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From Maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl Mon Nov 13 15:02:20 1995
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From: Maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl (Maarten van Helden)
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                     REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
            unmoderated group sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

This is a formal Request for Discussion for the creation of the
unmoderated Usenet newsgroup sci.bio.entomology.homoptera. This is not
a Call for Votes (CFV). Do *NOT* vote now.


Newsgroups line:
sci.bio.entomology.homoptera	Research on homopteran (sap-sucking) insects.

RATIONALE: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

Discussion, news, and queries concerning the study of homoptera

Homopteran insects are a very distinct insect order, characterized by
their specialised feeding behaviour as sap suckers. Homoptera are
pests of enormous economic importance in temperate and tropical
regions of the world, damaging many different crops in both outdoor
and greenhouse crops. Apart from the direct feeding damage, virus
transmission and fungal growth on honeydew also cause mayor yield
losses.

The sci.bio.entomology.homoptera newsgroup is intended for
communication on homopteran insects only. Other entomological
questions should be posted to the sci.bio.entomology.misc newsgroup
(general entomology), or to the appropriate specialised newsgroups
(e.g. sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera for lepidoptera).  Communication
will be welcomed from all those interested in homoptera, including
serious amateurs as well as professionals and students. Closely
related taxonomic 'sister' groups, such as Heteroptera, will be
welcome in this newsgroup until a more appropriate forum is
available. Though intended primarily for scientific communication,
some queries from the general public are to be expected; these should
be answered politely.

The idea behind this newsgroup is the need to improve fast and
informal communication between researchers working on
homoptera. Newsletters (like the 'aphid resistance newsletter' which
was published as a paper copy once a year) appeared inadequate for
this goal. In the near future WWW-Newsletters or Archive sites based
on this newsgroup might be develope.'Pointers to these sites will be
posted in the newsgroup when appropriate.

sci.bio.entomology.homoptera is *NOT* intended as a forum for buying
and selling insect specimens nor for advertising commercial products
and services.  However, it is permissible to use the newsgroup to post
brief comments with pointers to addresses where readers can obtain
information about such products. All participants are expected to
respect the environment and the law. Efforts to encourage trespassing
or to subvert conservation laws are *NOT* welcome on this newsgroup.

CHARTER: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

The aim of this newsgroup will be the exchange of scientific
information and discussion on homopteran insects (aphids, whiteflies,
leafhoppers, planthoppers etc.). Anyone seriously interested will be
welcome to join the scientific discussion.

Possible subjects (not exhaustive and in random order) are:

- Insect biology
	- Ecology
	- Physiology
	- Behaviour
	- Virus transmission
	- Symbionts

- Insect-plant interactions
	- Chemical ecology
	- Feeding behaviour
	- Multitrophic interactions

- Economic entomology
	- Agricultural pests
	- Resistance mechanisms/breeding
	- Natural enemies/biological control
	- Insecticide resistance

- Taxonomy

- Research techniques
	- Rearing techniques and clone collections
	- Electrical penetration graphs
 	- Phloem collection/analysis
 	- Development of new research tools

- Announcements of meetings


The discussion will be held preferably in English when posted to the
world community (as set up in the news "distribution" field). FAQ's
should be developed for specific areas of interest. In time, the
newsgroup will be backed up by WWW sites where important information
will be archived by subject, and databases on names of participating
scientists/reseach areas etc.  can be stored and accessed.

Commercial announcements are not permitted as this news group is not
intended to be a marketplace. Pointers to more information on
(commercial) products / equipment / activities related to homopteran
insects are allowed.

END CHARTER.

PROCEDURE:

This RFD has been posted in accordance with "Guidelines for Usenet
Newsgroup Creation" by Greg Woods, David C. Lawrence and Gene
Spafford.

After a discussion period of 21-30 days, if no serious objections are
raised, a Call for Votes (CFV) will be issued to the same groups in
which this notice appears.  The vote will be tabulated by a neutral
third party, who will be selected by the established process. The
voting period will be no less than 21 days.  A successful vote
requires that at least 100 more votes are cast for the creation than
against, with an overall majority of 2/3 for creation. If both these
conditions are met the new group will be announced as soon as
practical thereafter.

