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From: "Timothy F. Sipples" <sip1@midway.uchicago.edu>
Subject: RFD: comp.os.os2.programmer.porting, comp.os.os2.setup
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This is a formal Request for Discussion on the creation of two new
unmoderated newsgroups and a slight renaming of one existing newsgroup
to maintain consistency within the Usenet hierarchy.
Proposals:
(1) Create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting. The creation of two, free,
32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.0, GNU C/C++ 2.1 and EMX/GCC (currently
version 0.8d), has spurred a continuing deluge of software ported from
Unix and Unix-like platforms, including emacs, less, awk, grep, sed,
xscheme, ispell, and much more. This newsgroup will provide a forum
for developers of ported software so as to coordinate efforts, avoid
duplication of effort, and spur additional development. The group
will also cover topics such as porting from DOS and Windows (including
porting tools such as Mirrors), toolkits which aid in program
portability, and so forth. If this newsgroup is approved,
comp.os.os2.programmer will be renamed comp.os.os2.programmer.misc to
maintain hierarchical consistency.
(2) Create comp.os.os2.setup. This newsgroup should help reduce the
extraordinarily heavy traffic in comp.os.os2.misc. It will be devoted
to all OS/2 system setup topics, including availability of device
drivers, compatibility information, installation procedures, system
requirements, and overall system performance optimization. The group
comp.os.os2.apps will continue to serve as a forum for DOS, Windows,
and OS/2 application-specific setup questions.
[The formal discussion period for these two newsgroups will last until
12:01 a.m. UTC, July 22, 1992. Specifics on the procedure for voting
will be posted just after the period for discussion has expired.]
If you have any questions or comments which you wish to convey in
private, please mail sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu.
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From: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: CFV: comp.os.os2.programmer.porting and comp.os.os2.setup
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This is a formal Call for Votes on the creation of two new unmoderated
newsgroups.
Summary:
YES comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes.os2@netcom.com
NO comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: no.os2@netcom.com
YES comp.os.os2.setup: aye.os2@netcom.com
NO comp.os.os2.setup: nay.os2@netcom.com
A specific format for votes is REQUIRED to aid in tabulation. Please
see below.
Proposals:
(1) Create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting. The creation of two, free,
32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.0, GNU C/C++ 2.1 and EMX/GCC (currently
version 0.8d), has spurred a continuing deluge of software ported from
Unix and Unix-like platforms, including emacs, less, awk, grep, sed,
xscheme, ispell, and much more. This newsgroup will provide a forum
for developers of ported software so as to coordinate efforts, avoid
duplication of effort, and spur additional development. The group
will also cover topics such as porting from DOS and Windows (including
porting tools such as Mirrors), toolkits which aid in program
portability, and so forth.
(2) Create comp.os.os2.setup. This newsgroup should help reduce the
extraordinarily heavy traffic in comp.os.os2.misc. It will be devoted
to all OS/2 system setup topics, including availability of device
drivers, compatibility information, installation procedures, system
requirements, and overall system performance optimization. The group
comp.os.os2.apps will continue to serve as a forum for DOS, Windows,
and OS/2 application-specific setup questions.
Votes must be cast according to the following instructions or they
will not be counted. Votes will be accepted until 12:01 a.m. UTC,
August 31, 1992. Individual vote acknowledgements will not be sent,
but weekly voting summaries will be posted to all related newsgroups.
Votes will be tabulated by Robert Cain (rcain@netcom.com).
To vote YES for the creation of comp.os.os2.programmer.porting, send a
single line message with "(Your Name): YES: .porting" in the text and
the Subject line to yes.os2@netcom.com. To vote NO, in opposition to
this new newsgroup, use "(Your Name): NO: .porting" and send to
no.os2@netcom.com.
To vote YES for the creation of comp.os.os2.setup send a single line
message with "(Your Name): AYE: .setup" in the text and the Subject line
to aye.os2@netcom.com. To vote NO, in opposition to this new
newsgroup, use "(Your Name): NAY: .setup" and send to nay.os2@netcom.com.
EXAMPLE: Here is a YES vote for comp.os.os2.setup cast by John Q.
Public:
----- Message Begins -----
To: aye.os2@netcom.com
Subject: John Q. Public: AYE: .setup
John Q. Public: AYE: .setup
----- Message Ends -----
If you have any questions or concerns which you wish to convey in
private, please mail sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu.
--
Timothy F. Sipples
Center for Population Economics
University of Chicago
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu
From mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu Wed Oct 7 13:46:28 1992
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From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Subject: RESULT: comp.os.os2.{setup,programmer.porting} fail {101:9, 76:12}
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This is a Preliminary Result of Votes for the creation of two new Usenet
newsgroups. Voting was closed 8/31/92. [Sorry this is late, but the
original vote-keeper was away from Usenet during the voting period; I
received his voting tally just a few hours ago.]
The voting summary: YES NO
--- --
comp.os.os2.setup: 101 9
comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: 76 12
[[ I currently have no policy for how old is too old for a result, but
if this had been submitted as a passing vote nearly a month after
the polls closed I would have been hard pressed to accept it. Also
note that full names _and_ addresses would have definitely been required
for a passing result. I only post this now as information for those
who have been wondering about this proposal. -- tale ]]
Proposals:
(1) Create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting. The creation of two, free,
32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.0, GNU C/C++ 2.1 and EMX/GCC (currently
version 0.8d), has spurred a continuing deluge of software ported from
Unix and Unix-like platforms, including emacs, less, awk, grep, sed,
xscheme, ispell, and much more. This newsgroup will provide a forum
for developers of ported software so as to coordinate efforts, avoid
duplication of effort, and spur additional development. The group
will also cover topics such as porting from DOS and Windows (including
porting tools such as Mirrors), toolkits which aid in program
portability, and so forth.
(2) Create comp.os.os2.setup. This newsgroup should help reduce the
extraordinarily heavy traffic in comp.os.os2.misc. It will be devoted
to all OS/2 system setup topics, including availability of device
drivers, compatibility information, installation procedures, system
requirements, and overall system performance optimization. The group
comp.os.os2.apps will continue to serve as a forum for DOS, Windows,
and OS/2 application-specific setup questions.
The following is the list of voters and how they voted for each group.
[The original vote-keeper did not provide the e-mail addresses of the
voters, or provide a weekly summary. I received his voting tally just
a few hours ago; I counted the votes and formated the text.]
