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From smith-una@yale.edu Fri Nov 12 15:41:18 1993
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From: smith-una@yale.edu (Una Smith)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,bit.admin,bit.listserv.biosph-l,bit.listserv.ethology,sci.bio,sci.bio.ecology,sci.environment,rec.pets.herp,bionet.general,bionet.molbio.evolution
Subject: RFD: sci.bio.{ethology,herps}, sci.environment.biosphere
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Date: 11 Nov 1993 13:38:16 -0500
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Request for Discussion
Proposal to create
sci.bio.ethology for discussion of the scientific study of
animal behavior and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herps for discussion of the natural history,
biology, conservation, and scientific
study of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere for discussion of scientific research
on the properties and dynamics of the
biosphere which envelopes our planet.
Motivation
Sci.bio.herps is motivated by the "tell me too" response to a query
in sci.bio.ecology about whether such a group exists. It would
compliment the already very popular rec.pets.herp.
The other two groups are already available in Usenet, and have well
established readerships (plus 250 e-mail subscribers), but would be
far more accessible if moved to the sci.* hierarchy.
Administrivia
Usenet vote first-timers: an RFD invites thoughtful comments on
whether a proposed newsgroup change is useful and desirable. It is an
opportunity to voice any serious reservations or obojections, and to
suggest modifications to any proposed new newsgroup names, if need be.
As it is not a call for votes, there is no need to respond if you feel
the proposal is a good idea. Assuming the response to the RFD bodes
well for the success of the proposal, a formal call for votes (CVF)
will appear at the end of the month.
Sci.bio.ethology will be gated to the LISTSERV mailing list ETHOLOGY,
which is now gated to bit.listserv.ethology. Sci.environment.biosphere
will be gated to BIOSPH-L, which is now gated to bit.listserv.biosph-l.
The two bit.listserv.* groups will be removed once they are redundant.
These proposed new groups have been discussed in the corresponding lists
with generally favorable results. The mailing list owners (respectively:
Jarmo.Saarikko@Helsinki.FI and Dave Phillips <davep@acsu.buffalo.edu>)
have given their blessings to these proposals.
It is anticipated that sci.bio.herps will also have a mailing list,
to be administered by Michael Eisen <eisen@xtal220.harvard.edu>.
If all goes well, the call for votes (CFV) for these three groups will
go out together with the CVF for sci.bio.evolution. An RFD for this
group was posted earlier this month by Chris Colby <colby@bu.bu.edu>.
Having a joint CFV will means that each person who sees the CFV may vote
on any or all four group proposals via a single e-mail message, rather
than in separate messages. This is sensible as the groups are related.
Also, look for a separate CFV for sci.anthropology.paleo on November 18.
Send no votes now! The CFV will include instructions on how to submit
your vote. Thank you.
--
Una Smith
Yale University, Department of Biology, Osborn Memorial Laboratories,
PO Box 6666, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8155 smith-una@yale.edu
From roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov Thu Dec 2 17:01:15 1993
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From: roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov (Brenda J. Roder)
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Subject: CFV: sci.bio.{ethology,herp}, sci.environment.biosphere
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1st CALL FOR VOTES (of 3)
Proposed:
Rename bit.listserv.ethology to sci.bio.ethology
Create sci.bio.herp
Rename bit.listserv.biosph-l to sci.environment.biosphere
Newsgroup lines:
sci.bio.ethology Animal behavior and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp Biology of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere Study of the earth's biosphere.
Votes must be received by 2 January 1994, 23:59:59 GMT.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only, contact voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov. For questions about
the proposed newsgroups, contact smith-una@yale.edu (Una Smith).
CHARTERS
sci.bio.ethology: for discussion of the scientific study of animal behavior
and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp: for discussion of the natural history, biology, conservation,
and scientific study of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere: for discussion of scientific research on the
properties and dynamics of the earth's biosphere.
The newsgroups bit.listserv.biosph-l and bit.listserv.ethology are gated to
the LISTSERV mailing lists BIOSPH-L (Dave Phillips, davep@acsu.buffalo.edu
is the list owner), and ETHOLOGY (Jarmo.Saarikko@Helsinki.FI is the owner).
Each list has several hundred subscribers, who have been polled on the
question of changing the newsgroup names, and are generally in favor. The
mailing lists would remain as they are; only the names of the newsgroups
would change.
