From [email protected] Tue Apr 14 01:15:10 1998
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: "B. Alex Pettit Jr." 
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: RFD: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Followup-To: news.groups
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                     REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
               unmoderated group sci.astro.ccd-imaging

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging.
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Procedural details are below.

Newsgroup line:
sci.astro.ccd-imaging	Astronomical digital image capture and processing.

RATIONALE: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

Astronomical digital imaging and processing is gaining interest among
amateur astronomers. This is due to its ability to effectively see
through night sky light pollution and the increasing availability of
less expensive hardware. The creation of a group for the
centralization of digital imaging information would encourage and
assist others in gaining understanding of this new technology.

While there are groups appropriate for the discussion of digital
astronomy imaging, there is currently no distinct location for this
information. The astronomy related newsgroups sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur have posting volumes exceeding 125 and 240 posts,
respectively, per day. The creation of this group would allow for the
focus of related postings (currently 5 to 15 per day) to be maintained
within this forum and apart from the diverse base of information in
the existing newsgroups.

CHARTER: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

The newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging would be used by those in the
astronomy field and hobby to discuss related topics in hardware and
software.  This would include the techniques and processes related to
the acquisition of the digital data, and the processing of that data
into digital images or quantitative astrometric information.
Explicitly, it would not be the intended purpose of this newsgroup to
be a forum for the posting of image files, but references to their web
page links could be included. However, the posting of these image
links would be for educative and illustrative purposes only , with
information regarding the techniques used to derive and process them a
requirement.

Commercial posts while not prohibited should be short and pertinent.

Binary postings would be prohibited.

END CHARTER.

PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved.  The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it.  Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal".  Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

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news.groups,
sci.astro,
sci.astro.amateur

Proponent: B. Alex Pettit Jr. 

From [email protected] Wed May 13 14:00:05 1998
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin 
Reply-To: [email protected]
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: CFV: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Followup-To: poster
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References: <[email protected]>
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
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Expires: 4 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Archive-Name: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 20:48:10 GMT
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Xref: news.isc.org news.announce.newgroups:10081 news.groups:282949 sci.astro:175496 sci.astro.amateur:109038

                     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
               unmoderated group sci.astro.ccd-imaging

This CFV is to be distributed only by the votetaker.  It is not to be
posted to newsgroups, or mailed to mailing lists or individuals, except by
the votetaker.  Ballots or CFVs provided by anyone else will be invalid.

Newsgroups line:
sci.astro.ccd-imaging	Astronomical digital image capture and processing.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 3 Jun 1998.

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

Proponent: B. Alex Pettit Jr. 
Votetaker: Neil Crellin 

RATIONALE: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

Astronomical digital imaging and processing is gaining interest among
amateur astronomers. This is due to its ability to effectively see
through night sky light pollution, its ability to provide high
quality images in less time than film photography, and the increasing
availability of less expensive hardware. The creation of a group for the
centralization of digital imaging information would encourage and
assist others in gaining understanding of this new technology.

While there are groups appropriate for the discussion of digital
astronomy imaging, there is currently no distinct location for this
information. The astronomy related newsgroups sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur have posting volumes exceeding 125 and 240 posts,
respectively, per day. The creation of this group would allow for the
focus of related postings (currently 5 to 15 per day) to be maintained
within this forum and apart from the diverse base of information in
the existing newsgroups.

CHARTER: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

The newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging would be used by those in the
astronomy field and hobby to discuss related topics in hardware and
software in digital imaging. This would include the techniques and
processes related to the acquisition of the digital data, and the
processing of that data into digital images or quantitative information.
CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is the current digital imaging technology,
but it is not intended that this be an imposed discussion topic
limitation.

Explicitly, it would not be the intended purpose of this newsgroup to
be a forum for the posting of image files, but references to their web
page links could be included. However, the posting of these image
links would be for educative and illustrative purposes only , with
information regarding the techniques used to derive and process them
included.

Commercial posts while not prohibited should be short and pertinent.

Binary postings would be prohibited.

END CHARTER.

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Standard Guidelines for voting apply.  One vote per person, one account
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From [email protected] Mon May 25 12:30:15 1998
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin 
Reply-To: [email protected]
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: 2nd CFV: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Followup-To: poster
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Supersedes: <[email protected]>
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Approved: [email protected]
Expires: 4 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Archive-Name: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 19:18:31 GMT
Lines: 153
Xref: news.isc.org news.announce.newgroups:10111 news.groups:284462 sci.astro:176402 sci.astro.amateur:111641

                      LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
               unmoderated group sci.astro.ccd-imaging

This CFV is to be distributed only by the votetaker.  It is not to be
posted to newsgroups, or mailed to mailing lists or individuals, except by
the votetaker.  Ballots or CFVs provided by anyone else will be invalid.

Newsgroups line:
sci.astro.ccd-imaging	Astronomical digital image capture and processing.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 3 Jun 1998.

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

Proponent: B. Alex Pettit Jr. 
Votetaker: Neil Crellin 

RATIONALE: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

Astronomical digital imaging and processing is gaining interest among
amateur astronomers. This is due to its ability to effectively see
through night sky light pollution, its ability to provide high
quality images in less time than film photography, and the increasing
availability of less expensive hardware. The creation of a group for the
centralization of digital imaging information would encourage and
assist others in gaining understanding of this new technology.

While there are groups appropriate for the discussion of digital
astronomy imaging, there is currently no distinct location for this
information. The astronomy related newsgroups sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur have posting volumes exceeding 125 and 240 posts,
respectively, per day. The creation of this group would allow for the
focus of related postings (currently 5 to 15 per day) to be maintained
within this forum and apart from the diverse base of information in
the existing newsgroups.

