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From kbekirog@lynx.dac.neu.edu Sun Jan 22 22:52:51 1995
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From: Kaya Bekiroglu <kbekirog@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
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Request for Discussion (RFD)
Newsgroup : soc.college.admissions
Status : unmoderated
Distribution : world
Summary : Information about the college admissions process
Proponent : Kaya Bekiroglu <kbekirog@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) on the creation of
an unmoderated soc.college.admissions newsgroup, and has been
posted in accordance with the Guidelines for Newsgroup Creation.
Rationale:
Choosing and applying to colleges is a daunting task.
Financing your college choice is equally tough. There have been
sporadic queries on misc.education and soc.college about college
admissions, and although many college students and admissions
officers have volunteered their time answering these students'
questions, there exists no dedicated forum on USENET for this
purpose. As the number of high school students with net access
grows, these posts will no doubt increase. Soc.college.admissions
will provide a means to consolidate this knowledge and so
increase its profile and usefulness.
Charter:
Soc.college.admissions will be a forum for discussion of
college admissions (both graduate and undergraduate), financial
aid, and the advantages and disadvantages of specific colleges
and universities. Input from admissions officers and current
college students is especially encouraged. Soc.college.admissions
will serve as a repository for college addresses (email and
postal) deadline information, and tips to make the application
process easier on both the applicant and the admissions office.
FAQ:
A FAQ list for soc.college.admissions will be created
following the approval of this group. Its contents will be
determined by the needs of the newsgroup's participants.
Voting:
If there are no significant revisions to this RFD, a Call
for Votes will be issued shortly after the end of the 21-day
discussion period.
Follow-ups:
All follow-ups to this RFD should be directed to or cross-
posted to news.groups.
From dhartung@mcs.com Mon May 29 22:37:07 1995
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From: dhartung@mcs.com (Daniel Hartung)
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Subject: CFV: soc.college.admissions
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Date: 28 May 1995 18:50:40 -0400
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FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group soc.college.admissions
Newsgroups lines:
soc.college.admissions The university admissions process.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 18 June 1995.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact Daniel Hartung <dhartung@mcs.com> (the
votetaker). For questions about the proposed groups contact
Kaya Bekiroglu <kbekirog@lynx.dac.neu.edu> (the proponent).
RATIONALE
This is the rationale for the proposal as submitted by the proponent.
Choosing and applying to colleges is a daunting task. There have been
sporadic queries on misc.education and soc.college about college (and
university) admissions, and although many college students and
admissions officers have volunteered their time answering these
students' questions, there exists no dedicated forum on USENET for
this purpose. As the number of high school students (and parents of
high school students) with net access grows, these posts will no doubt
increase. Soc.college.admissions will provide a means to consolidate
this knowledge and so increase its profile and usefulness.
CHARTERS
These are the newsgroup charters as submitted by the proponent.
Soc.college.admissions will be a forum for discussion of college
and university admissions processes (both graduate and undergraduate),
the advantages and disadvantages of specific colleges and universities,
and test preparation (including, but certainly not limited to, the
SAT-I, SAT-II, ACT, GRE, TOEFL, and Advanced Placement tests). In no
way will discussion be limited to American institutions.
Input from admissions officers and current college students is
especially encouraged. Soc.college.admissions will also serve as a
repository for college addresses (email and postal), deadline
information, and advice to make the application process easier on both
the applicant and the admissions office.
HOW TO VOTE
Send MAIL to: dhartung@mcs.com
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Your mail message should contain *one* and only one of the following
statements (DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE CFV IN YOUR VOTE):
I vote YES on soc.college.admissions
I vote NO on soc.college.admissions
I ABSTAIN on soc.college.admissions
I CANCEL on soc.college.admissions
OFFICIAL SOURCES OF THE CFV
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IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES
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list; this is a public vote.
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are considered anonymous votes. (The vote must be mailed directly from
the voter to the votetaker.)
In cases where voting fraud is determined to have occurred, it is standard
operating procedure to delete ALL votes submitted by the violator.
Anyone who distributes pre-filled ballots, shortcut instructions, or
modified copies of this CFV commits voting fraud. If you give anyone
copies of the CFV, the copies must be whole and unmodified.
When in doubt, ask the votetaker.
From dhartung@mcs.com Thu Jun 8 17:18:56 1995
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From: dhartung@mcs.com (Daniel Hartung)
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Subject: 2nd CFV: soc.college.admissions
Supersedes: <soc.college.admissions-CFV1@uunet.uu.net>
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LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group soc.college.admissions
Newsgroups lines:
soc.college.admissions The university admissions process.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 18 June 1995.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact Daniel Hartung <dhartung@mcs.com> (the
votetaker). For questions about the proposed groups contact
Kaya Bekiroglu <kbekirog@lynx.dac.neu.edu> (the proponent).
