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Subject: RFD: comp.protocols.dicom
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Request For Discussion    RFD

Name: comp.protocols.dicom

Charter:

  The purpose of this group will be to discuss issues surrounding the
  American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturers
  (ACR-NEMA) standard for Digital Imaging and Communications in
  Medicine (DICOM). This standard represents the next step beyond the
  ACR-NEMA version 2 standard released in 1988.

  Postings will include information about progress of the development
  of the standard, and issues concerning implementation of the
  standard. Periodic postings will be made explaining how to obtain
  the latest versions of the available chapters, as well as
  information related to demonstrations of the standard at the RSNA meeting.

Moderated: No

Discussion Period: May 10, 1993 to June 6, 1993 (anticipated)

Call for Votes: Anticipated around June 6, 1993.

For off-line discussion concerning this RFD, please contact:

  [email protected]

  David S. Channin
  Department of Radiology
  Section of Radiologic Computing and Imaging Science
  Penn State University
  The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  P.O. Box 850
  Hershey, PA 17033
  (717) 531 - 5728

From [email protected] Fri Jun 11 15:53:35 1993
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Subject: CFV: comp.protocols.dicom
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Date: 11 Jun 1993 13:37:00 -0400
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                 CALL FOR VOTES --- NEW USENET GROUP

Name: comp.protocols.dicom

Charter:

The purpose of this group will be to discuss issues surrounding 
the American College of Radiology - National Electrical 
Manufacturers  (ACR-NEMA)  standard for Digital Imaging and 
Communications in Medicine (DICOM). This standard represents 
the next step beyond the ACR-NEMA version 2 standard released 
in 1988.

Postings will include information about progress of the development
of the standard, and issues concerning implementation  of the 
standard. Periodic postings will be made explaining how to obtain
the  latest versions of the available chapters, as well as information 
related to  demonstrations of the standard at the RSNA meeting.

This group will not be moderated.

If you are in favor of the creation of such a group, please send a message to:

       [email protected]
       
If you are opposed to the creation of such a group, please send a message to:

      [email protected]
      
The voting period will end on July 8, 1993 at midnight. Any votes
received after this time will not be counted. Any votes received at
other e-mail addresses will not be counted. 

Thank you very much.

For off-line discussion concerning this CFV, please contact:
   
   [email protected]
   
   David S. Channin
   Department of Radiology
   Section of Radiologic Computing and Imaging Science
   Penn State University
   The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
   P.O. Box 850
   Hershey, PA 17033
   (717) 531 - 5728

From [email protected] Mon Jun 28 09:30:55 1993
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From: [email protected] (David S. Channin)
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Subject: 2nd CFV and VOTE ACK: comp.protocols.dicom
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                       SECOND  CALL for VOTES:

Proposal: Creation of a new newsgroup: comp.protocols.dicom

The stated charter of the group is:
Charter:

The purpose of this group will be to discuss issues surrounding 
the American College of Radiology - National Electrical 
Manufacturers  (ACR-NEMA)  standard for Digital Imaging and 
Communications in Medicine (DICOM). This standard represents 
the next step beyond the ACR-NEMA version 2 standard released 
in 1988.

Postings will include information about progress of the development
of the standard, and issues concerning implementation  of the 
standard. Periodic postings will be made explaining how to obtain
the  latest versions of the available chapters, as well as information 
related to  demonstrations of the standard at the RSNA meeting.

This group will not be moderated.

If you are in favor of the creation of such a group, please send a message to:

       [email protected]

If you are opposed to the creation of such a group, please send a message to:

      [email protected]
      
The voting period will end on July 8, 1993 at midnight. Any votes
received after this time will not be counted. Any votes received at
other e-mail addresses will not be counted. 

Thank you very much.

For off-line discussion concerning this CFV, please contact:
   
   [email protected]
   
   David S. Channin
   Department of Radiology
   Section of Radiologic Computing and Imaging Science
   Penn State University
   The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
   P.O. Box 850
   Hershey, PA 17033
   (717) 531 - 5728
 
The following individuals have already voted:

"Cor Posch, Automatisering, AZUA - AMC, Amsterdam." 
"Eric J. Olson" 
"Fred Prior, Ph.D." 
"Gerald Q. Maguire" 
"Paul Picot" 
"Umberto Tachinardi, MD" 
[email protected]