CHARTER: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

The newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging would be used by those in the
astronomy field and hobby to discuss related topics in hardware and
software in digital imaging. This would include the techniques and
processes related to the acquisition of the digital data, and the
processing of that data into digital images or quantitative information.
CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is the current digital imaging technology,
but it is not intended that this be an imposed discussion topic
limitation.

Explicitly, it would not be the intended purpose of this newsgroup to
be a forum for the posting of image files, but references to their web
page links could be included. However, the posting of these image
links would be for educative and illustrative purposes only , with
information regarding the techniques used to derive and process them
included.

Commercial posts while not prohibited should be short and pertinent.

Binary postings would be prohibited.

END CHARTER.

IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES: READ THIS BEFORE VOTING

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

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.

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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
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edited copies of this CFV is generally considered to be vote fraud.
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 ---------   -----------------------------------------------------------
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======== END OF BALLOT: Delete everything after this line ==============

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sci.astro.ccd-imaging Bounce List - Please contact me about your vote
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[email protected]                                                  CJ Carrell
[email protected]                                            Harvey Hollister
[email protected]                                      John Blackwell
[email protected]                                      Jan Lustrup
[email protected]                                       Richard Kowalski
[email protected]                                  Roderick Darroch Elliott
[email protected]                                                  Kevin Jung
[email protected]                                          Elaine Walker

This CFV was created with uvpq 1.0 (Aug 14 1997).
PQ datestamp: 980322

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From [email protected] Wed Jun  3 17:45:12 1998
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin 
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: RESULT: sci.astro.ccd-imaging passes 133:14
Followup-To: news.groups
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Archive-Name: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 00:35:21 GMT
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Xref: news.isc.org news.announce.newgroups:10132 news.groups:286479 sci.astro:177485 sci.astro.amateur:114505

                                RESULT
        unmoderated group sci.astro.ccd-imaging passes 133:14

There were 133 YES votes and 14 NO votes, for a total of 147 valid
votes.  There were 7 abstentions and 4 invalid ballots.

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

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
sci.astro.ccd-imaging	Astronomical digital image capture and processing.

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 3 Jun 1998.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: B. Alex Pettit Jr. 
Votetaker: Neil Crellin 

RATIONALE: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

Astronomical digital imaging and processing is gaining interest among
amateur astronomers. This is due to its ability to effectively see
through night sky light pollution, its ability to provide high
quality images in less time than film photography, and the increasing
availability of less expensive hardware. The creation of a group for the
centralization of digital imaging information would encourage and
assist others in gaining understanding of this new technology.

While there are groups appropriate for the discussion of digital
astronomy imaging, there is currently no distinct location for this
information. The astronomy related newsgroups sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur have posting volumes exceeding 125 and 240 posts,
respectively, per day. The creation of this group would allow for the
focus of related postings (currently 5 to 15 per day) to be maintained
within this forum and apart from the diverse base of information in
the existing newsgroups.

CHARTER: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

The newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging would be used by those in the
astronomy field and hobby to discuss related topics in hardware and
software in digital imaging. This would include the techniques and
processes related to the acquisition of the digital data, and the
processing of that data into digital images or quantitative information.
CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is the current digital imaging technology,
but it is not intended that this be an imposed discussion topic
limitation.

Explicitly, it would not be the intended purpose of this newsgroup to
be a forum for the posting of image files, but references to their web
page links could be included. However, the posting of these image
links would be for educative and illustrative purposes only , with
information regarding the techniques used to derive and process them
included.

Commercial posts while not prohibited should be short and pertinent.

Binary postings would be prohibited.

END CHARTER.



