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From: [email protected] (Sundara Pandian)
Subject: RFD: soc.culture.tamil
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R.F.D. : soc.culture.tamil
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Status : Unmoderated
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SO FAR : About one year ago, an attempt was made to set up a
newsgroup focusing Dravidian culture and the living Dravidian
languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tulu. It was
unsuccessful due to a large opposition from people with some
misconceived notions. Early in April a newsgroup alt.culture.tamil
was formed without voting . This newsgroup has attracted very
respectable postings including those from professors and students of
various universities. Many new readers continue to express
their interest in the same newsgroup .But, many people do not
get "alt.---" newsgroups and therefore do not get alt.culture.
tamil. The 180+ postings that have appeared in less than a
month in alt.culture.tamil reflect the high calibre of the
postings, justifying the creation of a voted newsgroup in
the "soc.culture" hierarchy replacing the existing newsgroup
alt.culture.tamil.
Charter:
---------
Tamil Culture and Tamil language are estimated 5000 years
old and Tamil is one of the living classical language of the world.
Native to south asia, Tamil is recognized as one of the national
languages in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. It is also spoken
widely in other Indian ocean Islands like Mauritius, Fiji, as well as in
U. K., U.S.A, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc.
Tamil speaking population around the world is about 65 million.
As per the linguistics, Tamil is a member in the Dravidian
family of languages comprising about 21 languages. The earliest Tamil
work available dates back to the pre-Christian era [300 B.C.]. Tamil
is very rich in its classical and modern literary tradition. The
highly acclaimed Tamil moral work `Thirukkural' by Thiruvalluvar dates
back to 50 B.C and indicates the existence of highly civilized and
consolidated society of origin, a few thousand years earlier to that.
What made this culture and language to survive milennium interests
everyone. Also, the Tamil epic poem Manimegalai [200 A.D.] gives a
summary of six systems of philosophy which is interestingly the earliest
comparitive account we have of the ancient schools of Hindu philosophy.
What would be the role of Tamil language for the next millennium?
Tamils around the world have a strong desire to establish a newsgroup
on the Usenet to share their views on Tamil history, ancient and
modern literature, ancient Tamil civilization, Tamil culture, religion,
art, drama, philosophy and related topics. The proposed newsgroup is
intended to serve as a niche for the Tamil language and culture in the
electronic communication network.
Activities in the proposed newsgroup :
--------------------------------------
I. Electronic News Magazine.
----------------------------
* Discussions on Ancient Tamil, Literature, Culture,
Philosophy, etc....
* Book, Movie, Magazine , Drama reviews, Poems, Stories,
Essays , Jokes etc...
* Current news from the Tamil region
* Current news about events of Tamil interest in North America
* Projects pertinent to Tamil interests
* Matters related to investments in Tamil region
* Matters of interest to Tamils born outside the native region.
II. Computer Language Society
-------------------------------
* Software announcements, reviews, discussion
* News about Computer Software for Tamil language printing
* Learning Tamil transliteration software
* Joint effort to develop software for on-screen display and editing
* Effort for usage of Tamil language in multimedia
* Development of word processing packages for Tamil
III. Cultural and Social forum for Tamils
------------------------------------------
* SCT will become nerve center for all Tamils who have access to the
network all over the world.
* Meeting place for old friends and acquainting new friends.
* News about concerts, seminars, festivals and other programs
* To seek and help others in education, job or travel.
* Matrimonial discussions
* Discussion on Religion, Religious personalities
* Discussion on philosophy
IV . Tamil Literature Society.
-------------------------------
* Translation of Tamil novels ,short stories and poem in English.
(Contemporary literature) 1950 - present
* Translation of Tamil literature of 19 th century and early 20
th Century. 1800- 1950
* Translation of Ancient Tamil Literature. 300 B.C to 1800 A.D.
How to respond or take part in the discussion ?
------------------------------------------------
It is easy. Use the command 'g news.groups' to go to the
newsgroup news.groups and post your discussion items there.
