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From: basu@freenet.carleton.ca (Chirantan Basu)
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Subject: RFD: misc.invest.long-term moderated
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group misc.invest.long-term
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup misc.invest.long-term.
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Procedural details are below.
Newsgroup lines:
misc.invest.long-term A moderated newsgroup for long-term investors. (Moderated)
RATIONALE: misc.invest.long-term
The need for a moderated newsgroup on investments is an acute one. The
existing Usenet newsgroups, particularly misc.invest.stocks and
misc.invest.canada, appear to have been taken over by day traders, stock
promoters, and short term speculators.
For long-term investors, a serious discussion on the strengths and
weaknesses of individual securities or portfolio selections is becoming
more difficult.
CHARTER: misc.invest.long-term
To promote a serious exchange of information and ideas on securities
listed on major exchanges worldwide, and on general investment topics.
Moderation Policies:
1. The moderator will attempt to facilitate an open and vigrous exchange
of ideas and information on various securities of interest to investors.
2. Posts from code names would be discouraged.
3. Posts perceived to be veiled "stock promotion (or demotion)" exercises
will be rejected.
4. Contributors will be encouraged to clearly indicate their association
(e.g. long, short) with the security in question.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: misc.invest.long-term
Moderator: C. Basu <basu@ncf.ca>
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, misc.invest.misc
Proponent: Chirantan Basu <basu@ncf.ca>
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From: basu@freenet.carleton.ca (Chirantan Basu)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,misc.invest.misc
Subject: 2nd RFD: misc.invest.long-term moderated
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group misc.invest.long-term
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup misc.invest.long-term.
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. All
discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups. Procedural
details are below.
CHANGES from previous RFD:
1. The rationale and charter sections have been clarified.
2. A second moderator has been added.
3. The distribution list has been expanded.
Newsgroup lines:
misc.invest.long-term A moderated newsgroup for long-term investors. (Moderated)
RATIONALE: misc.invest.long-term
We currently have several newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy for
different aspects of investing. The most popular of them appears to be
misc.invest.stocks, where short-term (and long-term) investors can chat
about various publicly traded stocks. Derivatives can be discussed in
misc.invest.options and misc.invest.futures, mutual funds in
misc.invest.mutual-funds, real estate in misc.invest.real-estate, and
momentum investing in misc.invest.technical. Investors looking for
guidance on tax and estate planning can visit misc.invest.financial-plan.
We even have at least two geographically focused newsgroups -
misc.invest.canada and aus.invest.
There is a need for one newsgroup where individuals with a long-term (3
years +) investment horizon can come together and thoughtfully discuss the
intricacies of different securities and strategies in a moderated
environment designed to encourage like minded investors from all over the
world. The proposed moderated newsgroup, misc.invest.long-term, can fulfil
that need.
CHARTER: misc.invest.long-term
To promote a serious exchange of information and ideas on specific
securities and investment strategies. The term "securities" refers to
publicly traded financial products such as stocks, bonds, money market
instruments, mutual funds, and derivatives. The term "strategies" refers
to ways investors can incorporate an appropriate mix of securities in
their portfolio in order to enhance long-term capital appreciation and/or
income according to their financial needs.
Topics could include:
- buy/sell/hold recommendations with concise justifications;
- portfolio design including the use of derivatives;
- technical analysis versus fundamental analysis in stockpicking;
- discussion of impending or announced IPOs; and
- balanced evaluations of management performance in
enhancing shareholder value.
Moderation Policies:
1. Contributions perceived to be stock promotion or demotion attempts will
be rejected. This policy would not preclude, however, a balanced
discussion of the pros and cons of buying, holding or selling publicly
traded securities.
2. Contributions perceived to be personal attacks of any kind, including
those on fellow contributors, will be rejected.
3. Commercials from individuals or organizations will be rejected.
4. Contributions that are deemed to be better suited to one of the more
specialized newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy may also be rejected.
For example, general discussion of a particular option strategy would be
better suited to misc.invest.options; however, the same discussion within
the context of security or portfolio hedging would be appropriate for
misc.invest.long-term.