sci.astro.ccd-imaging Final Voter list

Voted YES
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reiki [at] corplink.com.au                                       Gary McKenzie
nrm [at] tusc.com.au                                           Nigel McFarlane
jasmine [at] fl.net.au                                          Jasmine Taylor
terryr [at] cs.mu.oz.au                                          Terry Robison
doctor [at] doctor.nl2k.ab.ca                                    Dave Yadallee
fbarret [at] ccs.carleton.ca                                  E.S.Fred Barrett
chriseb [at] nortel.ca                                          Chris Ebenezer
jimjr [at] fareway.on.ca                                              Jim Fare
PaulGitto [at] aol.com                                              Paul Gitto
kimdv [at] best.com                                               Kim DeVaughn
talon1 [at] bigfoot.com                                         Michael Quayle
BMH [at] bigpond.com                                              Bevan Harris
bitnik [at] bitnik.com                                        Richard Kowalski
jce [at] boone.com                                                   Joe Ennis
adam [at] channel1.com                                             Adam Albino
shay [at] controlmanagement.com                                   Shay Walters
gherbert [at] crl.com                                   George William Herbert
dgeorge [at] cyanogen.com                                    Douglas B. George
booda [at] datasync.com                                        Martin H. Booda
willp [at] dreamscape.com                                          Will Pierce
adriano [at] edmar-co.com                                    Adriano DeFreitas
bjv [at] herbison.com                                            B.J. Herbison
rubis [at] home.com                                              Randall Rubis
lcoe [at] phoenix.rsn.hp.com                                      Loren A. Coe
upton [at] austin.ibm.com                                           John Upton
jameswat [at] idirect.com                                           James Watt
kwenker [at] interaccess.com                                      Kevin Wenker
buehlerd [at] itsnet.com                                         David Buehler
kstrauss [at] legendcomm.com                                       Ken Strauss
william.carbone [at] lmco.com                                     Bill Carbone
rhrodieck [at] loop.com                                            Roy Rodieck
cipher [at] mindspring.com                                              Cipher
peking [at] mindspring.com                                            Pat King
johnb [at] regulus.mv.com                                       John Blackwell
ksjung [at] ix10.ix.netcom.com                                      Kevin Jung
rkuberek [at] ix.netcom.com                                                RCK
stevemot [at] ix.netcom.com                                       Steve Mottin
tom37 [at] ix.netcom.com                                           Tom Katzman
wa2ise [at] netcom.com                                            Robert Casey
dcasey [at] primenet.com                                           David Casey
jjd [at] primenet.com                                                Jim Davis
pcourno1 [at] nycap.rr.com                                      Paul Cournoyer
wmcclain [at] salamander.com                                   William McClain
clarkegraham [at] saltspring.com                                    Tom Graham
Lou.Laderman [at] SERX.COM                                   Louis N. Laderman
chris [at] skymap.com                                           Chris Marriott
stamper [at] stamper.com                                         Chris Stamper
Dave_Durant [at] vos.stratus.com                                   Dave Durant
pan [at] syix.com                                                          Pan
arielle [at] taronga.com                                    Stephanie da Silva
dreitman [at] teleport.com                                   Daniel R. Reitman
gossj [at] std.teradyne.com                                           Jay Goss
bert [at] rsvl.unisys.com                                           Bert Hyman
cgrimes [at] walldata.com                                          Chad Grimes
xanthian [at] well.com                                         Kent Paul Dolan
Ekkehard.Uthke [at] gmx.de                                      Ekkehard Uthke
aknoefel [at] Disi.Ddorf.Rhein-Ruhr.De                           Andre Knoefel
Stefan.Breuer2 [at] post.rwth-aachen.de                          Stefan Breuer
wilfried.wiehler [at] mch.sni.de                              Wilfried Wiehler
Gary.Suffield [at] t-online.de                                   Gary Suffield
bouvin [at] daimi.aau.dk                                     Niels Olof Bouvin
ht.ohlsen [at] ddf.dk                                    Hans-Henrik T. Ohlsen
mphelps [at] cfa.harvard.edu                                       Matt Phelps
lent [at] callisto.ee.nd.edu                                     Craig S. Lent
mark [at] zermatt-ra.swmed.edu                                    Mark Wessels
kmmontandon [at] ucdavis.edu                                    Kurt Montandon
frank [at] ucla.edu                                            Frank Henriquez
oliver [at] astro.ufl.edu                                       John P. Oliver
eric [at] marge.extlib.usu.edu                                     Eric Hawley
rufinus [at] mbe.ece.wisc.edu                                        J Rufinus
jshin [at] pantheon.yale.edu                                     Jungshik Shin
neastrom [at] arrakis.es                                         Eduardo Perez
Ramon.barber [at] vlc.servicom.es                                 Ramon Barber
koski [at] clinet.fi                                               Jorma Koski
franckey [at] imaginet.fr                                     Franckey Rougane
droege [at] fnal.gov                                                Tom Droege
mroz [at] lanl.gov                                                   Gene Mroz
HPBraeuning [at] lbl.gov                                      Harald Braeuning
David.I.Nakamoto [at] jpl.nasa.gov                           David I. Nakamoto
jpc [at] drum.msfc.nasa.gov                                    J. Porter Clark
gpaleo [at] ath.forthnet.gr                              G. N. Paleologopoulos
bozidar.benc [at] sb.tel.hr                                       Bozidar Benc
ariciputi [at] mbox.queen.it                                   Riciputi Andrea
mmarzano [at] rmnet.it                                        Marcello Marzano
wlawson [at] aa.net                                             William Lawson
sidlee [at] agt.net                                                    Sid Lee
bhill [at] arn.net                                               Robert L Hill
asterism [at] worldnet.att.net                                  Michael Toomey
hermperez [at] worldnet.att.net                                     Herm Perez
JUSTFORJESUS [at] postoffice.worldnet.att.net               Charles Gremillion
fred [at] eatel.net                                   Frederick J. Barnett Jr.
markwain [at] flash.net                                         Mark Wainright
jims [at] frontiernet.net                                        Jim Seidewand
ellis [at] ftel.net                                                 Rick Ellis
Daniel.Preineder [at] gmx.net                                 Daniel Preineder
smith77 [at] ibm.net                                             John C. Smith
iclark [at] infi.net                                                Ivan Clark
ebarnes [at] shore.intercom.net                                    Eric Barnes
apettit [at] magicnet.net                                    b. alex pettit jr
tscar [at] magicnet.net                                       Todd Scarborough
tc [at] Mcs.Net                                                    Thomas Cuny
csand [at] micron.net                                             Cal Sandfort
burt [at] netonecom.net                                             Burt Adsit
bfrost [at] nyx.net                                              Bonnell Frost
lenw [at] oz.net                                           Leonard Westbo, Jr.
wakelyn [at] pinn.net                                            N. T. Wakelyn
grinch [at] rahul.net                                            Mark Gingrich
vpn [at] ricochet.net                                          V Pascal Nelson
tomhob [at] ris.net                                                  Tom Hobby
dmeade [at] slip.net                                               David Meade
mhattey [at] fdeltd.win-uk.net                           Michael Andrew Hattey
tplatt [at] starlight.win-uk.net                     Terence Christopher Platt
lustrup [at] online.no                                             Jan Lustrup
david [at] home.net.nz                                            David Farrar
herr [at] acm.org                                                     Joe Herr
nospam [at] haar.ddns.org                                             Jan Haar
robert_stephens [at] eee.org                                Robert D. Stephens
robotech [at] eyrie.org                                 Christopher E. Meadows
hfung [at] lerami.lerctr.org                                        Henry Fung
danco [at] pebble.org                                                 Dan Cook
ekaanhn [at] kkeka.ericsson.se                                  Anders Hansson
niklas.netz [at] swipnet.se                                        Niklas Netz
weileong [at] singnet.com.sg                                     Tan Wei Leong
sft [at] aegis1.demon.co.uk                                     Stephen Tonkin
martin [at] chalford.demon.co.uk                                 Martin Coburn
prh [at] essence.demon.co.uk                                    Peter Humphrey
Martin [at] nezumi.demon.co.uk                                Martin Tom Brown
graham [at] oakside.demon.co.uk                               Graham Warrellow
ian [at] soliton.demon.co.uk                                       Ian Cargill
Voting [at] valdena.demon.co.uk                                            AST
Chrish [at] easynet.co.uk                                          Chris Heapy
nir [at] easynet.co.uk                                            Nir Leuchter
rljones [at] netcomuk.co.uk                                      Richard Jones