(a) = comp.os.os2.setup
(b) = comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
(a) (b) Name
==== ==== ================
AYE YES Andrew Bros
AYE YES Andrew Hilmer
AYE YES Arto J. Hoikkala
AYE YES Bill Brown
NAY NO Bill Owens
AYE YES Bob McCormick
AYE YES Bob Pebly
AYE --- Bob Raicer
NAY NO Bob Sloane
AYE YES Brian L Holland
AYE --- Brian Wiersema
AYE YES Carl Chalek
AYE YES Cedric Baechler
AYE YES Chris Jones
AYE YES Craig Bell
AYE YES D. Robert Spexet II
NAY NO Damon Kelly
AYE YES Dan Shearer
AYE --- Dave Sisson
AYE YES David A. Berson
AYE YES David Shepherd
AYE YES Deirdre McClure
AYE YES Denis McKeon
AYE YES Dennis Baba
AYE --- Don Smith
AYE --- Douglas Bell
AYE YES Douglas Clifton
AYE YES Emil J. Zeller
AYE --- Eric Schroedter
--- YES Fred D. Quintana
--- YES Fred Homan
AYE YES Gerald Ruderman
AYE YES Glen Linderman
AYE YES Gord Webster
AYE YES Gordon J. Miller
AYE --- Greg Wright
AYE YES Helge Nareid
AYE YES Hendrik Boom
AYE YES Horst Kiehl
AYE YES Ian T. Stirling
AYE --- J. Gustafson
AYE --- JMITCHEL
AYE --- James L. Weinkam
--- NO Janne Liimatainen
AYE YES Jim Kunzman
AYE YES Jim Reisert
AYE YES Johann Tonsing
AYE --- John DeCarlo
AYE YES John Edge
AYE --- John McGing
AYE YES John Paul Morrison
AYE YES John W. Bodnar
AYE YES Johnnie Leung
AYE --- Jonathan M. Bradshaw
AYE YES Jonathan Sykes
AYE YES Kai Uwe Rommel
AYE YES Karsten Wemheuer
AYE NO Keith Dorken
AYE YES Ken Brucker
NAY NO Kim DeVaughn
AYE --- Kurt Olender
AYE YES L. Leon Campbell
AYE --- Larry Greenfield
AYE YES Leo G. Chouinard II
AYE YES Les Hartzman
AYE YES Lew Perin
AYE YES Lucian N. Dancanet
NAY NO Marc Moorcroft
AYE YES Mark Foltz
AYE YES Mark Hoy
AYE YES Markus Volpers
AYE --- Marten Feldtmann
AYE YES Matthew A. Manuel
AYE YES Meir I Green
AYE YES Michael K. Carmel
AYE YES Michael Roeder
--- YES Mike Kretzer
AYE YES Mike Levis
AYE --- Moldovan R.
AYE YES Nan Zou
AYE YES Nathan Schimke
AYE YES Oliver Wagner
AYE YES Paul Goffin
AYE YES Paul King
AYE YES Pete Bergstrom
AYE YES Peter Alexiou
AYE YES Peter Arien
AYE YES Ping Huang
AYE --- R. James Kaminski
AYE YES Raja Thiagarajan
NAY NO Rich Kulawiec
NAY NO Richard Miller
AYE NO Rob Perkins
AYE YES Rob Prikanowski
AYE --- Robert L. Howard
AYE --- Robert Rosenbaum
NAY NO Rolan Kaltefleiter
AYE YES Roland Schock
AYE --- Samuel A. Figueroa
AYE YES Scott P. Reimert
AYE YES Scott Warner
AYE --- Shiran Cooray
AYE --- Steven Jay Breiner
AYE --- Ted Chen
AYE --- Teemu Mottonen
AYE --- Thomas Farmer
AYE YES Thomas Stets
AYE YES Timothy F. Sipples
AYE YES Tom Aurand
AYE YES Tom Sorensen
--- YES Willem Jan Withagen
AYE YES William Lai
AYE YES chiaki ishikawa
AYE --- goldrick
NAY NO sven heinicke
Since the voting closed on 8/31/92, these two proposed newgroups cannot
be brought up for discussion until 3/1/93.
Mike Levis -- last-minute vote counter
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From mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu Wed Mar 10 20:56:01 1993
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From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
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Subject: RFD: comp.os.os2.{programmer.porting,.setup,.multimedia,.bugs}
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Introduction:
This is a Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of four OS/2
newsgroups and the renaming of one:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
(b) renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
(c) comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
This is the second attempt at creating comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
and comp.os.os2.setup, and renaming comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc. The first attempt failed in the summer
of 1992 (the voting deadline was August 31, 1992). The voting rules
state that another attempt for creating newsgroups can be started
after a six month waiting period (in this case, it is March 1, 1993).
This is the first attempt at creating comp.os.os2.multimedia and
comp.os.os2.bugs.
All discussion will be directed to news.groups. This is only a
Request for Discussion (RFD). This is not a Call For Votes (CFV)
-- do not attempt to vote yet.
Background:
The creation of two, free, 32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.x (gcc/2
and emx/gcc; read comp.os.os2.programmer for details) has spurred
a continuing deluge of software ported from UNIX platforms, such
as emacs, less, awk, grep, sed, xscheme, ispell, flex, yacc, and
much more. Borland is expected to release its C/C++ compiler for
OS/2 2.x soon, allowing for easier porting of DOS and Windows
software.
Much of the PC hardware and drivers were written for DOS, and
later, Windows. As more people are discovering OS/2 2.x, the
number of people asking questions about OS/2's compatibility
with their hardware increases, as does the questions on the
availability of drivers for their hardware, installation
procedures, etc.
Multimedia is becoming popular. OS/2 2.0 supports Windows
Multimedia Extensions using Win-OS/2 3.0. Furthermore, IBM is
including direct multimedia support in OS/2 starting with version
2.1 (in addition to using Win-OS/2 3.1).
Any non-trivial software will have bugs -- OS/2 is not exempt,
especially since IBM is constantly adding new features to OS/2.
So far, IBM has issued system patches and corrective service disks
(e.g. the Service Pak) for free (free from BBSs and ftp sites, or
for free plus a small media charge for diskettes -- read
comp.os.os2.misc for details).
Proposed Charters:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for developers of ported software so
as to coordinate efforts, avoid duplication of effort, and
spur additional development. The group will also cover
topics such as porting from other platforms (such as DOS,
Windows, UNIX, etc), toolkits which aid in program
portability (including porting tools such as Mirrors), and
so forth.
(b) rename: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
To keep the structure of the OS/2 newsgroup heirarchy
orthogonal, comp.os.os2.programmer should be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc will still be the newsgroup
for OS/2 programmers to discuss programming issues and
technical aspects of OS/2 in an unmoderated setting.
(c) create comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
It will be devoted to OS/2 system setup topics, including the
availability of device drivers, compatibility information,
installation procedures, system requirements, and overall
performance optimization.
(d) create comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for discussion of multi-media issues.
(e) create comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for OS/2 system bug reports, bug
diagnosis and work arounds, the availability of system
patches and corrective service disks, and so forth.
[Note that discussion of bugs in applications belong in other
newsgroups, and discussion of bugs in OS/2 betas belong in
comp.os.os2.beta if it passes a separate CFV]
Schedule:
This RFD will be in effect for the next 30 days. If there are
no unresolvable objections posted to news.groups, then a CFV will
be issued shortly after the 30 days.
OS/2 Hierarchy:
Here is a brief summary of current and proposed OS/2 newsgroups,
starting with the current ones...
* comp.os.os2.networking
Networking issues/apps/drivers.
* comp.os.os2.programmer
Programming issues/apps/tools.
* comp.os.os2.apps
Discussion of other apps.
* comp.os.os2.advocacy
Debates, flames, bashing.
* comp.os.os2.misc
Supposed to be for OS/2 users to talk, but currently used
for bug, beta, and setup discussion.
* comp.binaries.os2 (moderated)
OS/2 freeware and shareware binaries.
These groups are currently being voted on in another RFD/CFV...
* comp.os.os2.ver1x
OS/2 1.x discussion.
* comp.os.os2.beta
Discussion of OS/2 betas, feature suggestions for future
OS/2 betas.
* comp.os.os2.announce (moderated)
OS/2 information.
These groups are proposed in this RFD...
* comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
Porting programs to OS/2.
* comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
(rename of comp.os.os2.programmer)
* comp.os.os2.setup
OS/2 Hardware, driver, and installation discussion.
* comp.os.os2.multimedia
Discussion of multimedia on OS/2.
* comp.os.os2.bugs
Discussion on OS/2 system bugs (including OS/2 beta
versions if comp.os.os2.beta fails to be created;
excluding betas if it passes).
