for a home.
Currently the only newsgroup specifically set up for the discussion of
Sociology is alt.sci.sociology. This group, unfortunately, suffers
from bad propagation, as most small colleges (and even some large)
don't carry any alt groups. In addition it has become so overrun with
hate speech and spam in the last six months that many of the regular
posters have been forced to turn elsewhere for their discussions.
CHARTER: sci.sociology.general
Sociology is, simply put, the study of society. It is done on an
informal level every day, and has been going on since the beginning of
society. As a more formalized academic science it has been around
since the early 1800's and many college campuses today have a
Sociology Department.
Sci.sociology.general is a newsgroup set up for the purpose of
discussing Sociology. Sociological thought and ideas, as well as the
profession of Sociology itself, Demography, statistics, and current
issues in Sociology.
Sci.sociology.general is not intended as a homework helper we may
offer some suggested readings, but but we're not going to do your
homework for you. Also unwelcome would be posts that are hateful,
posts filled with political posturing without Sociological theory,
data or references to substantiate the ideas, flames, messages
cross-posted to hate or white supremacy newsgroups, make-money-fast,
SPAM, binaries, and "for sale" postings.
Moderation Policy:
This group will be loosely moderated. The main reason for moderation
will be to screen out blatant violations of the charter. Any post
rejected will, with the exception of SPAM or anonymous postings, be
returned to the sender with an explanation or a suggestion for a more
appropriate newsgroup. The moderator(s) will be asked to error on the
side of leniency when deciding to reject posts. Approval can take
anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, depending on whether we
are on-line or not. Please be patient.
In general users should follow the guidelines posted by Mark Moraes in
news.announce.newusers under the subject: Rules for posting to Usenet
(this document can also be found on the web at:
http://www.netannounce.org/news.announce.newusers/) The reason that we
have a moderated group is to keep this group focused and to filter out
the stuff that drive most people out of other groups. Since
moderation is not in place to censure ideas, or limit debate every
effort will be made to automate the moderation process, thus keeping
the flow of ideas continuous.
Moderators will be selected/removed through consensus of the
newsgroup. Unless it is found necessary at a later date there will
not be a formal process for selecting group moderators.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: sci.sociology.general
Moderator: Allan Liska <allan@sociology.net>
Backup Moderator: Donald Libby <dlibby@facstaff.wisc.edu>
Moderator Address: <moderators@sociology.net>
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,sci.anthropology,sci.econ
alt.sci.sociology, alt.psychology
and the following mailing lists:
PSN <psn@csf.colorado.edu> The Progressive sociologists Network
SOCGRAD <socgrad@csf.colorado.edu> The Sociology Grad Student mailing
list.
Subscribe via: listproc@csf.colorado.edu
It is also availble on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.sociology.net/newsgroup/rfd.html
Proponent: Allan Liska allan@sociology.net
-----
allan@sophie.allan.org http://www.sociology.net/newsgroup
[there should be a signature here, but there isn't]
From Allan.Liska.allan@sociology.net Wed Oct 8 19:30:04 1997
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Allan Liska allan@sociology.net
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,alt.sci.sociology,sci.anthropology,sci.econ
Subject: 2nd RFD: sci.sociology.general moderated
Followup-To: news.groups
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group sci.sociology.general
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup sci.sociology.general. This is
not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural
details are below.
CHANGES from the previous RFD
1) Addition of another moderator.
2) Fleshed out Moderation policy
Newsgroup line:
sci.sociology.general For the discussion of all aspects of Sociology. (Moderated)
RATIONALE: sci.sociology.general
Why is there a need for sci.sociology.general? There is a good deal of
discussion about Sociology on the Internet. Deja News shows that the
term Sociology used 3336 times in the last 6 weeks. In addition, there
are two major Sociology mailing lists:
1.Progressive Sociologists Network
2.Soc Grad
Each of these mailing lists has more than 500 hundred members and
boasts more than 50 messages a day, during the school year. In
addition, there are about 20 more smaller mailing lists. So, there are
people talking about Sociology, they are just looking for a home.