Voted NO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
calabres [at] chass.utoronto.ca                                    T.Calabrese
Blandp1 [at] aol.com                                      Philip J. Blanda III
jrm [at] best.com                                        John R. MacWilliamson
stainles [at] bga.com                                             Dwight Brown
bob [at] flaminio.com                                             Bob Flaminio
olav [at] viking.mv.com                                        Olav Nieuwejaar
steiners [at] primenet.com                                       Jason Steiner
naddy [at] mips.rhein-neckar.de                           Christian Weisgerber
dirk.gomez [at] sap-ag.de                                           Dirk Gomez
clp [at] alumni.caltech.edu                                   Chris L Peterson
y-pisan [at] nwu.edu                                               Yusuf Pisan
rick [at] bcm.tmc.edu                                           Richard Miller
pbern7 [at] earthlink.net                                       Paul Bernhardt
marquez [at] pacbell.net                                         Aaron Marquez

Abstained
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
desiegel [at] aol.com                                             D. E. Siegel
cdt [at] audiophile.com                                         Chris Trumbore
guymacon [at] deltanet.com                   [email protected] (Guy Macon)
curtis_whalen+usenet [at] geocities.com                 Curtis [Jewell] Whalen
chris [at] kzim.com                                Christopher Robin Zimmerman
mlewis [at] cerberus.swmed.edu                                 Matthew A Lewis
jlazio [at] patriot.net                                           Joseph Lazio

Invalid votes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harvey [at] connecti.com                                      Harvey Hollister
    ! Undeliverable address
catfish [at] wilhelp.com                                            CJ Carrell
    ! Undeliverable address
walker [at] fizzy.murdoch.edu                                    Elaine Walker
    ! Undeliverable address
PSrRPdOOAeFM [at] ican.net                            Roderick Darroch Elliott
    ! Undeliverable address


-- 
Neil Crellin, UVV 

From [email protected] Fri Jun  5 10:33:43 1998
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin 
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: RESULT: sci.astro.ccd-imaging passes 133:14
Followup-To: news.groups
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Supersedes: <[email protected]>
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Approved: [email protected]
Archive-Name: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 00:35:21 GMT
Lines: 250
Xref: news.isc.org news.announce.newgroups:10144 news.groups:286794 sci.astro:177683 sci.astro.amateur:115026

                                RESULT
        unmoderated group sci.astro.ccd-imaging passes 133:14

There were 133 YES votes and 14 NO votes, for a total of 147 valid
votes.  There were 7 abstentions and 4 invalid ballots.

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

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
sci.astro.ccd-imaging	Astronomical digital image capture and processing.

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 3 Jun 1998.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: B. Alex Pettit Jr. 
Votetaker: Neil Crellin 

RATIONALE: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

Astronomical digital imaging and processing is gaining interest among
amateur astronomers. This is due to its ability to effectively see
through night sky light pollution, its ability to provide high
quality images in less time than film photography, and the increasing
availability of less expensive hardware. The creation of a group for the
centralization of digital imaging information would encourage and
assist others in gaining understanding of this new technology.

While there are groups appropriate for the discussion of digital
astronomy imaging, there is currently no distinct location for this
information. The astronomy related newsgroups sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur have posting volumes exceeding 125 and 240 posts,
respectively, per day. The creation of this group would allow for the
focus of related postings (currently 5 to 15 per day) to be maintained
within this forum and apart from the diverse base of information in
the existing newsgroups.

CHARTER: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

The newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging would be used by those in the
astronomy field and hobby to discuss related topics in hardware and
software in digital imaging. This would include the techniques and
processes related to the acquisition of the digital data, and the
processing of that data into digital images or quantitative information.
CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is the current digital imaging technology,
but it is not intended that this be an imposed discussion topic
limitation.

Explicitly, it would not be the intended purpose of this newsgroup to
be a forum for the posting of image files, but references to their web
page links could be included. However, the posting of these image
links would be for educative and illustrative purposes only , with
information regarding the techniques used to derive and process them
included.

Commercial posts while not prohibited should be short and pertinent.

Binary postings would be prohibited.