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From mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu Mon Mar 29 20:42:50 1993
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From: mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
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Subject: CFV: comp.os.os2.{programmer.porting,setup,multimedia,bugs}
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Introduction:
This is a Call For Votes (CFV) for the creation of four OS/2
newsgroups and the renaming of one:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
(b) renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
(c) comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
This is the second attempt at creating comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
and comp.os.os2.setup, and renaming comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc. The first attempt failed in the summer
of 1992 (the voting deadline was August 31, 1992). The voting rules
state that another attempt for creating newsgroups can be started
after a six month waiting period (in this case, it is March 1, 1993).
This is the first attempt at creating comp.os.os2.multimedia and
comp.os.os2.bugs.
This document contains:
* the background showing the need for these proposals
* the proposed charters for these proposals
* voting instructions
* a voting ballot
* some example ballots
* the voting rules
* the voting schedule
Background:
The creation of two, free, 32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.x (gcc/2
and emx/gcc; read comp.os.os2.programmer for details) has spurred
a continuing deluge of software ported from UNIX platforms, such
as emacs, less, awk, grep, sed, xscheme, ispell, flex, yacc, and
much more. Borland has released its C/C++ compiler for OS/2 2.x,
allowing for easier porting of DOS and Windows software.
Much of the PC hardware and drivers were written for DOS, and
later, Windows. As more people are discovering OS/2 2.x, the
number of people asking questions about OS/2's compatibility
with their hardware increases, as does the questions on the
availability of drivers for their hardware, installation
procedures, etc.
Multimedia is becoming popular. OS/2 2.0 supports Windows
Multimedia Extensions using Win-OS/2 3.0. Furthermore, IBM is
including direct multimedia support in OS/2 starting with version
2.1 (in addition to using Win-OS/2 3.1).
Any non-trivial software will have bugs -- OS/2 is not exempt,
especially since IBM is constantly adding new features to OS/2.
So far, IBM has issued system patches and corrective service disks
(e.g. the Service Pak) for free (free from BBSs and ftp sites, or
for free plus a small media charge for diskettes -- read
comp.os.os2.misc for details).
Proposed Charters:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for developers of ported software so
as to coordinate efforts, avoid duplication of effort, and
spur additional development. The group will also cover
topics such as porting from other platforms (such as DOS,
Windows, UNIX, etc), toolkits which aid in program
portability (including porting tools such as Mirrors), and
so forth.
(b) rename: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
To keep the structure of the OS/2 newsgroup heirarchy
orthogonal, comp.os.os2.programmer should be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc will still be the newsgroup
for OS/2 programmers to discuss programming issues and
technical aspects of OS/2 in an unmoderated setting.
(c) create comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
It will be devoted to OS/2 system setup topics, including the
availability of device drivers, compatibility information,
installation procedures, system requirements, and overall
performance optimization.
(d) create comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for discussion of multi-media issues.
(e) create comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for OS/2 system bug reports, bug
diagnosis and work arounds, the availability of system
patches and corrective service disks, and so forth.
[Note that discussion of bugs in applications belong in other
newsgroups, and discussion of bugs in OS/2 betas belong in
comp.os.os2.beta]
How to Vote:
To cast your vote, fill out the ballot below and e-mail it to me.
Many newsreaders will allow e-mail to be sent by replying to this
post. Be sure to send only the ballot, and edit out the rest of
this post.
1) Type in your vote for each proposal:
If you favor the charter as proposed, put a "yes" after its name.
If you oppose the charter as proposed, put a "no" after its name.
To abstain, leave a blank after its name.
2) Type in your last name (i.e. your family name), a comma, and
your first name (i.e. your personal name).
3) Cut out the ballot,
4) E-mail your ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu before 11:59:59 pm
(Central Time), April 24, 1993.
Ballot:
----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting:
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:
(c) comp.os.os2.setup:
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia:
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs:
(f) voter's last, first name:
e-mail ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu by April 24
----cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------
Example Ballot #1:
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes
(c) comp.os.os2.setup: no
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia:
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs: no
(f) voter's last, first name: Smith, John
In this example, John Smith favors comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
to be created, and comp.os.os2.programmer to be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc. He also opposes the creation of
comp.os.os2.setup and comp.os.os2.bugs. He does not have a view
on the creation of comp.os.os2.multimedia.
Example Ballot #2:
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes
(c) comp.os.os2.setup: yes
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia: yes
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs: yes
(f) voter's last, first name: Doe, Jane
In this example, Jane Doe favors the creation or rename of all
the proposals.
Voting Rules:
* One vote per person. If you vote more than once, only the most
recent vote will be counted.
* Votes must be mailed to me by the person voting. Proxy voting,
forwarding, posting votes to a newsgroup, etc. will not be counted.
* Do not ask how the votes are going. The status of the votings
will be revealed only after the poll closes.
* I will acknowledge votes by Mass Acknowledgement (ACK). I will
post the ACK twice (see Schedule below).
* If you need help for using your editor, using e-mail, how
voting works in general, etc. then ask an expert at your site.
Also see the ``How To Create a New Newsgroup'' article which is
posted to news.answers on a regular basis.
* If you need any clarifications on voting procedures for this
CFV, send me e-mail at mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu.
* When the voting period is over (see Schedule below), a proposal
passes if both of the following formulas are true:
1) the number of YES votes exceeds the number of NO votes
by at least 100 (i.e. YES >= NO + 100, or YES - NO >= 100).
2) the number of YES votes exceeds at least twice the
number of NO votes (i.e. YES >= 2 * NO, or YES - NO >= NO).
In other words, a proposal passes if:
YES - NO >= max (100, NO)
where max() returns the highest number given to it.
Schedule:
The voting period will start as soon as this CFV is posted by David
Lawrence (the news.announce.newgroups moderator). Since you are
reading this, vote now!
During the voting period I plan to issue subsequent CFVs, each
with a Mass Acknowledgement of voter's names and e-mail addresses.
The voting period will end at 11:59:59 pm (Central Time), on
April 24, 1993. Votes received after that time will not count.
The voting results and tally will be posted shortly after that
date.
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From mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu Wed Apr 7 11:44:56 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.multimedia
Subject: 2nd CFV and VOTE ACK: comp.os.os2.{programmer.porting,setup,multimedia,bugs}
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* Attention voters:
*
* I had a problem with my mailbox on the first day of voting.
* Please check the Vote Acknowlegement (ACK) at the end of this CFV.
* If your name/address is not there, please send your vote again.
* (Actually, check even if you voted after the first day)
Introduction:
This is the second Call For Votes (CFV) for the creation of four OS/2
newsgroups and the renaming of one:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
(b) renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
(c) comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
This is the second attempt at creating comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
and comp.os.os2.setup, and renaming comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc. The first attempt failed in the summer
of 1992 (the voting deadline was August 31, 1992). The voting rules
state that another attempt for creating newsgroups can be started
after a six month waiting period (in this case, it is March 1, 1993).
This is the first attempt at creating comp.os.os2.multimedia and
comp.os.os2.bugs.
This document contains:
* the background showing the need for these proposals
* the proposed charters for these proposals
* voting instructions
* a voting ballot
* some example ballots
* the voting rules
* the voting schedule
* the Mass Acknowledgement
Background:
The creation of two, free, 32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.x (gcc/2
and emx/gcc; read comp.os.os2.programmer for details) has spurred
a continuing deluge of software ported from UNIX platforms, such
as emacs, less, awk, grep, sed, xscheme, ispell, flex, yacc, and
much more. Borland has released its C/C++ compiler for OS/2 2.x,
allowing for easier porting of DOS and Windows software.