5. Where the subject of a contribution is a publicly traded security or
impending IPO, the author will be required to clearly indicate his (or
her) recent or current association, if any, with the security and/or the
company in question. Association would include disclosure of long or short
positions of the security in the contributor's portfolio, and/or
employment with either the company behind the security or the
underwriter/dealer of the security.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: misc.invest.long-term
Moderator: basu@ncf.ca (Chirantan Basu)
Chirantan is a licensed stockbroker in Canada (registered with the Ontario
Securities Commission), and a partner in a federally incorporated business
management consulting group. He is also a six year member of the National
Capital Freenet (www.ncf.ca), one of the largest member supported Freenets
in the world.
Moderator: brian@gweep.bc.ca (Brian Edmonds)
Brian has been on Usenet for ten years, a moderator for the last five. He
is the moderation coordinator for rec.arts.anime.creative, and sole
moderator for:
- rec.music.info,
- rec.music.reviews,
- comp.doc.techreports, and
- rec.drugs.announce.
Brian runs the moderation software for all five newsgroups.
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of
the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups should be
raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of
21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this proposal is posted to
news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be posted
by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it. Please do not
attempt to vote until this happens.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How to
Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these documents
(available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any questions about the
process.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, misc.invest.misc
and pointers to
misc.invest.canada, misc.invest.financial-plan,
misc.invest.futures, misc.invest.marketplace,
misc.invest.mutual-funds,
misc.invest.options, misc.invest.real-estate,
misc.invest.stocks, misc.invest.technical,
aus.invest, ncf.sigs.business.stock-trade
Proponent: Chirantan Basu <basu@ncf.ca>
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group misc.invest.long-term
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup misc.invest.long-term.
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. All
discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups. Procedural
details are below.
CHANGES from previous RFD:
1. The rationale and charter sections have been clarified.
2. A second moderator has been added.
3. The distribution list has been expanded.
Newsgroup lines:
misc.invest.long-term A moderated newsgroup for long-term investors. (Moderated)
RATIONALE: misc.invest.long-term
We currently have several newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy for
different aspects of investing. The most popular of them appears to be
misc.invest.stocks, where short-term (and long-term) investors can chat
about various publicly traded stocks. Derivatives can be discussed in
misc.invest.options and misc.invest.futures, mutual funds in
misc.invest.mutual-funds, real estate in misc.invest.real-estate, and
momentum investing in misc.invest.technical. Investors looking for
guidance on tax and estate planning can visit misc.invest.financial-plan.
We even have at least two geographically focused newsgroups -
misc.invest.canada and aus.invest.
There is a need for one newsgroup where individuals with a long-term (3
years +) investment horizon can come together and thoughtfully discuss the
intricacies of different securities and strategies in a moderated
environment designed to encourage like minded investors from all over the
world. The proposed moderated newsgroup, misc.invest.long-term, can fulfil
that need.
CHARTER: misc.invest.long-term
To promote a serious exchange of information and ideas on specific
securities and investment strategies. The term "securities" refers to
publicly traded financial products such as stocks, bonds, money market
instruments, mutual funds, and derivatives. The term "strategies" refers
to ways investors can incorporate an appropriate mix of securities in
their portfolio in order to enhance long-term capital appreciation and/or
income according to their financial needs.
Topics could include:
- buy/sell/hold recommendations with concise justifications;
- portfolio design including the use of derivatives;
- technical analysis versus fundamental analysis in stockpicking;
- discussion of impending or announced IPOs; and
- balanced evaluations of management performance in
enhancing shareholder value.
Moderation Policies:
1. Contributions perceived to be stock promotion or demotion attempts will
be rejected. This policy would not preclude, however, a balanced
discussion of the pros and cons of buying, holding or selling publicly
traded securities.
2. Contributions perceived to be personal attacks of any kind, including
those on fellow contributors, will be rejected.
3. Commercials from individuals or organizations will be rejected.
4. Contributions that are deemed to be better suited to one of the more
specialized newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy may also be rejected.
For example, general discussion of a particular option strategy would be
better suited to misc.invest.options; however, the same discussion within
the context of security or portfolio hedging would be appropriate for
misc.invest.long-term.
5. Where the subject of a contribution is a publicly traded security or
impending IPO, the author will be required to clearly indicate his (or
her) recent or current association, if any, with the security and/or the
company in question. Association would include disclosure of long or short
positions of the security in the contributor's portfolio, and/or
employment with either the company behind the security or the
underwriter/dealer of the security.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: misc.invest.long-term
Moderator: basu@ncf.ca (Chirantan Basu)
Chirantan is a licensed stockbroker in Canada (registered with the Ontario
Securities Commission), and a partner in a federally incorporated business
management consulting group. He is also a six year member of the National
Capital Freenet (www.ncf.ca), one of the largest member supported Freenets
in the world.