END CHARTER.



sci.astro.ccd-imaging Final Voter list

Voted YES
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
reiki [at] corplink.com.au                                       Gary McKenzie
nrm [at] tusc.com.au                                           Nigel McFarlane
jasmine [at] fl.net.au                                          Jasmine Taylor
terryr [at] cs.mu.oz.au                                          Terry Robison
doctor [at] doctor.nl2k.ab.ca                                    Dave Yadallee
fbarret [at] ccs.carleton.ca                                  E.S.Fred Barrett
chriseb [at] nortel.ca                                          Chris Ebenezer
jimjr [at] fareway.on.ca                                              Jim Fare
PaulGitto [at] aol.com                                              Paul Gitto
kimdv [at] best.com                                               Kim DeVaughn
talon1 [at] bigfoot.com                                         Michael Quayle
BMH [at] bigpond.com                                              Bevan Harris
bitnik [at] bitnik.com                                        Richard Kowalski
jce [at] boone.com                                                   Joe Ennis
adam [at] channel1.com                                             Adam Albino
shay [at] controlmanagement.com                                   Shay Walters
gherbert [at] crl.com                                   George William Herbert
dgeorge [at] cyanogen.com                                    Douglas B. George
booda [at] datasync.com                                        Martin H. Booda
willp [at] dreamscape.com                                          Will Pierce
adriano [at] edmar-co.com                                    Adriano DeFreitas
bjv [at] herbison.com                                            B.J. Herbison
rubis [at] home.com                                              Randall Rubis
lcoe [at] phoenix.rsn.hp.com                                      Loren A. Coe
upton [at] austin.ibm.com                                           John Upton
jameswat [at] idirect.com                                           James Watt
kwenker [at] interaccess.com                                      Kevin Wenker
buehlerd [at] itsnet.com                                         David Buehler
kstrauss [at] legendcomm.com                                       Ken Strauss
william.carbone [at] lmco.com                                     Bill Carbone
rhrodieck [at] loop.com                                            Roy Rodieck
cipher [at] mindspring.com                                              Cipher
peking [at] mindspring.com                                            Pat King
johnb [at] regulus.mv.com                                       John Blackwell
ksjung [at] ix10.ix.netcom.com                                      Kevin Jung
rkuberek [at] ix.netcom.com                                                RCK
stevemot [at] ix.netcom.com                                       Steve Mottin
tom37 [at] ix.netcom.com                                           Tom Katzman
wa2ise [at] netcom.com                                            Robert Casey
dcasey [at] primenet.com                                           David Casey
jjd [at] primenet.com                                                Jim Davis
pcourno1 [at] nycap.rr.com                                      Paul Cournoyer
wmcclain [at] salamander.com                                   William McClain
clarkegraham [at] saltspring.com                                    Tom Graham
Lou.Laderman [at] SERX.COM                                   Louis N. Laderman
chris [at] skymap.com                                           Chris Marriott
stamper [at] stamper.com                                         Chris Stamper
Dave_Durant [at] vos.stratus.com                                   Dave Durant
pan [at] syix.com                                                          Pan
arielle [at] taronga.com                                    Stephanie da Silva
dreitman [at] teleport.com                                   Daniel R. Reitman
gossj [at] std.teradyne.com                                           Jay Goss
bert [at] rsvl.unisys.com                                           Bert Hyman
cgrimes [at] walldata.com                                          Chad Grimes
xanthian [at] well.com                                         Kent Paul Dolan
Ekkehard.Uthke [at] gmx.de                                      Ekkehard Uthke
aknoefel [at] Disi.Ddorf.Rhein-Ruhr.De                           Andre Knoefel
Stefan.Breuer2 [at] post.rwth-aachen.de                          Stefan Breuer
wilfried.wiehler [at] mch.sni.de                              Wilfried Wiehler
Gary.Suffield [at] t-online.de                                   Gary Suffield
bouvin [at] daimi.aau.dk                                     Niels Olof Bouvin
ht.ohlsen [at] ddf.dk                                    Hans-Henrik T. Ohlsen
mphelps [at] cfa.harvard.edu                                       Matt Phelps
lent [at] callisto.ee.nd.edu                                     Craig S. Lent
mark [at] zermatt-ra.swmed.edu                                    Mark Wessels
kmmontandon [at] ucdavis.edu                                    Kurt Montandon
frank [at] ucla.edu                                            Frank Henriquez
oliver [at] astro.ufl.edu                                       John P. Oliver
eric [at] marge.extlib.usu.edu                                     Eric Hawley
rufinus [at] mbe.ece.wisc.edu                                        J Rufinus
jshin [at] pantheon.yale.edu                                     Jungshik Shin
neastrom [at] arrakis.es                                         Eduardo Perez
Ramon.barber [at] vlc.servicom.es                                 Ramon Barber
koski [at] clinet.fi                                               Jorma Koski
franckey [at] imaginet.fr                                     Franckey Rougane
droege [at] fnal.gov                                                Tom Droege
mroz [at] lanl.gov                                                   Gene Mroz
HPBraeuning [at] lbl.gov                                      Harald Braeuning
David.I.Nakamoto [at] jpl.nasa.gov                           David I. Nakamoto
jpc [at] drum.msfc.nasa.gov                                    J. Porter Clark
gpaleo [at] ath.forthnet.gr                              G. N. Paleologopoulos
bozidar.benc [at] sb.tel.hr                                       Bozidar Benc
ariciputi [at] mbox.queen.it                                   Riciputi Andrea
mmarzano [at] rmnet.it                                        Marcello Marzano
wlawson [at] aa.net                                             William Lawson
sidlee [at] agt.net                                                    Sid Lee
bhill [at] arn.net                                               Robert L Hill
asterism [at] worldnet.att.net                                  Michael Toomey
hermperez [at] worldnet.att.net                                     Herm Perez
JUSTFORJESUS [at] postoffice.worldnet.att.net               Charles Gremillion
fred [at] eatel.net                                   Frederick J. Barnett Jr.
markwain [at] flash.net                                         Mark Wainright
jims [at] frontiernet.net                                        Jim Seidewand
ellis [at] ftel.net                                                 Rick Ellis
Daniel.Preineder [at] gmx.net                                 Daniel Preineder
smith77 [at] ibm.net                                             John C. Smith
iclark [at] infi.net                                                Ivan Clark
ebarnes [at] shore.intercom.net                                    Eric Barnes
apettit [at] magicnet.net                                    b. alex pettit jr
tscar [at] magicnet.net                                       Todd Scarborough
tc [at] Mcs.Net                                                    Thomas Cuny
csand [at] micron.net                                             Cal Sandfort
burt [at] netonecom.net                                             Burt Adsit
bfrost [at] nyx.net                                              Bonnell Frost
lenw [at] oz.net                                           Leonard Westbo, Jr.
wakelyn [at] pinn.net                                            N. T. Wakelyn
grinch [at] rahul.net                                            Mark Gingrich
vpn [at] ricochet.net                                          V Pascal Nelson
tomhob [at] ris.net                                                  Tom Hobby
dmeade [at] slip.net                                               David Meade
mhattey [at] fdeltd.win-uk.net                           Michael Andrew Hattey
tplatt [at] starlight.win-uk.net                     Terence Christopher Platt
lustrup [at] online.no                                             Jan Lustrup
david [at] home.net.nz                                            David Farrar
herr [at] acm.org                                                     Joe Herr
nospam [at] haar.ddns.org                                             Jan Haar
robert_stephens [at] eee.org                                Robert D. Stephens
robotech [at] eyrie.org                                 Christopher E. Meadows
hfung [at] lerami.lerctr.org                                        Henry Fung
danco [at] pebble.org                                                 Dan Cook
ekaanhn [at] kkeka.ericsson.se                                  Anders Hansson
niklas.netz [at] swipnet.se                                        Niklas Netz
weileong [at] singnet.com.sg                                     Tan Wei Leong
sft [at] aegis1.demon.co.uk                                     Stephen Tonkin
martin [at] chalford.demon.co.uk                                 Martin Coburn
prh [at] essence.demon.co.uk                                    Peter Humphrey
Martin [at] nezumi.demon.co.uk                                Martin Tom Brown
graham [at] oakside.demon.co.uk                               Graham Warrellow
ian [at] soliton.demon.co.uk                                       Ian Cargill
Voting [at] valdena.demon.co.uk                                            AST
Chrish [at] easynet.co.uk                                          Chris Heapy
nir [at] easynet.co.uk                                            Nir Leuchter
rljones [at] netcomuk.co.uk                                      Richard Jones