Discussion should take place *ONLY* in news.groups. If you did not
receive this RFD through news.groups or news.announce.newgroups then
be sure to check if the address field is set appropriately when
mailing any contributions to the discussion. If you do not normally
follow news.groups you should do so for the duration of this RFD.
This is *NOT* a Call for Votes. Please do not cast a vote now.

DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD will be cross posted to the following groups:

news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, sci.agriculture, sci.bio.misc,
sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera, sci.bio.entomology.misc,
sci.bio.phytopathology, sci.research

It will also be cross-posted to the following listservers

Entomo-L
Hympar-L
Plant Resistance to Pests (PRP) newsletter

Proponents: Maarten van Helden <maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl>
	    Yvan Rahbe <rahbe@jouy.inra.fr>
	    Rufus Isaacs <rufus@ag.arizona.edu>

From warren@syra.net Thu Jan  4 18:52:15 1996
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: warren@syra.net (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.agriculture,sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera,sci.bio.entomology.misc,sci.bio.misc,sci.bio.phytopathology,sci.research
Subject: CFV: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera
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                     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
            unmoderated group sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

Newsgroups line:
sci.bio.entomology.homoptera	Research on homopteran (sap-sucking) insects.


Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 25 Jan 1996.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions about
this proposal should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Maarten van Helden <maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl>
           Yvan Rahbe <rahbe@jouy.inra.fr>
           Rufus Isaacs <rufus@ag.arizona.edu>
Votetaker: Warren Lavallee <warren@Syra.NET>

RATIONALE: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

Discussion, news, and queries concerning the study of homoptera

Homopteran insects are a very distinct insect order, characterized by
their specialised feeding behaviour as sap suckers. Homoptera are
pests of enormous economic importance in temperate and tropical
regions of the world, damaging many different crops in both outdoor
and greenhouse crops. Apart from the direct feeding damage, virus
transmission and fungal growth on honeydew also cause major yield
losses.

The sci.bio.entomology.homoptera newsgroup is intended for
communication on homopteran insects only. Other entomological
questions should be posted to the sci.bio.entomology.misc newsgroup
(general entomology), or to the appropriate specialised newsgroups
(e.g. sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera for lepidoptera).  Communication
will be welcomed from all those interested in homoptera, including
serious amateurs as well as professionals and students. Closely
related taxonomic 'sister' groups, such as Heteroptera, will be
welcome in this newsgroup until a more appropriate forum is
available. Though intended primarily for scientific communication,
some queries from the general public are to be expected; these should
be answered politely.

The idea behind this newsgroup is the need to improve fast and
informal communication between researchers working on
homoptera. Newsletters (like the 'aphid resistance newsletter' which
was published as a paper copy once a year) appeared inadequate for
this goal. In the near future WWW-Newsletters or Archive sites based
on this newsgroup might be developed. 'Pointers' to these sites will be
posted in the newsgroup when appropriate.

sci.bio.entomology.homoptera is *NOT* intended as a forum for buying
and selling insect specimens nor for advertising commercial products
and services.  However, it is permissible to use the newsgroup to post
brief comments with pointers to addresses where readers can obtain
information about such products. All participants are expected to
respect the environment and the law. Efforts to encourage trespassing
or to subvert conservation laws are *NOT* welcome on this newsgroup.


CHARTER: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

The aim of this newsgroup will be the exchange of scientific
information and discussion on homopteran insects (aphids, whiteflies,
leafhoppers, planthoppers etc.). Anyone seriously interested will be
welcome to join the scientific discussion.

Possible subjects (not exhaustive and in random order) are:

- Insect biology
        - Ecology
        - Physiology
        - Behaviour
        - Virus transmission
        - Symbionts

- Insect-plant interactions
        - Chemical ecology
        - Feeding behaviour
        - Multitrophic interactions

- Economic entomology
        - Agricultural pests
        - Resistance mechanisms/breeding
        - Natural enemies/biological control
        - Insecticide resistance

- Taxonomy

- Research techniques
        - Rearing techniques and clone collections
        - Electrical penetration graphs
        - Phloem collection/analysis
        - Development of new research tools

- Announcements of meetings

The discussion will be held preferably in English when posted to the
world community (as set up in the news "distribution" field). FAQ's
should be developed for specific areas of interest. In time, the
newsgroup will be backed up by WWW sites where important information
will be archived by subject, and databases on names of participating
scientists/research areas etc.  can be stored and accessed.