Please note that discussions elsewhere are not official.
Make sure the posting includes the newsgroup title
"soc.culture.tamil" in the subject line.
Yours sincerely,
Krishnaswamy Srinivasan [[email protected]]
Sundara Pandian [[email protected]]
M Parthasarathy Krishna Raj [[email protected]]
Chandrasekaran Periyannan [[email protected]]
From [email protected] Thu Jun 11 14:30:10 1992
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From: [email protected] (Sundara Pandian)
Subject: CFV: soc.culture.tamil
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Call For Votes : soc.culture.tamil
-------------------------------------
Name: "soc.culture.tamil"
Status: unmoderated
Voting Period: June 9, 1992, 00:00 CST - July 7, 1992, 23:59 CST
SO FAR : Early in April a newsgroup alt.culture.tamil was formed
without voting. This newsgroup has attracted very respectable
postings including those from professors and students of
various universities. Many new readers continue to express their
interest in the same newsgroup by posting for the first time.
The 505+ postings that have appeared in a period of about
40 days in alt.culture.tamil reflect the high calibre of the
postings in this newsgroup.
However, considering the limited distribution and the temporary
nature of "alt" newsgroups, it has been decided to replace
"alt.culture.tamil" with a voted newsgroup 'soc.culture.tamil".
Charter:
---------
Tamil Culture and Tamil language are estimated 5000 years
old and Tamil is one of the living classical language of the world.
Native to south asia, Tamil is recognized as one of the national
languages in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. It is also spoken
widely in other Indian ocean Islands like Mauritius, Fiji, as well as in
U. K., U.S.A, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc.
Tamil speaking population around the world is about 65 million.
As per the linguistics, Tamil is a member in the Dravidian
family of languages comprising about 21 languages. The earliest Tamil
work available dates back to the pre-Christian era [300 B.C.]. Tamil
is very rich in its classical and modern literary tradition. The
highly acclaimed Tamil moral work `Thirukkural' by Thiruvalluvar dates
back to 50 B.C and indicates the existence of highly civilized and
consolidated society of origin, a few thousand years earlier to that.
What made this culture and language to survive milennium interests
everyone. Also, the Tamil epic poem Manimegalai [200 A.D.] gives a
summary of six systems of philosophy which is interestingly the earliest
comparitive account we have of the ancient schools of Hindu philosophy.
What would be the role of Tamil language for the next millennium?
Tamils around the world have a strong desire to establish a newsgroup
on the Usenet to share their views on Tamil history, ancient and
modern literature, ancient Tamil civilization, Tamil culture, religion,
art, drama, philosophy and related topics. The proposed newsgroup is
intended to serve as a niche for the Tamil language and culture in the
electronic communication network.
Activities in the proposed newsgroup :
--------------------------------------
I. Electronic News Magazine.
----------------------------
* Discussions on Ancient Tamil, Literature, Culture,
Philosophy, etc....
* Book, Movie, Magazine , Drama reviews, Poems, Stories,
Essays , Jokes etc...
* Current news from the Tamil region
* Current news about events of Tamil interest in North America
* Projects pertinent to Tamil interests
* Matters related to investments in Tamil region
* Matters of interest to Tamils born outside the native region.
II. Computer Language Society
-------------------------------
* Software announcements, reviews, discussion
* News about Computer Software for Tamil language printing
* Learning Tamil transliteration software
* Joint effort to develop software for on-screen display and editing
* Effort for usage of Tamil language in multimedia
* Development of word processing packages for Tamil
III Cultural and Social forum for Tamils
------------------------------------------
* SCT will become nerve center for all Tamils who have access to the
network all over the world.
* Meeting place for old friends and acquainting new friends.
* News about concerts, seminars, festivals and other programs
* To seek and help others in education, job or travel.
* Matrimonial discussions
* Discussion on Religion, Religious personalities
* Discussion on philosophy
IV . Tamil Literature Society.
-------------------------------
* Translation of Tamil novels ,short stories and poem in English.
