From [email protected] Mon May 23 15:56:05 1994
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Jose H. Solorzano)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,soc.culture.latin-america,soc.culture.argentina,soc.culture.peru,soc.culture.chile,soc.culture.uruguay,soc.culture.colombia,soc.culture.venezuela,soc.culture.mexican
Subject: RFD: soc.culture.ecuador
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 20 May 1994 14:40:03 -0400
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
Lines: 135
Sender: [email protected]
Approved: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5115 news.groups:104413 soc.culture.latin-america:23550 soc.culture.argentina:4225 soc.culture.peru:2075 soc.culture.chile:5530 soc.culture.uruguay:405 soc.culture.colombia:158 soc.culture.venezuela:14956 soc.culture.mexican:22088

[English version; See below for the Spanish version]

This is a formal call for discussion (RFD) on the creation of the unmoderated
newsgroup called soc.culture.ecuador. 

NAME:           soc.culture.ecuador
    
CHARTER:        The purpose of the soc.culture.ecuador newsgroup is to 
                provide a place where people all over the world can meet 
                and exchange information and discuss issues about Ecuador.

                Although it is expected that most of the participants will 
                be ecuadorians and friends of Ecuador living at home or 
                abroad, everyone is welcome to participate.

                All topics of discussion relevant to Ecuador are appropriate. 
                Such as:
    
                - Ecuadorian political and social issues.
                - Ecuadorian literature, music, and art in general.
                - Ecuadorian history and geography.
                - Travel information.
                - Customs, traditions, food, etc.
                - Sports.
                - and much more...

LANGUAGES:      Primarily Spanish. English posts are also welcome, to 
                facilitate the exchange of information with non-Spanish 
                speakers.

BACKGROUND:     Several other countries in South America (i.e. Argentina, 
                Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) have already created, or 
                are in the process of creating, similar newsgroups.

                There is already a mailing list for people interested
                in Ecuador, EC-CHARLA.

                The intent is to create soc.culture.ecuador as an alternative 
                and, for some, more convenient vehicle to communicate about 
                Ecuador, so as to reach as wide a public as possible.

                The newsgroup will be gatewayed to the mailing list.
                The details of the operation of this newsgroup and it's
                relationship with the mailing list will be considered 
                during the discussion period.


RFD:            The RFD will be sent to the newsgroups news.groups,
                news.announce.newgroups, soc.culture.latin-america,
                soc.culture.argentina, soc.culture.chile, soc.culture.peru,
                soc.culture.uruguay, soc.culture.colombia,
                soc.culture.venezuela, soc.culture.mexican, and to the
                mailing list mentioned above.
                Follow-ups will be directed to news.groups, as per
                USENET guidelines.  
                The discussion period will last for one month, starting 
                from the moment this RFD appears. If there is agreement, 
                a Call for Votes will be issued then.



==========================================================================
[Version en castellano]

Este es un llamado a discusion sobre la creacion del grupo no moderado
dentro del sistema de "news" llamado soc.culture.ecuador.  

De acuerdo a las normas de creacion de newsgroups, la discusion debe 
realizarse en news.groups.

NOMBRE:         soc.culture.ecuador
    
MODERACION:     No moderado.
    

CONSTITUCION:   El proposito del newsgroup soc.culture.ecuador es 
                proveer un "Punto de Encuentro", en el cual gente de todos
                los continentes puedan reunirse e intercambiar informacion,
                ideas de vanguardia y discutir la posicion de Ecuador
                en el gran concierto mundial de la integracion cultural, 
                social, economica, tecnologica y humanistica. Y aunque
                se espera que la mayoria de los participantes sean ecuatorianos
                residentes en el pais o en el exterior, hacemos una cordial 
                invitacion a amigos de todos los paises del mundo.

                Todo tema de discusion relacionado a Ecuador sera bienvenido,
                entre otros :

                - Noticias nacionales.
                - Noticias internacionales y su relacion con Ecuador.
                - Informacion economico-financiera.
                - Discusiones de la socio-politica actual ecuatoriana.
                - Informacion humanistica: Literatura, musica y arte en 
                  general.
                - Historia y Geografia en general.
                - Informacion turistica.
                - Costumbres, tradiciones, comida, etc.
                - Deportes.
                - y otros mas ...

IDIOMAS:        Castellano, pero no exclusivamente. La participacion en ingles 
                es bienvenida y tambien de otros idiomas, para facilitar el 
                intercambio de informacion con personas de todas las latitudes.

HISTORIA:       Otros paises de America del Sur, como Argentina, Brasil, 
                Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, entre otros ya han creado y 
                continuan en el proceso de crear newsgroups similares.

                Cabe manifestar que como precedente, existe una lista de 
                correo electronico llamada EC-CHARLA.

                Nuestro objetivo de crear soc.culture.ecuador como un
                vehiculo alternativo -para muchos el mas conveniente-
                es con el fin de dialogar sobre Ecuador, alcanzando la
                mayor audiencia posible y por ende una rica mixtura de 
                ideas, sugerencias y cuestionamientos.
                Esperamos ofrecer un enlace entre el newsgroup y la lista
                EC-CHARLA.

RFD:            Esta RFD (peticion de discusion) ha sido enviada a los
                boletines news.groups, news.announce.newgroups,
                soc.culture.latin-america,soc.culture.argentina,
                soc.culture.chile, soc.culture.brazil, soc.culture.peru, 
                soc.culture.colombia soc.culture.uruguay, soc.culture.venezuela,
                soc.culture.usa, soc.culture.spain y a la lista EC-CHARLA.
                "Follow-ups" se dirigiran a news.groups, segun las
                directrices vigentes en USENET.  
                El periodo de discusion durara un mes, a partir del momento 
                en que aparezca esta RFD. Una vez emitido el acuerdo,
                en ese momento se publicara un llamado a Votacion.