RATIONALE
This is the rationale for the proposal as submitted by the proponent.
Choosing and applying to colleges is a daunting task. There have been
sporadic queries on misc.education and soc.college about college (and
university) admissions, and although many college students and
admissions officers have volunteered their time answering these
students' questions, there exists no dedicated forum on USENET for
this purpose. As the number of high school students (and parents of
high school students) with net access grows, these posts will no doubt
increase. Soc.college.admissions will provide a means to consolidate
this knowledge and so increase its profile and usefulness.
CHARTERS
These are the newsgroup charters as submitted by the proponent.
Soc.college.admissions will be a forum for discussion of college
and university admissions processes (both graduate and undergraduate),
the advantages and disadvantages of specific colleges and universities,
and test preparation (including, but certainly not limited to, the
SAT-I, SAT-II, ACT, GRE, TOEFL, and Advanced Placement tests). In no
way will discussion be limited to American institutions.
Input from admissions officers and current college students is
especially encouraged. Soc.college.admissions will also serve as a
repository for college addresses (email and postal), deadline
information, and advice to make the application process easier on both
the applicant and the admissions office.
HOW TO VOTE
Send MAIL to: dhartung@mcs.com
Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.
Your mail message should contain *one* and only one of the following
statements (DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE CFV IN YOUR VOTE):
I vote YES on soc.college.admissions
I vote NO on soc.college.admissions
I ABSTAIN on soc.college.admissions
I CANCEL on soc.college.admissions
OFFICIAL SOURCES OF THE CFV
The only official sources for copies of this CFV are the UseNet newsgroups
to which it is posted including news.announce.newgroups and the votetaker.
IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES
Anything other than the official ballot may be rejected by the automatic
vote-counting software. The votetaker will respond to your received vote
with a semi-automated acknowledgement by e-mail - if you do not receive
one within several days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure
your vote is registered correctly.
Only one vote per person, no more than one vote per account. Addresses
and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results
list; this is a public vote.
Duplicate votes will be resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote.
Anonymous votes will not be accepted. Votes mailed by WWW/HTML/CGI forms
are considered anonymous votes. (The vote must be mailed directly from
the voter to the votetaker.)
In cases where voting fraud is determined to have occurred, it is standard
operating procedure to delete ALL votes submitted by the violator.
Anyone who distributes pre-filled ballots, shortcut instructions, or
modified copies of this CFV commits voting fraud. If you give anyone
copies of the CFV, the copies must be whole and unmodified.
When in doubt, ask the votetaker.
From dhartung@mcs.com Tue Jul 11 13:28:45 1995
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From: dhartung@mcs.com (Daniel Hartung)
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Subject: RESULT: soc.college.admissions passes 145:28
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RESULT
unmoderated group soc.college.admissions passes 145:28
Voting for soc.college.admissions closed 23:59:59 UTC, 18 June 1995.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact Daniel Hartung <dhartung@mcs.com> (the
votetaker). For questions about the proposed groups contact
Kaya Bekiroglu <kbekirog@lynx.dac.neu.edu> (the proponent).
SUMMARY
unmoderated group soc.college.admissions passes 145:28
There were 145 YES votes and 28 NO votes, for a total of 173 valid votes.
There were 7 abstains and 2 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 lines:
soc.college.admissions The university admissions process.
CHARTERS
These are the newsgroup charters as submitted by the proponent.
Soc.college.admissions will be a forum for discussion of college
and university admissions processes (both graduate and undergraduate),
the advantages and disadvantages of specific colleges and universities,
and test preparation (including, but certainly not limited to, the
SAT-I, SAT-II, ACT, GRE, TOEFL, and Advanced Placement tests). In no
way will discussion be limited to American institutions.
Input from admissions officers and current college students is
especially encouraged. Soc.college.admissions will also serve as a
repository for college addresses (email and postal), deadline
information, and advice to make the application process easier on both
the applicant and the admissions office.