Commercial announcements are not permitted as this news group is not
intended to be a marketplace. Pointers to more information on
(commercial) products / equipment / activities related to homopteran
insects are allowed.

END CHARTER.

HOW TO VOTE

Send E-MAIL to:   voting@Syra.NET

Your e-mail message should contain one and only one of the following
statements:

      I vote YES on sci.bio.entomology.homoptera
      I vote NO on sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

You may also vote ABSTAIN or CANCEL; these are not counted as votes and
don't affect the vote count.

Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.
The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal
acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several
days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is
registered correctly.

If you later change your mind you may vote again; only your last valid
vote will count.

VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES:

Standard Guidelines for voting apply.  One person, one vote.  Votes must
be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker.  Anonymous,
forwarded or proxy votes are not valid; this includes votes generated by
WWW/HTML/CGI forms.

Vote counting is automated.  Failure to follow these directions may mean
that your vote does not get counted.  If you do not receive an
acknowledgment of your vote within three days, contact the votetaker
about the problem.  It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is
registered correctly.  Duplicate votes are resolved in favor of the most
recent valid vote.  Addresses and votes of all voters will be published
in the final voting results post.

The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of
persons who would read a proposed newsgroup.  Soliciting votes from
disinterested parties defeats this purpose.  Please do not distribute
this CFV.  If you must, direct people to the official CFV as posted to
news.announce.newgroups.  Distributing pre-marked or otherwise edited
copies of this CFV is generally considered to be vote fraud.  When in
doubt, ask the votetaker.


DISTRIBUTION:

This Call for Votes is being posted to the following newsgroups:

        sci.agriculture, sci.bio.misc, sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera,
        sci.bio.entomology.misc, sci.bio.phytopathology, sci.research,
        bionet.announce

This Call for Votes is being mail to the following mailing lists:
        entomo-l@uoguelph.ca
        parahym@nhm.ac.uk
        PRP@KSUVM.KSU.EDU

From warren@syra.net Tue Jan 16 06:36:14 1996
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: warren@syra.net (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.agriculture,sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera,sci.bio.entomology.misc,sci.bio.misc,sci.bio.phytopathology,sci.research
Subject: 2nd CFV: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera
Supersedes: <sci.bio.entomology.homoptera-CFV1@uunet.uu.net>
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References: <sci.bio.entomology.homoptera-RFD1@uunet.uu.net><sci.bio.entomology.homoptera-CFV1@uunet.uu.net>
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                      LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
            unmoderated group sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

Newsgroups line:
sci.bio.entomology.homoptera	Research on homopteran (sap-sucking) insects.


Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 25 Jan 1996.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions about
this proposal should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Maarten van Helden <maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl>
           Yvan Rahbe <rahbe@jouy.inra.fr>
           Rufus Isaacs <rufus@ag.arizona.edu>
Votetaker: Warren Lavallee <warren@Syra.NET>

RATIONALE: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

Discussion, news, and queries concerning the study of homoptera

Homopteran insects are a very distinct insect order, characterized by
their specialised feeding behaviour as sap suckers. Homoptera are
pests of enormous economic importance in temperate and tropical
regions of the world, damaging many different crops in both outdoor
and greenhouse crops. Apart from the direct feeding damage, virus
transmission and fungal growth on honeydew also cause major yield
losses.

The sci.bio.entomology.homoptera newsgroup is intended for
communication on homopteran insects only. Other entomological
questions should be posted to the sci.bio.entomology.misc newsgroup
(general entomology), or to the appropriate specialised newsgroups
(e.g. sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera for lepidoptera).  Communication
will be welcomed from all those interested in homoptera, including
serious amateurs as well as professionals and students. Closely
related taxonomic 'sister' groups, such as Heteroptera, will be
welcome in this newsgroup until a more appropriate forum is
available. Though intended primarily for scientific communication,
some queries from the general public are to be expected; these should
be answered politely.

The idea behind this newsgroup is the need to improve fast and
informal communication between researchers working on
homoptera. Newsletters (like the 'aphid resistance newsletter' which
was published as a paper copy once a year) appeared inadequate for
this goal. In the near future WWW-Newsletters or Archive sites based
on this newsgroup might be developed. 'Pointers' to these sites will be
posted in the newsgroup when appropriate.

sci.bio.entomology.homoptera is *NOT* intended as a forum for buying
and selling insect specimens nor for advertising commercial products
and services.  However, it is permissible to use the newsgroup to post
brief comments with pointers to addresses where readers can obtain
information about such products. All participants are expected to
respect the environment and the law. Efforts to encourage trespassing
or to subvert conservation laws are *NOT* welcome on this newsgroup.


