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From maraya@sci.kuniv.edu.kw Thu Sep 15 23:23:52 1994
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From: maraya@sci.kuniv.edu.kw (maraya)
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Subject: RFD: soc.culture.kuwait
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Date: 15 Sep 1994 23:16:05 -0400
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R E Q U E S T F O R D I S C U S S I O N
Group Name: soc.culture.kuwait
Status: unmoderated
Distribution: world
Summary: Discussion of Kuwaiti culture.
Proposed by: maraya <maraya@sci.kuniv.edu.kw>
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) on the creation of an
unmoderated newsgroup soc.culture.kuwait.
This RFD is being cross-posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
soc.culture.arabic
soc.culture.lebanon
soc.culture.maghreb
soc.culture.misc
Followups to: news.groups
If the results of the discussion are positive, a vote will be held on
creating this new newsgroup. The Call For Votes (CFV) will be posted
21 days after posting this RFD. Vote counting will be conducted by a
neutral third-party.
C H A R T E R
To provide a forum for the discussion of Kuwaiti culture, society, and
history.
Other topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
+ Poetry + Theatre
+ Music + Traditions & Beliefs
+ Technological issues + Humor
+ Radio & Television + Fine art
+ Books + Dance
+ Cinema + Food
+ Crafts + Games
+ Sports + Publications
+ Toys + Antiques
+ News + Business
+ Education
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maraya@sci.kuniv.edu.kw
From rdippold@qualcomm.com (RonDippold) Tue Oct 11 13:06:35 1994
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From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)
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Subject: CFV: soc.culture.kuwait
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FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group soc.culture.kuwait
Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.kuwait Kuwaiti culture, society, and history.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 1 November 1994.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the
proposed group contact maraya <maraya@sci.kuniv.edu.kw>
CHARTER
To provide a forum for the discussion of Kuwaiti culture, society, and
history.
Other topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
+ Poetry + Theatre
+ Music + Traditions & Beliefs
+ Technological issues + Humor
+ Radio & Television + Fine art
+ Books + Dance
+ Cinema + Food
+ Crafts + Games
+ Sports + Publications
+ Toys + Antiques
+ News + Business
+ Education
HOW TO VOTE
Send MAIL to: voting@qualcomm.com
Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.
Your mail message should contain one of the following statements:
I vote YES on soc.culture.kuwait
I vote NO on soc.culture.kuwait
You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome.
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.
One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and
votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.
From rdippold@qualcomm.com (RonDippold) Wed Oct 26 12:59:48 1994
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Subject: 2nd CFV: soc.culture.kuwait
Supersedes: <soc.culture.kuwait-CFV1@uunet.uu.net>
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LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group soc.culture.kuwait
Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.kuwait Kuwaiti culture, society, and history.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 1 November 1994.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the
proposed group contact maraya <maraya@sci.kuniv.edu.kw>
CHARTER
To provide a forum for the discussion of Kuwaiti culture, society, and
history.
Other topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
+ Poetry + Theatre
+ Music + Traditions & Beliefs
+ Technological issues + Humor
+ Radio & Television + Fine art
+ Books + Dance
+ Cinema + Food
+ Crafts + Games
+ Sports + Publications
+ Toys + Antiques
+ News + Business
+ Education
HOW TO VOTE
Send MAIL to: voting@qualcomm.com
Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.
Your mail message should contain one of the following statements:
I vote YES on soc.culture.kuwait
I vote NO on soc.culture.kuwait
You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome.
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.
One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and
votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.
soc.culture.kuwait Bounce List - No need to revote
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jim@jahra.rpi.edu
jpimentel@nectech.com
mubark@jahra.rpi.edu
nachef%cldbh02.UUCP Armand Nachef
From rdippold@qualcomm.com (RonDippold) Thu Nov 3 17:32:30 1994
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From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)
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Subject: RESULT: soc.culture.kuwait passes 143:39
Supersedes: <soc.culture.kuwait-CFV2@uunet.uu.net>
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RESULT
unmoderated group soc.culture.kuwait passes 143:39
There were 143 YES votes and 39 NO votes, for a total of 182 valid votes.
There were 3 abstains and 1 invalid ballot.
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:
soc.culture.kuwait Kuwaiti culture, society, and history.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the
proposed group contact maraya <maraya@sci.kuniv.edu.kw>
CHARTER
To provide a forum for the discussion of Kuwaiti culture, society, and
history.
