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From boutell@boutell.com Wed Nov 1 17:01:31 1995
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From: boutell@boutell.com (Thomas Boutell)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi,comp.infosystems.www.misc,comp.infosystems.www.announce
Subject: RFD: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi moderated
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi (moderates existing group)
Summary: Change c.i.www.authoring.cgi to auto-moderated status
Proponent: Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
This is a formal request to discuss the reclassification of
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi as an auto-moderated newsgroup.
This is not a call for votes. Please don't vote now.
RATIONALE: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi, like many other USENET newsgroups,
is plagued by a very high percentage of postings which are adequately
answered by the various FAQ postings regularly made to that newsgroup.
The same questions are posted day after day. Efforts to educate
newcomers to the group through the regular autoposting of FAQ lists
have failed to stem the onrushing tide of repeat questions.
Even experienced readers routinely ask such questions as "why isn't
the FAQ posted every four days?", when in fact the FAQ is being posted
every four days. It is clear that FAQ postings are not adequately
visible to readers of the group, even to those who know to look for
them.
Since most of these questions come from first-time posters to the
newsgroup, merely sending them copies of the FAQ in response to their
postings is not effective in reducing the number of repeat questions.
It is hoped that the following automatic moderation system will prove
to be effective, require little commitment of time, and be widely
applicable to other USENET newsgroups with similar problems.
CHARTER: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Discussion of the development of CGI scripts to handle the results
of forms, generate images on the fly, and so on.
Moderation Policy:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi will be moderated by a program
implementing the following rules:
1. The first posting from any previously unseen address will
be "frozen" and not immediately posted to the newsgroup.
2. All postings after the first from a particular address will
automatically be approved and posted; NO special action
need be taken by the poster.
3. The program will respond to all first-time postings by
mailing a short Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) posting to the
poster, answering the most common questions and providing
pointers to additional resources. The mailing will also
include clear instructions on how to "melt" the posting
in question and cause it to be posted to the newsgroup.
This will be as simple as replying to the email with the
words "post it." Again, see #2. The user will also be
provided with instructions on how to cancel their posting
if they no longer feel it is necessary after reading
the FAQ. Again, this will be as simple as replying
with the words "cancel it."
4. To save time, A mechanism will be provided by which email
addresses can be authorized "in advance", probably by filling
out a WWW form. This optional mechanism will be described
in a regularly posted FAQ.
5. To avoid possible legal hassles, the program will maintain
a "hashed" collection of email addresses with some of the
information removed. While this will occasionally pass a first-time
post erroneously, it will ensure that any individual choosing
to subpoena the moderator's list of addresses will not receive
a useful "mailing list." Note, however, that any individual can
already collect the email addresses of posters to any newsgroup
with ease. There are no new privacy issues introduced
by this proposal.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
The group will be moderated by a computer program.
Moderator: RoboMod
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This RFD has been posted in accordance with the Guidelines for
Newsgroup Creation. Discussion will take place in news.groups only.
Please post follow-ups to news.groups only.
This is NOT a ballot for a vote. This posting is to initiate a
discussion, to occur in the news.groups newsgroup, about the proposal.
This discussion will last about a month, and not less than 21 days.
If a consensus can be reached in the discussion, the proponent will
send the revised proposal to the Usenet Volunteer Votetakers who will
then post the official ballot giving the procedure for voting. This
vote will then last about a month, details to be in the offical Call
For Vote ballot posting.
When voting time comes, you will be advised as to how, where and how
long the vote would be taken. If the proposal receives 100 more YES
votes than NO and (at least) twice as many YES as NO votes, the group
will be created.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD is being posted to the following relevant newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi,
comp.infosystems.www.misc, comp.infosystems.www.announce
From boutell@boutell.com Fri Jul 12 23:52:21 1996
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From: boutell@boutell.com (Thomas Boutell)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi,comp.infosystems.www.misc,comp.infosystems.www.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.announce
Subject: 2nd RFD: moderate comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi (moderates existing group)
CHANGES from previous RFD:
The proposal now explicitly calls for the group to be self-moderated.
The new charter does not permit the maintainer of the moderation
software to personally approve or disapprove articles.
Newsgroups line:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi CGI programming and related topics. (Moderated)
This is a formal request to discuss the reclassification of
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi as a self-moderating newsgroup.
This is not a call for votes. Please don't vote now.