Much of the PC hardware and drivers were written for DOS, and
later, Windows. As more people are discovering OS/2 2.x, the
number of people asking questions about OS/2's compatibility
with their hardware increases, as does the questions on the
availability of drivers for their hardware, installation
procedures, etc.
Multimedia is becoming popular. OS/2 2.0 supports Windows
Multimedia Extensions using Win-OS/2 3.0. Furthermore, IBM is
including direct multimedia support in OS/2 starting with version
2.1 (in addition to using Win-OS/2 3.1).
Any non-trivial software will have bugs -- OS/2 is not exempt,
especially since IBM is constantly adding new features to OS/2.
So far, IBM has issued system patches and corrective service disks
(e.g. the Service Pak) for free (free from BBSs and ftp sites, or
for free plus a small media charge for diskettes -- read
comp.os.os2.misc for details).
Proposed Charters:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for developers of ported software so
as to coordinate efforts, avoid duplication of effort, and
spur additional development. The group will also cover
topics such as porting from other platforms (such as DOS,
Windows, UNIX, etc), toolkits which aid in program
portability (including porting tools such as Mirrors), and
so forth.
(b) rename: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
To keep the structure of the OS/2 newsgroup heirarchy
orthogonal, comp.os.os2.programmer should be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc will still be the newsgroup
for OS/2 programmers to discuss programming issues and
technical aspects of OS/2 in an unmoderated setting.
(c) create comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
It will be devoted to OS/2 system setup topics, including the
availability of device drivers, compatibility information,
installation procedures, system requirements, and overall
performance optimization.
(d) create comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for discussion of multi-media issues.
(e) create comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for OS/2 system bug reports, bug
diagnosis and work arounds, the availability of system
patches and corrective service disks, and so forth.
[Note that discussion of bugs in applications belong in other
newsgroups, and discussion of bugs in OS/2 betas belong in
comp.os.os2.beta]
How to Vote:
To cast your vote, fill out the ballot below and e-mail it to me.
Many newsreaders will allow e-mail to be sent by replying to this
post. Be sure to send only the ballot, and edit out the rest of
this post.
1) Type in your vote for each proposal:
If you favor the charter as proposed, put a "yes" after its name.
If you oppose the charter as proposed, put a "no" after its name.
To abstain, leave a blank after its name.
2) Type in your last name (i.e. your family name), a comma, and
your first name (i.e. your personal name).
3) Cut out the ballot, Please do not delete any lines of the
ballot.
4) E-mail your ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu before 11:59:59 pm
(Central Time), April 24, 1993.
Ballot:
----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting:
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:
(c) comp.os.os2.setup:
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia:
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs:
(f) voter's last, first name:
e-mail ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu by April 24
----cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------
Example Ballot #1:
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes
(c) comp.os.os2.setup: no
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia:
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs: no
(f) voter's last, first name: Smith, John
In this example, John Smith favors comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
to be created, and comp.os.os2.programmer to be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc. He also opposes the creation of
comp.os.os2.setup and comp.os.os2.bugs. He does not have a view
on the creation of comp.os.os2.multimedia.
Example Ballot #2:
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes
(c) comp.os.os2.setup: yes
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia: yes
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs: yes
(f) voter's last, first name: Doe, Jane
In this example, Jane Doe favors the creation or rename of all
the proposals.
Voting Rules:
* One vote per person. If you vote more than once, only the most
recent vote will be counted.
* Votes must be mailed to me by the person voting. Proxy voting,
forwarding, posting votes to a newsgroup, etc. will not be counted.
* Do not ask how the votes are going. The status of the votings
will be revealed only after the poll closes.
* I will acknowledge votes by Mass Acknowledgement (ACK). I will
post the ACK twice (see Schedule below).
* If you need help for using your editor, using e-mail, how
voting works in general, etc. then ask an expert at your site.
Also see the ``How To Create a New Newsgroup'' article which is
posted to news.answers on a regular basis.
* If you need any clarifications on voting procedures for this
CFV, send me e-mail at mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu.
* When the voting period is over (see Schedule below), a proposal
passes if both of the following formulas are true:
1) the number of YES votes exceeds the number of NO votes
by at least 100 (i.e. YES >= NO + 100, or YES - NO >= 100).
2) the number of YES votes exceeds at least twice the
number of NO votes (i.e. YES >= 2 * NO, or YES - NO >= NO).
In other words, a proposal passes if:
YES - NO >= max (100, NO)
where max() returns the highest number given to it.
Schedule:
The voting period started on March 29 when the first CFV was posted
by David Lawrence (the news.announce.newgroups moderator).
This second CFV is a repeat of the first CFV, but it also has the
Mass Acknowledgement (ACK) of names and e-mail addresses of those who
have already voted -- re-send your vote if it is not there. If you
have not voted yet, vote now!
Later in the voting period I plan to issue a third CFV, also
with a Mass Acknowledgement of voter's names and e-mail addresses.
The voting period will end at 11:59:59 pm (Central Time), on
April 24, 1993. Votes received after that time will not count.
The voting results and tally will be posted shortly after that
date.
Mass Acknowledgement:
Here is the list of people who have already sent in their ballots
as of 12:45 am (Central Time) on April 4, 1993:
bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu
Aiyagari, Sanjay ska1@crux3.cit.cornell.edu
Arien, Peter LAAAA43%BLEKUL11.BITNET@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR
Aurand, Tom tom@longs.lance.colostate.edu
Bartlett, Warren bart@pdn.paradyne.com
Beal, Kenneth kbeal@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com
Bedersdorfer, Jochen beders@dfki.uni-sb.de
Benningfield, Robert concert.net!aurs01!aurw7a!benningf
Blackman, Ed EBB7683@VENUS.TAMU.EDU
Bodnar, John jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Botha, David BOTH-DD@mella.ee.up.ac.za
Bowers, Neil neilb@borris.eece.unm.edu
Bronner, Geoffrey geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu
Carlson, Bill woc8r@poplar.cs.virginia.edu
Ciesielski, Boleslaw bolek@viewlogic.com
Clement, Bruce frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz
Clemente, Marc F. mfclemente@ucdavis.edu
Cline, Ernest cline@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
Cocking , Simon simonc@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au
Costello, Robert rcc9885@ultb.isc.rit.edu
Coulman, Randy coulman@skdad.usask.ca
Cox, Anthony AECOX@waikato.ac.nz
daigle, Joe daigle@apollo.hp.com
DeCarlo, John jdecarlo@mitre.org
Donaldson, Ian icd@ecr.mu.oz.au
Duffy, Patrick duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca
Dusitsin, Krid dusitsin@ee.umr.edu
Erzberger, Martin erzberg@ifi.unizh.ch
Feustel, Edward efeustel@ida.org
filippini,luigi luigi@berlioz.crs4.it
Fleuren, Rik rik@sci.kun.nl
Francis, Tim francis@vnet.IBM.COM
Franks, Derek franks@hercules.cs.uregina.ca
Franzki, Wolfgang wfranzki@hlrserv.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de
Friedrich, Jochen jofried@fzi.de
Friis, Torben tfriis@imada.ou.dk
G"unther, Stefan stefan@med-informatik.uni-hildesheim.de
Gammon, Robert rgammon@rgam.sc.ti.com
Gartler, Hermann herm@owlnet.rice.edu
Garzik, Jeff gtd543a@prism.gatech.edu
Gnassi, John jgnassi@hstbme.mit.edu
Goyal, Mohit goyal@utdallas.edu
Green, Anthony green@roboco.uucp
Grupenhoff, Mike kashmir@wam.umd.edu
Haggerty, Michael mrhagger@Athena.MIT.EDU
Hartman, Shane shane@spr.com
Hartzman, Les hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov
Hassa, George hassag@rpi.edu
Heederik, Robbert heederik@fwi.uva.nl
Hellerhoff, Torsten Torsten_Hellerhoff@ac2.maus.de
Henriksen, Gerald rn.1035@rose.com
Henry, Andrew A.H.Henry@gdr.bath.ac.uk
Herbison, B.J. herbison@lassie.ucx.lkg.dec.com
Herron, Kenneth kherron@ms.uky.edu
Hilmer, Andrew hilmera@mist.CS.ORST.EDU
Hodges, Matthew modester@iastate.edu
Hollebone, Bruce lermer@theory.chem.ubc.ca
holsman, Ian IHolsman@cmutual.com.au
Hoppenbrouwers, Jeroen hoppie@kub.nl
Howard, Robert robert.howard@matd.gatech.edu
Jackson, Dave D.Jackson@axion.bt.co.uk
Jensen, Colin ljensen@netcom.com
Kassarjian, Steven kassarji@spot.Colorado.EDU
Kiehl, Horst kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de
Kitchin, Bruce kitchin@lf.hp.com
Kone, Bob bkone@rflab.ee.ubc.ca
Kovarski, Mark kovarski@zooid.guild.org
Lacy, Stephen sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu
lai, william lai@seas.gwu.edu
Lawton, Gef glawton@cs.uah.edu
Le Glasse, Franck Franck.Leglasse@irisa.fr
Lehtonen, Jari jarlehto@utu.fi
Leitner, Thomas tom@finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at
Lentin, Kevin kevinl@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au
Lin, Steven slin@cisco.com
Logan, Stan logan@lexmark.com
Lu, Kevin kevinlu@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Martin, Johannes jmartin@mogli.zdv.uni-mainz.de
Maturo, Larry larry@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu
Mayer, Gunther H. gmayer@physik.uni-kl.de
Mcgehrin, Matthew matthew@dabeef@des.edu
McGuire, Ed emcguire@intellection.com
McMillan, Andrew Andrew.McMillan@folly.welly.gen.nz
meyer, jeff moriarty@tc.fluke.COM
Miller, Richard rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu
Mittelstaedt, Olaf H.-P. mittelst@felix.rz.fh-ulm.de
moorcroft, marc smarry@zooid.guild.org
Morrison, John Paul jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca
Mosher, David dmosher@nyx.cs.du.edu
Mouawad, Naji. nmouawad@math.uwaterloo.ca
Mullins, Don mullins@magnum.convex.com
Nareid, Helge Helge.Nareid@due.unit.no
Narinian, Vartan v.narinian@ic.ac.uk
Norton, Charles M. cmn@ftp.com
o'neel, bruce oneel@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu
Oldham, C. R. cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu
Olson, Eric ejo@kaja.gi.alaska.edu
Oussoren, Ronald roussor@cs.vu.nl
owens, bill owens@cookiemonster.cc.buffalo.edu
Parry, Tom parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Pebly, Bob pebly@vnet.IBM.COM
Perdue, Alicia arperd00@mik.uky.edu
Petro, Herbert hmpetro@mosaic.uncc.edu
Powell, Stephen stevep@kralizec.zeta.org.au
Provensal, jerome uunet.UU.NET!iac!jerome
Quinn, Michael quinn@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Rao, Venkat rao@cactus.org
Robertson, James ROBERTSON@PHYSC3.BYU.EDU
Rosenvold, Johan Kristian jkr@ifi.uio.no
Ruppel, Markus m.ruppel@imperial.ac.uk
Ryan, Sean FSSPR@acad3.alaska.edu
Salomon, Larry os2man@Panix.Com
Schipper, Haijo haijo@cs.rug.nl
SIPPLES, TIMOTHY sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Skogstad, Oddbjorn odskog@siri.unit.no
Smith, Donald djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu
Sneath, Tim psyhtjs@mips.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
Sriram, N swknasri@nuscc.nus.sg
Steele, Alan steele@nrcphy1.phy.nrc.ca
Steinkopf, Dirk dirk@km21.zfe.siemens.de
Stirling, Ian T. ian@vnet.IBM.COM
streeter, carl cstreete@nyx.cs.du.edu
Sum, Eva eesum00@mik.uky.edu
Sum, Joey jpsum00@mik.uky.edu
Swallow, Doug doug@montage.oau.org
Thomas, Stephen swt@therson.affinity.mn.org
torremans, engelbert etorrem%hvlpa@att.att.com
Tremain, Jim JIM@BIOLOGY.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
Tsen, Maoee tsen0001@student.tc.umn.edu
van der Lek, Petja P.vanderLek@research.ptt.nl
van Woerkom, Marc E.E. Marc_Van-Woerkom@ac3.maus.de
Veeraraghavan, Venkatesh venky@owlnet.rice.edu
Villumsen, Ole ovillumsen@daimi.aau.dk
Wald, David wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu
Watson, Brett watson@s1.elec.uq.oz.au
Weeks, Larry dev@ecn.purdue.edu
Werner, John werner@SOE.Berkeley.Edu
West, Mike west@esd.dl.nec.com
Wittenauer, Allen Allen_Wittenauer@crispy.carb.il.us
Woodbury, Gregory ggw@wolves.Durham.NC.US
Wyble, Richard transfer.stratus.com!schunix!rwyble
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From mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu Fri Apr 16 10:40:34 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.multimedia
Subject: 3rd CFV and VOTE ACK: comp.os.os2.{programmer.porting,setup,multimedia,bugs}
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* Attention voters:
*
* I had a problem with my mailbox on the first day of voting.
* Please check the Vote Acknowlegement (ACK) at the end of this CFV.
* If your name/address is not there, please send your vote again.
* (Actually, check even if you voted after the first day)
Introduction:
This is the third (and final) Call For Votes (CFV) for the creation
of four OS/2 newsgroups and the renaming of one:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
(b) renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
(c) comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
This is the second attempt at creating comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
and comp.os.os2.setup, and renaming comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc. The first attempt failed in the summer
of 1992 (the voting deadline was August 31, 1992). The voting rules
state that another attempt for creating newsgroups can be started
after a six month waiting period (in this case, it is March 1, 1993).
This is the first attempt at creating comp.os.os2.multimedia and
comp.os.os2.bugs.
This document contains:
* the background showing the need for these proposals
* the proposed charters for these proposals
* voting instructions
* a voting ballot
* some example ballots
* the voting rules
* the voting schedule
* the Mass Acknowledgement
Background:
The creation of two, free, 32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.x (gcc/2
and emx/gcc; read comp.os.os2.programmer for details) has spurred
a continuing deluge of software ported from UNIX platforms, such
as emacs, less, awk, grep, sed, xscheme, ispell, flex, yacc, and
much more. Borland has released its C/C++ compiler for OS/2 2.x,
allowing for easier porting of DOS and Windows software.
Much of the PC hardware and drivers were written for DOS, and
later, Windows. As more people are discovering OS/2 2.x, the
number of people asking questions about OS/2's compatibility
with their hardware increases, as does the questions on the
availability of drivers for their hardware, installation
procedures, etc.
Multimedia is becoming popular. OS/2 2.0 supports Windows
Multimedia Extensions using Win-OS/2 3.0. Furthermore, IBM is
including direct multimedia support in OS/2 starting with version
2.1 (in addition to using Win-OS/2 3.1).
Any non-trivial software will have bugs -- OS/2 is not exempt,
especially since IBM is constantly adding new features to OS/2.