Alan R. Bleier 
Alan Strassberg 
Allan Noordvyk 
Andrew Schmidt 
Andy Hewett 
Bill Bennett 
Bill Owens 
Brendan Forsyth 
Brian F Long 
Chet Mazur 
Dan Ritt 
Dan Ritt 
David Haynor 
Eric LaPresto 
Georg Schwarz 
Hedley Bond 
[email protected]
James Harrison 
[email protected] (John B. Weaver)
[email protected]
Keith Sklower 
Ken Krippner 
Khanh Ly 
Lutz Kleinholz 
Marc Moorcroft 
Mark Wofford 
Martin Ohly 
McBride_Brian/[email protected]
Merge Technologies Inc. 
Murray Nesbitt 
Paul Mockapetris 
Peter Hauke 
Peter Hauke 
RAY DEININGER 
Randolph Gladish 
Richard L. Morin Ph.D. 
[email protected]
[email protected] (TALLANTJ)
Trevor Cradduck 
Zenon Fortuna 
[email protected]  (Aninda Dasgupta)
[email protected] (Alexander P. Zijdenbos)
[email protected] (Keith M Andress)
[email protected] (Arne Nylund)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Lewis Berman)
[email protected] (Bill Bogstad)
[email protected] (Chassignet Philippe)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Clay Luther)
[email protected] (Chris Marble)
[email protected] (Bruce Curran)
[email protected] (David Clunie)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Carl F. Diegert)
[email protected] (Dirk Rode)
[email protected] (David S. Channin)
[email protected] (E   Setiawan)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Frank Ely)
[email protected] (Anthony Gargulak 5-4308)
[email protected] (Gary Bisaga)
[email protected] (Gerrit Visser)
[email protected] (Gerald J Creager)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Glenn McDonald)
[email protected] (Brennan Tennesen Price)
[email protected]
[email protected] (B.J.)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Joel Furr)
[email protected] (John W. Hoben)
[email protected] (Jonathan Kippenhan)
[email protected] (jan k.kaminski)
[email protected] (Jean-Luc Chatelain)
[email protected] (John Perser)
[email protected]
[email protected]@cs.umn.edu (Jose V. Pardo)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Kevin O'Donnell)
[email protected] (Sven Loncaric)
maj%[email protected] (Michael A Johnston)
[email protected]  (Mark C. Tucker)
[email protected] (MINDY NEMON)
[email protected] (Robert Mitchell)
[email protected] (Dimitris Mitrakos)
[email protected] (Manish Butte)
[email protected] (Nam Ji-Seung)
[email protected] (Leanne Taylor)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Charles Parisot 5-5857)
[email protected] (Patrick Haggard)
[email protected] (Andreas Ploeger)
[email protected] (Richard H. Miller)
rob horn 
[email protected] (Robert Day)
[email protected] (Hoen-oh Shin)
[email protected] (Joshua Blume)
[email protected] (Teri Sippel 5-5045)
[email protected] (Steve Moore)
[email protected] (Steve Lennon)
[email protected] (Steve Rogers)
[email protected] (Steve Rogers)
[email protected] (Stanley Guan)
[email protected]@cs.umn.edu (Steven Strother)
[email protected] (Alan Swire)
[email protected] (Guy Vezina)
[email protected] (Willy Brandsdorfer)
[email protected] (Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.)
[email protected] (Wes Rishel)
[email protected] (William E. Mihalo, PhD)

From [email protected] Mon Jul 12 13:23:38 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (David S. Channin)
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Subject: RESULT: comp.protocols.dicom passes 147:22
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Date: 9 Jul 1993 08:28:40 -0400
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                         RESULT: comp.protocols.dicom

 The voting for the proposed newsgroup comp.protocols.dicom was concluded at
 23:59 EST on 8 July 1993.
 
 169 valid votes were received:
 
   147 YES votes (in favor of creation)
     22  NO  votes (opposed to creation)
     
In accordance with tradition, there being at least 100 more yes votes
than no votes, and at least two-thirds of the votes being in favor,
the proposal for the creation of the newsgroup comp.protocol.dicom
PASSES.

Thank you to those who participated.

For off-line discussion concerning this vote, please contact:
  
  [email protected]
  
  David S. Channin
  Department of Radiology
  Section of Radiologic Computing and Imaging Science
  Penn State University
  The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  P.O. Box 850
  Hershey, PA 17033
  (717) 531 - 5728
  