CHARTER: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

The aim of this newsgroup will be the exchange of scientific
information and discussion on homopteran insects (aphids, whiteflies,
leafhoppers, planthoppers etc.). Anyone seriously interested will be
welcome to join the scientific discussion.

Possible subjects (not exhaustive and in random order) are:

- Insect biology
        - Ecology
        - Physiology
        - Behaviour
        - Virus transmission
        - Symbionts

- Insect-plant interactions
        - Chemical ecology
        - Feeding behaviour
        - Multitrophic interactions

- Economic entomology
        - Agricultural pests
        - Resistance mechanisms/breeding
        - Natural enemies/biological control
        - Insecticide resistance

- Taxonomy

- Research techniques
        - Rearing techniques and clone collections
        - Electrical penetration graphs
        - Phloem collection/analysis
        - Development of new research tools

- Announcements of meetings

The discussion will be held preferably in English when posted to the
world community (as set up in the news "distribution" field). FAQ's
should be developed for specific areas of interest. In time, the
newsgroup will be backed up by WWW sites where important information
will be archived by subject, and databases on names of participating
scientists/research areas etc.  can be stored and accessed.

Commercial announcements are not permitted as this news group is not
intended to be a marketplace. Pointers to more information on
(commercial) products / equipment / activities related to homopteran
insects are allowed.

END CHARTER.

HOW TO VOTE

Send E-MAIL to:   voting@Syra.NET

Your e-mail message should contain one and only one of the following
statements:

      I vote YES on sci.bio.entomology.homoptera
      I vote NO on sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

You may also vote ABSTAIN or CANCEL; these are not counted as votes and
don't affect the vote count.

Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.
The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal
acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several
days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is
registered correctly.

If you later change your mind you may vote again; only your last valid
vote will count.

VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES:

Standard Guidelines for voting apply.  One person, one vote.  Votes must
be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker.  Anonymous,
forwarded or proxy votes are not valid; this includes votes generated by
WWW/HTML/CGI forms.

Vote counting is automated.  Failure to follow these directions may mean
that your vote does not get counted.  If you do not receive an
acknowledgment of your vote within three days, contact the votetaker
about the problem.  It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is
registered correctly.  Duplicate votes are resolved in favor of the most
recent valid vote.  Addresses and votes of all voters will be published
in the final voting results post.

The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of
persons who would read a proposed newsgroup.  Soliciting votes from
disinterested parties defeats this purpose.  Please do not distribute
this CFV.  If you must, direct people to the official CFV as posted to
news.announce.newgroups.  Distributing pre-marked or otherwise edited
copies of this CFV is generally considered to be vote fraud.  When in
doubt, ask the votetaker.


DISTRIBUTION:

This Call for Votes is being posted to the following newsgroups:

        sci.agriculture, sci.bio.misc, sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera,
        sci.bio.entomology.misc, sci.bio.phytopathology, sci.research,
        bionet.announce

This Call for Votes is being mail to the following mailing lists:
        entomo-l@uoguelph.ca
        parahym@nhm.ac.uk
        PRP@KSUVM.KSU.EDU

From warren@syra.net Fri Jan 26 06:58:05 1996
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: warren@syra.net (Warren Lavallee)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.agriculture,sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera,sci.bio.entomology.misc,sci.bio.misc,sci.bio.phytopathology,sci.research
Subject: RESULT: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera passes 195:13
Supersedes: <sci.bio.entomology.homoptera-CFV2@uunet.uu.net>
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 26 Jan 1996 06:58:00 -0500
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                                RESULT
     unmoderated group sci.bio.entomology.homoptera passes 195:13

There were 195 YES votes and 13 NO votes, for a total of 208 valid votes.
There were 2 abstains and 4 invalid ballots.

For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO)
votes.   There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes.

There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the moderator of
news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
sci.bio.entomology.homoptera	Research on homopteran (sap-sucking) insects.