So far, IBM has issued system patches and corrective service disks
(e.g. the Service Pak) for free (free from BBSs and ftp sites, or
for free plus a small media charge for diskettes -- read
comp.os.os2.misc for details).
Proposed Charters:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for developers of ported software so
as to coordinate efforts, avoid duplication of effort, and
spur additional development. The group will also cover
topics such as porting from other platforms (such as DOS,
Windows, UNIX, etc), toolkits which aid in program
portability (including porting tools such as Mirrors), and
so forth.
(b) rename: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
To keep the structure of the OS/2 newsgroup heirarchy
orthogonal, comp.os.os2.programmer should be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc will still be the newsgroup
for OS/2 programmers to discuss programming issues and
technical aspects of OS/2 in an unmoderated setting.
(c) create comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
It will be devoted to OS/2 system setup topics, including the
availability of device drivers, compatibility information,
installation procedures, system requirements, and overall
performance optimization.
(d) create comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for discussion of multi-media issues.
(e) create comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for OS/2 system bug reports, bug
diagnosis and work arounds, the availability of system
patches and corrective service disks, and so forth.
[Note that discussion of bugs in applications belong in other
newsgroups, and discussion of bugs in OS/2 betas belong in
comp.os.os2.beta]
How to Vote:
To cast your vote, fill out the ballot below and e-mail it to me.
Many newsreaders will allow e-mail to be sent by replying to this
post. Be sure to send only the ballot, and edit out the rest of
this post.
1) Type in your vote for each proposal:
If you favor the charter as proposed, put a "yes" after its name.
If you oppose the charter as proposed, put a "no" after its name.
To abstain, leave a blank after its name.
2) Type in your last name (i.e. your family name), a comma, and
your first name (i.e. your personal name).
3) Cut out the ballot, Please do not delete any lines of the
ballot.
4) E-mail your ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu before 11:59:59 pm
(Central Time), April 24, 1993.
Ballot:
----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting:
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:
(c) comp.os.os2.setup:
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia:
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs:
(f) voter's last, first name:
e-mail ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu by April 24
----cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------
Example Ballot #1:
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes
(c) comp.os.os2.setup: no
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia:
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs: no
(f) voter's last, first name: Smith, John
In this example, John Smith favors comp.os.os2.programmer.porting
to be created, and comp.os.os2.programmer to be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc. He also opposes the creation of
comp.os.os2.setup and comp.os.os2.bugs. He does not have a view
on the creation of comp.os.os2.multimedia.
Example Ballot #2:
(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes
(b) comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes
(c) comp.os.os2.setup: yes
(d) comp.os.os2.multimedia: yes
(e) comp.os.os2.bugs: yes
(f) voter's last, first name: Doe, Jane
In this example, Jane Doe favors the creation or rename of all
the proposals.
Voting Rules:
* One vote per person. If you vote more than once, only the most
recent vote will be counted.
* Votes must be mailed to me by the person voting. Proxy voting,
forwarding, posting votes to a newsgroup, etc. will not be counted.
* Do not ask how the votes are going. The status of the votings
will be revealed only after the poll closes.
* I will acknowledge votes by Mass Acknowledgement (ACK). I will
post the ACK twice (see Schedule below).
* If you need help for using your editor, using e-mail, how
voting works in general, etc. then ask an expert at your site.
Also see the ``How To Create a New Newsgroup'' article which is
posted to news.answers on a regular basis.
* If you need any clarifications on voting procedures for this
CFV, send me e-mail at mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu.
* When the voting period is over (see Schedule below), a proposal
passes if both of the following formulas are true:
1) the number of YES votes exceeds the number of NO votes
by at least 100 (i.e. YES >= NO + 100, or YES - NO >= 100).
2) the number of YES votes exceeds at least twice the
number of NO votes (i.e. YES >= 2 * NO, or YES - NO >= NO).
In other words, a proposal passes if:
YES - NO >= max (100, NO)
where max() returns the highest number given to it.
Schedule:
The voting period started on March 29 when the first CFV was posted
by David Lawrence (the news.announce.newgroups moderator).
This third CFV is a repeat of the first CFV, but it also has the
Mass Acknowledgement (ACK) of names and e-mail addresses of those who
have already voted -- re-send your vote if it is not there. If you
have not voted yet, vote now!
The voting period will end at 11:59:59 pm (Central Time), on
April 24, 1993. Votes received after that time will not count.
The voting results and tally will be posted shortly after that
date.
Mass Acknowledgement:
Here is the list of people who have already sent in their ballots
as of 12:01 am (Central Time) on April 15, 1993:
bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu
Aiyagari, Sanjay ska1@crux3.cit.cornell.edu
Alcorn, Justin alcorn@alpha.ces.cwru.edu
Arien, Peter LAAAA43%BLEKUL11.BITNET@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR
Asselin, Andre assela@rpi.edu
Aurand, Tom tom@longs.lance.colostate.edu
Baechler, Cedric cbaechle@iiic.ethz.ch
Bartlett, Warren bart@pdn.paradyne.com
Bates, John johnb@up.edu
Beadles, J. jeff@neon.rain.com
Beal, Kenneth kbeal@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com
Bedersdorfer, Jochen beders@dfki.uni-sb.de
Bell, Douglas dab6@SCL.CWRU.Edu
Benningfield, Robert concert.net!aurs01!aurw7a!benningf
Biegel, Bryan biegel@tigris.stanford.edu
Blackman, Ed EBB7683@VENUS.TAMU.EDU
Bodnar, John jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Boisvert, Wesley wesb@dermit.isis.org
boneham, kevin boneham@suntan.eng.usf.edu
Boresch, Stefan boresch@tammy.harvard.edu
Boschma, Wilfried v911071@si.hhs.nl
Botha, David BOTH-DD@mella.ee.up.ac.za
Bowe, Nathaniel woody@vnet.IBM.COM
Bowers, Neil neilb@borris.eece.unm.edu
Braun,David roland@roll.choate.edu
Bronner, Geoffrey geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu
Brors, Dieter db@ix.de
Brown, Bill brown@chinchilla.ir.ucf.edu
Cambria, Michael cambria@smaug.enet.dec.com
Carlson, Bill woc8r@poplar.cs.virginia.edu
Champion, Evan evanc@carbon.isis.org
Chandonia, John chandoni@husc.harvard.edu
Chen, Ted tedc@cs.ubc.ca
Chua, Hak c164-ez@po.berkeley.edu
