From [email protected] Fri Feb 4 16:17:17 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Elin Danien) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.archaeology,sci.anthropology,sci.environment,sci.geo.geology,sci.chem,sci.bio,sci.lang,sci.research Subject: RFD: sci.archaeology.mesoamerican Followup-To: news.groups Date: 4 Feb 1994 16:01:32 -0500 Organization: upenn.edu Lines: 87 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Message-ID:NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4566 news.groups:94268 sci.archaeology:8075 sci.anthropology:6319 sci.environment:40700 sci.geo.geology:8980 sci.chem:19165 sci.bio:17288 sci.lang:26086 sci.research:5387 Request for Discussion (RFD) of sci.archaeology.mesoamerican (unmoderated) sci.archaeology.mesoamerican The field of mesoamerican archaeology. Proposer(s):- Elin Danien ([email protected]) and Lachlan Cranswick ([email protected]) Please note that this proposed newsgroup is intended to be an open forum for discussion of archaeology. Thus relevant topics for this newsgroup should only be limited to what the participants in this proposed newsgroup regard as relevant. ------------------------------------------------ We propose a new unmoderated newsgroup called sci.archaeology.mesoamerican. The main aim of sci.archaeology.mesoamerican is to provide an open forum for the discussion of mesoamerican archaeology and related fields on the internet. Following a discussion and positive email response on sci.archaeology, there seems to be the support for this proposed newsgroup. (Could people reading this post mention it to colleagues who might be interested and benefit from a mesoamerican archaeology newsgroup but not normally use the internet newsgroups.) Proposed Name of Group --------------------------------------- sci.archaeology.mesoamerican (unmoderated) Purpose of New Newsgroup _______________________________-- The purpose of sci.archaeology.mesoamerican is to provide an open discussion forum for the mesoamerican archaeology community on the internet. The newsgroups allow the rapid and timely discussion of opinions and information that would take months or years (or not at all) on conventional paper journals. Topics for discussion would include :- ------------------------------------------------- Announcements of new excavations/discoveries/interpretations Cultures covered include, but are not limited to: Maya Aztec Toltec Zapotec Mixtec Olmec Teotihuacan Gulf Coast Also North American and South American cultures, including Inca, Moche, Inuit, etc., etc. Software Databases Hardware/Equipment - specs, opinions, etc Applications Techniques Announcements/reviews of papers/conferences General Discussion/opinions/questions Positions vacant Anything else that is relevant. ----------------------------------------------------- What is the Process of Creating a Newsgroup ----------------------------------------------------- >(a) RFD: Discussion, i.e., public hearing to take place in the newsgroup news.groups for approximately one month (b) CFV: Call for votes (the voting period will be about 25 days) (c) Counting of votes and public display of votes (d) Announcement of new newsgroup (a)-->(b) assumes no major disagreements about this newsgroup during discussion. (c)-->(d) assumes that the vote is favorable, i.e., Y> N+100 and Y> (2/3)(Y+N). Y being the number of YES votes, N being the number of NO votes for the creation of the proposed newsgroup. ============================================================== Please comment/criticise/suggest by followons to this post or email to:- Elin Danien ([email protected]) Lachlan Cranswick ([email protected]) From [email protected] Thu Mar 31 12:01:05 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.archaeology,sci.anthropology,sci.environment,sci.geo.geology,sci.chem,sci.bio,sci.lang,sci.research Subject: CFV: sci.archaeology.mesoamerican Followup-To: poster Date: 31 Mar 1994 11:12:48 -0500 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) Lines: 77 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Expires: 22 Apr 1994 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay's vote-taking alias) NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4865 news.groups:99583 sci.archaeology:9124 sci.anthropology:6863 sci.environment:42797 sci.geo.geology:10246 sci.chem:21132 sci.bio:18716 sci.lang:27299 sci.research:5745 FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group sci.archaeology.mesoamerican Newsgroups line: sci.archaeology.mesoamerican The field of mesoamerican archaeology. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 GMT, 21 April 1994. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact [email protected]. For questions about the proposed group contact Lachlan Cranswick . CHARTER The aim of sci.archaeology.mesoamerican is to provide an open discussion forum for the mesoamerican archaeology community on the internet. This newsgroup would allow rapid, timely and focussed discussions of opinions and information that would take months or years (or not at all) on conventional paper journals. Topics for discussion would include :- --------------------------------------- Announcements of new excavations/discoveries/interpretations Cultures covered include, but are not limited to: Maya, Aztec, Toltec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Olmec, Teotihuacan, Gulf Coast. Also North American and South American Cultures Inca, etc. Software Databases Hardware/Equipment - specs, opinions, etc. Applications Techniques Announcements/reviews of papers/conferences. General Discussion/opinions/questions. Positions vacant HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: [email protected] Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list, and if your newsreader honors the "reply-to" line. Double-check the address before sending your ballot. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on sci.archaeology.mesoamerican I vote NO on sci.archaeology.mesoamerican 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. Each person may vote only once, no matter how many accounts he or she may have. Also, only one ballot will be accepted from any account, no matter how many people may share it. If more than one vote is received >from any person or any account, only the last vote received will be counted. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list. All ballots received are kept in the UVV archives (including "cancelled" and invalid ballots). The vote files are made available to the moderator of news.announce.newgroups on request. They may also, at the discretion of the UVV, be made more widely available if there is a controversy concerning the vote. From [email protected] Tue Apr 19 17:48:53 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.archaeology,sci.anthropology,sci.environment,sci.geo.geology,sci.chem,sci.bio,sci.lang,sci.research Subject: 2nd CFV: sci.archaeology.mesoamerican Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 11 Apr 1994 23:30:17 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) Lines: 110 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Expires: 22 Apr 1994 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay's vote-taking alias) NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4930 news.groups:100427 sci.archaeology:9419 sci.anthropology:6953 sci.environment:43225 sci.geo.geology:10456 sci.chem:21501 sci.bio:18923 sci.lang:27423 sci.research:5800 LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group sci.archaeology.mesoamerican Newsgroups line: sci.archaeology.mesoamerican The field of mesoamerican archaeology. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 GMT, 21 April 1994. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact [email protected]. For questions about the proposed group contact Lachlan Cranswick . CHARTER The aim of sci.archaeology.mesoamerican is to provide an open discussion forum for the mesoamerican archaeology community on the internet. This newsgroup would allow rapid, timely and focussed discussions of opinions and information that would take months or years (or not at all) on conventional paper journals. Topics for discussion would include :- --------------------------------------- Announcements of new excavations/discoveries/interpretations Cultures covered include, but are not limited to: Maya, Aztec, Toltec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Olmec, Teotihuacan, Gulf Coast. Also North American and South American Cultures Inca, etc. Software Databases Hardware/Equipment - specs, opinions, etc. Applications Techniques Announcements/reviews of papers/conferences. General Discussion/opinions/questions. Positions vacant HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: [email protected] Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list, and if your newsreader honors the "reply-to" line. Double-check the address before sending your ballot. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on sci.archaeology.mesoamerican I vote NO on sci.archaeology.mesoamerican 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. Each person may vote only once, no matter how many accounts he or she may have. Also, only one ballot will be accepted from any account, no matter how many people may share it. If more than one vote is received >from any person or any account, only the last vote received will be counted. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list. All ballots received are kept in the UVV archives (including "cancelled" and invalid ballots). The vote files are made available to the moderator of news.announce.newgroups on request. They may also, at the discretion of the UVV, be made more widely available if there is a controversy concerning the vote. BOUNCES The following people have submitted valid ballots, but my acknowledgement EMail to them bounced. They need not revote. sci.archaeology.mesoamerican Bounce List ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected] Charles Hattendorf [email protected] [email protected] Mark E. Esposito INVALID VOTES The following people sent invalid ballots, and have not superseded them with valid ones. They must revote if they want their votes to be counted. Votes in error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected] Art Goodtimes ! No vote statement in message [email protected] Harmon Seaver ! No vote statement in message [email protected] Mark Cain ! No vote statement in message [email protected] [email protected] ! No vote statement in message [email protected] Stuart Pocknee ! No vote statement in message From [email protected] Mon Apr 25 14:16:25 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.archaeology,sci.anthropology,sci.environment,sci.geo.geology,sci.chem,sci.bio,sci.lang,sci.research Subject: RESULT: sci.archaeology.mesoamerican passes 141:15 Supersedes: Followup-To: news.groups Date: 22 Apr 1994 16:59:20 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) Lines: 242 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5003 news.groups:101664 sci.archaeology:9707 sci.anthropology:7091 sci.environment:43672 sci.geo.geology:10660 sci.chem:21901 sci.bio:19108 sci.lang:27678 sci.research:5860 RESULT unmoderated group sci.archaeology.mesoamerican passes 141:15 There were 141 YES votes and 15 NO votes, for a total of 156 valid votes. There was 1 abstain and 6 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. Voting closed at 23:59:59 GMT, 21 April 1994. This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Vote-taker's address: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay) Group proponent's address: [email protected] (Lachlan Cranswick) Newsgroups line: sci.archaeology.mesoamerican The field of mesoamerican archaeology. CHARTER (culled from the Call for Votes): The aim of sci.archaeology.mesoamerican is to provide an open discussion forum for the mesoamerican archaeology community on the internet. This newsgroup would allow rapid, timely and focussed discussions of opinions and information that would take months or years (or not at all) on conventional paper journals. Topics