This was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions about
this proposal should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Maarten van Helden <maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl>
           Yvan Rahbe <rahbe@jouy.inra.fr>
           Rufus Isaacs <rufus@ag.arizona.edu>
Votetaker: Warren Lavallee <warren@Syra.NET>

RATIONALE: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

Discussion, news, and queries concerning the study of homoptera

Homopteran insects are a very distinct insect order, characterized by
their specialised feeding behaviour as sap suckers. Homoptera are
pests of enormous economic importance in temperate and tropical
regions of the world, damaging many different crops in both outdoor
and greenhouse crops. Apart from the direct feeding damage, virus
transmission and fungal growth on honeydew also cause major yield
losses.

The sci.bio.entomology.homoptera newsgroup is intended for
communication on homopteran insects only. Other entomological
questions should be posted to the sci.bio.entomology.misc newsgroup
(general entomology), or to the appropriate specialised newsgroups
(e.g. sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera for lepidoptera).  Communication
will be welcomed from all those interested in homoptera, including
serious amateurs as well as professionals and students. Closely
related taxonomic 'sister' groups, such as Heteroptera, will be
welcome in this newsgroup until a more appropriate forum is
available. Though intended primarily for scientific communication,
some queries from the general public are to be expected; these should
be answered politely.

The idea behind this newsgroup is the need to improve fast and
informal communication between researchers working on
homoptera. Newsletters (like the 'aphid resistance newsletter' which
was published as a paper copy once a year) appeared inadequate for
this goal. In the near future WWW-Newsletters or Archive sites based
on this newsgroup might be developed. 'Pointers' to these sites will be
posted in the newsgroup when appropriate.

sci.bio.entomology.homoptera is *NOT* intended as a forum for buying
and selling insect specimens nor for advertising commercial products
and services.  However, it is permissible to use the newsgroup to post
brief comments with pointers to addresses where readers can obtain
information about such products. All participants are expected to
respect the environment and the law. Efforts to encourage trespassing
or to subvert conservation laws are *NOT* welcome on this newsgroup.


CHARTER: sci.bio.entomology.homoptera

The aim of this newsgroup will be the exchange of scientific
information and discussion on homopteran insects (aphids, whiteflies,
leafhoppers, planthoppers etc.). Anyone seriously interested will be
welcome to join the scientific discussion.

Possible subjects (not exhaustive and in random order) are:

- Insect biology
        - Ecology
        - Physiology
        - Behaviour
        - Virus transmission
        - Symbionts

- Insect-plant interactions
        - Chemical ecology
        - Feeding behaviour
        - Multitrophic interactions

- Economic entomology
        - Agricultural pests
        - Resistance mechanisms/breeding
        - Natural enemies/biological control
        - Insecticide resistance

- Taxonomy

- Research techniques
        - Rearing techniques and clone collections
        - Electrical penetration graphs
        - Phloem collection/analysis
        - Development of new research tools

- Announcements of meetings

The discussion will be held preferably in English when posted to the
world community (as set up in the news "distribution" field). FAQ's
should be developed for specific areas of interest. In time, the
newsgroup will be backed up by WWW sites where important information
will be archived by subject, and databases on names of participating
scientists/research areas etc.  can be stored and accessed.

Commercial announcements are not permitted as this news group is not
intended to be a marketplace. Pointers to more information on
(commercial) products / equipment / activities related to homopteran
insects are allowed.

END CHARTER.

DISTRIBUTION:

This Call for Votes is being posted to the following newsgroups:

        sci.agriculture, sci.bio.misc, sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera,
        sci.bio.entomology.misc, sci.bio.phytopathology, sci.research,
        bionet.announce

This Call for Votes is being mail to the following mailing lists:
        entomo-l@uoguelph.ca
        parahym@nhm.ac.uk
        PRP@KSUVM.KSU.EDU