Voted NO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
calabres [at] chass.utoronto.ca                                    T.Calabrese
Blandp1 [at] aol.com                                      Philip J. Blanda III
jrm [at] best.com                                        John R. MacWilliamson
stainles [at] bga.com                                             Dwight Brown
bob [at] flaminio.com                                             Bob Flaminio
olav [at] viking.mv.com                                        Olav Nieuwejaar
steiners [at] primenet.com                                       Jason Steiner
naddy [at] mips.rhein-neckar.de                           Christian Weisgerber
dirk.gomez [at] sap-ag.de                                           Dirk Gomez
clp [at] alumni.caltech.edu                                   Chris L Peterson
y-pisan [at] nwu.edu                                               Yusuf Pisan
rick [at] bcm.tmc.edu                                           Richard Miller
pbern7 [at] earthlink.net                                       Paul Bernhardt
marquez [at] pacbell.net                                         Aaron Marquez

Abstained
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
desiegel [at] aol.com                                             D. E. Siegel
cdt [at] audiophile.com                                         Chris Trumbore
guymacon [at] deltanet.com                   [email protected] (Guy Macon)
curtis_whalen+usenet [at] geocities.com                 Curtis [Jewell] Whalen
chris [at] kzim.com                                Christopher Robin Zimmerman
mlewis [at] cerberus.swmed.edu                                 Matthew A Lewis
jlazio [at] patriot.net                                           Joseph Lazio

Invalid votes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harvey [at] connecti.com                                      Harvey Hollister
    ! Undeliverable address
catfish [at] wilhelp.com                                            CJ Carrell
    ! Undeliverable address
walker [at] fizzy.murdoch.edu                                    Elaine Walker
    ! Undeliverable address
PSrRPdOOAeFM [at] ican.net                            Roderick Darroch Elliott
    ! Undeliverable address


-- 
Neil Crellin, UVV 

From [email protected] Fri Jun  5 10:53:55 1998
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin 
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: RESULT: sci.astro.ccd-imaging passes 133:14
Followup-To: news.groups
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Supersedes: <[email protected]>
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Approved: [email protected]
Archive-Name: sci.astro.ccd-imaging
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 00:35:21 GMT
Lines: 250
Xref: news.isc.org news.announce.newgroups:10154 news.groups:286808 sci.astro:177689 sci.astro.amateur:115036

                                RESULT
        unmoderated group sci.astro.ccd-imaging passes 133:14

There were 133 YES votes and 14 NO votes, for a total of 147 valid
votes.  There were 7 abstentions and 4 invalid ballots.

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

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
sci.astro.ccd-imaging	Astronomical digital image capture and processing.

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 3 Jun 1998.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: B. Alex Pettit Jr. 
Votetaker: Neil Crellin 

RATIONALE: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

Astronomical digital imaging and processing is gaining interest among
amateur astronomers. This is due to its ability to effectively see
through night sky light pollution, its ability to provide high
quality images in less time than film photography, and the increasing
availability of less expensive hardware. The creation of a group for the
centralization of digital imaging information would encourage and
assist others in gaining understanding of this new technology.

While there are groups appropriate for the discussion of digital
astronomy imaging, there is currently no distinct location for this
information. The astronomy related newsgroups sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur have posting volumes exceeding 125 and 240 posts,
respectively, per day. The creation of this group would allow for the
focus of related postings (currently 5 to 15 per day) to be maintained
within this forum and apart from the diverse base of information in
the existing newsgroups.