for discussion would include :- --------------------------------------- Announcements of new excavations/discoveries/interpretations Cultures covered include, but are not limited to: Maya, Aztec, Toltec, Zapotec, Mixtec, Olmec, Teotihuacan, Gulf Coast. Also North American and South American Cultures Inca, etc. Software Databases Hardware/Equipment - specs, opinions, etc. Applications Techniques Announcements/reviews of papers/conferences. General Discussion/opinions/questions. Positions vacant sci.archaeology.mesoamerican Final Vote Ack Voted Yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected] Michael J. Dollard [email protected] JESUS EUGENIO SANCHEZ PENA [email protected] M. Alan Overstreet [email protected] Al Wahrhaftig [email protected] K A Sturrock [email protected] Jason Lucas [email protected] Jim Ault [email protected] MA WAI KWAN [email protected] Ralf Baumeister [email protected] Brian Ampolsk [email protected] Bruce d. Scott [email protected] Soaring Bear [email protected] Bill Bereza [email protected] Bernard Casgrain [email protected] Broken Hill Proprietary [email protected] Bill Touchstone [email protected] NRB [email protected] Douglas P. Shannon [email protected] Beast of Eden [email protected] Brent Smith [email protected] 19922-B.T.LING(HOJ507)NONE [email protected] Aliza R. Panitz [email protected] Thomas Burglin [email protected] Russell Butek [email protected] David L. Carlson [email protected] Dr. Richard Cassin [email protected] CYNTHIA BENNETT AWE [email protected] Clarissa G Hoover [email protected] Claia Bryja [email protected] Chicca [email protected] Cindy Cooperider [email protected] Charles Hattendorf [email protected] [email protected] David Darryl Bibb [email protected] Dean Edwards [email protected] Dennis Wadsworth [email protected] Douglas John Mitchell [email protected] marc (m.) donovan [email protected] Doug Scofield [email protected] Daniel Rahman [email protected] Rebecca Drayer [email protected] David Rodgers [email protected] Doug Weller [email protected] Dr. Erica Golemis [email protected] Elin Danien [email protected] Eric Brunner [email protected] [email protected] Espen Kristensen [email protected] Faust [email protected] [email protected] Gene Blishen [email protected] Barbara Gifford [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Hernan Astudillo R. [email protected] Harmon Seaver [email protected] Jennifer D Alexander [email protected] Jamison Graff [email protected] James Alexander Chokey [email protected] John D\UAmato [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] J. Eric Townsend [email protected] Joseph Fortt [email protected] [email protected] James R McCown [email protected] Julia Carolyn Miller [email protected] [email protected] Joni J Rathbun [email protected] Hal Broome [email protected] Jason Ur [email protected] Jon Brinkmann [email protected] [email protected] Lawrence A Coon [email protected] Lachlan Cranswick [email protected] [email protected] Karen Lofstrom [email protected] Lou Sanchez-Chopitea lsvedin%[email protected] Svedin [email protected] Luke Higgins [email protected] Wilson Luther [email protected] Marcio Migueletto de Andrade [email protected] Mark Cain [email protected] Mark E. Esposito [email protected] Matthew Howard Robb [email protected] Hugh B. Maynard [email protected] Mark Beck [email protected] Brian McMillin [email protected] Mark Davies [email protected] Mark Hodges [email protected] Mike Jay [email protected] Bryan Miller [email protected] Michael J Kovacs [email protected] Michael Kalen Smith [email protected] Matt Smith [email protected] Mary Pax [email protected] Melissa Rhoads Warden [email protected] David Murray [email protected] [email protected] Nigel Allen [email protected] Patric M. McGuire 575-6899 msgid PMM [email protected] Christopher Pound [email protected] P. K. Powell [email protected] Pat Helton [email protected] Phil Scarr [email protected] Peter Selverstone [email protected] Michael J. Quinn [email protected] Gordon F. M. Rakita [email protected] Rachel Gaspers [email protected] Robert J. Older [email protected] Rick Owen [email protected] Robert Mark [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ronnie B. Kon [email protected] [email protected] Saul Tannenbaum [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Stephen Joseph Smith [email protected] sks [email protected] Marc D. Sorensen [email protected] Susan B. Peinado [email protected] Stuart Pocknee [email protected] Fazia Rizvi [email protected] JESUS THE SEA MONSTER [email protected] Noel S. McFerran [email protected] Steve Chrostowski [email protected] Lucille A Stiffler [email protected] Sascha Wildner [email protected] Todd D. Taft [email protected] Todd Fitzgibbon [email protected] Greg Trimper [email protected] Thomas Taggart [email protected] Vitoria Pablo n-2260 [email protected] Victor Paul Sparks [email protected] Christopher M. Conway wps%[email protected] W. P. Schaefer [email protected] [email protected] Dave Shariff Yadallee [email protected] Jim Yeats Voted No ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Paulo da Costa [email protected] Sean P. Ryan HD0022%[email protected] Chip Dunham [email protected] george m jacobs [email protected] John R. MacWilliamson [email protected] Falk Koenemann [email protected] [email protected] Miguel Farah F. [email protected] A. M. Mughal [email protected] Richard H. Miller [email protected] Marc Moorcroft [email protected] Dwight Brown [email protected] Ward F. Bush Abstained ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected] Maxime Taksar KC6ZPS Votes in error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected] ! No vote statement in message [email protected] Chambers, Richard W. ! No vote statement in message [email protected] Art Goodtimes ! No vote statement in message [email protected] Joe Sneed ! Conflicting votes [email protected] [email protected] ! No vote statement in message [email protected] JELIKO ! No vote statement in message
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