sci.bio.entomology.homoptera Final Vote Ack

Voted Yes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu:FWH@ftld    Forrest W. Howard, Ft. Lauderdale Res. & Educ. C
A.J.Osullivan@onion.demon.co.uk                             Anthony O'Sullivan
ac053@lafn.org                                                    Larry Scherr
adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu                                         Adam Finkelstein
ae446@freenet.carleton.ca                                          Nigel Allen
afn25259@afn.org                                              Susan E. Halbert
alan.devonshire@bbsrc.ac.uk                                         DEVONSHIRE
ALOMAR@cabrils.irta.es                                            Oscar Alomar
annanib@a1.esvax.umc.dupont.com                                  I BILLY ANNAN
Antoon.Loomans@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                antoon loomans
arashott@ag.Arizona.EDU                                         Aaron Rashotte
badenhau@lusignan.inra.fr                                Isabelle Badenhausser
be404@yfn.ysu.edu                                              Adalbert Goertz
beuk@bio.uva.nl                                                Paul L.Th. Beuk
bewley@magi.com                                                   David Bewley
bgyab@WEST-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK                                     A. BOLTON
BOBMER@aol.com
bourno@lusignan.inra.fr                                       Rene.Bournoville
brewer@badlands.NoDak.edu                                        Gary J Brewer
bsNS@hamp.hampshire.edu                                         Brian  Schultz
buchmann@el-sol.tucson.ars.ag.gov                             Stephen Buchmann
bursztynski@alpha.sggw.waw.pl
bvholder@innet.be                                               Bart Vanholder
by177@cleveland.Freenet.Edu                                       D. L. Mosher
caillaud@rennes.inra.fr                                               Caillaud
catseye@netcom.com                                              Mark Kupferman
cbristow@msu.edu                                                 Cathy Bristow
ccfj@hippo.ru.ac.za                                        F. Jacot Guillarmod
cdedryve@rennes.inra.fr                                               Dedryver
cerato@cla.dsnet.it                                             Claudio Cerato
cgodoy@rutela.inbio.ac.cr                                       Carolina Godoy
cls48@columbia.edu                                   Christopher Lodge Stamper
corcuera@abello.dic.uchile.cl                                 Luis J. Corcuera
Corry=Brink%Medew%ENTO.WAU@Vines2.WAU.NL                           corry brink
cristeaj@pt.Cyanamid.COM
D.Holdom@ctpm.uq.edu.au                                           David Holdom
dangr@ix.netcom.com                                                dan gerling
dcp0161@Okway.okstate.edu                                           Don Peters
deirdre@sover.net                                                      Deirdre
delobel@jouy.inra.fr                                           Bernard Delobel
delplanq@orleans.inra.fr                                      André Delplanque
DHALES@rna.bio.mq.edu.au                                           Dinah Hales
Dhsmall@aol.com
Dick.Diederik@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                  dick diederik
dimitrif@javercol.javeriana.edu.co        Dimitri Forero - Estudiante Biologia
DKUHLMAN@falcon.age.ksu.edu                                     Dennis Kuhlman
dr@ICSI.Net                                                     Dan Rothschild
dvoegtli@uiuc.edu                                               David Voegtlin
dyanega@denr1.igis.uiuc.edu                                        Doug Yanega
ebvaf22@PINAR1.csic.es                                         Alberto Fereres
Eddy.Dijkstra@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                  eddy dijkstra
Ellis.Meekes@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                    ellis meekes
en269@cleveland.Freenet.Edu                                  Julie K. Stahlhut
esa041@ed.sac.ac.uk                               DR ANDY EVANS, SAC EDINBURGH
F.R.vanDIJKEN@cpro.dlo.nl    F.R. van Dijken, CPRO-DLO, PObox 16, NL-6700 AA W
febvay@jouy.inra.fr                                              Gerard Febvay
Fengming=Yan%Medew%ENTO.WAU@Vines2.WAU.NL                         fengming yan
fletchm@agric.nsw.gov.au                                       Murray Fletcher
Frances.Kimmins@nri.org                                        KIMMINS Frances
Frans.vanAlebeek@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                           frans van alebeek
Freddy.Tjallingii@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                          freddy tjallingii
frill@netcom.com                                                  T R Frillman
g.powell@ic.ac.uk
GafTee@aol.com
gcy1@cornell.edu                                                  Craig Yencho
gopal@ecf.toronto.edu                         GOPAL  Ganapathiraju Sree Ramana
gpowell@ent1.ent.ncsu.edu                                        Eugene Powell
gputerka@asrr.arsusda.gov                                         Gary Puterka
greig@resunix.ri.sickkids.on.ca                               David Iain Greig
gthompso@ccit.arizona.edu                                        Gary Thompson