PROPONENTES:    Galo Mejia ([email protected])
                Veronica Cabrera
                Jose Solorzano ([email protected])
                Ivan Ordon~ez  ([email protected])

From [email protected] (RonDippold) Wed Jun 29 16:04:06 1994
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,soc.culture.latin-america,soc.culture.argentina,soc.culture.brazil,soc.culture.uruguay,soc.culture.colombia,soc.culture.mexican,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.spain
Subject: CFV: soc.culture.ecuador
Followup-To: poster
Date: 29 Jun 1994 13:32:25 -0400
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Lines: 211
Sender: [email protected]
Approved: [email protected]
Expires: 30 Jul 1994 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: 
References: 
Reply-To: [email protected] (Ron Dippold Voting Alias)
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5301 news.groups:107449 soc.culture.latin-america:24694 soc.culture.argentina:5146 soc.culture.brazil:15227 soc.culture.uruguay:503 soc.culture.colombia:513 soc.culture.mexican:23361 soc.culture.usa:36394 soc.culture.spain:32232

		     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
		unmoderated group soc.culture.ecuador

[See below for the Spanish version:Al final version en Espanol]

Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.ecuador	The culture and people of Ecuador.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 29 July 1994.

After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to
the mailing lists [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected].

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only contact [email protected].  For questions about the
proposed group contact Galo Mejia 


CHARTER

The purpose of the soc.culture.ecuador newsgroup is to provide a place
where people all over the world can meet and exchange information and
discuss issues about Ecuador.

Although it is expected that most of the participants will be
ecuadorians and friends of Ecuador living at home or abroad, everyone
is welcome to participate.

All topics of discussion relevant to Ecuador are appropriate.  Such
as:
    
   - Ecuadorian political and social issues.
   - Ecuadorian literature, music, and art in general.
   - Ecuadorian history and geography.
   - Travel information.
   - Customs, traditions, food, etc.
   - Sports.
   - and much more...

LANGUAGES:      Primarily Spanish. English posts are also welcome, to 
                facilitate the exchange of information with non-Spanish 
                speakers.

BACKGROUND:     Several other countries in South America (i.e. Argentina, 
                Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) have already 
                created, or are in the process of creating, similar newsgroups.

                There is already a mailing list for people interested
                in Ecuador, EC-CHARLA.

                The intent is to create soc.culture.ecuador as an alternative 
                and, for some, more convenient vehicle to communicate about 
                Ecuador, so as to reach as wide a public as possible.

                The newsgroup will be gatewayed to the mailing list.
                The details of the operation of this newsgroup and it's
                relationship with the mailing list will be considered 
                during the discussion period.


HOW TO VOTE

Send MAIL to:   [email protected]
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.ecuador
      I vote NO on soc.culture.ecuador

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.


==========================================================================
[Version en castellano]

Este es un llamado a votacion sobre la creacion del grupo no moderado
dentro del sistema de "news" llamado soc.culture.ecuador.  

                 Empieza:     Miercoles, 29 de Junio, 1994.
                 Termina: 23:59:59 UTC, 29 July 1994.
                 Votos que se reciban antes o despues del periodo
                 oficial de votacion seran anulados.
                 Este llamado a votacion sera publicado.


- A donde enviar sus votacion:

        Quienes apoyan la creacion de soc.culture.ecuador
        -------------------------------------------------
        1. Envien su voto a: [email protected]

        2. En el cuerpo del mensaje debe decir (En Ingles):
                I vote YES for soc.culture.ecuador

        Quienes se oponen a la creacion de soc.culture.ecuador
        -------------------------------------------------------------
        1. Envien su voto a: [email protected]
                	
        2. En el cuerpo del mensaje debe decir (En Ingles):
                I vote NO for soc.culture.ecuador

- Note que si su mensaje es ambiguo, su voto sera anulado, pero Ud.
  sera notificado de su error, de manera que pueda re-enviarlo
  correctamente.

- Reglas para la votacion:
  - El sufraguio se lo realiza unicamente por medio de correo electronico.
    Votos enviados a listas o newsgroups no cuentan.
  - El voto es personal. No se puede votar por poder 
    o atravez de terceros. Usted debe tener su propia
    cuenta de correo (de universidad u otra institucion).
  - No se puede votar a travez de una lista. Cada miembro 
    de la lista debe votar individualmente.
  - Cada persona puede votar una sola vez, su voto contara
    en base a su direccion electronica.
    Si hay multiples votos de la misma direccion electronica,
    solo contaran como uno.
  - Los votos deben ser enviados dentro del periodo oficial de
    votacion.

---Proposed Charter for soc.culture.ecuador---

NAME:           soc.culture.ecuador
    
NOMBRE:         soc.culture.ecuador
    
MODERACION:     No moderado.
    

CONSTITUCION:   El proposito del newsgroup soc.culture.ecuador es 
                proveer un "Punto de Encuentro", en el cual gente de todos
                los continentes puedan reunirse e intercambiar informacion,
                ideas de vanguardia y discutir la posicion de Ecuador
                en el gran concierto mundial de la integracion cultural, 
                social, economica, tecnologica y humanistica. Y aunque
                se espera que la mayoria de los participantes sean ecuatorianos
                residentes en el pais o en el exterior, hacemos una cordial 
                invitacion a amigos de todos los paises del mundo.