It is expected that a mailing list will be gated to sci.bio.herps, as
extensive interest was expressed by biologists who do not have direct
access to Usenet at this time. This newsgroup is proposed in addition
to rec.pets.herp because the traffic in rec.pets.herp would overwhelm
most e-mail subscribers. The proposed mailing list owner, Michael Eisen,
eisen@xtal220.harvard.edu, is now looking for a site to host the list.
VOTING PROCEDURE
Standard Guidelines for voting apply.
The requirements for newsgroup creation are 100 more YES votes than NO
votes and twice as many YES votes as NO votes.
Before voting, please read through these instructions. This message has
a "ballot" which you should copy into your e-mail to the votetaker, and
edit to indicate your vote on each of the newsgroup proposals in this CFV.
The names, addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the vote
results. By Usenet convention, because there is no other way to protect
against voter fraud, all YES and NO votes must be revealed. ABSTAIN votes
are revealed as well.
One vote per person, no more than one vote per account.
HOW AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR VOTE
To vote, send E-MAIL to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
Just replying by E-MAIL to this message should work. Ballots sent to a
newsgroup or mailing list will not be counted, so be sure you send your
ballot to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
The votetaker will send an e-mail acknowledgement (ack) for your ballot.
The ack will show how your ballot was registered, or specify any problems
with it. If the ack does not reflect your ballot as you wished to cast
it, (you changed your mind, or your ballot was somehow processed in error)
you should send your ballot again before the deadline. It is your
responsibility to ensure that your vote is registered correctly before the
deadline.
If you do not receive an ack after several days, you should send your ballot
again and check the "bounced ack" list in the next CFV. The bounced ack
list will help you determine that your ballot was received, but will not
reveal how it was registered.
IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE
Save your ballot. Ballots not formatted according to the following criteria
may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. If this happens, or
you change your mind before the voting period ends, you may send a new ballot.
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Use the "ballot" provided below. Copy everything inside the "-=-=-=-" lines
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by not sending a ballot, or by leaving the space blank, or by omiting the
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you may remove all evidence that you participated in the vote, by sending a
ballot containing CANCEL in the brackets of each line. Your name will not
appear in the RESULTS posting, but the raw vote information is still retained.
Unless there is controversy after the vote is finished, the raw vote
information is not viewed by anyone except the votetaker.
Don't worry about spacing, case, or any quote characters ">" that your
e-mail program inserts. If you don't know how to copy the ballot into your
e-mail, you can re-type it by hand. You must include:
1. the text "[SB-0001]"
2. the text "Give your real name here:" plus your name on the same line.
and, for each proposed newsgroup,
3. type just the special vote keyword (YES, NO) and the complete,
correctly spelled name of the newsgroup, with EACH newsgroup vote
on a separate line. You MUST type these accurately, but you can
skip any you intend to abstain on.
Again, the basic instructions: Send e-mail to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
In it, put the "ballot" text from between the "-=-=-=-" lines below (please
do not include the rest of this message). Add your name after the text that
says "Give your real name here:" and, for each newsgroup, place a YES or NO
in the brackets next to it to vote for or against it.
And don't worry: ask voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov for help if you need it.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Start of Ballot -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
sci.bio.* Ballot [SB-0001]
Give your real name here:
Your Vote Group
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[ ] sci.bio.ethology (from bit.listserv.ethology)
[ ] sci.bio.herp
[ ] sci.environment.biosphere (from bit.listserv.biosph-l)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- End of Ballot -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
--
Brenda J. Roder (roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov)
From roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov Thu Dec 9 17:21:00 1993
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From: roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov (Brenda J. Roder)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,bit.admin,bit.listserv.biosph-l,bit.listserv.ethology,sci.bio,sci.bio.ecology,sci.environment,rec.pets.herp,bionet.general,bionet.molbio.evolution
Subject: 2nd CFV: sci.bio.{ethology,herp}, sci.environment.biosphere
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2nd CALL FOR VOTES (of 3)
Proposed:
Rename bit.listserv.ethology to sci.bio.ethology
Create sci.bio.herp
Rename bit.listserv.biosph-l to sci.environment.biosphere
Newsgroup lines:
sci.bio.ethology Animal behavior and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp Biology of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere Study of the earth's biosphere.
Votes must be received by 2 January 1994, 23:59:59 GMT.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only, contact voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov. For questions about
the proposed newsgroups, contact smith-una@yale.edu (Una Smith).