Currently the only newsgroup specifically set up for the discussion of
Sociology is alt.sci.sociology. This group, unfortunately, suffers
from bad propagation, as most small colleges (and even some large)
don't carry any alt groups. In addition it has become so overrun with
hate speech and spam in the last six months that many of the regular
posters have been forced to turn elsewhere for their discussions.
END RATIONALE
CHARTER: sci.sociology.general
Sociology is, simply put, the study of society. It is done on an
informal level every day, and has been going on since the beginning of
society. As a more formalized academic science it has been around
since the early 1800's and many college campuses today have a
Sociology Department.
Sci.sociology.general is a newsgroup set up for the purpose of
discussing Sociology. Sociological thought and ideas, as well as the
profession of Sociology itself, Demography, statistics, and current
issues in Sociology.
Sci.sociology.general is not intended as a homework helper we may
offer some suggested readings, but but we're not going to do your
homework for you. Also unwelcome would be posts that are hateful,
posts filled with political posturing without Sociological theory,
data or references to substantiate the ideas, flames, messages
cross-posted to hate or white supremacy newsgroups, make-money-fast,
SPAM, binaries, and "for sale" postings.
Moderation Policy:
This group will be loosely moderated. The main reason for moderation
will be to screen out blatant violations of the charter. Becuase of
the dynamic nature of both Usenet and Sociology, it would be impossible
to list all subjects that will be considered on topic. In general, if
you follow the guidlines listed in this charter, and avoid the types of
posts listed below, you should be okay.
Posters should follow the guidelines posted by Mark Moraes in
news.announce.newusers under the subject: Rules for posting to Usenet
(this document can also be found on the web at:
http://www.netannounce.org/news.announce.newusers/)
The following are inappropriate for sci.sociology.general, and posts
containing them will be rejected:
- personal attacks, including allegations of professional misconduct
(the latter should be brought to the attention of the appropriate
authorities)
- discussions which wander far from the topic of Sociology
(especially: spam)
- cross-posting to groups outside of the sociology topic area,
unless the reason for crossposting is evident (e.g., cross-posting
to a sci.med group when discussing Sociology of Medicine).
Responses may be made to the same groups or a subset thereof without
further justification. (Note: unless there is a valid explanation
why, any message cross- posted to hate, racist, or white power
newsgroups will be automatically rejected).
- Gross violations of netiquette. These may include, for example,
excessive repetition -- defined as more than 90% quoted material, or
posting more frequently than once per month an article with more
than 90% unchanged text (moderators may change these value in the
future, if they find them to be unsatisfactory) -- or chronic
misattribution of quoted text.
- Binary files (except short PGP signatures under 2K).
Sci.sociology.general will make use of the STUMP robomoderator wirtten
by Igor Chudov. For more information, please see:
http://www.algebra.com/~ichudov/usenet/scrm/robomod/robomod.html.
When a post is made to the group it will do one of three things:
1) Accept, and forward it on to be posted
2) Pass it onto the moderators for approval.
3) Reject it.
The first time a person posts to the newsgroup, they will receive a
copy of the charter, and a pointer to the sci.sociology.general
webpage (http://www.sociology.net/newsgroup). Their post will be
submitted for approval to one of the moderators. Once it is approved,
that person will be added to the list of approved posters and remain
there unless he or she is in flagrant violation of the charter. If
someone repeatredly violates the charter, intentionally or not, they
will be placed on a second list, all of their posts will be sent to a
moderator before being sent on. This person can be put back on the
first list by approval of 2/3 of the moderators.
Any obvious charter violations (e.g. binary postings) will be
automatically rejected by the robomoderator. When this happens, a
copy of the groups' charter will be sent to the poster (assuming the
address is a valid one).