                Todo tema de discusion relacionado a Ecuador sera bienvenido,
                entre otros :

                - Noticias nacionales.
                - Noticias internacionales y su relacion con Ecuador.
                - Informacion economico-financiera.
                - Discusiones de la socio-politica actual ecuatoriana.
                - Informacion humanistica: Literatura, musica y arte en 
                  general.
                - Historia y Geografia en general.
                - Informacion turistica.
                - Costumbres, tradiciones, comida, etc.
                - Deportes.
                - y otros mas ...

IDIOMAS:        Castellano, pero no exclusivamente. La participacion en ingles 
                es bienvenida y tambien de otros idiomas, para facilitar el 
                intercambio de informacion con personas de todas las latitudes.

HISTORIA:       Otros paises de America del Sur, como Argentina, Brasil, 
                Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, entre otros ya han creado y 
                continuan en el proceso de crear newsgroups similares.

                Cabe manifestar que como precedente, existe una lista de 
                correo electronico llamada EC-CHARLA.

                Nuestro objetivo de crear soc.culture.ecuador como un
                vehiculo alternativo -para muchos el mas conveniente-
                es con el fin de dialogar sobre Ecuador, alcanzando la
                mayor audiencia posible y por ende una rica mixtura de 
                ideas, sugerencias y cuestionamientos.
                Esperamos ofrecer un enlace entre el newsgroup y la lista
                EC-CHARLA.

CFV:            Este CFV (llamado a votacion) ha sido enviada a las
                siguientes listas de distribucion electronicas:

                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected],[email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]

                "Follow-ups" se dirigiran a news.groups, segun las
                directrices vigentes en USENET.  

PROPONENTES:    Galo Mejia ([email protected])
                Veronica Cabrera.
                Jose Solorzano ([email protected])
                Ivan Ordon~ez  ([email protected])

From [email protected] (RonDippold) Tue Jul 12 15:06:19 1994
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,soc.culture.latin-america,soc.culture.argentina,soc.culture.brazil,soc.culture.uruguay,soc.culture.colombia,soc.culture.mexican,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.spain
Subject: 2nd CFV: soc.culture.ecuador
Supersedes: 
Followup-To: poster
Date: 11 Jul 1994 23:47:39 -0400
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Lines: 232
Sender: [email protected]
Approved: [email protected]
Expires: 30 Jul 1994 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: 
References:  
Reply-To: [email protected] (Ron Dippold Voting Alias)
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5327 news.groups:108163 soc.culture.latin-america:25004 soc.culture.argentina:5500 soc.culture.brazil:16077 soc.culture.uruguay:527 soc.culture.colombia:639 soc.culture.mexican:23765 soc.culture.usa:36830 soc.culture.spain:33027

                     LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                unmoderated group soc.culture.ecuador

[See below for the Spanish version:Al final version en Espanol]

Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.ecuador     The culture and people of Ecuador.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 29 July 1994.

After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to
the mailing lists [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected].

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only contact [email protected].  For questions about the
proposed group contact Galo Mejia 


CHARTER

The purpose of the soc.culture.ecuador newsgroup is to provide a place
where people all over the world can meet and exchange information and
discuss issues about Ecuador.

Although it is expected that most of the participants will be
ecuadorians and friends of Ecuador living at home or abroad, everyone
is welcome to participate.

All topics of discussion relevant to Ecuador are appropriate.  Such
as:
    
   - Ecuadorian political and social issues.
   - Ecuadorian literature, music, and art in general.
   - Ecuadorian history and geography.
   - Travel information.
   - Customs, traditions, food, etc.
   - Sports.
   - and much more...

LANGUAGES:      Primarily Spanish. English posts are also welcome, to 
                facilitate the exchange of information with non-Spanish 
                speakers.

BACKGROUND:     Several other countries in South America (i.e. Argentina, 
                Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) have already 
                created, or are in the process of creating, similar newsgroups.

                There is already a mailing list for people interested
                in Ecuador, EC-CHARLA.

                The intent is to create soc.culture.ecuador as an alternative 
                and, for some, more convenient vehicle to communicate about 
                Ecuador, so as to reach as wide a public as possible.

                The newsgroup will be gatewayed to the mailing list.
                The details of the operation of this newsgroup and it's
                relationship with the mailing list will be considered 
                during the discussion period.


HOW TO VOTE

Send MAIL to:   [email protected]
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.ecuador
      I vote NO on soc.culture.ecuador

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.


==========================================================================
[Version en castellano]

Este es un llamado a votacion sobre la creacion del grupo no moderado
dentro del sistema de "news" llamado soc.culture.ecuador.  

                 Empieza:     Miercoles, 29 de Junio, 1994.
                 Termina: 23:59:59 UTC, 29 July 1994.
                 Votos que se reciban antes o despues del periodo
                 oficial de votacion seran anulados.
                 Este llamado a votacion sera publicado.


- A donde enviar sus votacion:

        Quienes apoyan la creacion de soc.culture.ecuador
        -------------------------------------------------
        1. Envien su voto a: [email protected]

        2. En el cuerpo del mensaje debe decir (En Ingles):
                I vote YES for soc.culture.ecuador

        Quienes se oponen a la creacion de soc.culture.ecuador
        -------------------------------------------------------------
        1. Envien su voto a: [email protected]
                        
        2. En el cuerpo del mensaje debe decir (En Ingles):
                I vote NO for soc.culture.ecuador

- Note que si su mensaje es ambiguo, su voto sera anulado, pero Ud.
  sera notificado de su error, de manera que pueda re-enviarlo
  correctamente.