Summary: Change c.i.www.authoring.cgi to self-moderated status
Proponent: Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
RATIONALE: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Motivation
----------
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi, like many other USENET newsgroups,
is plagued by a very high percentage of postings which are adequately
answered by the various FAQ postings regularly made to that newsgroup.
The same questions are posted day after day. Efforts to educate
newcomers to the group through the regular autoposting of FAQ lists
have failed to stem the onrushing tide of repeat questions.
Since most of these questions come from first-time posters
to the newsgroup (about 30% of postings are first-time postings),
merely sending them copies of the FAQ in response to their postings
is not effective in reducing the number of repeat questions.
It is hoped that the following self-moderation system
will prove to be effective, require little commitment of time,
and be widely applicable to other USENET newsgroups with similar
problems.
Proposed Solution
-------- --------
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi will be moderated by a program
implementing the following rules:
1. The first posting from any previously unseen address will
be "frozen" and not immediately posted to the newsgroup.
2. All postings after the first from a particular address will
automatically be approved and posted; NO special action
need be taken by the poster.
3. The program will respond to all first-time postings by
mailing a short summary Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
message to the poster, answering the most common questions and
providing pointers to additional resources. The mailing will
also include clear instructions on how to "melt" the posting
in question and cause it to be posted to the newsgroup.
This will be as simple as replying to the email with the
words "post it." Again, see #2. The user will also be
provided with instructions on how to cancel their own
posting if they no longer feel it is necessary after
reading the FAQ. Again, this will be as simple as replying
with the words "cancel it."
4. Thomas Boutell, boutell@boutell.com, has volunteered to
author and operate the self-moderation software. Mr. Boutell
is already running similar software that contacts first-time
posters after the fact. (Since 30% of postings are first-time
postings and many more are responses to these, this has not
proven adequate.) If this proposal passes, MR. BOUTELL AGREES TO
OPERATE THE SELF-MODERATION SOFTWARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS
LAID OUT IN THE FINAL CALL FOR VOTES. MR. BOUTELL WILL NOT
PERSONALLY MODERATE OR CENSOR ARTICLES OR MAKE MODIFICATIONS
BEYOND REASONABLE MAINTENANCE OF THE SOFTWARE, other than
to resign, hopefully in favor of another maintainer.
4. To save time, A mechanism will be provided by which email
addresses can be authorized "in advance", probably by filling
out a WWW form. This optional mechanism will be described
in a regularly posted FAQ.
5. It has been pointed out that the database might be
subpoenaed or otherwise obtained from the maintainer of
the self-moderation software. Note, however, that any individual
can already collect the email addresses of posters to any newsgroup
with ease. There are no new privacy issues introduced by this proposal.
CHARTER: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
This newsgroup covers discussion of the development of
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts as they relate to
Web page authoring. Possible subjects include discussion
how to handle the results of forms, how to generate
images on the fly, and how to put together other
interactive Web offerings.
This newsgroup is self-moderated. Your first posting will not
appear until you have read and responded to an automatic welcome
mailing, at which point your posting will appear with no further
delay. Provision will also be made to automatically approve
first postings that contain a header requesting this.
Subsequent postings are approved automatically.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Moderator: Thomas Boutell's Self-Moderation Software <boutell@boutell.com>
Thomas Boutell is the current maintainer of the WWW FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions) document. He will NOT be
hand-moderating the newsgroup. Instead, he will maintain
software which will self-moderate the newsgroup, in
accordance with the charter above. Mr. Boutell will
NOT personally approve or cancel articles.
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This RFD has been posted in accordance with the Guidelines for
Newsgroup Creation. Discussion will take place in news.groups only.
Please post follow-ups to news.groups only.
This is NOT a ballot for a vote. This posting is to initiate a
discussion, to occur in the news.groups newsgroup, about the proposal.
This discussion will last about a month, and not less than 21 days.
If a consensus can be reached in the discussion, the proponent will
send the revised proposal to the Usenet Volunteer Votetakers who will
then post the official ballot giving the procedure for voting. This
vote will then last about a month, details to be in the offical Call
For Vote ballot posting.