Changes in the moderation policy, and the addition or removal
(unvoluntarily) of a moderator must have support of at least 2/3 of
the existing moderators. Of course, moderators may resign of their
own volition at any time.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: sci.sociology.general
Moderator: Allan Liska <allan@sociology.net>
Moderator: Phil Marasco <Phil_Marasco@pop.net>
Backup Moderator: Donald Libby dlibby@facstaff.wisc.edu
Moderator Address: moderators@sociology.net
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, sci.anthropology, sci.econ,
alt.sci.sociology
and the following mailing lists:
PSN <psn@csf.colorado.edu> The Progressive sociologists Network
SOCGRAD <socgrad@csf.colorado.edu> The Sociology Grad Student mailing
list.
Subscribe via: listproc@csf.colorado.edu
Proponent: Allan Liska allan@sociology.net
-----
allan@sophie.allan.org http://www.sociology.net/newsgroup
[there should be a signature here, but there isn't]
From neilc@stanford.edu Wed Nov 5 00:00:10 1997
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu>
Reply-To: voting@uvv.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,alt.sci.sociology,sci.anthropology,sci.econ
Subject: CFV: sci.sociology.general moderated
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FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
moderated group sci.sociology.general
This CFV is to be distributed only by the votetaker. It is not to be
posted to newsgroups, or mailed to mailing lists or individuals, except by
the votetaker. Ballots or CFVs provided by anyone else will be invalid.
Newsgroups line:
sci.sociology.general Sociology: subjects and the profession. (Moderated)
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 26 Nov 1997.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Allan Liska <allan@sociology.net>
Mentor: Alix <piranha@pobox.com>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu>
RATIONALE: sci.sociology.general
Why is there a need for sci.sociology.general? There is a good deal of
discussion about Sociology on the Internet. Deja News shows that the
term Sociology used 3336 times in the last 6 weeks. In addition, there
are two major Sociology mailing lists:
1.Progressive Sociologists Network
2.Soc Grad
Each of these mailing lists has more than 500 hundred members and
boasts more than 50 messages a day, during the school year. In
addition, there are about 20 more smaller mailing lists. So, there are
people talking about Sociology, they are just looking for a home.
Currently the only newsgroup specifically set up for the discussion of
Sociology is alt.sci.sociology. This group, unfortunately, suffers
from bad propagation, as most small colleges (and even some large)
don't carry any alt groups. In addition it has become so overrun with
hate speech and spam in the last six months that many of the regular
posters have been forced to turn elsewhere for their discussions.
CHARTER: sci.sociology.general
Sociology is, simply put, the study of society. It is done on an
informal level every day, and has been going on since the beginning
of society. As a more formalized academic science it has been around
since the early 1800's and many college campuses today have a
Sociology Department.
Sci.sociology.general is a newsgroup set up for the purpose of
discussing Sociology. Sociological thought and ideas, as well as the
profession of Sociology itself, Demography, statistics, and current
issues in Sociology.
Sci.sociology.general is not intended as a homework helper. We may
offer some suggested readings, but we're not going to do your homework
for you. Also unwelcome would be posts that are hateful; posts filled
with political posturing without Sociological theory, data or
references to substantiate the ideas; flames; messages cross-posted to
hate or white supremacy newsgroups; make money fast; SPAM; binaries;
and "for sale" postings.
Moderation Policy:
This group will be loosely moderated. The main reason for moderation
will be to screen out blatant violations of the charter. Because of
the dynamic nature of both Usenet and Sociology, it would be
impossible to list all subjects that will be considered on topic. In
general, if you follow the guidelines listed in this charter, and
avoid the types of posts listed below, you should be okay.
Posters should follow the guidelines posted by Mark Moraes in
news.announce.newusers under the subject: Rules for posting to Usenet
(this document can also be found on the web at:
http://www.netannounce.org/news.announce.newusers/)
The following are inappropriate for sci.sociology.general, and posts
containing them will be rejected:
- personal attacks, including allegations of professional misconduct
(the latter should be brought to the attention of the appropriate
authorities)
- discussions which wander far from the topic of Sociology
- As mentioned previously, SPAM is not welcome, under any
circumstances.