- Reglas para la votacion:
  - El sufraguio se lo realiza unicamente por medio de correo electronico.
    Votos enviados a listas o newsgroups no cuentan.
  - El voto es personal. No se puede votar por poder 
    o atravez de terceros. Usted debe tener su propia
    cuenta de correo (de universidad u otra institucion).
  - No se puede votar a travez de una lista. Cada miembro 
    de la lista debe votar individualmente.
  - Cada persona puede votar una sola vez, su voto contara
    en base a su direccion electronica.
    Si hay multiples votos de la misma direccion electronica,
    solo contaran como uno.
  - Los votos deben ser enviados dentro del periodo oficial de
    votacion.

---Proposed Charter for soc.culture.ecuador---

NAME:           soc.culture.ecuador
    
NOMBRE:         soc.culture.ecuador
    
MODERACION:     No moderado.
    

CONSTITUCION:   El proposito del newsgroup soc.culture.ecuador es 
                proveer un "Punto de Encuentro", en el cual gente de todos
                los continentes puedan reunirse e intercambiar informacion,
                ideas de vanguardia y discutir la posicion de Ecuador
                en el gran concierto mundial de la integracion cultural, 
                social, economica, tecnologica y humanistica. Y aunque
                se espera que la mayoria de los participantes sean ecuatorianos
                residentes en el pais o en el exterior, hacemos una cordial 
                invitacion a amigos de todos los paises del mundo.

                Todo tema de discusion relacionado a Ecuador sera bienvenido,
                entre otros :

                - Noticias nacionales.
                - Noticias internacionales y su relacion con Ecuador.
                - Informacion economico-financiera.
                - Discusiones de la socio-politica actual ecuatoriana.
                - Informacion humanistica: Literatura, musica y arte en 
                  general.
                - Historia y Geografia en general.
                - Informacion turistica.
                - Costumbres, tradiciones, comida, etc.
                - Deportes.
                - y otros mas ...

IDIOMAS:        Castellano, pero no exclusivamente. La participacion en ingles 
                es bienvenida y tambien de otros idiomas, para facilitar el 
                intercambio de informacion con personas de todas las latitudes.

HISTORIA:       Otros paises de America del Sur, como Argentina, Brasil, 
                Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, entre otros ya han creado y 
                continuan en el proceso de crear newsgroups similares.

                Cabe manifestar que como precedente, existe una lista de 
                correo electronico llamada EC-CHARLA.

                Nuestro objetivo de crear soc.culture.ecuador como un
                vehiculo alternativo -para muchos el mas conveniente-
                es con el fin de dialogar sobre Ecuador, alcanzando la
                mayor audiencia posible y por ende una rica mixtura de 
                ideas, sugerencias y cuestionamientos.
                Esperamos ofrecer un enlace entre el newsgroup y la lista
                EC-CHARLA.

CFV:            Este CFV (llamado a votacion) ha sido enviada a las
                siguientes listas de distribucion electronicas:

                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected],[email protected]
                [email protected]
                [email protected]

                "Follow-ups" se dirigiran a news.groups, segun las
                directrices vigentes en USENET.  

PROPONENTES:    Galo Mejia ([email protected])
                Veronica Cabrera.
                Jose Solorzano ([email protected])
                Ivan Ordon~ez  ([email protected])



soc.culture.ecuador Bounce List - No need to revote
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acparker%hcsprod.UUCP                                         Andrew C. Parker
[email protected]                                   Jordi Bofill (CC Camins)
[email protected]                                            Carlos Heredia
[email protected]                                                
[email protected]                                        Diego X Castrillon V.
[email protected]                                                     
[email protected]                                       Diego Galeano
[email protected]                           Juan Carlos Flores Proyecto AP
[email protected]                                                
[email protected]                                       Miguel Cordero Diaz
[email protected]                              PAULINA WALMSLEY
[email protected]                                            Patricio Zamora
[email protected]                                  Orlando Soto Camarzo
[email protected]                                   Orlando Soto Camargo
[email protected]                                      SANDY SUAREZ
[email protected]                                            SOL PEREZ

From [email protected] (RonDippold) Mon Aug  1 12:51:57 1994
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,soc.culture.latin-america,soc.culture.argentina,soc.culture.brazil,soc.culture.uruguay,soc.culture.colombia,soc.culture.mexican,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.spain
Subject: RESULT: soc.culture.ecuador passes 424:21
Supersedes: 
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 1 Aug 1994 12:32:51 -0400
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Lines: 632
Sender: [email protected]
Approved: [email protected]
Message-ID: 
References:   
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5427 news.groups:110658 soc.culture.latin-america:25696 soc.culture.argentina:6029 soc.culture.brazil:17153 soc.culture.uruguay:583 soc.culture.colombia:783 soc.culture.mexican:24563 soc.culture.usa:38233 soc.culture.spain:34411

                               RESULT
	 unmoderated group soc.culture.ecuador passes 424:21

There were 424 YES votes and 21 NO votes, for a total of 445 valid votes. 
There were 2 abstains and 10 invalid ballots.

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

There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the moderator of
news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly thereafter.