YES votes:
 Zenon Fortuna 
 Khanh Ly 
 [email protected] (E   Setiawan)
 McBride_Brian/[email protected]
 [email protected]  (Aninda Dasgupta)
 Eric LaPresto 
 [email protected] (Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.)
 Andy Hewett 
 [email protected]
 "Gerald Q. Maguire" 
 [email protected] (Anthony Gargulak 5-4308)
 Andrew Schmidt 
 Randolph Gladish 
 [email protected] (Dirk Rode)
 [email protected] (William E. Mihalo, PhD)
 Chet Mazur 
 [email protected] (Manish Butte)
 [email protected]@cs.umn.edu (Steven Strother)
 "Fred Prior, Ph.D." 
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Kevin O'Donnell)
 David Haynor 
 [email protected] (Alan Swire)
 [email protected] (Andreas Ploeger)
 Alan R. Bleier 
 [email protected] (Gerald J Creager)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Glenn McDonald)
 [email protected] (John W. Hoben)
 [email protected] (Carl F. Diegert)
 [email protected] (Stanley Guan)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Leanne Taylor)
 [email protected] (Jonathan Kippenhan)
 [email protected] (Robert Day)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Teri Sippel 5-5045)
 [email protected] (Dimitris Mitrakos)
 Richard L. Morin Ph.D. 
 [email protected] (Steve Moore)
 [email protected]
 Ken Krippner 
 Peter Hauke 
 [email protected] (Joshua Blume)
 Dan Ritt 
 [email protected] (David Clunie)
 Paul Mockapetris 
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (jan k.kaminski)
 [email protected] (Charles Parisot 5-5857)
 RAY DEININGER 
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Wes Rishel)
 [email protected] (Alexander P. Zijdenbos)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (MINDY NEMON)
 [email protected] (Robert Mitchell)
 [email protected] (Patrick Haggard)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Chassignet Philippe)
 [email protected] (Arne Nylund)
 [email protected]  (Mark C. Tucker)
 [email protected] (Gary Bisaga)
 [email protected]
 "Umberto Tachinardi, MD" 
 [email protected] (Gerrit Visser)
 Hedley Bond 
 [email protected] (Jean-Luc Chatelain)
 [email protected] (Lewis Berman)
 "Paul Picot" 
 Brendan Forsyth 
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Clay Luther)
 [email protected] (John Perser)
 [email protected] (TALLANTJ)
 Trevor Cradduck 
 [email protected] (David S. Channin)
 Peter Hauke 
 [email protected] (Hoen-oh Shin)
 Allan Noordvyk 
 [email protected] (Nam Ji-Seung)
 Martin Ohly 
 [email protected]@cs.umn.edu (Jose V. Pardo)
 [email protected] (John B. Weaver)
 maj%[email protected] (Michael A Johnston)
 James Harrison 
 [email protected] (Sven Loncaric)
 [email protected] (Keith M Andress)
 
 rob horn 
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Bruce Curran)
 [email protected] (Steve Lennon)
 Alan Strassberg 
 [email protected]
 [email protected]
 Brian F Long 
 Lutz Kleinholz 
 Merge Technologies Inc. 
 [email protected] (B.J.)
 "Cor Posch, Automatisering, AZUA - AMC, Amsterdam." 
 Bill Bennett 
 [email protected] (Guy Vezina)
 Mark Wofford 
 [email protected] (Frank Ely)
 [email protected] (Brian Lind)
 Erik Strom 
 [email protected] (Betsy Zimmerman)
 [email protected] (Brian Madsen)
 [email protected] (hong chen)
 [email protected] (Jay Gaeta)
 Paul Hodgkinson 
 [email protected] (Khuzema Kaka)
 [email protected] (Bill Barbiaux x5-8283)
 "Allan G. Farman, PhD, MBA" 
 [email protected] (Bruce Barnett)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Rick Speer)
 [email protected] (Brendt Wohlberg)
 Michael Marrin 
 [email protected] (John Campbell)
 [email protected] (Eric Peterson)
 [email protected] (Gordon Bennett 253-7947)
 [email protected] (TALLANTJ)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Anthony Reynolds)
 [email protected] (Calvin Head)
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Emp. Nac. de Servicios Aereos)
 Nadim Yared 
 "Gordon A. Sterling" 
 Dr D J Harvey 92 
 [email protected] (Bruce Kall)
 [email protected] (Gary Diana)
 [email protected] (Gordon Bennett 253-7947)
 [email protected] (Peter Hillier)
 Trevor Cradduck 
 Xiaohua Xuan 
 [email protected] (David Hucaby)
 Eugene Lief 
 Hardcore Alaskan 
 D. Kris Rovell-Rixx 
 [email protected] (Bob Marino)
 Robert Nowotny 
 [email protected]
 [email protected] (Lawrence R. Tarbox)
 [email protected] (Alan Scales)

NO votes:
 L Jonas Olsson 
 [email protected] (Thomas X Jagodits)
 [email protected] (Dan Bourland)
 [email protected] (Julian Macassey)
 Shane Hartman 
 [email protected] (Malcolm Austin)
 [email protected] (Elliotte Harold)
 Tim Pierce 
 [email protected] (Steve Rogers)
 [email protected] (Chris Marble)
 [email protected] (Bill Bogstad)
 [email protected] (Richard H. Miller)
 Murray Nesbitt 
 [email protected] (Joel Furr)
 "Eric J. Olson" 
 Marc Moorcroft 
 Georg Schwarz 
 Bill Owens 
 [email protected] (Willy Brandsdorfer)
 [email protected] (Brennan Tennesen Price)
 [email protected] (Steve Rogers)
 Keith Sklower