Moderator: brian@gweep.bc.ca (Brian Edmonds)
Brian has been on Usenet for ten years, a moderator for the last five. He
is the moderation coordinator for rec.arts.anime.creative, and sole
moderator for:
- rec.music.info,
- rec.music.reviews,
- comp.doc.techreports, and
- rec.drugs.announce.
Brian runs the moderation software for all five newsgroups.
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of
the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups should be
raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of
21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this proposal is posted to
news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be posted
by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it. Please do not
attempt to vote until this happens.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How to
Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these documents
(available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any questions about the
process.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, misc.invest.misc
and pointers to
misc.invest.canada, misc.invest.financial-plan,
misc.invest.futures, misc.invest.marketplace,
misc.invest.mutual-funds,
misc.invest.options, misc.invest.real-estate,
misc.invest.stocks, misc.invest.technical,
aus.invest, ncf.sigs.business.stock-trade
Proponent: Chirantan Basu <basu@ncf.ca>
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From: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>
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Subject: CFV: misc.invest.long-term moderated
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FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
moderated group misc.invest.long-term
This CFV is to be distributed only by the votetaker. It is not to be
posted to newsgroups, or mailed to mailing lists or individuals, except by
the votetaker. Ballots or CFVs provided by anyone else will be invalid.
Newsgroups line:
misc.invest.long-term Moderated newsgroup for long-term investors. (Moderated)
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Aug 2000.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Chirantan Basu <basu@ncf.ca>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>
RATIONALE: misc.invest.long-term
We currently have several newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy
for different aspects of investing. The most popular of them
appears to be misc.invest.stocks, where short-term (and
long-term) investors can chat about various publicly traded
stocks. Derivatives can be discussed in misc.invest.options and
misc.invest.futures, mutual funds in misc.invest.mutual-funds, real
estate in misc.invest.real-estate, and momentum investing in
misc.invest.technical. Investors looking for guidance on tax and
estate planning can visit misc.invest.financial-plan. We even have
at least two geographically focused newsgroups - misc.invest.canada
and aus.invest.
There is now a need for one newsgroup where individuals with a
long-term (3 years +) investment horizon can come together and
thoughtfully discuss the intricacies of different securities and
strategies in a moderated environment designed to encourage like
minded investors from all over the world. The proposed moderated
newsgroup, misc.invest.long-term, can fulfil that need.
CHARTER: misc.invest.long-term
To promote a serious exchange of information and ideas on
specific securities and investment strategies. The term
"securities" refers to publicly traded financial products such as
stocks, bonds, money market instruments, mutual funds, and
derivatives.
The term "strategies" refers to ways investors can incorporate an
appropriate mix of securities in their portfolio in order to
enhance long-term capital appreciation and/or income according to
their financial needs.
Topics could include:
- buy/sell/hold recommendations with concise justifications;
- portfolio design including the use of derivatives;
- technical analysis versus fundamental analysis in stockpicking;
- discussion of impending or announced IPOs; and
- balanced evaluations of management performance in
enhancing shareholder value.
Moderation Policies:
1. Contributions perceived to be stock promotion or demotion
attempts will be rejected. This policy would not preclude,
however, a balanced discussion of the pros and cons of buying,
holding or selling publicly traded securities.
2. Contributions perceived to be personal attacks of any kind,
including those on fellow contributors, will be rejected.
3. Commercials from individuals or organizations will be rejected.
4. Contributions that are deemed to be better suited to one of
the more specialized newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy may
also be rejected.
For example, general discussion of a particular option strategy
would be better suited to misc.invest.options; however, the
same discussion within the context of security or portfolio
hedging would be appropriate for misc.invest.long-term.
5. Where the subject of a contribution is a publicly traded
security or impending IPO, the author will be required to
clearly indicate his (or her) recent or current association,
if any, with the security and/or the company in question.
Association would include disclosure of long or short
positions of the security in the contributor's portfolio,
and/or employment with either the company behind the security
or the underwriter/dealer of the security.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: misc.invest.long-term
Moderator: basu@ncf.ca (Chirantan Basu)
Moderator: brian@gweep.bc.ca (Brian Edmonds)
Administrative contact address: basu@ncf.ca
Article submission address: at319@freenet.carleton.ca
END MODERATOR INFO.
IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES: READ THIS BEFORE VOTING
The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest in
reading the proposed newsgroup, and soliciting votes from uninterested
parties defeats this purpose. Do *not* distribute this CFV; instead,
direct people to the official CFV as posted to news.announce.newgroups.
Distributing specific voting instructions or pre-marked copies of
this CFV is considered vote fraud.
This is a public vote: All email addresses, names and votes will be
listed in the final RESULT post. The name used may be either a real
name or an established Usenet handle.
At most one vote is allowed per person or per account. Duplicate
votes will be resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote.
Voters must mail their ballots directly to the votetaker. Anonymous,
forwarded, or proxy votes are not valid, nor are votes mailed from
WWW/HTML/CGI forms (which should not exist). Votes from nonexistent
accounts are also invalid, and the votetaker will reject any "munged"
address he cannot decipher immediately.
Please direct any questions to the votetaker at <neilc@wallaby.cc>
HOW TO VOTE:
Extract the ballot from the CFV by deleting everything before and after
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indicate your desired vote in the appropriate locations inside the ballot.
Examples of how to properly indicate your vote:
[ YES ] example.yes.vote
[ NO ] example.no.vote
[ ABSTAIN ] example.abstention
[ CANCEL ] example.cancellation
DO NOT modify, alter or delete any information in this ballot!
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If these instructions are unclear, please consult the Introduction to
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DISTRIBUTION:
Pointers directing readers to this CFV will be posted in these groups:
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misc.invest.canada
misc.invest.financial-plan
misc.invest.futures
misc.invest.marketplace
misc.invest.mutual-funds
misc.invest.options
misc.invest.real-estate
misc.invest.stocks
misc.invest.technical
ncf.sigs.business.stock-trade
This CFV was created with uvpq 1.0 (Feb 6 1999).
PQ datestamp: 980322
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LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
moderated group misc.invest.long-term
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misc.invest.long-term Moderated newsgroup for long-term investors. (Moderated)
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Aug 2000.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Chirantan Basu <basu@ncf.ca>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>
RATIONALE: misc.invest.long-term
We currently have several newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy
for different aspects of investing. The most popular of them
appears to be misc.invest.stocks, where short-term (and
long-term) investors can chat about various publicly traded
stocks. Derivatives can be discussed in misc.invest.options and
misc.invest.futures, mutual funds in misc.invest.mutual-funds, real
estate in misc.invest.real-estate, and momentum investing in
misc.invest.technical. Investors looking for guidance on tax and
estate planning can visit misc.invest.financial-plan. We even have
at least two geographically focused newsgroups - misc.invest.canada
and aus.invest.
There is now a need for one newsgroup where individuals with a
long-term (3 years +) investment horizon can come together and
thoughtfully discuss the intricacies of different securities and
strategies in a moderated environment designed to encourage like
minded investors from all over the world. The proposed moderated
newsgroup, misc.invest.long-term, can fulfil that need.
CHARTER: misc.invest.long-term
To promote a serious exchange of information and ideas on
specific securities and investment strategies. The term
"securities" refers to publicly traded financial products such as
stocks, bonds, money market instruments, mutual funds, and
derivatives.
The term "strategies" refers to ways investors can incorporate an
appropriate mix of securities in their portfolio in order to
enhance long-term capital appreciation and/or income according to
their financial needs.
Topics could include:
- buy/sell/hold recommendations with concise justifications;
- portfolio design including the use of derivatives;
- technical analysis versus fundamental analysis in stockpicking;
- discussion of impending or announced IPOs; and
- balanced evaluations of management performance in
enhancing shareholder value.
Moderation Policies:
1. Contributions perceived to be stock promotion or demotion
attempts will be rejected. This policy would not preclude,
however, a balanced discussion of the pros and cons of buying,
holding or selling publicly traded securities.
2. Contributions perceived to be personal attacks of any kind,
including those on fellow contributors, will be rejected.
3. Commercials from individuals or organizations will be rejected.
4. Contributions that are deemed to be better suited to one of
the more specialized newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy may
also be rejected.
For example, general discussion of a particular option strategy
would be better suited to misc.invest.options; however, the
same discussion within the context of security or portfolio
hedging would be appropriate for misc.invest.long-term.