When voting time comes, you will be advised as to how, where and how
long the vote would be taken. If the proposal receives 100 more YES
votes than NO and (at least) twice as many YES as NO votes, the group
will be created.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD is being posted to the following relevant newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi,
comp.infosystems.www.misc, comp.infosystems.www.announce,
comp.infosystems.www.advocacy
Proponent: Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
From dave@dogwood.com Fri Sep 13 13:24:38 1996
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: dave@dogwood.com (Dave Cornejo)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems.www.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi,comp.infosystems.www.misc,comp.infosystems.www.announce
Subject: CFV: moderate comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
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FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
moderated group comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi (moderates existing group)
Newsgroups line:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi CGI Programming. (Moderated)
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 4 Oct 1996.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about this proposal should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
Votetaker: Dave Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>
RATIONALE: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi is plagued by a very high
percentage of postings which are answered by the various FAQ postings
regularly made to that newsgroup. Efforts to educate newcomers to the
group through the regular autoposting of FAQ lists have helped
somewhat. However, since most of these questions come from first-time
posters to the newsgroup (about 30% of all postings), merely sending
pointers to the FAQ after the fact is NOT effective in reducing the
number of FAQ-answerable posts. Neither is posting the FAQ regularly,
which is already being done, or posting a pointer to the FAQ
regularly, which is also already being done. The majority of responses
to the current after-the-fact welcome mailing are positive, suggesting
that more could be accomplished if posters received the mailing BEFORE
their first post was delivered, offering them an opportunity to
reconsider the need to post it. It is hoped that the self-moderation
system will prove to be effective, require little commitment of time,
post messages in a prompt manner, and provide a friendly,
non-confrontational welcome for new USENET participants.
CHARTER: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
This newsgroup covers discussion of the development of Common Gateway
Interface (CGI) scripts as they relate to Web page authoring.
Possible subjects include discussion how to handle the results of
forms, how to generate images on the fly, and how to put together
other interactive Web offerings.
This newsgroup is self-moderated. Your first posting will not appear
until you have read and responded to an automatic welcome mailing, at
which point your posting will appear with no further delay. Provision
will also be made to automatically approve first postings that contain
a header requesting this. Subsequent postings are approved
automatically.
The self-moderation program will not crosspost to other moderated
newsgroups. The user will instead be sent an email reply warning that
those newsgroups were not posted to. This is similar to the policy
followed by most human moderators and no other policy is technically
feasible without violating the policies of other moderators.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Moderator: "Self Moderation Assistant" <self-mod@boutell.com>
Administrative contact address: authoring-cgi-request@boutell.com
Article submission address: authoring-cgi@boutell.com
END MODERATOR INFO.
HOW TO VOTE
Send E-MAIL to: ciwac@infobahn.net
Your e-mail message should contain one and only one of the
following statements:
I vote YES on comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
I vote NO on comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
You may also vote ABSTAIN or CANCEL; these are not counted as
votes and don't affect the vote count.
Anything else will be rejected by the automatic vote counting
program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots
with a personal acknowledgment 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.
If you later change your mind you may vote again from the same
email address; only your last valid vote will count.
VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES:
Standard Guidelines for voting apply. One person, one vote.
Votes must be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker.
Anonymous, forwarded or proxy votes are not valid; this includes
votes generated by WWW/HTML/CGI forms.
Vote counting is automated. Failure to follow these directions will
mean that your vote does not get counted. Duplicate votes are
resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote. Addresses and votes
of all voters will be published in the final voting results post.
The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of
persons who would read a proposed newsgroup. Soliciting votes from
disinterested parties defeats this purpose. Please do not
redistribute this CFV. If you must, direct people to the official CFV
as posted to news.announce.newgroups. Distributing pre-marked or
otherwise edited copies of this CFV will result in those votes being
cancelled. When in doubt, ask the votetaker.
Common errors include quoting the entire article and sending your vote
to the vote-takers personal address. Either of these two could result
in your vote not being counted.