- cross-posting to groups outside of the sociology topic area,
unless the reason for crossposting is evident (e.g., cross-posting
to a sci.med group when discussing Sociology of Medicine).
Responses may be made to the same groups or a subset thereof without
further justification. (Note: unless there is a valid explanation
why, any message cross-posted to hate, racist, or white power
newsgroups will be automatically rejected).
- Gross violations of netiquette. These may include, for example,
excessive repetition -- defined as more than 90% quoted material, or
posting more frequently than once per month an article with more
than 90% unchanged text (moderators may change these value in the
future, if they find them to be unsatisfactory) -- or chronic
misattribution of quoted text.
- Binary files (except short PGP signatures under 2K).
Sci.sociology.general will make use of the STUMP robomoderator written
by Igor Chudov. For more information, please see:
http://www.algebra.com/~ichudov/usenet/scrm/robomod/robomod.html.
When a post is made to the group it will do one of three things: 1)
Accept, and forward it on to be posted 2) Pass it onto the moderators
for approval. 3) Reject it.
The first time a person posts to the newsgroup, they will receive a
copy of the charter, and a pointer to the sci.sociology.general
webpage (http://www.sociology.net/newsgroup). Their post will be
submitted for approval to one of the moderators. Once it is approved,
that person will be added to the list of approved posters and remain
there unless he or she is in flagrant violation of the charter. If
someone repeatedly violates the charter, intentionally or not, they
will be placed on a second list, all of their posts will be sent to a
moderator before being sent on. This person can be put back on the
first list by approval of 2/3 of the moderators.
Any obvious charter violations (e.g. binary postings) will be
automatically rejected by the robomoderator. When this happens, a
copy of the groups' charter will be sent to the poster (assuming the
address is a valid one).
Changes in the moderation policy, and the addition or removal
(unvoluntarily) of a moderator must have support of at least 2/3 of
the existing moderators. Of course, moderators may resign of their
own volition at any time.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: sci.sociology.general
Moderator: Allan Liska <allan@sociology.net>
Moderator: Phil Marasco <Phil_Marasco@pop.net>
Moderator: Donald Libby <dlibby@facstaff.wisc.edu>
Administrative contact address: moderators@sci.sociology.net
Article submission address: posting@sci.sociology.net
END MODERATOR INFO.
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The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of
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In addition to the groups named in the Newsgroups: header, the CFV
and the eventual RESULT posts will be mailed to these mailing lists:
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From neilc@stanford.edu Sat Nov 15 12:00:07 1997
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu>
Reply-To: voting@uvv.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,alt.sci.sociology,sci.anthropology,sci.econ
Subject: 2nd CFV: sci.sociology.general moderated
Followup-To: poster
Message-ID: <879623901.6409@isc.org>
References: <874931253.8213@isc.org> <876363708.26070@isc.org> <878716389.15605@isc.org>
Supersedes: <878716389.15605@isc.org>
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 19:58:22 GMT
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LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
moderated group sci.sociology.general
This CFV is to be distributed only by the votetaker. It is not to be
posted to newsgroups, or mailed to mailing lists or individuals, except by
the votetaker. Ballots or CFVs provided by anyone else will be invalid.
Newsgroups line:
sci.sociology.general Sociology: subjects and the profession. (Moderated)
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 26 Nov 1997.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Allan Liska <allan@sociology.net>
Mentor: Alix <piranha@pobox.com>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu>
RATIONALE: sci.sociology.general
Why is there a need for sci.sociology.general? There is a good deal of
discussion about Sociology on the Internet. Deja News shows that the
term Sociology used 3336 times in the last 6 weeks. In addition, there
are two major Sociology mailing lists:
1.Progressive Sociologists Network
2.Soc Grad
Each of these mailing lists has more than 500 hundred members and
boasts more than 50 messages a day, during the school year. In
addition, there are about 20 more smaller mailing lists. So, there are
people talking about Sociology, they are just looking for a home.