FINAL VOTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following list of addresses is copyright 1995 by Birch Grove
Software. Use for any purpose other than verifying the vote
for this newsgroup is prohibited.
soc.college.admissions Final Vote Ack
Voted Yes
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aaron@chrysopylae.com Aaron R. Priven
acbonin@amhux3.amherst.edu Adam Bonin
adkab@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu Keith Baird
adonis@patsrail.rhein-main.de Patrick Srail
aer4@cornell.edu Ann Rivera
akors@sas.upenn.edu Alan Kors
ananda@cs.utexas.edu Ananda M. Kar
anilk@mtolympus.ari.net ANIL K. KOCHHAR
arnow@magellan.Colorado.EDU Jim Arnow
ault@cs.albany.edu Jim Ault
awhs@uhura.cc.rochester.edu A. Hedges
Axsah@aol.com
BASIN::GOMEZ_V"@gusher.pb.utexas.edu V Gomez
BICKLEY_JAMES_H@Lilly.com BICKLEY JAMES H
bivi@midway.uchicago.edu Laura Bivins
bjayaram@mailhost.eld.ford.com Bellave Jayaram
blforma@srv.PacBell.COM Bonnie Forman
bn293@cleveland.Freenet.Edu Douglas P. Shannon
buglady@bronze.lcs.mit.edu Aliza R. Panitz
burke@nrlssc.navy.mil Robert W. Burke
c641797@cclabs.missouri.edu Ruoyu Wang
catfood@rosebud.strinc.com Mark W. Schumann
cbstone@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Christopher B. Stone
cchang@cis.ohio-state.edu chiahao chang
ccp2@csd.uwm.edu Christopher C Parks
cgoldste@sun.cis.smu.edu Cheryl Goldstein
Cheryl_Lathrop@qmgate.mitre.org Cheryl Lathrop
CLA3SDB5@ibm3090.computer-centre.birmingham.ac.uk
clstampe@mailbox.syr.edu Chris Stamper
creiten@eosc.osshe.edu Ms. Christian Reiten
crh1@trsvr.Tr.Unisys.com Bob Holloway
cwang@uni.uiuc.edu Cindy Wang
d.greenberger@cornell.edu David J. Greenberger
DBAUKNECHT@ewu.edu Darla Bauknecht, Admissions MS 148
ddubois@spyglass.com Daniel DuBois
dejj@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU Diana Judith Jine
Del_Hager@MAIL.UND.NODAK.EDU Del Hager
djohnson@omni.voicenet.com Dodge Johnson
dmocko@lamar.ColoState.EDU David Mocko
donnam@rmii.com Donna Martin
Dooley.1@nd.edu Bret Dooley
drauh@world.std.com David Rauh
dschen@cs.Buffalo.EDU Daniel S Chen
dyates@panix.com Don Yates
egarbos@sanders.com Eric Garbos
eklecia@cloud9.net eklecia
eli@wwa.com Eli Lehrer
fekete@chi3.bc.edu Zoli Fekete, keeper of hungarian-faq
fish@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
fjsousa@ucdavis.edu
fleek@gloria.cord.edu Chris Fleek
g3736988@mahidol.ac.th Ratthapol Rangkupan - SCPO - 3736988
gab@panix.com Gabriela Nass
gaut@dsa.unt.edu Robert Gaut
geoffl@GS10.SP.CS.CMU.EDU
gkeeler@KingsU.ab.ca Glenn J Keeler
golden@physics.harvard.edu Mitchell Golden
grk2237@is2.NYU.EDU Glenn R. Kurtzrock
grngrss@cris.com Judy Greengrass
h-striegler@tamu.edu Harvey Striegler
h9403818@hkusub.hku.hk sTeVeN cHeUnG
hirisave.pratap@intelsat.int Hirisave L. Pratap
HSMITH@ewu.edu Heidi Sue Smith, EWU Admissions
jclevela@violin.aix.calpoly.edu Justin J Cleveland
jgt7c@darwin.clas.virginia.edu Old Man Kensey
jhiniker@isr.umich.edu Jerry Hiniker
jlcidell@midway.uchicago.edu Zubeneschamali (J.Cidell)
jley@unm.edu jean m ley
jnr@xserv1.ipp-garching.mpg.de Jim Rome
JOHN.TPR@review.com John Katzman
jonboy@io.org Jonboy
jsk591@lulu.acns.nwu.edu
jssmith@olivet.edu Josh Smith
jstuart@utdallas.edu
jwilloug@gate.net Jason Willoughby
jwright@blarg1.blarg.com Jon Wright
katn@longs.att.com
kbekirog@lynx.dac.neu.edu Kaya Bekiroglu
kim@shell.portal.com Kim DeVaughn
klc@dec40.mcc.cc.tx.us Karen Clark
kresse@helios.phy.ohiou.edu Tim Kresse
KSMOTHERS@shadow.stjohns-nm.edu Kirk Smothers
kwattles@sas.upenn.edu Kirk Wattles
l15d@alf.zfn.uni-bremen.de Martin Schroeder
LADYO@mitvmc.mit.edu Lisa J. Oliveira
lance@rahul.net Lance K. Chun
LSEAMANS@MU3.MILLERSV.EDU Lynne Seamans
Mark.Kantrowitz@GLINDA.OZ.CS.CMU.EDU
Michelle.Mader@lerc.nasa.gov Michelle Mader
mikeb@ssd.fsi.com Mike Bates
Mimi.Tam@Eng.Sun.COM Mimi Tam
mmayo@ucsd.edu Matthew W. Mayo
moss@bastille.cchem.berkeley.edu David Maurice
msmith@pluto.njcc.com Mark Smith
mswigart@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us Michael R. Swigart
mthues@PrimeNet.Com Matt Thueson
MWHITTINGHAM@ewu.edu Michelle Whittingham, (509)359-6582
ndallen@io.org Nigel Allen
nick@inferno.fc.hp.com Nick Ingegneri
nico0005@utdallas.edu
noelbrk@ix.netcom.com Noel Hendricks
nsweet@fir.fbc.com Nancy Sweet
opie@fine-print.com Matthew S. 'Opie' Warren
OWEN.TPR@review.com Owen Davis
PBRADY@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU
pgelber@li.net Philip M. Gelber M.D.