[See below for the Spanish version:Al final version en Espanol]

Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.ecuador     The culture and people of Ecuador.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only contact [email protected].  For questions about the
proposed group contact Galo Mejia 


CHARTER

The purpose of the soc.culture.ecuador newsgroup is to provide a place
where people all over the world can meet and exchange information and
discuss issues about Ecuador.

Although it is expected that most of the participants will be
ecuadorians and friends of Ecuador living at home or abroad, everyone
is welcome to participate.

All topics of discussion relevant to Ecuador are appropriate.  Such
as:
    
   - Ecuadorian political and social issues.
   - Ecuadorian literature, music, and art in general.
   - Ecuadorian history and geography.
   - Travel information.
   - Customs, traditions, food, etc.
   - Sports.
   - and much more...

LANGUAGES:      Primarily Spanish. English posts are also welcome, to 
                facilitate the exchange of information with non-Spanish 
                speakers.

BACKGROUND:     Several other countries in South America (i.e. Argentina, 
                Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) have already 
                created, or are in the process of creating, similar newsgroups.

                There is already a mailing list for people interested
                in Ecuador, EC-CHARLA.

                The intent is to create soc.culture.ecuador as an alternative 
                and, for some, more convenient vehicle to communicate about 
                Ecuador, so as to reach as wide a public as possible.

                The newsgroup will be gatewayed to the mailing list.
                The details of the operation of this newsgroup and it's
                relationship with the mailing list will be considered 
                during the discussion period.


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[Version en castellano]


---Proposed Charter for soc.culture.ecuador---

NAME:           soc.culture.ecuador
    
NOMBRE:         soc.culture.ecuador
    
MODERACION:     No moderado.
    

CONSTITUCION:   El proposito del newsgroup soc.culture.ecuador es 
                proveer un "Punto de Encuentro", en el cual gente de todos
                los continentes puedan reunirse e intercambiar informacion,
                ideas de vanguardia y discutir la posicion de Ecuador
                en el gran concierto mundial de la integracion cultural, 
                social, economica, tecnologica y humanistica. Y aunque
                se espera que la mayoria de los participantes sean ecuatorianos
                residentes en el pais o en el exterior, hacemos una cordial 
                invitacion a amigos de todos los paises del mundo.

                Todo tema de discusion relacionado a Ecuador sera bienvenido,
                entre otros :

                - Noticias nacionales.
                - Noticias internacionales y su relacion con Ecuador.
                - Informacion economico-financiera.
                - Discusiones de la socio-politica actual ecuatoriana.
                - Informacion humanistica: Literatura, musica y arte en 
                  general.
                - Historia y Geografia en general.
                - Informacion turistica.
                - Costumbres, tradiciones, comida, etc.
                - Deportes.
                - y otros mas ...

IDIOMAS:        Castellano, pero no exclusivamente. La participacion en ingles 
                es bienvenida y tambien de otros idiomas, para facilitar el 
                intercambio de informacion con personas de todas las latitudes.

HISTORIA:       Otros paises de America del Sur, como Argentina, Brasil, 
                Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, entre otros ya han creado y 
                continuan en el proceso de crear newsgroups similares.

                Cabe manifestar que como precedente, existe una lista de 
                correo electronico llamada EC-CHARLA.

                Nuestro objetivo de crear soc.culture.ecuador como un
                vehiculo alternativo -para muchos el mas conveniente-
                es con el fin de dialogar sobre Ecuador, alcanzando la
                mayor audiencia posible y por ende una rica mixtura de 
                ideas, sugerencias y cuestionamientos.
                Esperamos ofrecer un enlace entre el newsgroup y la lista
                EC-CHARLA.

CFV:            Este CFV (llamado a votacion) ha sido enviada a las
                siguientes listas de distribucion electronicas:

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                "Follow-ups" se dirigiran a news.groups, segun las
                directrices vigentes en USENET.  

PROPONENTES:    Galo Mejia ([email protected])
                Veronica Cabrera.
                Jose Solorzano ([email protected])
                Ivan Ordon~ez  ([email protected])