DISTRIBUTION:
This CFV has been cross-posted to:
comp.infosystems.www.advocacy
comp.infosystems.www.announce
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
comp.infosystems.www.misc
From dave@dogwood.com Wed Sep 25 09:17:00 1996
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: dave@dogwood.com (Dave Cornejo)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems.www.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: 2nd CFV: moderate comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
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LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
moderated group comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi (moderates existing group)
Newsgroups line:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi CGI Programming. (Moderated)
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 4 Oct 1996.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about this proposal should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
Votetaker: Dave Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>
RATIONALE: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi is plagued by a very high
percentage of postings which are answered by the various FAQ postings
regularly made to that newsgroup. Efforts to educate newcomers to the
group through the regular autoposting of FAQ lists have helped
somewhat. However, since most of these questions come from first-time
posters to the newsgroup (about 30% of all postings), merely sending
pointers to the FAQ after the fact is NOT effective in reducing the
number of FAQ-answerable posts. Neither is posting the FAQ regularly,
which is already being done, or posting a pointer to the FAQ
regularly, which is also already being done. The majority of responses
to the current after-the-fact welcome mailing are positive, suggesting
that more could be accomplished if posters received the mailing BEFORE
their first post was delivered, offering them an opportunity to
reconsider the need to post it. It is hoped that the self-moderation
system will prove to be effective, require little commitment of time,
post messages in a prompt manner, and provide a friendly,
non-confrontational welcome for new USENET participants.
CHARTER: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
This newsgroup covers discussion of the development of Common Gateway
Interface (CGI) scripts as they relate to Web page authoring.
Possible subjects include discussion how to handle the results of
forms, how to generate images on the fly, and how to put together
other interactive Web offerings.
This newsgroup is self-moderated. Your first posting will not appear
until you have read and responded to an automatic welcome mailing, at
which point your posting will appear with no further delay. Provision
will also be made to automatically approve first postings that contain
a header requesting this. Subsequent postings are approved
automatically.
The self-moderation program will not crosspost to other moderated
newsgroups. The user will instead be sent an email reply warning that
those newsgroups were not posted to. This is similar to the policy
followed by most human moderators and no other policy is technically
feasible without violating the policies of other moderators.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Moderator: "Self Moderation Assistant" <self-mod@boutell.com>
Administrative contact address: authoring-cgi-request@boutell.com
Article submission address: authoring-cgi@boutell.com
END MODERATOR INFO.
HOW TO VOTE
Send E-MAIL to: ciwac@infobahn.net
Your e-mail message should contain one and only one of the
following statements:
I vote YES on comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
I vote NO on comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
You may also vote ABSTAIN or CANCEL; these are not counted as
votes and don't affect the vote count.
Anything else will be rejected by the automatic vote counting
program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots
with a personal acknowledgment 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.
If you later change your mind you may vote again from the same
email address; only your last valid vote will count.
VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES:
Standard Guidelines for voting apply. One person, one vote.
Votes must be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker.
Anonymous, forwarded or proxy votes are not valid; this includes
votes generated by WWW/HTML/CGI forms.
Vote counting is automated. Failure to follow these directions will
mean that your vote does not get counted. Duplicate votes are
resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote. Addresses and votes
of all voters will be published in the final voting results post.
The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of
persons who would read a proposed newsgroup. Soliciting votes from
disinterested parties defeats this purpose. Please do not
redistribute this CFV. If you must, direct people to the official CFV
as posted to news.announce.newgroups. Distributing pre-marked or
otherwise edited copies of this CFV will result in those votes being
cancelled. When in doubt, ask the votetaker.
Common errors include quoting the entire article and sending your vote
to the vote-takers personal address. Either of these two could result
in your vote not being counted.
DISTRIBUTION:
This CFV has been cross-posted to:
comp.infosystems.www.advocacy
comp.infosystems.www.announce
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
comp.infosystems.www.misc
From dave@dogwood.com Sat Oct 5 12:42:11 1996
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: dave@dogwood.com (Dave Cornejo)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems.www.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: RESULT: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi moderated passes 202:24
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RESULT
moderated group comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi passes 202:24
There were 202 YES votes and 24 NO votes, for a total of 226 valid
votes. There were 6 invalid ballots.
For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes. There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.
A five day discussion period follows this announcement. If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.
Newsgroups line:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi CGI Programming. (Moderated)
Voting closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 4 Oct 1996.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about this proposal should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
Votetaker: Dave Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>
RATIONALE: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
Comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi is plagued by a very high
percentage of postings which are answered by the various FAQ postings
regularly made to that newsgroup. Efforts to educate newcomers to the
group through the regular autoposting of FAQ lists have helped
somewhat. However, since most of these questions come from first-time
posters to the newsgroup (about 30% of all postings), merely sending
pointers to the FAQ after the fact is NOT effective in reducing the
number of FAQ-answerable posts. Neither is posting the FAQ regularly,
which is already being done, or posting a pointer to the FAQ
regularly, which is also already being done. The majority of responses
to the current after-the-fact welcome mailing are positive, suggesting
that more could be accomplished if posters received the mailing BEFORE
their first post was delivered, offering them an opportunity to
reconsider the need to post it. It is hoped that the self-moderation
system will prove to be effective, require little commitment of time,
post messages in a prompt manner, and provide a friendly,
non-confrontational welcome for new USENET participants.