gzehnder@acenet.auburn.edu                            Geoffrey William Zehnder
harveyi@liverpool.ac.uk                                             Ian Harvey
HEILMANL@ars.usda.gov                                           Larry Heilmann
hermit@cats.ucsc.edu
herrbach@colmar.inra.fr                                       Etienne Herrbach
hthomas@solid.phys.ethz.ch                                  Hans-Ulrich THOMAS
hulle@rennes.inra.fr                                                  zoologie
hyoshida@rib.okayama-u.ac.jp                                    Hideya YOSHIDA
i000370@disch3.disc.dla.mil                               martin j coghlan iii
IAN.BEDFORD@bbsrc.ac.uk                                               BEDFORDI
ikaloshian@ucdavis.edu                                       Isgouhi Kaloshian
j-reinert@tamu.edu                                               James Reinert
j.hardie@ic.ac.uk
J.P.R.E.Dimmock@reading.ac.uk                          Jeremy P. R. E. Dimmock
j.ridsdillsmith@ccmar.csiro.au                            James Ridsdill-Smith
jcarder@aeha1.apgea.army.mil                            Jennifer Carder 5-3613
jcsimon@rennes.inra.fr
jens@ngb.se                                                       Jens Weibull
jhm@nhm.ac.uk                                                       Jon Martin
jjanovy@unlinfo.unl.edu                                            john janovy
jlopes@pintado.ciagri.usp.br                         Joao Roberto Spotti Lopes
JOHNNIE@igg2.agric.za                                         Johnnie v/d Berg
joliver@ag.auburn.edu                                          Jason B. Oliver
jonas.sandstrom@entom.slu.se                                   Jonas Sandström
Joop.vandeWege@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                              joop van de wege
Joop.vanLoon@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                   joop van loon
jreese@oz.oznet.ksu.edu                                             JOHN REESE
jvandyk@iastate.edu                                                John VanDyk
k.brandt@aarslev.ou.dk                                          Kirsten Brandt
K.S.Powell@durham.ac.uk                                             K.S.Powell
khopper@UDel.Edu                                               Keith R. Hopper
klingler@ag.Arizona.EDU                                          John Klingler
kotaki@nises.affrc.go.jp                                         Toyomi KOTAKI
krinsky@hcs.harvard.edu                                           Dave Krinsky
lapchin@antibes.inra.fr                                        Laurent Lapchin
Lei.Hong@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                            lei hong
lemaire@colmar.inra.fr
Lemke@mbox.ipp.uni-hannover.de
Lindy.Messchendorp@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                        lindy messchendorp
lurcher@innet.com                                                       Darryl
Maarten.vanHelden@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                         maarten van helden
MALCOLM@wmich.edu
maq8492@acs.tamu.edu                                                Mike Quinn
Marcel.Dicke@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                    marcel dicke
Marnix.vanMeer@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                               marnix van meer
maryc@ento.csiro.au                                                Mary Carver
matthew.cahill@bbsrc.ac.uk                                              CAHILL
MaxfieldD@aol.com
mazzoni@pc.unicatt.it                                         Emanuele MAZZONI
MC7208@mclink.it                                          Pasquale Delli Paoli
meagh002@maroon.tc.umn.edu                                   Robert L. Meagher
MELSTER10@aol.com
Menno.Schilthuizen@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                        menno schilthuizen
mharris@conc.tdsnet.com                                            Mark Harris
mhhh@stat.bio.aau.dk
mitchellp@acad.winthrop.edu
MKlink@aol.com
mmarits@tamm.ebc.ee                                                Mati Marits
MORAN@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
mwdaniel@uiuc.edu                                           Michael W. Daniels
nabek@ss.nises.affrc.go.jp                                         K. Watanabe
nakaji@ss.nises.affrc.go.jp
NBIRCH@scri.sari.ac.uk                                              Nick Birch
NEXTUG@ac.dal.ca                                             Christopher Majka
nhi483@abdn.ac.uk
nick@inferno.fc.hp.com                                          Nick Ingegneri
Nienstedt@mbox.ipp.uni-hannover.de
Olga.Krips@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                        olga krips
paul.watson@st-annes.oxford.ac.uk                                  Paul Watson
pauld@ento.csiro.au                                              Paul De Barro
pavis@antilles.inra.fr                                           Claudie Pavis
paxil@interlog.com                                                       Paxil
pb10003@cam.ac.uk                                               Paul Bolchover
Phil.Stevenson@nri.org                                          STEVENSON Phil
piry@ensam.inra.fr                                                Sylvain Piry
platina@reuna.cl                                                          INIA
ptbast@owl.WPI.EDU                                                Pete Bastien