soc.culture.ecuador Final Vote Ack

Voted Yes
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[email protected]                                           Ivan Portilla
[email protected]                                      DIEGO GAVILANES
[email protected]                                Consuelo Duque-Lopez
[email protected]                            Jaime Monsalve - Salazar
[email protected]                             Luz Miryah Correa Gomez
@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu:[email protected]                           HERNAN%XRAY
[email protected]                                                         
[email protected]                               Alma Iridia Barranco Mendoza
[email protected]                                          Abraham Alvarez
[email protected]                                     Arnold Bleicher
[email protected]                                                     James Redin
[email protected]                                               Alan Cibils
[email protected]                                                            
acparker%hcsprod.UUCP                                         Andrew C. Parker
[email protected]                                                  Adriana
[email protected]                                             a.e.mossberg
[email protected]                              Alejandro J. Gallard
[email protected]                                   ALFONSO GASTANADUY
[email protected]                                         Scott Wilson
[email protected]                                         Fausto Miranda
[email protected]                                       est. Abel Jarrin
[email protected]                                       Alfonso Leon G. - FIE
[email protected]                                       Alfredo Olivero
[email protected]                                                  Alfredo Gomez
[email protected]                                          Alex H. McKenzie
[email protected]                                     Anibal Monsalve Salazar
[email protected]                                       Ana Maria Arumi
[email protected]                                                                
[email protected]                                        Alvaro Rendon Gallon
[email protected]                                           zighelboim ari
[email protected]                                         M A Lopez
[email protected]                                                    Jim Ault
[email protected]                                                    
[email protected]                                                    Akemi Ueki
Azcoaga(postmast)@apinep.edu.ar                                Juan E. Azcoaga
[email protected]             Ana Beatrice Franco Cuervo
BARBAT%[email protected]                                                   
[email protected]                                             alex barbat
[email protected]                                       Barberis Diego
[email protected]                                                Bruce Baumann
[email protected]                             Sergio Bazoberry
[email protected]                              Oriol Caselles Magallon
[email protected]                                              Brian D. Carlstrom
[email protected]                                           Andres  Bernal
[email protected]                                         Bjorn-Kare Nilssen
[email protected]                                         Bryan K Lathrop
[email protected]                                             MajorBBS: Shepherd
[email protected]                                 Douglas P. Shannon
[email protected]                                                  Bob Katzoff
[email protected]                                   Jordi Bofill (CC Camins)
[email protected]                            Bruce Mannheim
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B_CASELLES%[email protected]                                               
[email protected]                                   Steven Crandell
[email protected]                      Carlos E. Cacoa (Non-ECE)
[email protected]                                           Xiaolong Cai
[email protected]                                  Lourdes Calderon Palacios
[email protected]                                          ROBERTO CALVO
[email protected]                                           Eduardo Calvo KRR VSP
[email protected]                                      Carlos Li
[email protected]                                                Carlos Morillo
[email protected]                                           Carlos Tapia
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[email protected]                                              Carlos A. Sin
[email protected]                                          Dr. Richard Cassin
[email protected]                                            Alberto Castillo
[email protected]                                 Sergio Adeff
[email protected]                                   est. Carlos Cordova
[email protected]                                                David Cedeno
[email protected]                                                Robert Cerpa
[email protected]                                            Cesar Munoz
[email protected]                                     Nancy CEVALLOS RIVAS
[email protected]                                           Robert Whittenbarger
[email protected]                                      est. Cesar Garcia
[email protected]                                            Carlos Heredia
[email protected]                                                
[email protected]                                       Jaime E. Cisneros V.
[email protected]                                       Alberto Valderruten Vidal
[email protected]                                Consuelo M Kong
[email protected]                                               Carlos Marin
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[email protected]                                              Ramon Codina
[email protected]                     Maria Victoria Cortes Rodriguez
COV90133%[email protected]           Ing. patrick townsend Valencia 
[email protected]                                 est. Cecilia Pazmi~no
[email protected]                                 Carlos Sanchez Tarnawiecki
[email protected]                                              N D Ghaznavi
[email protected]                                 Juan Carlos Dangond
[email protected]                                      Daniel Tartakovsky
[email protected]                                  David PRUCHA
[email protected]                                                Dale Bricker
[email protected]                                           David Caloguerea
[email protected]                                                  Dean Edwards
[email protected]                           Jesus del Valle
[email protected]                                     Angel R. Deras
[email protected]                                        DEREK GATHERER
[email protected]                               Dario Hidalgo
[email protected]                                        Diego X Castrillon V.
[email protected]                              Nelson Molinares Amaya
[email protected]                                                Matt Donath
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[email protected]                                   David W. Prince
[email protected]                                       David Romo
[email protected]                                             Orlando Soto
[email protected]                                 Arantza Ugalde Aguirre
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[email protected]                                          Patricioooo
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[email protected]                                              Efren Maldonado
[email protected]                             Emerson Gutierrez M.
[email protected]                                     Roberto Castro
[email protected]                                            carlos elias
[email protected]                                                      Ed Taychert
[email protected]                                  Julie K. Stahlhut
[email protected]                                      Evan Engwall
[email protected]                                Erdwing Coronado
[email protected]                                     Daisy Espinosa
[email protected]                                    Walter Espinoza
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[email protected]                                Eugenia Villamarin
[email protected]                                  EUGENIO JARAMILLO
[email protected]                                       Elmer Valderrama
[email protected]                                               Fabian Rodriguez
[email protected]                                        Jorge E. Fajardo
[email protected]                               est. Francisco Arellano
[email protected]                                 Felix Baldera
[email protected]                                    FERNANDO CORDERO CUEVA
FEDERICO%[email protected]                     CIVE::FEDERICO
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[email protected]                                        Jere Bruner
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[email protected]                              Felix Mosquera - FIE(871476)
[email protected]                                       Escola do Futuro
[email protected]                                           OTTO
[email protected]                                   Gabriel Montenegro
[email protected]                                               Diego Gachet
[email protected]                                     Nelson Galeano
[email protected]                                           Pedro Muino
[email protected]                                                  Omar Galloso
[email protected]                                     Diego P Gangotena
[email protected]                                         German Antonio Romo
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[email protected]                             Geovanny Calles - FIE(870410)
[email protected]                                                   Greg Renzelman
[email protected]                                         Gioconda Perez-snyder