Ciesielski, Boleslaw bolek@viewlogic.com
Clement, Bruce frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz
Clemente, Marc F. mfclemente@ucdavis.edu
Cline, Ernest cline@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
Cocking , Simon simonc@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au
Compton, Curtis compton@plains.NoDak.edu
Costello, Robert rcc9885@ultb.isc.rit.edu
Coulman, Randy coulman@skdad.usask.ca
Cox, Anthony AECOX@waikato.ac.nz
Cox, Robert rcox@qvack.EE.McGill.CA
Culliton, Tom culliton@srg.af.mil
daigle, Joe daigle@apollo.hp.com
DeCarlo, John jdecarlo@mitre.org
Dippold, Ron rdippold@qualcomm.com
Donaldson, Ian icd@ecr.mu.oz.au
Drye, Stephen scdrye@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca
Duffy, Patrick duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca
Dusitsin, Krid dusitsin@ee.umr.edu
Erzberger, Martin erzberg@ifi.unizh.ch
Feldtmann, Marten marten@feki.toppoint.de
Feustel, Edward efeustel@ida.org
filippini,luigi luigi@berlioz.crs4.it
Fischer, Stefan fischer@tammy.harvard.edu
Fleuren, Rik rik@sci.kun.nl
Francis, Tim francis@vnet.IBM.COM
Francois Menard menaf00@dmi.usherb.ca
Franks, Derek franks@hercules.cs.uregina.ca
Franzki, Wolfgang wfranzki@hlrserv.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de
Friedrich, Jochen jofried@fzi.de
Friis, Torben tfriis@imada.ou.dk
G"unther, Stefan stefan@med-informatik.uni-hildesheim.de
Galarza, Edward LENBC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Gammon, Robert rgammon@rgam.sc.ti.com
Gartler, Hermann herm@owlnet.rice.edu
Garzik, Jeff gtd543a@prism.gatech.edu
Gershman, Mark gershman@bach.udel.edu
Giller, David R. rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu
Gnassi, John jgnassi@hstbme.mit.edu
Goyal, Mohit goyal@utdallas.edu
Green, Anthony green@roboco.uucp
Grupenhoff, Mike kashmir@wam.umd.edu
Guo, Youren yguo@sparc0a.cs.uiuc.edu
Hacker;Jonathan hacker@cco.caltech.edu
Haggerty, Michael mrhagger@Athena.MIT.EDU
Hargrave, BJ fattire@vnet.IBM.COM
Hartman, Shane shane@spr.com
Hartzman, Les hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov
Hassa, George hassag@rpi.edu
Hed, Nevo nyh@wpi.WPI.EDU
Heederik, Robbert heederik@fwi.uva.nl
Hellerhoff, Torsten Torsten_Hellerhoff@ac2.maus.de
Hendel, Bernd BHENDEL@estec.estec.esa.nl
Henriksen, Gerald rn.1035@rose.com
Henry, Andrew A.H.Henry@gdr.bath.ac.uk
Herbison, B.J. herbison@lassie.ucx.lkg.dec.com
Herron, Kenneth kherron@ms.uky.edu
Hilmer, Andrew hilmera@mist.CS.ORST.EDU
Hoang, Long lhoang@orion.oac.uci.edu
Hodge, Bob HODGE@iccgcc.cs.hh.ab.com
Hodges, Matthew modester@iastate.edu
Hollebone, Bruce lermer@theory.chem.ubc.ca
holsman, Ian IHolsman@cmutual.com.au
Hopkins, John john@uhs1.uhs.uga.edu
Hoppenbrouwers, Jeroen hoppie@kub.nl
Howard, Robert robert.howard@matd.gatech.edu
Huang, Ping pshuang@Athena.MIT.EDU
Jackson, Dave D.Jackson@axion.bt.co.uk
Jensen, Colin ljensen@netcom.com
Kassarjian, Steven kassarji@spot.Colorado.EDU
Kiehl, Horst kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de
Kitchin, Bruce kitchin@lf.hp.com
Kone, Bob bkone@rflab.ee.ubc.ca
Kovarski, Mark kovarski@zooid.guild.org
Kretzer, Myke tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Lacy, Stephen sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu
lai, william lai@seas.gwu.edu
Landy, Brian landy@cco.caltech.edu
lau, frankie lau@tammy.harvard.edu
Lau, Stephen lau@ai.sri.com
Lawton, Gef glawton@cs.uah.edu
Le Glasse, Franck Franck.Leglasse@irisa.fr
Lebius, Henning lebius@utkux1.utk.edu
lee, james jelee@ucdavis.edu
Lehtonen, Jari jarlehto@utu.fi
Leitner, Thomas tom@finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at
Lempriere, Mike mikel@networx.com
Lentin, Kevin kevinl@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au
Leung, Johnnie k7z092@rick.cs.ubc.ca
Lim, Pean plim@claircom.com
Lin, Steven slin@cisco.com
Lindholm, George lindholm@ucs.ubc.ca
Liukkonen, Juha jliukkon@cc.helsinki.fi
Logan, Stan logan@lexmark.com
Lu, Kevin kevinlu@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Martin, Johannes jmartin@mogli.zdv.uni-mainz.de
Mashao, Daniel djm@lems.Brown.EDU
Maturo, Larry larry@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu
Maxwell, Scott scott.maxwell@channel1.com
Mayer, Gunther H. gmayer@physik.uni-kl.de
Maynard, Jay jmaynard@nyx.cs.du.edu
McCarthy, Christopher mccarthy@gollum.ttd.teradyne.com
Mcgehrin, Matthew matthew@dabeef@des.edu
McGing, John jmcging@access.digex.com
McGuire, Ed emcguire@intellection.com
McMillan, Andrew Andrew.McMillan@folly.welly.gen.nz
meyer, jeff moriarty@tc.fluke.COM
Miller, Richard rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu
Mittelstaedt, Olaf H.-P. mittelst@felix.rz.fh-ulm.de
moorcroft, marc smarry@zooid.guild.org
Morrison, John Paul jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca
Mosher, David dmosher@nyx.cs.du.edu
Mouawad, Naji. nmouawad@math.uwaterloo.ca
Mullins, Don mullins@magnum.convex.com
Nadler, Cliff cnadler@vnet.IBM.COM
Nareid, Helge Helge.Nareid@due.unit.no
Narinian, Vartan v.narinian@ic.ac.uk
Norton, Charles M. cmn@ftp.com
o'neel, bruce oneel@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu
O'Rourke, Sean sorourke@lonestar.utsa.edu
Oldham, C. R. cro@socrates.ed.asu.edu
Olson, Eric ejo@kaja.gi.alaska.edu
Oussoren, Ronald roussor@cs.vu.nl
owens, bill owens@cookiemonster.cc.buffalo.edu
Parks, Dwayne dcp@engr.uark.edu
Parry, Tom parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Pebly, Bob pebly@vnet.IBM.COM
Perdue, Alicia arperd00@mik.uky.edu
Petro, Herbert hmpetro@mosaic.uncc.edu
Pietilainen, Pekka ppi@eero.oulu.fi
Poole, David dpoole@hydrogen.oscs.montana.edu
Powell, Stephen stevep@kralizec.zeta.org.au
Prescod, Paul papresco@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca
Provensal, jerome uunet.UU.NET!iac!jerome
Quinn, Michael quinn@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Rao, Venkat rao@cactus.org
Reisert, Jim reisert@mast.enet.dec.com
Reynolds, Robert easyrob@cs.utexas.edu
Robertson, James ROBERTSON@PHYSC3.BYU.EDU
Roelofs, Greg roe2@midway.uchicago.edu
Rosenvold, Johan Kristian jkr@ifi.uio.no
Ruppel, Markus m.ruppel@imperial.ac.uk
Ryan, Sean FSSPR@acad3.alaska.edu
Salomon, Larry os2man@Panix.Com
Schimke, Nathan schimken@cs.rpi.edu
Schipper, Haijo haijo@cs.rug.nl
Seymour, Jim qintar@agora.rain.com
Shankar, Gess gess@knex.via.mind.ORG
Shaw, Jeremy jeremy@plxsun.plx.com
Sierwald, Joern Sierwald@tu-harburg.dbp.de
SIPPLES, TIMOTHY sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Skogstad, Oddbjorn odskog@siri.unit.no
Smith, Donald djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu
Smith, Eliot esmith@psych.purdue.edu
Sneath, Tim psyhtjs@mips.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk
Sorensen, Tom gt0040a@prism.gatech.edu
Sriram, N swknasri@nuscc.nus.sg
Steele, Alan steele@nrcphy1.phy.nrc.ca
Steinkopf, Dirk dirk@km21.zfe.siemens.de
Stirling, Ian T. ian@vnet.IBM.COM
Strazdus, Stephen sstrazdu@sedona.intel.com
streeter, carl cstreete@nyx.cs.du.edu
Sum, Eva eesum00@mik.uky.edu
Sum, Joey jpsum00@mik.uky.edu
Suttor, Jeff jsuttor@netcom.com
Swallow, Doug doug@montage.oau.org
Sward, David sward+@cmu.edu
Thomas, Stephen swt@therson.affinity.mn.org
Thompson, Michael tommy@msc.cornell.edu
Tiffany, Bernard lbt@umich.edu
torremans, engelbert etorrem%hvlpa@att.att.com