CHARTERS
sci.bio.ethology: for discussion of the scientific study of animal behavior
and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp: for discussion of the natural history, biology, conservation,
and scientific study of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere: for discussion of scientific research on the
properties and dynamics of the earth's biosphere.
The newsgroups bit.listserv.biosph-l and bit.listserv.ethology are gated to
the LISTSERV mailing lists BIOSPH-L (Dave Phillips, davep@acsu.buffalo.edu
is the list owner), and ETHOLOGY (Jarmo.Saarikko@Helsinki.FI is the owner).
Each list has several hundred subscribers, who have been polled on the
question of changing the newsgroup names, and are generally in favor. The
mailing lists would remain as they are; only the names of the newsgroups
would change.
It is expected that a mailing list will be gated to sci.bio.herp, as
extensive interest was expressed by biologists who do not have direct
access to Usenet at this time. This newsgroup is proposed in addition
to rec.pets.herp because the traffic in rec.pets.herp would overwhelm
most e-mail subscribers. The proposed mailing list owner, Michael Eisen,
eisen@xtal220.harvard.edu, is now looking for a site to host the list.
VOTING PROCEDURE
Standard Guidelines for voting apply.
The requirements for newsgroup creation are 100 more YES votes than NO
votes and twice as many YES votes as NO votes.
Before voting, please read through these instructions. This message has
a "ballot" which you should copy into your e-mail to the votetaker, and
edit to indicate your vote on each of the newsgroup proposals in this CFV.
The names, addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the vote
results. By Usenet convention, because there is no other way to protect
against voter fraud, all YES and NO votes must be revealed. ABSTAIN votes
are revealed as well.
One vote per person, no more than one vote per account.
HOW AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR VOTE
To vote, send E-MAIL to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
Just replying by E-MAIL to this message should work. Ballots sent to a
newsgroup or mailing list will not be counted, so be sure you send your
ballot to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
The votetaker will send an e-mail acknowledgement (ack) for your ballot.
The ack will show how your ballot was registered, or specify any problems
with it. If the ack does not reflect your ballot as you wished to cast
it, (you changed your mind, or your ballot was somehow processed in error)
you should send your ballot again before the deadline. It is your
responsibility to ensure that your vote is registered correctly before the
deadline.
If you do not receive an ack after several days, you should send your ballot
again and check the "bounced ack" list in the next CFV. The bounced ack
list will help you determine that your ballot was received, but will not
reveal how it was registered.
IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE
Save your ballot. Ballots not formatted according to the following criteria
may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. If this happens, or
you change your mind before the voting period ends, you may send a new ballot.
HOW TO FORMAT YOUR VOTE
Use the "ballot" provided below. Copy everything inside the "-=-=-=-" lines
(please delete the rest of this message in your e-mail). Your ballot will
be registered by a computer program, so it must appear in the format below.
Type in your name after the text that says "Give your real name here:".
For each newsgroup, insert your vote between the brackets on the same line.
Recognized votes are YES, NO and ABSTAIN. You can also abstain (not vote)
by not sending a ballot, or by leaving the space blank, or by omiting the
line. But, to change a previous YES or NO vote to a non-vote, you should
use the word ABSTAIN.
If you vote YES, NO, or ABSTAIN, and later decide to abstain from all votes,
you may remove all evidence that you participated in the vote, by sending a
ballot containing CANCEL in the brackets of each line. Your name will not
appear in the RESULTS posting, but the raw vote information is still retained.
Unless there is controversy after the vote is finished, the raw vote
information is not viewed by anyone except the votetaker.
Don't worry about spacing, case, or any quote characters ">" that your
e-mail program inserts. If you don't know how to copy the ballot into your
e-mail, you can re-type it by hand. You must include:
1. the text "[SB-0002]"
2. the text "Give your real name here:" plus your name on the same line.
and, for each proposed newsgroup,
3. type just the special vote keyword (YES, NO) and the complete,
correctly spelled name of the newsgroup, with EACH newsgroup vote
on a separate line. You MUST type these accurately, but you can
skip any you intend to abstain on.
Again, the basic instructions: Send e-mail to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
In it, put the "ballot" text from between the "-=-=-=-" lines below (please
do not include the rest of this message). Add your name after the text that
says "Give your real name here:" and, for each newsgroup, place a YES or NO
in the brackets next to it to vote for or against it.