[email protected]                                                       LUIS
[email protected]                               German Moreno Ospina
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[email protected]                                                   Gil Neiger
[email protected]                                         guillermo a levy
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[email protected]                                           Karma
[email protected]                               Arcesio Lizcano
[email protected]                                   Juan Gonzalez
[email protected]                             GUILLERMO O. TORRES LEMMI
[email protected]                                    Giancarlo Soler
[email protected]                                 Henry Guzman
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[email protected]                                        Hernan Kleinman
[email protected]                                              Henrik Roseno
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[email protected]                                         Hector A. Tissera
[email protected]                                       Helida Tobon Gonzalez
[email protected]                                    Allison Hughes-Maldonado
[email protected]                                   Stefan Hummel (Germany)
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[email protected]                                Diego Galeano
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[email protected]                                             Rodrigo Ibanez M.
[email protected]                                         Jorge Andrade
[email protected]                                           Irfan Kashmiri
[email protected]                                Ivan Ordonez
[email protected]                                       est. Ivette Rojas
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[email protected]                     Jose Iturri - Antonia Angulo
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[email protected]                                      Jaime Gomezjurado
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[email protected]                                 Erik Janowsky
[email protected]                                             Jesus M. Beltran
[email protected]                                   Jorge Chan-Lau
[email protected]                                             ARAGON, JAN C
[email protected]                                            Jose Camacho
[email protected]                             James Alexander Chokey
[email protected]                                         Jaime Dalgo
[email protected]                                         Jorge Luis Delgado
[email protected]                                          Jorge E. Latorre
[email protected]                           Juan Carlos Flores Proyecto AP
[email protected]                                          Joseph Fortt
[email protected]                              Jaime A. Garcia
[email protected]                                         Jaime E Garces
[email protected]                                                John Hillman
[email protected]                                         Jose H. Solorzano
[email protected]                                                   John K Muir
[email protected]                                           Juan Carlos Leon
[email protected]                           JAIME LOPEZ-TORRES MATALLANA
[email protected]                                               Jose M. daLuz
[email protected]                                         Jos! Luis Nath Nieto
[email protected]                                            Joseph L. Todd
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[email protected]                                    Jorge Goicochea
[email protected]                                             Jorge Angel
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[email protected]                  Jose A. Casado, Univ. Santiago de Compostela
[email protected]                                  Jane 'J-ko' Patterson
[email protected]                             Jean-Pierre Trevisani
[email protected]                                     Jeffrey S. L. Andrews
[email protected]                                           Jose Suarez
[email protected]                  Juan Carlos Barroux R. - SunService
[email protected]                                            Juan Bergelund
[email protected]                                               Juan Parra
[email protected]                                              Jose Vazquez
[email protected]                                            Jaime Murillo
[email protected]                                                  Jose Laredo
[email protected]                                        Emely Katz (MCOM)
[email protected]                                               Kerry Ann Bebee
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[email protected]                                         Kirk L. Duffin
[email protected]                                             Kevin Opstrup
[email protected]                                        Martin Schroeder
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[email protected]                                            Juan Perla
[email protected]                                                Andy McIntyre
[email protected]                                                 linda belote
[email protected]                                     Luis Eduardo Chavez Mairena
[email protected]                                         Leah Karama Eaves
[email protected]                                       Luis Fierro
[email protected]                                               luis freire
[email protected]                                           Luis Gallegos
[email protected]                                      Luis H. Rodriguez
[email protected]                                         Liliana Sanchez
[email protected]                                           navarrete_lis
[email protected]                                       Elizabeth Levy
[email protected]                                          Delia Maria Ramirez
[email protected]                                         Roberto Chau
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[email protected]                           Monica Lopez de Ortiz
[email protected]                                        Nancy Loucas
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[email protected]                                            Luis Pasco
[email protected]                                         L. Romero
[email protected]                                         Luis A. Bastidas
[email protected]                                              Lynn Hirschkind
[email protected]                                            Ivan Maldonado
[email protected]                                  Manuel Martinezmorales
[email protected]                                          Marc Becker
[email protected]                                      Marco A Concha
[email protected]                                      Marco Torres
[email protected]                                MARIA SOLORZANO
[email protected]                                Martha L. Escobar-Molano
[email protected]                                             Martin Zurn
[email protected]                                             Martin Olivera
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[email protected]                                      Matthew Freedman
[email protected]                       Ruben A Mazzulla +1 708 979 6997
[email protected]                                        est. Marco Cando
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[email protected]                                       Miguel Cordero Diaz
[email protected]                                               Manuel Dermer
[email protected]                                          Adelardo de MEDEIROS
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[email protected]                                               Michiel van Loon
[email protected]                               Maria C Garcia
[email protected]                             Melvin Guevara - FIE(882845)
[email protected]                                  Jose Maria Horrillo
MIRAMBELL%[email protected]                                                
[email protected]                                    Enrique Mirambell
[email protected]                                               Margarita Lacabe
[email protected]                                  LEON-PRADO ALADZEME MARIO
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[email protected]                                      Carlos T Monsalve
[email protected]                                              Michael Montwill
[email protected]                                                 Don Moore
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[email protected]                                      Dr. M. Penaloza
[email protected]                                      Marcelo Serrano
[email protected]                                          Maria Redin
[email protected]                                  Mark A. Thomson
[email protected]                                          Marcelo Villacres
[email protected]                                 michael william scott
M_ABDESLAM%[email protected]                                               
M_BOHORQUEZ%[email protected]                                              
M_CORREAL%[email protected]                                                
M_HORRILLO%[email protected]                                               
M_POLO%[email protected]                                                   
M_PONS%[email protected]                                                   
[email protected]                          Nelson Chaparro-Villamizar
[email protected]                                            Natali Arias
[email protected]                                       Oscar Naviliat
[email protected]                                                  Nigel D. Allen
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[email protected]                                              Robert Nothaft
[email protected]                                 Oscar Alzate
[email protected]                                                     Oscar