puffinus@u.washington.edu                                'BurkeZoology' C Wood
qfang@Glue.umd.edu                                               Qingquan Fang
rahbe@jouy.inra.fr                                                  Yvan Rahbe
ranger@taronga.com                                          Stephanie da Silva
redrick@az.com                                                            Rick
richard.harrington@bbsrc.ac.uk                                      HARRINGTON
Richard.Wilkins@newcastle.ac.uk                                   R.M. Wilkins
rispe@roazhon.inra.fr
robert@unixen.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de                                 robert litz
rosemary.cole@hri.ac.uk                                          rosemary cole
rss2987@acs.tamu.edu                                            Steve Stauffer
rufus@ag.Arizona.EDU                                              RUFUS ISAACS
s004290@student.uq.edu.au                                    Weerawan Amornsak
sampo@uclink4.berkeley.edu                                        Georg  Donde
satomamo@ss.nises.affrc.go.jp                                          M. sato
saul.frommer@ucr.edu                                              Saul Frommer
sauvion@jouy.inra.fr                                           Sauvion Nicolas
SCHOFIEG@novell2.bham.ac.uk                                     GAIL SCHOFIELD
scicomm@pond.com                                                Gwenne F Lally
seaa@spectra.net                                      Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson
sgonder@gond.westfalen.de                              Sebastian Gondershausen
shmckamey@ZMUC.KU.DK                            McKamey, Stuart H.      {ZMUC}
SHOOFRAP@KSUVM.KSU.EDU                                      Roxanne A. Shufran
shufran@ag.gov                                                Kevin A. Shufran
splbib@inet.uni-c.dk
stolting@math.fu-berlin.de                                    Gregor Stoelting
stuart@zephyr.manawatu.planet.co.nz                               Stuart Brown
T.R.Grasswitz@bton.ac.uk                                             grasswitz
tbranham@mm.wellesley.edu                                          Tom Branham
Tero.Piirainen@nmp.nokia.com
test3@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                                  test3
tgm@netcom.com                                            Thomas G. McWilliams
tgriff@ix.netcom.com                                               Tom Griffin
tmeade@comp.uark.edu                                              Thomas Meade
tom@potency.Berkeley.EDU                                       Thomas H. Slone
TWOODF@scri.sari.ac.uk                                         Trefor Woodford
VEGAFE@ncaur1.ncaur.gov                                       Fernando E. Vega
veling@icns.nl                                                     Kars Veling
wakelyn@pinn.net                                                   Tom Wakelyn
walker@ucrac1.ucr.edu                                              Greg Walker
wechaney@ucdavis.edu                                               Bill Chaney
willsonk@liverpool.ac.uk                                       Ms K.H. Willson
Wim.Frentz@MEDEW.ENTO.WAU.NL                                        wim frentz
wtmorgan@pilot.msu.edu                                             Bill Morgan
WVNGSSN@prism.clemson.edu                                   WILANT VAN GIESSEN
xanthian@qualcomm.com                                          Kent Paul Dolan
yrobert@rennes.inra.fr                                             Yvon ROBERT
zanedick@quiknet.com                                                    Dickze

Voted No
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csaamw@urc.tue.nl                                               Michiel Wijers
dmarshal@biology.lsa.umich.edu                                  David Marshall
ewl@panix.com                                                   Emery Lapinski
joe@netcom.com                                                   Lance K. Chun
jrm@globalvillag.com                                     John R. MacWilliamson
kim@shell.portal.com                                              Kim DeVaughn
patl@catfish.lcs.mit.edu                                   Patrick J. LoPresti
paul@dciem.dnd.ca                                                  Paul Sarkar
rick@bcm.tmc.edu                                             Richard H. Miller
ryang@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu                                     Glen Patrick Ryan
stainles@bga.com                                                  Dwight Brown
tlawson@email.univpubs.american.edu                             Todd C. Lawson
widenius@cc.helsinki.fi                                         Risto Widenius

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mmt@RedBrick.COM                                          Maxime Taksar KC6ZPS
SFX@appl2.hrz.uni-siegen.de                                    Lars Eilebrecht


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hankb@kaiwan.com                                                 Henry Brodkin
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kramer@oj.rsmas.miami.edu                                          Jack Kramer
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tfconfal@ucdavis.edu                                                      T.C.
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