CHARTER: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

The newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging would be used by those in the
astronomy field and hobby to discuss related topics in hardware and
software in digital imaging. This would include the techniques and
processes related to the acquisition of the digital data, and the
processing of that data into digital images or quantitative information.
CCD (Charge Coupled Device) is the current digital imaging technology,
but it is not intended that this be an imposed discussion topic
limitation.

Explicitly, it would not be the intended purpose of this newsgroup to
be a forum for the posting of image files, but references to their web
page links could be included. However, the posting of these image
links would be for educative and illustrative purposes only , with
information regarding the techniques used to derive and process them
included.

Commercial posts while not prohibited should be short and pertinent.

Binary postings would be prohibited.

END CHARTER.



sci.astro.ccd-imaging Final Voter list

Voted YES
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
reiki [at] corplink.com.au                                       Gary McKenzie
nrm [at] tusc.com.au                                           Nigel McFarlane
jasmine [at] fl.net.au                                          Jasmine Taylor
terryr [at] cs.mu.oz.au                                          Terry Robison
doctor [at] doctor.nl2k.ab.ca                                    Dave Yadallee
fbarret [at] ccs.carleton.ca                                  E.S.Fred Barrett
chriseb [at] nortel.ca                                          Chris Ebenezer
jimjr [at] fareway.on.ca                                              Jim Fare
PaulGitto [at] aol.com                                              Paul Gitto
kimdv [at] best.com                                               Kim DeVaughn
talon1 [at] bigfoot.com                                         Michael Quayle
BMH [at] bigpond.com                                              Bevan Harris
bitnik [at] bitnik.com                                        Richard Kowalski
jce [at] boone.com                                                   Joe Ennis
adam [at] channel1.com                                             Adam Albino
shay [at] controlmanagement.com                                   Shay Walters
gherbert [at] crl.com                                   George William Herbert
dgeorge [at] cyanogen.com                                    Douglas B. George
booda [at] datasync.com                                        Martin H. Booda
willp [at] dreamscape.com                                          Will Pierce
adriano [at] edmar-co.com                                    Adriano DeFreitas
bjv [at] herbison.com                                            B.J. Herbison
rubis [at] home.com                                              Randall Rubis
lcoe [at] phoenix.rsn.hp.com                                      Loren A. Coe
upton [at] austin.ibm.com                                           John Upton
jameswat [at] idirect.com                                           James Watt
kwenker [at] interaccess.com                                      Kevin Wenker
buehlerd [at] itsnet.com                                         David Buehler
kstrauss [at] legendcomm.com                                       Ken Strauss
william.carbone [at] lmco.com                                     Bill Carbone
rhrodieck [at] loop.com                                            Roy Rodieck
cipher [at] mindspring.com                                              Cipher
peking [at] mindspring.com                                            Pat King
johnb [at] regulus.mv.com                                       John Blackwell
ksjung [at] ix10.ix.netcom.com                                      Kevin Jung
rkuberek [at] ix.netcom.com                                                RCK
stevemot [at] ix.netcom.com                                       Steve Mottin
tom37 [at] ix.netcom.com                                           Tom Katzman
wa2ise [at] netcom.com                                            Robert Casey
dcasey [at] primenet.com                                           David Casey
jjd [at] primenet.com                                                Jim Davis
pcourno1 [at] nycap.rr.com                                      Paul Cournoyer
wmcclain [at] salamander.com                                   William McClain
clarkegraham [at] saltspring.com                                    Tom Graham
Lou.Laderman [at] SERX.COM                                   Louis N. Laderman
chris [at] skymap.com                                           Chris Marriott
stamper [at] stamper.com                                         Chris Stamper
Dave_Durant [at] vos.stratus.com                                   Dave Durant
pan [at] syix.com                                                          Pan
arielle [at] taronga.com                                    Stephanie da Silva
dreitman [at] teleport.com                                   Daniel R. Reitman
gossj [at] std.teradyne.com                                           Jay Goss
bert [at] rsvl.unisys.com                                           Bert Hyman
cgrimes [at] walldata.com                                          Chad Grimes
xanthian [at] well.com                                         Kent Paul Dolan
Ekkehard.Uthke [at] gmx.de                                      Ekkehard Uthke
aknoefel [at] Disi.Ddorf.Rhein-Ruhr.De                           Andre Knoefel
Stefan.Breuer2 [at] post.rwth-aachen.de                          Stefan Breuer
wilfried.wiehler [at] mch.sni.de                              Wilfried Wiehler
Gary.Suffield [at] t-online.de                                   Gary Suffield
bouvin [at] daimi.aau.dk                                     Niels Olof Bouvin
ht.ohlsen [at] ddf.dk                                    Hans-Henrik T. Ohlsen
mphelps [at] cfa.harvard.edu                                       Matt Phelps
lent [at] callisto.ee.nd.edu                                     Craig S. Lent
mark [at] zermatt-ra.swmed.edu                                    Mark Wessels
kmmontandon [at] ucdavis.edu                                    Kurt Montandon
frank [at] ucla.edu                                            Frank Henriquez
oliver [at] astro.ufl.edu                                       John P. Oliver
eric [at] marge.extlib.usu.edu                                     Eric Hawley
rufinus [at] mbe.ece.wisc.edu                                        J Rufinus
jshin [at] pantheon.yale.edu                                     Jungshik Shin
neastrom [at] arrakis.es                                         Eduardo Perez
Ramon.barber [at] vlc.servicom.es                                 Ramon Barber
koski [at] clinet.fi                                               Jorma Koski
franckey [at] imaginet.fr                                     Franckey Rougane
droege [at] fnal.gov                                                Tom Droege
mroz [at] lanl.gov                                                   Gene Mroz
HPBraeuning [at] lbl.gov                                      Harald Braeuning
David.I.Nakamoto [at] jpl.nasa.gov                           David I. Nakamoto
jpc [at] drum.msfc.nasa.gov                                    J. Porter Clark
gpaleo [at] ath.forthnet.gr                              G. N. Paleologopoulos
bozidar.benc [at] sb.tel.hr                                       Bozidar Benc
ariciputi [at] mbox.queen.it                                   Riciputi Andrea
mmarzano [at] rmnet.it                                        Marcello Marzano
wlawson [at] aa.net                                             William Lawson
sidlee [at] agt.net                                                    Sid Lee
bhill [at] arn.net                                               Robert L Hill
asterism [at] worldnet.att.net                                  Michael Toomey
hermperez [at] worldnet.att.net                                     Herm Perez
JUSTFORJESUS [at] postoffice.worldnet.att.net               Charles Gremillion
fred [at] eatel.net                                   Frederick J. Barnett Jr.
markwain [at] flash.net                                         Mark Wainright
jims [at] frontiernet.net                                        Jim Seidewand
ellis [at] ftel.net                                                 Rick Ellis
Daniel.Preineder [at] gmx.net                                 Daniel Preineder
smith77 [at] ibm.net                                             John C. Smith
iclark [at] infi.net                                                Ivan Clark
ebarnes [at] shore.intercom.net                                    Eric Barnes
apettit [at] magicnet.net                                    b. alex pettit jr
tscar [at] magicnet.net                                       Todd Scarborough
tc [at] Mcs.Net                                                    Thomas Cuny
csand [at] micron.net                                             Cal Sandfort
burt [at] netonecom.net                                             Burt Adsit
bfrost [at] nyx.net                                              Bonnell Frost
lenw [at] oz.net                                           Leonard Westbo, Jr.
wakelyn [at] pinn.net                                            N. T. Wakelyn
grinch [at] rahul.net                                            Mark Gingrich
vpn [at] ricochet.net                                          V Pascal Nelson
tomhob [at] ris.net                                                  Tom Hobby
dmeade [at] slip.net                                               David Meade
mhattey [at] fdeltd.win-uk.net                           Michael Andrew Hattey
tplatt [at] starlight.win-uk.net                     Terence Christopher Platt
lustrup [at] online.no                                             Jan Lustrup
david [at] home.net.nz                                            David Farrar
herr [at] acm.org                                                     Joe Herr
nospam [at] haar.ddns.org                                             Jan Haar
robert_stephens [at] eee.org                                Robert D. Stephens
robotech [at] eyrie.org                                 Christopher E. Meadows
hfung [at] lerami.lerctr.org                                        Henry Fung
danco [at] pebble.org                                                 Dan Cook
ekaanhn [at] kkeka.ericsson.se                                  Anders Hansson
niklas.netz [at] swipnet.se                                        Niklas Netz
weileong [at] singnet.com.sg                                     Tan Wei Leong
sft [at] aegis1.demon.co.uk                                     Stephen Tonkin
martin [at] chalford.demon.co.uk                                 Martin Coburn
prh [at] essence.demon.co.uk                                    Peter Humphrey
Martin [at] nezumi.demon.co.uk                                Martin Tom Brown
graham [at] oakside.demon.co.uk                               Graham Warrellow
ian [at] soliton.demon.co.uk                                       Ian Cargill
Voting [at] valdena.demon.co.uk                                            AST
Chrish [at] easynet.co.uk                                          Chris Heapy
nir [at] easynet.co.uk                                            Nir Leuchter
rljones [at] netcomuk.co.uk                                      Richard Jones