Other topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
+ Poetry + Theatre
+ Music + Traditions & Beliefs
+ Technological issues + Humor
+ Radio & Television + Fine art
+ Books + Dance
+ Cinema + Food
+ Crafts + Games
+ Sports + Publications
+ Toys + Antiques
+ News + Business
+ Education
soc.culture.kuwait Final Vote Ack
Voted Yes
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100414.674@CompuServe.COM adel m. alroumi
74507.2754@compuserve.com Oliver
aalbulo1@s-cwis.unomaha.edu ALI HUSAIN AL-BULOUSHI
aalnafis@lynx.dac.neu.edu abdulaziz alnafisi
AALW8606@URIACC.URI.EDU Adel A. Al-Weqaiyan
ABDULT@KSUVM.KSU.EDU Abdullnaser
absalam@PICARD.TAMU.EDU Fayez Abdul-Salam
agaa@ukc.ac.uk
ahmed@umr.edu Ahmed Mustafa
akhatras@lynx.dac.neu.edu Abdul Azizf khatrash
alanzif@cs.rpi.edu
ALAWADHI@acad.wit.edu
aliasad@access.ods.gulfnet.kw Ali H. Taqi
alkhatra@chaph.usc.edu 'Tan man'
almutairi@UFCC.UFL.EDU
ALNAKKHA@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu HUSSAIN AL-NAKKAS, DAYTON
alothman@asu.edu
altailji%omicron.csustan.edu@altair.csustan.edu Wadhah Al-Tailji
alturu@rpi.edu Umar M. Al-Turki
am3a537@GEOMAT.math.uni-hamburg.de Abderrahmane Atik
amh@umcc.umich.edu Abdullah Haydar
ammar@mtu.edu AL-Saegh, Ammar T.
ammarh@chaph.usc.edu Ammar H. Alhusaini
Anwar.Mohammed@GS135.SP.CS.CMU.EDU
arajab@csulb.edu Adel Rajab
arelahi@chat.carleton.ca Aroosh R. Elahi
arun@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw
atifoni@quapaw.astate.edu Abdul Tifoni
ault@cs.albany.edu Jim Ault
ax436@freenet.carleton.ca Tareef Attar
az908@freenet.carleton.ca Paul Holden
bahman@cs.mcgill.ca Bibi Ali
behbehan@ee.fit.edu If you insist
birchall@pilot.njin.net Dan Birchall
bjv@herbison.com B.J. Herbison
bnazarya@freenet.columbus.oh.us Birgit Nazaryan
BOROWSKK@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
bousif@creighton.edu Dhari Al-Gharaballi
bsam@ukc.ac.uk
castor@ma2.sun.ac.za
cbstone@phoenix.Princeton.EDU Christopher Bradford Stone
ch90096@atlas.central.ntua.gr dionisopoulos panagiotis
cia@access.ods.gulfnet.kw M. H. Al-Hussaini
cs015130@cs.brown.edu Kutaiba Razzooqi
csnook@world.std.com carl e snook
dacey@crl.com Peter Campbell
dakroub@eurecom.fr Alaa Dakroub
dalbader@MIT.EDU
dashti@chaph.usc.edu Ali Dashti
davew@ironwood.cray.com Dave Wagner
dbakken@BBN.COM
djml@ias.fr Djamel Boumghar
doleh@alquds.org Yaser Doleh
dryman@uclink2.berkeley.edu Davis Ryman
dulmage@skypoint.skypoint.com Doug Dulmage
eab@msc.edu Edward Bertsch
erabuka@kiba2.ericsson.se Imran Bukhari
ersheido@cats.ucsc.edu
faisal@cairo.Eng.KUniv.Edu.KW Faisal Ramadan Abul
faris@phoenix.cs.uga.edu Faris Alshemmari
fbi@access.ods.gulfnet.kw T. A. Asad
feda@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw
frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca Steve Frampton
gt0670e@prism.gatech.edu Brennan T. Price
habib@inforamp.net
halrefae@lynx.dac.neu.edu Hamad AlRefae
hashem@netcom.com Basil Hashem
hhenning@nermal.santarosa.edu Hans Henningsen
hmah@ukc.ac.uk
hunts@sunrans.cern.ch Stephen Hunt
husain@cae.wisc.edu
iceman@access.ods.gulfnet.kw F. H. Al Mutairi
iskandar@eesun2.tamu.edu Alexandre Khalil
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu Gregg Jaeger
jaguar@ecst.csuchico.edu jaguar
jdw5@ukc.ac.uk
jet@abulafia.genmagic.com J. Eric Townsend
jford@ruacad.ac.runet.edu
jhayes@world.std.com John Hayes
jim@jahra.rpi.edu
JMAM@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.EDU
jmjebree@eos.ncsu.edu
jpimentel@nectech.com
kagondoc@acs.ucalgary.ca Kalman Andrew Gondocz
kal@ecst.csuchico.edu Simplicisist
kaouk@MEDCN.UMontreal.CA Kaouk Zouheir
khawla@burgan.Eng.KUniv.Edu.KW Got U !