And don't worry: ask voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov for help if you need it.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Start of Ballot -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
sci.bio.* Ballot [SB-0002]
Give your real name here:
Your Vote Group
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[ ] sci.bio.ethology (from bit.listserv.ethology)
[ ] sci.bio.herp
[ ] sci.environment.biosphere (from bit.listserv.biosph-l)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- End of Ballot -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
BOUNCE ACK
All votes received have been acknowledged by email.
Email acknowledgements of the following votes have bounced:
<MKEARSLEY%ibr8smtp@bormgr0.usbr.gov> (Mike Kearsley)
--
Brenda J. Roder (roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov)
From roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov Thu Dec 16 15:49:18 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov (Brenda J. Roder)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,bit.admin,bit.listserv.biosph-l,bit.listserv.ethology,sci.bio,sci.bio.ecology,sci.environment,rec.pets.herp,bionet.general,bionet.molbio.evolution
Subject: 3rd CFV: sci.bio.{ethology,herp}, sci.environment.biosphere
Supersedes: <sci.bio-newgr-CFV2@uunet.uu.net>
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3rd (LAST) CALL FOR VOTES (of 3)
Proposed:
Rename bit.listserv.ethology to sci.bio.ethology
Create sci.bio.herp
Rename bit.listserv.biosph-l to sci.environment.biosphere
Newsgroup lines:
sci.bio.ethology Animal behavior and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp Biology of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere Study of the earth's biosphere.
Votes must be received by 2 January 1994, 23:59:59 GMT.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only, contact voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov. For questions about
the proposed newsgroups, contact smith-una@yale.edu (Una Smith).
CHARTERS
sci.bio.ethology: for discussion of the scientific study of animal behavior
and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp: for discussion of the natural history, biology, conservation,
and scientific study of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere: for discussion of scientific research on the
properties and dynamics of the earth's biosphere.
The newsgroups bit.listserv.biosph-l and bit.listserv.ethology are gated to
the LISTSERV mailing lists BIOSPH-L (Dave Phillips, davep@acsu.buffalo.edu
is the list owner), and ETHOLOGY (Jarmo.Saarikko@Helsinki.FI is the owner).
Each list has several hundred subscribers, who have been polled on the
question of changing the newsgroup names, and are generally in favor. The
mailing lists would remain as they are; only the names of the newsgroups
would change.
It is expected that a mailing list will be gated to sci.bio.herp, as
extensive interest was expressed by biologists who do not have direct
access to Usenet at this time. This newsgroup is proposed in addition
to rec.pets.herp because the traffic in rec.pets.herp would overwhelm
most e-mail subscribers. The proposed mailing list owner, Michael Eisen,
eisen@xtal220.harvard.edu, is now looking for a site to host the list.
VOTING PROCEDURE
Standard Guidelines for voting apply.
The requirements for newsgroup creation are 100 more YES votes than NO
votes and twice as many YES votes as NO votes.
Before voting, please read through these instructions. This message has
a "ballot" which you should copy into your e-mail to the votetaker, and
edit to indicate your vote on each of the newsgroup proposals in this CFV.
The names, addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the vote
results. By Usenet convention, because there is no other way to protect
against voter fraud, all YES and NO votes must be revealed. ABSTAIN votes
are revealed as well.
One vote per person, no more than one vote per account.
HOW AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR VOTE
To vote, send E-MAIL to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
Just replying by E-MAIL to this message should work. Ballots sent to a
newsgroup or mailing list will not be counted, so be sure you send your
ballot to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
The votetaker will send an e-mail acknowledgement (ack) for your ballot.
The ack will show how your ballot was registered, or specify any problems
with it. If the ack does not reflect your ballot as you wished to cast
it, (you changed your mind, or your ballot was somehow processed in error)
you should send your ballot again before the deadline. It is your
responsibility to ensure that your vote is registered correctly before the
deadline.
If you do not receive an ack after several days, you should send your ballot
again and check the "bounced ack" list in the next CFV. The bounced ack
list will help you determine that your ballot was received, but will not
reveal how it was registered.
IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE
Save your ballot. Ballots not formatted according to the following criteria
may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. If this happens, or
you change your mind before the voting period ends, you may send a new ballot.
HOW TO FORMAT YOUR VOTE
Use the "ballot" provided below. Copy everything inside the "-=-=-=-" lines
(please delete the rest of this message in your e-mail). Your ballot will
be registered by a computer program, so it must appear in the format below.
Type in your name after the text that says "Give your real name here:".
For each newsgroup, insert your vote between the brackets on the same line.