CHARTER: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
This newsgroup covers discussion of the development of Common Gateway
Interface (CGI) scripts as they relate to Web page authoring.
Possible subjects include discussion how to handle the results of
forms, how to generate images on the fly, and how to put together
other interactive Web offerings.
This newsgroup is self-moderated. Your first posting will not appear
until you have read and responded to an automatic welcome mailing, at
which point your posting will appear with no further delay. Provision
will also be made to automatically approve first postings that contain
a header requesting this. Subsequent postings are approved
automatically.
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bmarsch@iicm.tu-graz.ac.at Bernhard Marschall
e8726057@student.tuwien.ac.at Klaus Johannes Rusch
pringle@cs.monash.edu.au GLen Pringle
gerdw@cougar.vut.edu.au David Gerard
Kevin.Brooke@health.wa.gov.au Brooke, Kevin
ash@melbpc.org.au Ash Nallawalla
greg@sce.carleton.ca Greg Franks
srogers@tuweb.ucis.dal.ca Scott Rogers
g9326325@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA Craig Wyllie
3srf@qlink.queensu.ca Frampton Steve R
dalamb@qucis.queensu.ca David Alex Lamb
gerald@cs.ualberta.ca Gerald Oskoboiny
bedmonds@cs.ubc.ca Brian Edmonds
kshapiro@julian.uwo.ca
rufinus@dxcern.cern.ch J Rufinus
kwitzel@cobss.ch Klaus D. Witzel
jpmf@tcom.epfl.ch Jean-Philippe Martin-Flatin
gbelow@pmail.sams.ch Georg von Below
sjanich@mke.ab.com Steve Anich
thogard@not.abnormal.com Tim Hogard
bdavis@accessusa.com Bill Davis
mcravit@Adobe.COM Matthew Cravit
zot@ampersand.com Mark Atwood
MrFlyTrap1@aol.com
bruce@aracnet.com Bruce Baugh
MAP@BBN.COM Michael A. Patton
leo@beezweb.com Leo Lau
skanga@bigfoot.com Shiraz Kanga
grant@boutell.com M. L. Grant
aaron@chrysopylae.com Aaron R. Priven
church@churchbudmail.com Church Budget Monthly Mail
phoward@sunsrv13.clr.com Phil Howard
pcalarco@connix.com Pascal V. Calarco
philip@crl.com Phil Stripling
rdenny@dc3.com Bob Denny
dj@delorie.com DJ Delorie
HANK545@delphi.com
dlv@bwalk.dm.com Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
hucke@enteract.com Matt Hucke
belswick@entertech.com Bill Elswick
rcase@esy.com Randy Case
wjones@tc.fluke.COM Warren Jones
frizzo@ford.com Frank Rizzo
guterm@geocities.com Vadim F. Gouterman
madhavan.srinivasan@gs.com Madhavan Srinivasan
lantz@halcyon.com Lantz Rowland
kauffman_james@space.honeywell.com Kauffman James
taggart@rascal.fc.hp.com Matt Taggart
gmc@idirect.com Mike Crone
paxil@interlog.com Paxil
maus@io.com Jim Driscoll
pmh@edison.ioppublishing.com Peter Haworth
joe@Landmark.COM Joe Berry
mcclellantj@lmtas.lmco.com Tad McClellan - Log (Pack5)
tedder@mailzone.com Ted Timmons
ronnie.grant@mogur.com Ronnie Grant
eric@necx.com Eric Bridger
lionhert@ix.netcom.com Richard or Marsha
LucienVE@ix.netcom.com Lucien Van Elsen
twells@netcom.com Tabor J. Wells
stemaat@netdoor.com Scott Temaat
gibbins@cpd.ntc.nokia.com Nick Gibbins
SPB@tntv6.ntrs.com Steve Bonine
dona@nwra.com Don Altman
dcoe@overlord.com David Coe
genie@panix.com Andy Finkenstadt
ckk@pobox.com Chris Koenigsberg
grendel@pobox.com Chris Goodrum
janne@pobox.com Janne Sjoberg
jeff@port-charles.com Jeff Jungblut