[email protected]                                        Alfredo Olmos (charry)
[email protected]                                 Oscar E. Masaveu
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[email protected]                                                Syukyo Segawa
[email protected]                                        Patricia Andrade
[email protected]                                              Spring 93
[email protected]                              PAULINA WALMSLEY
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[email protected]                                est. Patricio Carrillo
[email protected]                                                Pablo Coronel
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[email protected]                                     JOHN E. SIMMONS
[email protected]                                          Juan Pereira
[email protected]                                            Patricia Gomez
[email protected]                                   est. Hanan Rodriguez
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[email protected]                                           Walter Pineda
[email protected]                                                  Petteri Karna
[email protected]                                      Fernando Proano
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[email protected]                                            Patricio Zamora
[email protected]                                   Michael J. Quinn
[email protected]                                      scott beck
[email protected]                                    Oscar Pedro Agurto Hoyos
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[email protected]                                       Rafael E Herrera-bendezu
[email protected]                              Ramon F Herrera
[email protected]                                      Joanne Rappaport
[email protected]                                    est. Rosa Bolan~os
[email protected]                                        Ricardo Cardenas
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[email protected]                                          Jimmy Rendon
[email protected]                                    est. Rocio Hermosa
[email protected]                                   RIVERA ESCOBAR  MILKO
[email protected]                           RIVERA ESCOBAR  DIEGO YEHUDI
[email protected]                                          Rodolfo A. Levy
[email protected]                                   Orlando Soto Camargo
[email protected]                       Renato M Fernandez, Jr +1 614 860 6510
[email protected]                                              Ruben M. Huerta
[email protected]                                                  Ruth M. Sylte
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[email protected]                                     Gustavo A Robleto
[email protected]                                              Raul O Castillo
[email protected]                                            Rodrigo Gallegos
[email protected]                                 Roger Z. Rios-Mercado
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[email protected]                                          Rosana N. Pazmino
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[email protected]                                        Ray Ravelo
[email protected]                                            rauli susmel
[email protected]                                                Ruben Tapia
[email protected]                                           Rachel J. Tolen
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[email protected]                                       Ruben Krasnopolsky
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[email protected]                                             Darlene Runyon
[email protected]                              Rosa I Vazquez
[email protected]                    Juan Carlos Salcedo Lievano
[email protected]                                    Roland SIEBERT
[email protected]                              Fanny Esther Gomez
[email protected]                                                     Steve Cisler
[email protected]                            Jean-Christophe SAKDAVONG
[email protected]                                      Sheryl C Salazar
[email protected]                                              Nestor
[email protected]                             Pedro-Ivan Sanchez
[email protected]                                      SANDY SUAREZ
[email protected]                                   SARASON  YOLANDA A
[email protected]                      Stuart Alexander Rockefeller
[email protected]                                              ss55
[email protected]                     Mathias Schwark
[email protected]                                           Setzler
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[email protected]                                      SUSAN M. WARNER
[email protected]                                            SOL PEREZ
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[email protected]                                              Stan Osborne
[email protected]                                   Stiwar Nun~ez Andrade
[email protected]                                  Ana Maria TALAVERA
[email protected]                                   Teresa Narvaez
[email protected]                                     Barry Thatcher
[email protected]                                             Jose Townsend
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[email protected]                                       Urbano JAIMES
[email protected]                                     David Murray Ross
[email protected]                    Universidad de San Buenaventura
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[email protected]                                       Mario Botero
[email protected]                                          Ramiro Menuel Valencia
[email protected]                                  Pranas A. Vallecilla
[email protected]                                         Miguel Vargas
[email protected]                                 Jose E Vasquez-Guzman
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[email protected]                                        Veronica Pang
[email protected]                                                 velasque
[email protected]                        Veronica Ruiz de Castilla
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[email protected]                             Vinicio Raul Ayala Cevallos
[email protected]                                            Vinio Floris
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[email protected]                                  Victor J Mora
[email protected]                                                  vicente
[email protected]                                                     Wilhelm Buehler
[email protected]                                            Walter Garcia-Fontes
[email protected]                                     Joy Willinger
[email protected]                                                 Bill Taffe
[email protected]                                       David A. Gutierrez
[email protected]                                           Walter Molano
[email protected]                                        Michael Worring
[email protected]                                               Yanik Crepeau
[email protected]                                      Ysabel Baradlay
[email protected]                                    est. Yury Barahona
[email protected]                                          Yenny Eguigure
[email protected]                                            CHRISTIAN YOUNG
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Voted No
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[email protected]                         Stefan Antersberger
[email protected]                                           arthur blair
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[email protected]                                               Christopher Ward
[email protected]                                                     Edward Bertsch
[email protected]                                         Thomas Chung
[email protected]                       Freddy Sempertegui Villazon
[email protected]                                  Sean P. Ryan
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[email protected]                                     John R. MacWilliamson
[email protected]                                              Kari E. Hurtta
[email protected]                                          Paul Kline
[email protected]                                   David A. Kosower
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[email protected]                                           Miguel Farah F.
[email protected]                                          Maxime Taksar KC6ZPS
[email protected]                                           Ryan Waldron
[email protected]                                             Richard H. Miller
[email protected]                                         Smarasderagd
[email protected]                                                  Dwight Brown
[email protected]                                        Ward F. Bush

Abstained
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[email protected]                                   mary-frances  jagod
[email protected]                                            Ken de Veaux


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[email protected]                                Administrador del Sistema
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[email protected]                 Jose Portolatis Arias Rodrigez
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[email protected]                                  Liming Chen
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[email protected]                         Administrador de apinep.edu.ar 
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[email protected]                                          Jaime Garces
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[email protected]                                           Administracion PUCE
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[email protected]                                           Ing.Rodrigo Gallegos
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