Recognized votes are YES, NO and ABSTAIN. You can also abstain (not vote)
by not sending a ballot, or by leaving the space blank, or by omiting the
line. But, to change a previous YES or NO vote to a non-vote, you should
use the word ABSTAIN.
If you vote YES, NO, or ABSTAIN, and later decide to abstain from all votes,
you may remove all evidence that you participated in the vote, by sending a
ballot containing CANCEL in the brackets of each line. Your name will not
appear in the RESULTS posting, but the raw vote information is still retained.
Unless there is controversy after the vote is finished, the raw vote
information is not viewed by anyone except the votetaker.
Don't worry about spacing, case, or any quote characters ">" that your
e-mail program inserts. If you don't know how to copy the ballot into your
e-mail, you can re-type it by hand. You must include:
1. the text "[SB-0003]"
2. the text "Give your real name here:" plus your name on the same line.
and, for each proposed newsgroup,
3. type just the special vote keyword (YES, NO) and the complete,
correctly spelled name of the newsgroup, with EACH newsgroup vote
on a separate line. You MUST type these accurately, but you can
skip any you intend to abstain on.
Again, the basic instructions: Send e-mail to voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov.
In it, put the "ballot" text from between the "-=-=-=-" lines below (please
do not include the rest of this message). Add your name after the text that
says "Give your real name here:" and, for each newsgroup, place a YES or NO
in the brackets next to it to vote for or against it.
And don't worry: ask voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov for help if you need it.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Start of Ballot -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
sci.bio.* Ballot [SB-0003]
Give your real name here:
Your Vote Group
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[ ] sci.bio.ethology (from bit.listserv.ethology)
[ ] sci.bio.herp
[ ] sci.environment.biosphere (from bit.listserv.biosph-l)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- End of Ballot -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
BOUNCE ACK
All votes received have been acknowledged by email.
Email acknowledgements of the following votes have bounced:
<MKEARSLEY%ibr8smtp@bormgr0.usbr.gov> (Mike Kearsley)
CHOPLIN@UNIV-TOURS.FR
--
Brenda J. Roder (roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov)
From roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov Mon Jan 3 17:50:27 1994
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: roder@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov (Brenda J. Roder)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,bit.admin,bit.listserv.biosph-l,bit.listserv.ethology,sci.bio,sci.bio.ecology,sci.environment,rec.pets.herp,bionet.general,bionet.molbio.evolution
Subject: RESULT: sci.bio.{ethology,herp} pass, sci.environment.biosphere fails
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Date: 3 Jan 1994 16:58:54 -0500
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Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4437 news.groups:91320 bit.admin:770 bit.listserv.biosph-l:5085 bit.listserv.ethology:467 sci.bio:16597 sci.bio.ecology:2595 sci.environment:39581 rec.pets.herp:13016 bionet.general:7419 bionet.molbio.evolution:1379
Proposed:
Rename bit.listserv.ethology to sci.bio.ethology
Create sci.bio.herp
Rename bit.listserv.biosph-l to sci.environment.biosphere
sci.bio.{ethology,herp}, sci.environment.biosphere results - 171 valid votes
Yes No : 2/3? >100? : Pass? : Group
---- ---- : ---- ----- : ----- : -------------------------------------------
119 8 : Yes Yes : Yes : sci.bio.ethology
128 13 : Yes Yes : Yes : sci.bio.herp
96 13 : Yes No : No : sci.environment.biosphere
8 invalid votes
For sci.bio.ethology and sci.bio.herp, this margin is adequate for newgroup
creation. Barring serious controversy about the vote, the group will be
created about five days after this is posted.
The margin was not adequate for sci.environment.biosphere, it will not be
created and may not be proposed again for six months.
Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 2 Jan 1994.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.
Vote-taker's address: voting@brenda.jpl.nasa.gov (Brenda J. Roder)
Group proponent's address: smith-una@yale.edu (Una Smith)
Newsgroup lines:
sci.bio.ethology Animal behavior and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp Biology of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere Study of the earth's biosphere.
CHARTERS
sci.bio.ethology: for discussion of the scientific study of animal behavior
and behavioral ecology.
sci.bio.herp: for discussion of the natural history, biology, conservation,
and scientific study of amphibians and reptiles.
sci.environment.biosphere: for discussion of scientific research on the
properties and dynamics of the earth's biosphere.