Currently the only newsgroup specifically set up for the discussion of
Sociology is alt.sci.sociology. This group, unfortunately, suffers
from bad propagation, as most small colleges (and even some large)
don't carry any alt groups. In addition it has become so overrun with
hate speech and spam in the last six months that many of the regular
posters have been forced to turn elsewhere for their discussions.
CHARTER: sci.sociology.general
Sociology is, simply put, the study of society. It is done on an
informal level every day, and has been going on since the beginning
of society. As a more formalized academic science it has been around
since the early 1800's and many college campuses today have a
Sociology Department.
Sci.sociology.general is a newsgroup set up for the purpose of
discussing Sociology. Sociological thought and ideas, as well as the
profession of Sociology itself, Demography, statistics, and current
issues in Sociology.
Sci.sociology.general is not intended as a homework helper. We may
offer some suggested readings, but we're not going to do your homework
for you. Also unwelcome would be posts that are hateful; posts filled
with political posturing without Sociological theory, data or
references to substantiate the ideas; flames; messages cross-posted to
hate or white supremacy newsgroups; make money fast; SPAM; binaries;
and "for sale" postings.
Moderation Policy:
This group will be loosely moderated. The main reason for moderation
will be to screen out blatant violations of the charter. Because of
the dynamic nature of both Usenet and Sociology, it would be
impossible to list all subjects that will be considered on topic. In
general, if you follow the guidelines listed in this charter, and
avoid the types of posts listed below, you should be okay.
Posters should follow the guidelines posted by Mark Moraes in
news.announce.newusers under the subject: Rules for posting to Usenet
(this document can also be found on the web at:
http://www.netannounce.org/news.announce.newusers/)
The following are inappropriate for sci.sociology.general, and posts
containing them will be rejected:
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From: Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu>
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Subject: RESULT: sci.sociology.general fails 113:25
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moderated group sci.sociology.general fails 113:25
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Proponent: Allan Liska <allan@sociology.net>
Mentor: Alix <piranha@pobox.com>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu>
RATIONALE: sci.sociology.general
Why is there a need for sci.sociology.general? There is a good deal of
discussion about Sociology on the Internet. Deja News shows that the
term Sociology used 3336 times in the last 6 weeks. In addition, there
are two major Sociology mailing lists:
1.Progressive Sociologists Network
2.Soc Grad
Each of these mailing lists has more than 500 hundred members and
boasts more than 50 messages a day, during the school year. In
addition, there are about 20 more smaller mailing lists. So, there are
people talking about Sociology, they are just looking for a home.
Currently the only newsgroup specifically set up for the discussion of
Sociology is alt.sci.sociology. This group, unfortunately, suffers
from bad propagation, as most small colleges (and even some large)
don't carry any alt groups. In addition it has become so overrun with
hate speech and spam in the last six months that many of the regular
posters have been forced to turn elsewhere for their discussions.
CHARTER: sci.sociology.general
Sociology is, simply put, the study of society. It is done on an
informal level every day, and has been going on since the beginning
of society. As a more formalized academic science it has been around
since the early 1800's and many college campuses today have a
Sociology Department.
Sci.sociology.general is a newsgroup set up for the purpose of
discussing Sociology. Sociological thought and ideas, as well as the
profession of Sociology itself, Demography, statistics, and current
issues in Sociology.
Sci.sociology.general is not intended as a homework helper. We may
offer some suggested readings, but we're not going to do your homework
for you. Also unwelcome would be posts that are hateful; posts filled
with political posturing without Sociological theory, data or
references to substantiate the ideas; flames; messages cross-posted to
hate or white supremacy newsgroups; make money fast; SPAM; binaries;
and "for sale" postings.
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will be to screen out blatant violations of the charter. Because of
the dynamic nature of both Usenet and Sociology, it would be
impossible to list all subjects that will be considered on topic. In
general, if you follow the guidelines listed in this charter, and
avoid the types of posts listed below, you should be okay.
Posters should follow the guidelines posted by Mark Moraes in
news.announce.newusers under the subject: Rules for posting to Usenet
(this document can also be found on the web at:
http://www.netannounce.org/news.announce.newusers/)
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own volition at any time.