b900net@primenet.com Al Biggs
mcrowley@usa.racal.com Mike Crowley
bearhair@ripco.com Bearhair
mlc@iberia.cca.rockwell.com Michael Cook
stevep@ry.com Steve Peterson
monaches@cambridge.scr.slb.com Gianluca Monachese
wak@snapjack.com Werner Wakolbinger
Edwin_Wiles@ssw.mclean.sterling.com Edwin Wiles
dmckeon@swcp.com Denis McKeon
eberg@sybase.com Eric Berg
tbas@sybase.com Tony Basoglu
arielle@taronga.com Stephanie da Silva
rootbeer@teleport.com Tom Phoenix
gdd@xochi.tezcat.com Greg Dunlap
hchhaya@ti.com Harshal S. Chhaya
tomas@twillis.com Tomas Willis
chip@unicom.com Chip Rosenthal
sjwalter@visi.com Scott J. Walter
james.stansell@wcom.com James Stansell
gjw@wnetc.com Gregory J. Woodhouse
bill@xmission.com Bill
jeff@yoak.com Jeff Yoak
dave@yourhomeco.com Dave DeCoursey
fdc@cliwe.ping.de Frank D. Cringle
criege@riege.de Christian Riege
bene@cs.tu-berlin.de Benedikt Homann
ca@informatik.uni-kiel.de Claus Assmann
markus.peter@rphc1.physik.uni-regensburg.de Markus Peter
bouvin@daimi.aau.dk Niels Olof Bouvin
sparre@fys.ku.dk Jacob Sparre Andersen
david@U.Arizona.EDU David W. Crawford
shap.wolf@asu.edu Shapard Wolf
norm+@andrew.cmu.edu Norman Papernick
tchrist@alumni.cs.colorado.edu Tom Christiansen
stricherz@huey.met.fsu.edu I R A Aggie
gei@head-cfa.harvard.edu Guenther Eichhorn
inamn@lehigh.edu Lehigh University Amnesty International
uglmiller@msuvx2.memphis.edu
wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu David Wald
mareyes@NMSU.Edu
riesbeck@ils.nwu.edu Riesbeck
llurch@networking.stanford.edu Richard Charles Graves
rick@bcm.tmc.edu Richard H. Miller
dzhu@request.mdacc.tmc.edu Dakai Zhu
cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Chris Siebenmann
dchee@uci.edu Derek Chee
boldt@math.ucsb.edu Axel Boldt
hermit@cats.ucsc.edu
paul@titian.bvis.uic.edu Paul F. Neumann
collinf@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu Collin Forbes
mwdaniel@uiuc.edu Michael W. Daniels
nneul@umr.edu Nathan Neulinger
tyketto@corona.unomaha.edu A Guy called Tyketto
laura@skat.usc.edu Laura Pearlman
adair@bigpine.csee.usf.edu Jonathan Adair
pw@cacs.usl.edu Pirawat Watanapongse
Lee.Choquette@m.cc.utah.edu Lee Choquette
guinn@mail.utexas.edu Tim Guinn
kih@CS.Wayne.EDU Jim Harlan
gregm@WPI.EDU Gregory Marr
healy@seviche.med.yale.edu Matthew D. Healy
cassaign@clipper.ens.fr Julien Cassaigne
ollivier.robert@eurocontrol.fr Ollivier Robert
archer@hsc.fr Vincent Archer
francois.olleon@mc2.fr François OLLEON
gapinski@lerc.nasa.gov Gary Gapinski
jpc@drum.msfc.nasa.gov J. Porter Clark
jnmarso@usgs.gov Jeffrey N Marso, Geologist, Vancouver, WA
pirot@ceid.upatras.gr Ipirotis Panayotis
bjornhb@skyrr.is Bjorn Heimir Bjornsson
bollini%aurelia@aurelia.ariadne.it Alessandro Bollini
m.cucinato@net1-01.bcs.it Marco Cucinato
mau@beatles.cselt.stet.it Maurizio Codogno
sabre@sabri.pc.my sabre
kebera@achilles.net Krishna E. Bera
krisz9@alliance.net nigel
cooahu@aloha.net Paul Ayers (Linux Pine)
jordyn@bestweb.net Jordyn A. Buchanan
headley@redwood.binc.net George Headley
dummy@c2.net Robert
mikeh@iac.net Mike Heins
hardym@ibm.net Marc Hardy
david@more.net David Drum
stbrown@nacs.net Stan Brown
birchall@email.njin.net Dan "Shag" Birchall
tknab@nyx.net Terry Knab
Fnord@odyssee.net Thomas Moll