The newsgroups bit.listserv.biosph-l and bit.listserv.ethology are gated to
the LISTSERV mailing lists BIOSPH-L (Dave Phillips, davep@acsu.buffalo.edu
is the list owner), and ETHOLOGY (Jarmo.Saarikko@Helsinki.FI is the owner).
Each list has several hundred subscribers, who have been polled on the
question of changing the newsgroup names, and are generally in favor. The
mailing lists would remain as they are; only the names of the newsgroups
would change.
It is expected that a mailing list will be gated to sci.bio.herp, as
extensive interest was expressed by biologists who do not have direct
access to Usenet at this time. This newsgroup is proposed in addition
to rec.pets.herp because the traffic in rec.pets.herp would overwhelm
most e-mail subscribers. The proposed mailing list owner, Michael Eisen,
eisen@xtal220.harvard.edu, is now looking for a site to host the list.
VOTE ACK
*****
Please don't use this voting list to generate a mailing list (from
either the yes or no votes) -- voters are not necessarily interested
in the topic voted on.
*****
sci.bio.{ethology,herp}, sci.environment.biosphere Final Vote Ack
sci.environment.biosphere -----+
sci.bio.herp ----+|
sci.bio.ethology ---+||
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aem@symbiosis.ahp.com Andrew Mossberg --Y
ahouse@hydra.rose.brandeis.edu Jeremy Creighton Ahouse YYY
ajameson@rsmas.miami.edu Annemarie Jameson YYY
akh@empress.gvg.tek.com Anna Haynes -Y-
alanm@hpindda.cup.hp.com Alan McGowen YYY
alfonso@ee.fit.edu Alfonso E. Urdaneta -Y-
alr2@midway.uchicago.edu John Alroy -Y-
amberle@maroon.tc.umn.edu Amberle S Ferrian NNY
andres@venus.aai.ee Andres Kuusk --Y
ANGO@POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU Andre Da Ngo YY-
Arthur.Chance@Smallworld.co.uk Arthur Chance YYY
aschmitt@moose.uvm.edu Abdon Schmitt Y--
ATAYLOR@APS.UoGuelph.CA Allison Taylor Y--
bapi8@syma.sussex.ac.uk Ray McKenzie YY-
baron@cattell.psych.upenn.edu Jonathan Baron --N
BEASON@UNO.CC.GENESEO.EDU Bob Beason YYY
beaudot@tirf.grenet.fr William BEAUDOT YYY
benningf@aurfs1.aur.alcatel.com Robert F. Benningfield Jr. YYY
bernt@weinberg.pop.bio.aau.dk Bernt Guldbrandtsen YYY
bhayes@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Brian Hayes YYY
bruce@TFS.COM Bruce R. Mehlman -Y-
bw@gnu.ai.mit.edu Bruce Waldman YY-
CAHAAS@VTVM1.BITNET Carola A. Haas -Y-
chan@macpost.scar.utoronto.ca Leslie K. W. Chan Y--
charvey@csn.org Chip Harvey YYY
childers@gab.unt.edu James Childers YYY
chlamy@acpub.duke.edu Elizabeth Harris -Y-
CHOPLIN@UNIV-TOURS.FR CHOPLIN YYY
christian.steel@bio.uio.no Christian Steel YYY
colby@biology.bu.edu Chris Colby YY-
colin@snaefell.tamu.edu Colin Allen YYY
craig@ucssun1.sdsu.edu Craig R. Sadler Y--
davidsen@tmr.com Bill Davidsen -Y-
dc5m+@andrew.cmu.edu Daniel R. Cormier -Y-
dean2@tbone.biol.scarolina.edu Dean Pentcheff YYY
dhaynes@lonestar.utsa.edu David Haynes -Y-
DJAEHNE@SJSUVM1.BITNET Dennis Jaehne YYY
dobson@net.usuhs.mil Michael Dobson YYY
donohue@netcom.com Peter P. Donohue -Y-
drayer@minerva.cis.yale.edu Rebecca Drayer YYY
dstein@wam.umd.edu David O. Stein YYY
duncan@loris.cisab.indiana.edu Shan D. Duncan YY-
DWEBSTER@GSVMS2.CC.GASOU.EDU Dan Webster YY-
dws@forager.unl.edu David Stephens YYN
DYETB@AHECAS.Colorado.EDU Brian Dyet -N-
eisen%xtal220@harvard.harvard.edu Michael Eisen YYY