5. Where the subject of a contribution is a publicly traded
security or impending IPO, the author will be required to
clearly indicate his (or her) recent or current association,
if any, with the security and/or the company in question.
Association would include disclosure of long or short
positions of the security in the contributor's portfolio,
and/or employment with either the company behind the security
or the underwriter/dealer of the security.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: misc.invest.long-term
Moderator: basu@ncf.ca (Chirantan Basu)
Moderator: brian@gweep.bc.ca (Brian Edmonds)
Administrative contact address: basu@ncf.ca
Article submission address: at319@freenet.carleton.ca
END MODERATOR INFO.
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From neilc@wallaby.cc Wed Aug 9 17:29:27 2000
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,misc.invest.misc
Subject: RESULT: misc.invest.long-term moderated fails 49:22
Followup-To: news.groups
Message-ID: <965866946.14372@isc.org>
References: <959830719.25729@isc.org> <962957682.18789@isc.org> <964036500.16523@isc.org> <965336538.12668@isc.org>
Supersedes: <965336538.12668@isc.org>
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org
Archive-Name: misc.invest.long-term
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:22:27 GMT
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Xref: news.isc.org news.announce.newgroups:11560 news.groups:362419 misc.invest.misc:24108
RESULT
moderated group misc.invest.long-term fails 49:22
There were 49 YES votes and 22 NO votes, for a total of 71 valid
votes. There were 2 abstentions and 2 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. Unless
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the group
may not be voted on again for six months.
Newsgroups line:
misc.invest.long-term Moderated newsgroup for long-term investors. (Moderated)
The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Aug 2000.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Chirantan Basu <basu@ncf.ca>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>
RATIONALE: misc.invest.long-term
We currently have several newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy
for different aspects of investing. The most popular of them
appears to be misc.invest.stocks, where short-term (and
long-term) investors can chat about various publicly traded
stocks. Derivatives can be discussed in misc.invest.options and
misc.invest.futures, mutual funds in misc.invest.mutual-funds, real
estate in misc.invest.real-estate, and momentum investing in
misc.invest.technical. Investors looking for guidance on tax and
estate planning can visit misc.invest.financial-plan. We even have
at least two geographically focused newsgroups - misc.invest.canada
and aus.invest.
There is now a need for one newsgroup where individuals with a
long-term (3 years +) investment horizon can come together and
thoughtfully discuss the intricacies of different securities and
strategies in a moderated environment designed to encourage like
minded investors from all over the world. The proposed moderated
newsgroup, misc.invest.long-term, can fulfil that need.
CHARTER: misc.invest.long-term
To promote a serious exchange of information and ideas on
specific securities and investment strategies. The term
"securities" refers to publicly traded financial products such as
stocks, bonds, money market instruments, mutual funds, and
derivatives.
The term "strategies" refers to ways investors can incorporate an
appropriate mix of securities in their portfolio in order to
enhance long-term capital appreciation and/or income according to
their financial needs.
Topics could include:
- buy/sell/hold recommendations with concise justifications;
- portfolio design including the use of derivatives;
- technical analysis versus fundamental analysis in stockpicking;
- discussion of impending or announced IPOs; and
- balanced evaluations of management performance in
enhancing shareholder value.
Moderation Policies:
1. Contributions perceived to be stock promotion or demotion
attempts will be rejected. This policy would not preclude,
however, a balanced discussion of the pros and cons of buying,
holding or selling publicly traded securities.
2. Contributions perceived to be personal attacks of any kind,
including those on fellow contributors, will be rejected.
3. Commercials from individuals or organizations will be rejected.
4. Contributions that are deemed to be better suited to one of
the more specialized newsgroups in the misc.invest hierarchy may
also be rejected.
For example, general discussion of a particular option strategy
would be better suited to misc.invest.options; however, the
same discussion within the context of security or portfolio
hedging would be appropriate for misc.invest.long-term.
5. Where the subject of a contribution is a publicly traded
security or impending IPO, the author will be required to
clearly indicate his (or her) recent or current association,
if any, with the security and/or the company in question.
Association would include disclosure of long or short
positions of the security in the contributor's portfolio,
and/or employment with either the company behind the security
or the underwriter/dealer of the security.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: misc.invest.long-term
Moderator: basu@ncf.ca (Chirantan Basu)
Moderator: brian@gweep.bc.ca (Brian Edmonds)
Administrative contact address: basu@ncf.ca
Article submission address: at319@freenet.carleton.ca
END MODERATOR INFO.
misc.invest.long-term Final Voter list
NOTE: This is not [to be used as] a mailing list. The email addresses
are posted only to help verify the interest poll. Thank you.