Tremain, Jim JIM@BIOLOGY.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
Tsen, Maoee tsen0001@student.tc.umn.edu
van der Lek, Petja P.vanderLek@research.ptt.nl
Van Iwaarden, Ronald rvaniwaa@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU
van Woerkom, Marc E.E. Marc_Van-Woerkom@ac3.maus.de
Veeraraghavan, Venkatesh venky@owlnet.rice.edu
Veldhuyzen, Eric v912182@si.hhs.nl
Vigor, Kevin kevin@wicat.COM
Villumsen, Ole ovillumsen@daimi.aau.dk
Wald, David wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu
Wallace, Jack grey@vnet.IBM.COM
Wantosch, Rainer RAINER@sasowa.han.de
Watson, Brett watson@s1.elec.uq.oz.au
Weber-Fahr, Christoph weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de
Weeks, Larry dev@ecn.purdue.edu
Werner, John werner@SOE.Berkeley.Edu
West, Mike west@esd.dl.nec.com
weyrich, orville uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville
White, Andrew apwhite@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
Wiersema, Brian brianw@umd5.umd.edu
Wimmer, Carsten Carsten_Wimmer@train.fido.de
Wittenauer, Allen Allen_Wittenauer@crispy.carb.il.us
Woodbury, Gregory ggw@wolves.Durham.NC.US
Worthington, Stephen stephen@actrix.gen.nz
Wright, Gregory gregory@bcstec.ca.boeing.com
Wyble, Richard transfer.stratus.com!schunix!rwyble
YOUNG, DAVID M. dyoung@netcom.com
Zabbal, Christian kris@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca
zawodny, jeremy jzawodn@andy.bgsu.edu
Zou, Nan nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
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(OS/2)--~ | mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu -> clarifications
From mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu Wed Apr 28 18:55:17 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu (Mike Levis)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.multimedia
Subject: RESULT: comp.os.os2.{programmer.porting,setup,multimedia,bugs} pass
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 27 Apr 1993 16:36:13 -0400
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Introduction:
This is the Results document for the creation of four OS/2
newsgroups and the renaming of one (all unmoderated):
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting passes 227:39
(b) renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc passes 224:44
(c) create comp.os.os2.setup passes 241:31
(d) create comp.os.os2.multimedia passes 226:35
(e) create comp.os.os2.bugs passes 238:34
Voting Results:
NEWSGROUP NAME | YES NO ABS | TOT | Y-N Y/(Y+N) |
------------------------------ | --- --- --- | --- | --- ------- |
comp.os.os2.programmer.porting | 227 039 019 | 285 | 188 85.338% |
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc | 224 044 017 | 285 | 180 83.582% |
comp.os.os2.setup | 241 031 013 | 285 | 210 88.603% |
comp.os.os2.multimedia | 226 035 024 | 285 | 191 86.590% |
comp.os.os2.bugs | 238 034 013 | 285 | 204 87.500% |
* YES shows the number of YES votes
* NO shows the number of NO votes
* ABS shows the number of abstains
* TOT shows the total number of votes (YES+NO+ABS)
* Y-N shows the margin of YES minus NO votes
* Y/(Y+N) show the percentage of YES votes to NO votes
All of the proposals pass because the margin of YES minus NO
votes are at least 100, and the percentage of YES votes to NO
votes are at least 66.667%.
Proposed Charters:
(a) create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for developers of ported software so
as to coordinate efforts, avoid duplication of effort, and
spur additional development. The group will also cover
topics such as porting from other platforms (such as DOS,
Windows, UNIX, etc), toolkits which aid in program
portability (including porting tools such as Mirrors), and
so forth.
(b) rename: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)
To keep the structure of the OS/2 newsgroup heirarchy
orthogonal, comp.os.os2.programmer should be renamed to
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.
comp.os.os2.programmer.misc will still be the newsgroup
for OS/2 programmers to discuss programming issues and
technical aspects of OS/2 in an unmoderated setting.
(c) create comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)
It will be devoted to OS/2 system setup topics, including the
availability of device drivers, compatibility information,
installation procedures, system requirements, and overall
performance optimization.
(d) create comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for discussion of multi-media issues.
(e) create comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)
It will provide a forum for OS/2 system bug reports, bug
diagnosis and work arounds, the availability of system
patches and corrective service disks, and so forth.
[Note that discussion of bugs in applications belong in other
newsgroups, and discussion of bugs in OS/2 betas belong in
comp.os.os2.beta]
Schedule:
The voting period started on March 29 when the first CFV was posted
by David Lawrence (the news.announce.newgroups moderator).
The voting period ended at 11:59:59 pm (Central Time), on
April 24, 1993. Votes received after that time will not count.
As soon as this Results documented is posted by David Lawrence,
there will be a five day waiting period for the net to correct
any errors in the voter list or the voting procedure. When this
waiting period is over, David Lawrence will send the newgroup
messages.
Voter List:
Here is the list of people who have either voted ambiguously
or voted using the ballot from the previous comp.os.os2.*
voting. I attempted to contact these people about their votes
but I received no reply.
Lewis_Kawecki@Novell.COM (Lewis Kawecki)
Rob Knauerhase <knauer@cs.uiuc.edu>
rassilon@infopls.chi.il.us (Michael Quintero)
Here is the list of people who have voted and how they voted.
After each voter's name and e-mail address are their votes for
comp.os.os2.programmer.porting, comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,
comp.os.os2.setup, comp.os.os2.multimedia, and comp.os.os2.bugs,
where 'Y' = YES, 'N' = NO, and '-' = abstain.
Aiyagari, Sanjay ska1@crux3.cit.cornell.edu Y Y Y Y Y
Alcorn, Justin alcorn@alpha.ces.cwru.edu Y Y Y Y Y
Alexiou, Peter edc953j@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au Y Y Y Y Y
Allen, John allen@lonestar.utsa.edu Y Y Y Y Y
Arien, Peter LAAAA43%BLEKUL11.BITNET@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR Y Y Y Y Y
Asselin, Andre assela@rpi.edu N N N Y N
Aurand, Tom tom@longs.lance.colostate.edu Y Y Y Y Y
Baechler, Cedric cbaechle@iiic.ethz.ch Y Y Y Y -
Barnett, Rick rbarnett@blkbox.com Y Y Y Y Y
Bartlett, Warren bart@pdn.paradyne.com Y Y Y - Y
Bates, John johnb@up.edu Y Y Y Y N
Beadles, J. jeff@neon.rain.com N N N N N
Beal, Kenneth kbeal@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com Y Y Y Y Y
Beal, Stuart u009@csx.cciw.ca Y Y Y Y Y
Bedersdorfer, Jochen beders@dfki.uni-sb.de Y Y Y N Y
Bell, Douglas dab6@SCL.CWRU.Edu Y Y Y N N
Benningfield, Robert concert.net!aurs01!aurw7a!benningf Y Y Y Y Y
Biegel, Bryan biegel@tigris.stanford.edu Y Y N Y Y
Blackman, Ed EBB7683@VENUS.TAMU.EDU Y Y Y Y Y
Bodnar, John jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Y Y Y Y Y
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