eisman@csd4.csd.uwm.edu Eugene Eisman YYY
ej@white.stanford.edu EJ Chichilnisky YYY
eli@zoology.washington.edu Eli Holmes YYN
emcguire@dexnet.lonestar.org Ed McGuire NNN
emv@mail.msen.com Edward Vielmetti YYY
erhunt@ntsg.umt.edu --Y
Eric.Mathre@Corp.Sun.COM Eric Mathre -Y-
etlsnfe@etlxd20.ericsson.se simon featherstone xd/gdd x.4462 -Y-
ETTHC@CUNYVM.BITNET Ethel Tobach YYY
ewilliam@itsmail1.hamilton.edu Ernest Williams YYY
finelli@rocky.geol.scarolina.edu Christopher Finelli YY-
fishe@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Carwil James YYY
fsspr@camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu Sean P. Ryan YNY
fuy1@gl.umbc.edu Francis Uy --N
G321964@cicei.ulpgc.es ALDO-PIER SOLARI NNN
GGPERK01@ULKYVX.LOUISVILLE.EDU George G. Perkins YYY
h2co@odin.cc.pdx.edu Candace S. O'Connor YYY
hank@zoo.toronto.edu Henry Hong (hank@zoo.toronto.edu) YYY
HAROLD@fs1.psy.emory.edu Harold Gouzoules YYY
hdpjo@chevron.com Daniel P. Johnson -Y-
HSPENCER@rivendell.otago.ac.nz Hamish G. Spencer Y--
hyoshida@rib01.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp Hideya YOSHIDA YYY
hywang@apple.com Hao-yang Wang YY-
IEI036G@tjuvm.tju.edu Mark Miller YYY
IEP134M@TJUVM.TJU.EDU Tia Morris -YY
IEV157X@TJUVM.TJU.EDU Becky Brown YYY
IEY552Z@TJUVM.TJU.EDU Denise Shapiro -Y-
iheedua!vmb@relay.NL.net Vladan Babovic YNN
INSCHO@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu Fred Inscho --N
IZZYQK4@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU Thomas Ludwig YYY
jamison@merle.acns.nwu.edu --Y
Janette_W_BOUGHMAN@umail.umd.edu Janette Wenrick Boughman Y--
jbohrman@netcom.com John Bohrman YYY
jdendulk@uoguelph.ca Jan den Dulk YYY
jeisen@leland.Stanford.EDU jonathan eisen YYY
jejans@Vax2.Concordia.CA James E. Jans YYY
jgitomer@metamosh.clubfed.sgi.com Jay Gitomer -Y-
jhfische@indiana.edu Janette Fischer YY-
jim@american.edu Jim McIntosh YYY
Jolink@Macro.FEW.EUR.NL Albert Jolink Y--
josephs@GAS.uug.Arizona.EDU Joseph Scott -Y-
josh@pogo.cqs.washington.edu Joshua A. Hayes YYY
joshua_lerner@csufresno.edu Joshua C. Lerner YYY
juparra@gel.ulaval.ca juan parra YYY
JWANG@HMCVAX.Ac.HMC.Edu Jocele Wang YYY
KBELL@hamp.hampshire.edu Keith Bell YYY
keck@zookeeper.zoo.uga.edu Paul Keck YYY
kersterhw@CCVAX.CCS.CSUS.EDU Harold W. Kerster YYY
kilty@ucrengr.ucr.edu Kathleen Richards YYY
kinnaman@tenet.edu Dave Kinnaman ---
klingham@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Kirsten Klinghammer YYY
klorenz@maroon.tc.umn.edu Karl Lorenz YNY
kmorgan@wheatonma.edu Kathleen Morgan YYY
L15D@ZFN.uni-bremen.de Martin Schr"oder YYY
lachlan@dmp.csiro.au Lachlan Cranswick YYY
laguna@mail.bucknell.edu Jonathan Novak Laguna YY-
LANGE@fwn.rug.nl Willem de Lange YYY
larsond@mail.fws.gov Diane Larson -Y-
larsonee@horton.Colorado.EDU Earl Larson NY-
ldaly@acs.bu.edu Liza Daly -Y-
lew@ief.spb.su Vladimir F. Levchenko --Y
lmalchik@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Laulette Aleksandra (Sasha) Malchik YYY
lombardm@GVSU.EDU Michael P. Lombardo YNN
lonadar@judy.indstate.edu Victor E Aldridge III N-N
mansson@alok.ufz.de Dr. Bengt Mansson YYY
marc@world.std.com Marc Dashevsky YYY
martin@orca.tamu.edu Kimberly Martin Y--
mbalsai@mail.sas.upenn.edu Mike Balsai YYY
mcbjjbj@leonis.nus.sg Julian Blanc YYY
mcrafts@core1.hssc.ksc.nasa.gov -N-
medwards@astro.Princeton.EDU Michael K. Edwards YYY