pinochet@polaris.net Susan Pinochet
mdm@qis.net Mitchell D. Miller
chad@radix.net Chad Schrock
dryden@radix.net Tracy S. Dryden
jdg@rahul.net John David Galt
mick@thegroup.net Mick Shadduck
tom.randulff@nooft.abb.no
Johan.Schadee@alcatel.no Johan Schadee
steffent@stud.ntnu.no Steffen Thorsen
Borge.Brunes@cc.uit.no
stuart@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Stuart Yeates
tlawson@amug.org Todd C. Lawson
bmonsell@cpcug.org Brian C. Monsell
wayned@cpcug.org Wayne Dernoncourt
jdfalk@cybernothing.org
beccat@magicats.org Becca Thomas
nop@kagoona.mitre.org Jay A. Carlson
Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofB.ORG Russell Schulz
pat@patlee.org Patrick Lee
zwir@aurora.put.poznan.pl Michal Zawirski
pmelo@mat.uc.pt Paulo Melo
sip@adept.se Sven-Ingvar Petersson
persson_jens@btjlu-fs-1.btj.se
Raphael.Quinet@eed.ericsson.se Raphael Quinet
d95-hsv@nada.kth.se Håkan Svensson
bengtl@maths.lth.se Bengt Larsson
michaelj@remotecom.se Michael Nordstrom
jans@matematik.su.se Jan Snellman
ichmt@fiesta.me.metu.edu.tr ICHMT
akhavr@compchem.kiev.ua Andrey V Khavryutchenko
mick.partis@hri.ac.uk Mick Partis
Alain.Deckers@man.ac.uk Alain Deckers
d.j.evans@reading.ac.uk David J. Evans
ihc@ukc.ac.uk Ian Cooper
nick@cimio.co.uk Nick Waterman
geoffr@arcturus.demon.co.uk Geoff Riley
stevo@jonlan.demon.co.uk Stephen Smith
gavin@senator.demon.co.uk Gavin Estey
chad@vellum.demon.co.uk Chad Hanna
david@diablo.eimages.co.uk David Cantrell
steven@iisl.co.uk Steven Hedges
esj@harvee.billerica.ma.us Eric S. Johansson
kip@monroe.lib.mi.us Kip DeGraaf
stuart.greenfield@cpa.state.tx.us Stuart Greenfield
Voted NO
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doctor@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca The Doctor
betanet@betabeta.com Tim Cassedy-Blum
stainles@bga.com Dwight Brown
varange@crl.com Troy Varange
booda@datasync.com Martin H. Booda
abigail@ny.fnx.com Abigail
Jimrtex@gnn.com Jim Riley
mtrc@mcenter.com mtrc
tipsinc@mindspring.com Dan @ TIPS
olav@viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar
kimdv@netcom.com Kim DeVaughn
mwe@nomos.com Michael Emeigh
gjohnson@season.com Gary Johnson
johndoe@world.std.com Bus error - core dumped
joerg@pharmacy.isu.edu Joerg Senekowitsch
patl@lcs.mit.edu Patrick J. LoPresti
vivek@cs.rice.edu Vivek Sadananda Pai
mtpins@isca.uiowa.edu Michael T Pins
afabbro@umich.edu Andrew Philip Fabbro
ananda@cs.utexas.edu Ananda M. Kar
geenius@albany.net Geenius at Wrok
bell@clark.net Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II
msoysal@mistik.express.net Mustafa Soysal MS57
shrao@nyx.net Shrisha Rao
Abstained
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mailbox@mightymedia.com.au Iain Chalmers
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root@www.mu.edu Vinny Carpenter
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system@codeworks.gen.nz Wayne W. McDougall
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nunosouto@grupo,bfe.pt Nuno Souto
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fred@aopen.advtel.net Frederick J. Barnett
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rickh39@mail.idt.net Rick Hodgens
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