From [email protected] Wed Apr 5 19:00:03 1995 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Peter Jasim) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,soc.culture.lebanon,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.palestine,soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.jordan Subject: RFD: soc.culture.assyrian Followup-To: news.groups Date: 5 Apr 1995 16:28:26 -0400 Organization: InterAccess, Chicago's best Internet Service Provider Lines: 91 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: gs2.UU.NET news.announce.newgroups:6564 news.groups:143500 soc.culture.lebanon:26400 soc.culture.israel:17945 soc.culture.palestine:9972 soc.culture.arabic:39342 soc.culture.jordan:794 Request For Discussion (RFD) ---------------------------- Newsgroup soc.culture.assyrian Status Unmoderated Distribution World-wide Summary Information and discussion on the Assyrian nation; its history, art, culture, and language; its present diaspora; et cetera. Proponent Peter JasimThis is a formal request for discussion on the creation of an unmoderated newsgroup, soc.culture.assyrian. This RFD has been posted in accordance with the Guidelines for Newsgroup Creation. This RFD is being posted to the following relevant newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon soc.culture.israel soc.culture.palestine soc.culture.arabic soc.culture.jordan Discussion on the RFD will take place in news.groups. Charter ------- The soc.culture.assyrian newsgroup will serve the Assyrian community worldwide, and will be open for discussion to all Assyrians and interested parties. Discussions will include topics on Assyrian history, culture, politics, religion, education and social activities. Because Assyrians are scattered all over the world, special emphasis will be placed on the Assyrian diaspora. Other topics of discussion will include: - Assyrian history, from the empire to modern times - Assyrian archaeology (topics related to Assyriology) - The Assyrian language (ancient, classical, and modern) - Assyrian Christianity (current issues and history) - Assyrian music and art - Assyrian folk dance and cuisine - Assyrian human and civil rights in Middle East countries - The latest news from Assyrians around the world - Assyrian politics in Iraq - and other topics The discussions will be held mostly in English, and some transliterated Assyrian. Rationale --------- soc.culture.assyrian will serve the Assyrian community which is scattered throughout the world. Currently there is no newsgroup that deals with Assyrian affairs. Since Assyrians are a separate national minority within several Middle Eastern (and Western) countries, and are not Arabs, and whose first language is Assyrian, a separate newsgroup is deemed necessary. There are 3.4 million Assyrians in the world, with the largest population (2 million) in Iraq. Archive ------- The content of the postings shall be archived and made researchable via FTP-mail or other such means. Procedure --------- Please post any response to this message to news.groups. If you use the followup feature on your newsreader this should happen automatically. It is important to understand that all discussions about the merits of this proposal should occur in news.groups. After a discussion period of 21-31 days, a Call For Votes (CFV) will be posted to news.announce.newgroups -- barring any serious objections. The voting period will last 21-31 days. If the vote passes by a 2/3 majority, and by at least 100 yes votes, then the group will be created. Future call for votes --------------------- Please do not post any votes now. This is not a call for votes. When the CFV is posted, instructions will be given on how to mail your votes to the Usenet Volunteer Votetakes (UVV). From [email protected] Mon May 8 18:45:16 1995 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Steve Bonine) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,soc.culture.lebanon,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.palestine,soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.jordan,soc.culture.iranian,soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.kuwait,soc.culture.turkish,soc.culture.egyptian,soc.culture.kurdish Subject: CFV: soc.culture.assyrian Followup-To: poster Date: 8 May 1995 12:52:27 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 70 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Expires: 30 May 1995 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: References: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: gs2.UU.NET news.announce.newgroups:6786 news.groups:148330 soc.culture.lebanon:27891 soc.culture.israel:20326 soc.culture.palestine:11230 soc.culture.arabic:41072 soc.culture.jordan:1103 soc.culture.iranian:69487 soc.culture.greek:55504 soc.culture.kuwait:2195 soc.culture.turkish:115556 soc.culture.egyptian:1440 soc.culture.kurdish:2049 FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group soc.culture.assyrian Newsgroups line: soc.culture.assyrian Assyrian culture, history, language, current diaspora. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 29 May 1995. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact Steve Bonine . For questions about the proposed group contact Peter Jasim . CHARTER The soc.culture.assyrian newsgroup will serve the Assyrian community worldwide, and will be open for discussion to all Assyrians and interested parties. Discussions will include topics on Assyrian history, culture, politics, religion, education and social activities. Because Assyrians are scattered all over the world, special emphasis will be placed on the Assyrian diaspora. Other topics of discussion will include: - Assyrian history, from the empire to modern times - Assyrian archaeology (topics related to Assyriology) - The Assyrian language (ancient, classical, and modern) - Assyrian Christianity (current issues and history) - Assyrian music and art - Assyrian folk dance and cuisine - Assyrian human and civil rights in Middle East countries - The latest news from Assyrians around the world - Assyrian politics in Iraq - and other topics The discussions will be held mostly in English, and some transliterated Assyrian. RATIONALE soc.culture.assyrian will serve the Assyrian community which is scattered throughout the world. Currently there is no newsgroup that deals with Assyrian affairs. Since Assyrians are a separate national minority within several Middle Eastern (and Western) countries, and are not Arabs, and whose first language is Assyrian, a separate newsgroup is deemed necessary. There are 3.4 million Assyrians in the world, with the largest population (2 million) in Iraq. HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: [email protected] Just replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list. It would be apprciated by the votetaker if you did NOT forward the entire CFV back; this mail is archived and I really don't need several hundred copies of the CFV on my system. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on soc.culture.assyrian I vote NO on soc.culture.assyrian 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 is 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. From [email protected] Tue May 16 19:37:18 1995 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Steve Bonine) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,soc.culture.lebanon,soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.palestine,soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.jordan,soc.culture.iranian,soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.kuwait,soc.culture.turkish,soc.culture.egyptian,soc.culture.kurdish Subject: 2nd CFV: soc.culture.assyrian Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 16 May 1995 15:10:12 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 76 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Expires: 30 May 1995 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: References: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Archive-Name: soc.culture.assyrian Xref: gs2.UU.NET news.announce.newgroups:6853 news.groups:149776 soc.culture.lebanon:28318 soc.culture.israel:20917 soc.culture.palestine:11505 soc.culture.arabic:41565 soc.culture.jordan:1162 soc.culture.iranian:70322 soc.culture.greek:56319 soc.culture.kuwait:2262 soc.culture.turkish:116948 soc.culture.egyptian:1551 soc.culture.kurdish:2385 LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group soc.culture.assyrian Newsgroups line: soc.culture.assyrian Assyrian culture, history, language, current diaspora. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 29 May 1995. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact Steve Bonine . For questions about the proposed group contact Peter Jasim . CHARTER The soc.culture.assyrian newsgroup will serve the Assyrian community worldwide, and will be open for discussion to all Assyrians and interested parties. Discussions will include topics on Assyrian history, culture, politics, religion, education and social activities. Because Assyrians are scattered all over the world, special emphasis will be placed on the Assyrian diaspora. Other topics of discussion will include: - Assyrian history, from the empire to modern times - Assyrian archaeology (topics related to Assyriology) - The Assyrian language (ancient, classical, and modern) - Assyrian Christianity (current issues and history) - Assyrian music and art - Assyrian folk dance and cuisine - Assyrian human and civil rights in Middle East countries - The latest news from Assyrians around the world - Assyrian politics in Iraq - and other topics The discussions will be held mostly in English, and some transliterated Assyrian. RATIONALE soc.culture.assyrian will serve the Assyrian community which is scattered throughout the world. Currently there is no newsgroup that deals with Assyrian affairs. Since Assyrians are a separate national minority within several Middle Eastern (and Western) countries, and are not Arabs, and whose first language is Assyrian, a separate newsgroup is deemed necessary. There are 3.4 million Assyrians in the world, with the largest population (2 million) in Iraq. HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: [email protected] Just replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list. It would be apprciated by the votetaker if you did NOT forward the entire CFV back; this mail is archived and I really don't need several hundred copies of the CFV on my system. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on soc.culture.assyrian I vote NO on soc.culture.assyrian 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 is 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. soc.culture.assyrian Bounce List - These votes HAVE been counted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected] Mike Polyakov [email protected] Pat Lazar