phemant@shakti.ncst.ernet.in Hemant Vasant Sawant
phoffman@proper.com Paul Hoffman
pichaya@ratree.psu.ac.th
pimentel@roots.ultranet.com John Pimentel
PUPICH@vms.cis.pitt.edu
pytan@singnet.com.sg Tan Ping Yee
Queensbury@aol.com
quinby@imsa.edu Brian Quinby
radrayer@panix.com Rebecca Drayer
rb012b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu R. M. Bugarin
rmsylte@uci.edu Ruth M. Sylte
rogbarn@MO.NET Roger Barnes
ROLIVER@tiny.computing.csbsju.edu RICHARD
rozking@umich.edu Rosalind Mackraz King
rpenner@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca Ross Penner
rshacham@husc.harvard.edu
s639823@aix2.uottawa.ca the Bitter Pirate LeSann
sage@is.NYU.EDU
sdsimmons@ucdavis.edu
seng8619@varney.idbsu.edu Sean Sengenberger
shk@qnet.com shk
snarf@panix.com snarf
soop@phantom.com [none]
sreid@unix.cc.emory.edu Sonya Gail Reid
Svnorman@TWICS.COM Scott Norman
techint@winternet.com Technical Intelligence-MN-USA
tegtmeie@panix.com John R. Tegtmeier
teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lani Teshima-Miller
thaneth@ksc.net.th Thaneth Watanakosin
Thomas.Granvold@Eng.Sun.COM Tom Granvold
TJAMISON@UBmail.ubalt.edu
treynard@fast.net Troy Reynard
twells@netcom.com Tabor J. Wells
uskes@mcl.ucsb.edu Shannon Smith
ycl6@columbia.edu Yeechang Lee
Voted No
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chowell@pcug.org.au Collin Howell
crawford@fido.econlab.arizona.edu David W. Crawford
cward@Think.COM Christopher Ward
David.W.Wright@bnr.co.uk
djmc100@unix.york.ac.uk Doug Clow
g9426181@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA Craig Burley
garvin+@pitt.edu
gordon@yuki Gordon Engel
grn@ion.apana.org.au Geoffrey Newman
iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Ian Jackson
johannes@titan.westfalen.de Johannes Stille
jrm@globalvillag.com John R. MacWilliamson
khan@JTP.CS.NYU.EDU Hasnain Khan
leigh@nbi.com Leigh Melton
nareid@optsun.riken.go.jp Helge Nareid
nreadwin@mdev.micrognosis.com Neil Readwin
ptbast@owl.WPI.EDU Pete Bastien
rew@CrystalData.COM Ryan Waldron
rick@bcm.tmc.edu Richard H. Miller
Singlis@bcde.demon.co.uk Steven Inglis
smarry@turing.toronto.edu Smarasderagd
stainles@bga.com Dwight Brown
tgm@netcom.com Thomas G. McWilliams
twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu Tim Pierce
widenius@cc.helsinki.fi Risto Widenius
Abstained
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cbaker@wam.umd.edu C. Douglas Baker
crouchkp@flidh101.delcoelect.com Kenneth P Crouch
manderso@spdmail.spd.dsccc.com Mark Anderson
mmt@RedBrick.COM M Mike Taksar KC6ZPS
otto@vaxb.acs.unt.edu M. Otto
Votes in error
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Matthew_Quinn@together.org
! No vote statement in message
sevensen@comnet.com Scott Evensen
! No vote statement in message
VOTING TRIVIA:
The first vote was cast by mswigart@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us at 18:01 on 28 May.
The winning vote was cast by kresse@helios.phy.ohiou.edu at 10:05 on 12 June.
The last vote was cast by dejj@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU at 04:12 on 18 June.
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