Voted YES
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basu [at] freenet.carleton.ca Chirantan Basu
cx172 [at] freenet.carleton.ca Elat Lerner
wspeirs [at] chebucto.ns.ca Walter G. Speirs
trevort [at] vianet.on.ca Trevor Tymchuk
speirs [at] primus.ca Robert J.N. Speirs
morme [at] aveox.com Matthew Orme
kimdv [at] best.com Kim DeVaughn
carol [at] cflynt.com Carol Flynt
cafzali [at] email.com Cyrus Afzali
mort-angel [at] excite.com Mort Angel
ron_p [at] execpc.com Ron Peterson
jeremy [at] exit109.com Jeremy Nixon
biow [at] ezmort.com Christopher Biow
skumar3 [at] ford.com Shailesh Kumar
prs [at] gol.com Peter Stephenson
earthscibbs [at] home.com David Ramalho
holly-ordway [at] home.com Holly E. Ordway
pete-forte [at] home.com Peter Forte
kowallek [at] iglou.com D. Kowallek
chris [at] kzim.com Christopher Robin Zimmerman
edenbrook [at] mail.com Ray Pastore
mark [at] mathu.com Mark Mathu
brahms [at] mindspring.com Stan Brown
dc [at] panix.com David W. Crawford
phil [at] panix.com Phil Gustafson
mra [at] pobox.com Mark Atwood
kenrbnsn [at] rbnsn.com Ken Robinson
edwardp [at] rcn.com Edward P. Dittmer
stamper [at] stamper.com Chris Stamper
dwolff [at] world.std.com David Wolff
pan [at] syix.com Pan
dougob [at] the-spa.com Doug O'brien
eidolon [at] zianet.com Neill Massello
naddy [at] mips.inka.de Christian Weisgerber
hsauer [at] marnie.teuto.de Henning Sauer
fungus [at] OCF.Berkeley.EDU Hank Fung
rufinus [at] mbe.ece.wisc.edu J Rufinus
paulswm [at] earthlink.net Paul S.W. Morgan
geletka [at] mister.frogspace.net
grobe [at] netins.net Jonathan Grobe
kneecap [at] netnet.net Neal Cappel
bfrost [at] nyx.net Bonnell Frost
cybercpa [at] prodigy.net Susan Wasserman
fogazzid [at] softhome.net Daniele Fogazzi
kb5cng [at] amsat.org R.L. Thompson
edward [at] paleo.org Edward Reid
jon [at] thomson2273.freeserve.co.uk Jon Thomson
chriseb [at] ukshells.co.uk Chris Ebenezer
rlcarr [at] animato.arlington.ma.us Rich Carriero
Voted NO
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yan [at] storm.ca Yves Bellefeuille
Namara [at] aol.com Namara
stainles [at] bga.com Dwight Brown
tjmc [at] enteract.com tjmc
joneshenr [at] hotmail.com Henry Jones
wiz [at] lart.com Wiz
coli [at] mindspring.com Erin Johnson
gprrspw [at] mindspring.com G.P. Ryan
rainfield [at] mindspring.com Andy Elfway
olav [at] viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar
aahz [at] netcom.com Aahz
tgm [at] netcom.com Thomas G. McWilliams
dmescher [at] nortelnetworks.com David Mescher
littletoad [at] playful.com little toad
bmailman [at] sfo.com Brian Mailman
meg [at] Steam.Stanford.EDU meg worley
rick [at] bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller
doc [at] america.net Rob Wynne
ruthien [at] concentric.net Moshe Siechmach
mmontcha [at] OregonVOS.net Matthew Montchalin
billo [at] Radix.Net William R. Oliver
denebeim [at] deepthot.org Jay Denebeim
Abstained
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graham.drabble [at] lineone.net Graham Drabble
r.vanette [at] pink.nl Robert-Jan van Ette
Invalid votes
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alex [at] unicorn.us.com A. Matulich
! Invalid address - rahul blocking votetaker
tennyson [at] caverock.net.nz.N-OS-PAM Snoopy Tennyson
! Invalid address - Host not found
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