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sci.sociology.general Final Voter list
Voted YES
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Bruce.Wearne@arts.monash.edu.au Bruce Wearne
jasmine@fl.net.au Jasmine Taylor
m9107093@urc1.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ERWIN VANHAM
phublou@innet.be Patrick Hublou
n_chazin@alcor.concordia.ca Neil Chazin
chriseb@nortel.ca Chris Ebenezer
ai132@chebucto.ns.ca Joanne Cook
paxil@inorth.on.ca Trevor Tymchuk
luffjac@statcan.ca Jackie Luffman
jeffery.hunt@ns.sympatico.ca Jeffery D. Hunt
tony.calabrese@utoronto.ca T.Calabrese
idavies@YorkU.CA Ioan Davies
Ingo.Schwarze@cern.ch Ingo Schwarze
muellerc@soziologie.unizh.ch Christoph Mueller
pawpaw@oyster.net.ck Venise Comfort
keller@acc-net.com Greg Keller
gbacon@adtran.com Greg Bacon
ichudov@algebra.com Igor Chudov
mvandenberg@allenshariff.com Michael J. Vanden Berg
andy@andysaudio.com Andrew C. Ohnstad
PARothgeb@aol.com Phyllis A. Rothgeb
bunjes@bigfoot.com Ulrich Bunjes
keningercrudo@cnsinternet.com Sue Crudo
lmhnrhan@colfax.com Lorna Hanrahan
tbm@cyrius.com Martin Michlmayr
baisa@ERASETHISinterlog.com Brad Aisa
sdc@iname.com Simon Carter
buff@interlog.com William Denton
klmckinney@juno.com Karen L. McKinney
rwlarkin@MCIONE.com rwlarkin
chuckhoffmann@mindspring.com Chuck Hoffmann
kwattles@mindspring.com Kirk Wattles
waltm@mindspring.com walt moffett
jscardnl@ix.netcom.com J. Scott Cardinal
masonc@ix.netcom.com Mason A. Clark
franck@dial.oleane.com Franck brunel
tindall@panix.com Bruce Tindall
farley@spont.com Tom Farley
dwolff@world.std.com David Wolff
mcduff@telestream.com Bill McMahon
hkt@wwa.com Henrietta Thomas
pat@minerva.hanse.de Patrick Goltzsch
mirko.driller@rz.hu-berlin.de Mirko Driller
list-votes@dream.hb.north.de Martin Schr"oder
naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de Christian Weisgerber
UMuehlenhoff@t-online.de Moritz Muehlenhoff
taner@cadlab.tu-berlin.de H. Taner
quasi@pc12202.Mathematik.Uni-Marburg.DE Andreas Dietrich
bouvin@daimi.aau.dk Niels Olof Bouvin
ht.ohlsen@ddf.dk Hans-Henrik T. Ohlsen
shap.wolf@*spamguard*.asu.edu Shap wolf
bb05246@binghamton.edu John Hollister
br00361@binghamton.edu Jose Augusto M. Mota Lopes
mgoodman@bu.edu Michael Goodman
matteson@acsu.buffalo.edu Donald W. Matteson
Rebecca.Rosenblatt@Colorado.EDU Rebecca Rosenblatt
meisel@sobek.Colorado.EDU Josh Meisel
pltaylor@lamar.colostate.edu Peter Leigh Taylor
dmuga@ctc.ctc.edu David Muga
cfrlw01@ux1.cts.eiu.edu Bob Whittenbarger
dcoon@ksu.edu David Alan Coon
AAFuller%Faculty%MC@manchester.edu Abigail Fuller
llkelley@unity.ncsu.edu Laura Kelley
GODFREYE@Acad.Ripon.EDU Eric Godfrey
amdeniss@mailbox.syr.edu Amy Denissen
jczer@spc.uchicago.edu Jean Czerlinski
velasco@sscf.ucsb.edu Steven C. Velasco
cescobar@weber.ucsd.edu Cristina Escobar
cgunn@UKANS.EDU Christopher Gunn