mgrochow@acpub.duke.edu Marianne Grochowski -Y-
MHOLLEY@galaxy.gov.bc.ca Mona Holley --Y
mht@nuclint.nl Marc ter Horst YYY
MKEARSLEY%ibr8smtp@bormgr0.usbr.gov Mike Kearsley NY-
mmt@RedBrick.COM Maxime Taksar KC6ZPS YNY
morset@ccmail.orst.edu Terry Morse -Y-
MPTAYLOR@rex.mnsmc.edu Y-Y
mrehberg@syr.edu Michael J. Rehberg YYY
mrwarden@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Melissa Warden YYY
mwhitcombe@gn.apc.org Mark Whitcombe --Y
ndallen@io.org Nigel Allen YYY
njarman@titan.ucs.umass.edu Nancy M Jarman -Y-
PA136288@UTKVM1.BITNET Sam Marshall YYY
PENDEJO@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu John Simmons YYY
pholland@iastate.edu Paul J. Hollander YYY
PMIDFORD@macc.wisc.edu Peter Midford Y--
prevettp@gov.on.ca Paul Prevett YYY
PXF3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Paula Ford YYY
quinn@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Michael Quinn YYY
RBIMUNGE@idbsu.idbsu.edu James Munger -Y-
rdbarber@syr.edu Robert Barber YYY
remcat@MIT.EDU Rachel Emily Molenaar YY-
revu@midway.uchicago.edu Sendhil Revuluri YNY
rick@bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller NNN
rjs@NebrWesleyan.edu Rosemary J. Smith Y--
RLAI@POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU Roger Lai YYY
sashazh@glas.apc.org Alexander ZHUIKOV Y--
schwarz@TC.Cornell.EDU Paul Schwarz YYY
seedman@iastate.edu John Turnipseed (seedman@iastate.edu) -Y-
shackles@ren.psy.jhu.edu Scott A. Shackleton Y--
shane@spr.com Shane Hartman NNN
simonb@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Simon Blomberg -Y-
SLINE@PHS.BGSM.WFU.EDU Scott W. Line YYY
SMOSS@umassd.edu Sanford A. Moss YYN
smtplink%MYOUNG_at_ATLAS@seawolf.alhrg.wpafb.af.mil Michael Young Y--
SPLUHAR@CROP.UOGUELPH.CA Stephen A. Pluhar YYY
STUDLGRN@ACS.EKU.EDU Martha P. Dahlgren YY-
svasi@skinner.cs.uoregon.edu Nathan Tenny -Y-
svolman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Susan Volman Y--
swildner@channelz.gun.de Sascha Wildner YYY
thackerb@gov.on.ca Bruce Thacker YYY
Timo.Rinne@hut.fi Timo Rinne YYY
tndcunha@fox.cce.usp.br Tarcisio Neves da Cunha --Y
toddia@zoo.toronto.edu YY-
TUNCAY@TRCUNIV.BITNET Tuncay Ozgunen -Y-
una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu Una Smith YYY
WCBANTA@american.edu William C. Banta YYY
WEILMR@CNSVAX.UWEC.EDU Michael R. Weil YYY
wfischer@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu Will Fischer YY-
whitlock@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca Jeremy Whitlock --Y
whitlock@tei.umass.edu Alison L. Whitlock -Y-
yadallee@galcon.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Dave Yadallee YYY
zikan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Marcio Zikan Cardoso Y--
zoosch@zoo.latrobe.edu.au Simon Hudson -Y-
Votes in error
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AJMGC@CUNYVM.BITNET logoff UNDEFIlED
! No ballot
dominiq@rice.cor2.epa.gov Dominique Bachelet
! No votes
ez019741@dale.ucdavis.edu
! No ballot
fgonzale@badlands.NoDak.edu and, for each newsgroup, place a YES or NO
! No votes
Gunther.Schauberger@vu-wien.ac.at Guenther Schauberger
! No ballot
luk@gio.izmiran.troitsk.su Lubov Lukjanova
! No ballot
msg5y@darwin.clas.virginia.edu Michael Stephen Grace
! No ballot
pamstadt@icaen.uiowa.edu Paul Joseph Amstadt
! No ballot
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