L15D@ZFN.uni-bremen.de Martin Schroeder
lamya@burgan.Eng.KUniv.Edu.KW Lamya Al-tabtabaie
lebanese@mail.utexas.edu
lsaid@netcom.com Loai Said
ma3c+@andrew.cmu.edu Mohammed S. Al-Rifaie
maah@ukc.ac.uk
masroor@human.ai.kyushu-u.ac.jp Muhammad Masroor Ali
MAY147@KSUVM.KSU.EDU Maysan Al-Maskati
mcoghlan@disc.dla.mil martin coghlan
medawar@rama.poly.edu Bassem Medawar
mishaal@WPI.EDU Mishaal Almashan
mnahawi@acs.bu.edu Mazen Nahawi
msattler@jungle.com Michael Sattler, San Francisco
mubark@jahra.rpi.edu
mxa22@psu.edu Mohammed Alrifaie
nachef%cldbh02.UUCP Armand Nachef
nam@ksu.ksu.edu Viper
NARAHT@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU Randy Finder
nbbalasubramanian@ucdavis.edu
Nourredine.Hail@imag.fr Nourredine Hail
oaa2@Lehigh.EDU OSAMAH ALSAYEGH
OGUOCHA@sask.usask.ca
p01613@psilink.com phil reed
passion@access.ods.gulfnet.kw Passion
physsjb@phys.canterbury.ac.nz Stephen Botha
pierre@shell.portal.com Pierre Uszynski
planet@access.ods.gulfnet.kw Bader A. Al-Zamil
radrayer@panix.com Rebecca Drayer
rasheed@rintintin.Colorado.EDU Alrasheed Khaled
rmsylte@uci.edu Ruth M. Sylte
rthomas@chaph.usc.edu Reem Thomas
rufinus@cae.wisc.edu
sa@ukc.ac.uk
safar@ucsu.Colorado.EDU Eng. Maytham Safar
SALANEZ@american.edu Saoud Alanezi
shabib@chaph.usc.edu Sami Habib
simba@access.ods.gulfnet.kw Dana Ali Asad
sindhoe@donald.ai.kyutech.ac.jp Wahyo Sindhu ABK
sme@ecst.csuchico.edu Egyptian Force
std_safarian@hg.uleth.ca
stimpy@access.ods.gulfnet.kw Reem Y. Al-Omani
temraz@cpsc.ucalgary.ca Basem Temraz
tgm@netcom.com Thomas G. McWilliams
tij@manet.espci.fr tareq i. j. albaho
tma111@psu.edu Tareq Al-refae
tonebone@ai.mit.edu Tony Ezzat
umabdelh@cc.UManitoba.CA Mohsen Abdel-Hadi
undp07@access.ods.gulfnet.kw Ahmed Al Olaimi
USERF5V5@MTS.RPI.EDU
V892CF14@VM.TEMPLE.EDU Sadida Ahmed
wally@wmeonlin.sacbbx.com Wally Garchow
xglat01@vse.cz
xplod@ecst.csuchico.edu Xplod
yadallee@gAllIf.Ersys.edmonton.AB.Ca Dave Shariff Yadallee
zceel57@ucl.ac.uk zceel57
zfk@acs.bu.edu Ziad Al-Khatrash
Voted No
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archer@cett.alcatel-alsthom.fr Vincent ARCHER
Brian.Rowell@lambada.oit.unc.edu
catseye@netcom.com Mark Kupferman
ckk@uchicago.edu Chris Koenigsberg
crouchkp@flidh103.delcoelect.com Kenneth P Crouch
cward@Think.COM Christopher Ward
david@aruba.ccit.arizona.edu David
dc@panix.com David W. Crawford
dev@ecn.purdue.edu Lawrence Weeks
elhihi@IRO.UMontreal.CA
eplantz@nwu.edu Elizabeth J. Plantz
ewl@panix.com Emery Lapinski
feminist@eskimo.com William Affleck-Asch
fsspr@camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu Sean P. Ryan
ggw@cds.duke.edu Greg Woodbury
hassine@edison.engr.utk.edu Jomaa Ben-Hassine
imohamme@buster.eng.ua.edu Imadulla S. Mohammed
jgoddard@rd.qms.com Jim Goddard
khan@jtp.cs.nyu.edu Hasnain Khan
larrys@io.com Larry Smith
linda@myst.net.com Linda Hill
majid@Email.ENST.Fr Fazal Majid
mhatz@nyx10.cs.du.edu Mike Hatz
mmt@RedBrick.COM M Mike Taksar KC6ZPS
MoinA@aol.com
rew@nuance.com Ryan Waldron
sal@INS.INFONET.NET Saleh Kabalani - Operations Manager / Info Systems
scoskun@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Serdar Coskun
shaunc@faceplant.gvg.TEK.COM Polymer
smarry@turing.toronto.edu Smarasderagd
smd@floyd.brooks.af.mil Sten Drescher
ST5LF@Jetson.UH.EDU
ST5SY@Jetson.UH.EDU
stainles@bga.com Dwight Brown
tahar@ira.uka.de tahar
UBRD021@DSIBM.OKLADOT.STATE.OK.US Jack
vpnet!vpnet!vagrant@quake.xnet.com
ysa@allwise.att.com Yussuf S. Ali
yunusm@microsoft.com Yunus Mohammed
Abstained
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ahm@smi.med.pitt.edu
Clive.Jones@armltd.co.uk
mikeaver@prairienet.org Michael J. Averbuch
Votes in error
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