Voted NO
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calabres [at] chass.utoronto.ca                                    T.Calabrese
Blandp1 [at] aol.com                                      Philip J. Blanda III
jrm [at] best.com                                        John R. MacWilliamson
stainles [at] bga.com                                             Dwight Brown
bob [at] flaminio.com                                             Bob Flaminio
olav [at] viking.mv.com                                        Olav Nieuwejaar
steiners [at] primenet.com                                       Jason Steiner
naddy [at] mips.rhein-neckar.de                           Christian Weisgerber
dirk.gomez [at] sap-ag.de                                           Dirk Gomez
clp [at] alumni.caltech.edu                                   Chris L Peterson
y-pisan [at] nwu.edu                                               Yusuf Pisan
rick [at] bcm.tmc.edu                                           Richard Miller
pbern7 [at] earthlink.net                                       Paul Bernhardt
marquez [at] pacbell.net                                         Aaron Marquez

Abstained
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desiegel [at] aol.com                                             D. E. Siegel
cdt [at] audiophile.com                                         Chris Trumbore
guymacon [at] deltanet.com                   [email protected] (Guy Macon)
curtis_whalen+usenet [at] geocities.com                 Curtis [Jewell] Whalen
chris [at] kzim.com                                Christopher Robin Zimmerman
mlewis [at] cerberus.swmed.edu                                 Matthew A Lewis
jlazio [at] patriot.net                                           Joseph Lazio

Invalid votes
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Harvey [at] connecti.com                                      Harvey Hollister
    ! Undeliverable address
catfish [at] wilhelp.com                                            CJ Carrell
    ! Undeliverable address
walker [at] fizzy.murdoch.edu                                    Elaine Walker
    ! Undeliverable address
PSrRPdOOAeFM [at] ican.net                            Roderick Darroch Elliott
    ! Undeliverable address


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Neil Crellin, UVV