MKelley@ukans.edu Melissa L Kelley
veatch@ukans.edu David Veatch
bernt001@maroon.tc.umn.edu Marit Berntson
cassell@frosty.irss.unc.edu James Cassell
lucas@utdallas.edu Michael D. Lucas
smith@nospam.ieng.washington.edu robsmith
rufinus@mbe.ece.wisc.edu J Rufinus
dlibby@facstaff.wisc.edu Donald L. Libby
Joseph.Saint-Pierre@cict.fr Joseph Saint Pierre
jpc@drum.msfc.nasa.gov J. Porter Clark
rw@hss.iitb.ernet.in Rowena Robinson
gdipaola@fortel.trainet.it Di Paola
kebera@achilles.net Krishna E. Bera
chris@aimnet.net Christopher Robin Zimmerman
tylor@island.net Kybor Tylor
woltering-bsl@pi.net MARCUS J. WOLTERING
allan@sociology.net Allan Liska
carlo.marchesi@usa.net Carlo Marchesi
alby@UU.NET Anthony Charles Williams Jr
awynes@UU.NET Anthony Wynes
kramer@UU.NET John Michael Kramer
chadk@yourinter.net Chad M. Kimmel
heiko.ebeling@iwg.nl Heiko Ebeling
bubo@xs4all.nl Bubo Damen
boud@rempt.xs4all.nl Boudewijn Rempt
irina@rempt.xs4all.nl Irina Rempt
sika@afi-wri.no Karl Henrik Sivesind
heidi@montel.no HEIDI ENEHAUG
Bard.Liabo@nhh.no Baard Liaboe
torkildl@nvg.ntnu.no Torkild Hovde Lyngstad
finn.orstavik@step.no Finn Orstavik
Chris.Dunn@massey.ac.nz Chris Dunn
maxine@waikato.ac.nz Maxine Campbell
zannie@roseanne.allan.org Roseanne Liska
donkiely@computer.org Don Kiely
nat@nataa.fr.eu.org Nat Makarevitch
sw@eyrie.org J. T.
jjakopic@sso.org Julie N. Jakopic
cml@df.lth.se C Malte Lewan
soc-asv@merkurius.lu.se
k.harald@lancaster.ac.uk Kennet Harald
M.AMOAH@lse.ac.uk MICHAEL AMOAH
j9470388@wlv.ac.uk Alan Harrison
Richard.Sherwood@state.me.us Richard A. Sherwood
Voted NO
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kimdv@best.com Kim DeVaughn
stainles@bga.com Dwight Brown
bill.burns@daltile.com Bill Burns
booda@datasync.com Martin H. Booda
lcs@NOSPAMzk3.dec.com Larry Smith
bjv@herbison.com B.J. Herbison
d@idiom.com d
olav@viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar
dougob@ix.netcom.com Doug O'Brien
dc@panix.com David W. Crawford
mlcook@jerez.cca.rockwell.com Michael Cook
john1@world.std.com Fred Cherry
David.Robinson@Eng.Sun.COM David Robinson
jlowther@pwa.acusd.edu John Lowther
patl@cag.lcs.mit.edu Patrick J. LoPresti
rick@bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller
david.lecin@worldnet.att.net DAvid Zvi Lecin
vpdura@hiwaay.net Vic Dura
matt@brain.mics.net Matt Miller
sjohnson@pop-a-wheelie.midwest.net Sam Johnson
marquez@pacbell.net Aaron Marquez
wakelyn@pinn.net N. T. Wakelyn
red@rahul.net Red
djoh003@cs.auckland.ac.nz Daniel Johns
hfung@lerami.lerctr.org Hank Fung
Abstained
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guymacon@deltanet.com Guy Macon
sampson@soc.umass.edu David R. Sampson
Invalid votes
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i.love.jazz@mail.telepac.pt.!retirar! Francisco Saraiva
! Invalid address
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