(Contemporary literature) 1950 - present
* Translation of Tamil literature of 19 th century and early 20
th Century. 1800- 1950
* Translation of Ancient Tamil Literature. 300 B.C to 1800 A.D.
How to vote ?
---------------
To cast a vote, either for the creation or against the creation of the
proposed newsgroup, send e-mail to: [email protected] .
ONLY VOTES RECEIVED BY JULY 7, 23:59 CST WILL BE COUNTED .
In order for your vote to be counted, it will have to have the following
line:
"YES : soc.culture.tamil"
OR
"NO : soc.culture.tamil"
in either the subject or the body of your e-mail, where
"YES" means that you vote FOR the group soc.culture.tamil as proposed,
and
"NO" means that you vote AGAINST the group soc.culture.tamil as proposed.
* Your vote should be clearly indicated as a yes/no vote. Responds such as
"Yes if.." , "No,but..." are not valid notes.
* Votes should not be posted to any newsgroup, only votes sent to
[email protected] will be counted.
* Votes sent after the deadline will not be counted.
* There can be only one valid vote for each person. If anyone casts
more than one vote, only the most recent one will be counted.
Yours sincerely,
Sundara Pandian
[ [email protected] ]
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From: [email protected] (Sundara Pandian)
Subject: 2nd CFV: soc.culture.tamil
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2nd CFV : soc.culture.tamil
-------------------------------
This is the second Call For Votes ( CFV ) for the newsgroup
`soc.culture.tamil'.
Name: "soc.culture.tamil"
Status: unmoderated
Voting Period: June 9, 1992, 00:00 CST - July 7, 1992, 23:59 CST
SO FAR : Early in April a newsgroup alt.culture.tamil was formed
without voting. This newsgroup has attracted very respectable
postings including those from professors and students of
various universities. Many new readers continue to express their
interest in the same newsgroup by posting for the first time.
The 505+ postings that have appeared in a period of about
40 days in alt.culture.tamil reflect the high calibre of the
postings in this newsgroup.
However, considering the limited distribution and the temporary
nature of "alt" newsgroups, it has been decided to replace
"alt.culture.tamil" with a voted newsgroup 'soc.culture.tamil".
Charter:
---------
Tamil Culture and Tamil language are estimated 5000 years
old and Tamil is one of the living classical language of the world.
Native to south asia, Tamil is recognized as one of the national
languages in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. It is also spoken
widely in other Indian ocean Islands like Mauritius, Fiji, as well as in
U. K., U.S.A, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc.
Tamil speaking population around the world is about 65 million.
As per the linguistics, Tamil is a member in the Dravidian
family of languages comprising about 21 languages. The earliest Tamil
work available dates back to the pre-Christian era [300 B.C.]. Tamil
is very rich in its classical and modern literary tradition. The
highly acclaimed Tamil moral work `Thirukkural' by Thiruvalluvar dates
back to 50 B.C and indicates the existence of highly civilized and
consolidated society of origin, a few thousand years earlier to that.
What made this culture and language to survive milennium interests
everyone. Also, the Tamil epic poem Manimegalai [200 A.D.] gives a
summary of six systems of philosophy which is interestingly the earliest
comparitive account we have of the ancient schools of Hindu philosophy.
What would be the role of Tamil language for the next millennium?
Tamils around the world have a strong desire to establish a newsgroup
on the Usenet to share their views on Tamil history, ancient and
modern literature, ancient Tamil civilization, Tamil culture, religion,
art, drama, philosophy and related topics. The proposed newsgroup is
intended to serve as a niche for the Tamil language and culture in the
electronic communication network.
Activities in the proposed newsgroup :
--------------------------------------
I. Electronic News Magazine.
----------------------------
* Discussions on Ancient Tamil, Literature, Culture,
Philosophy, etc....
* Book, Movie, Magazine , Drama reviews, Poems, Stories,
Essays , Jokes etc...
* Current news from the Tamil region
* Current news about events of Tamil interest in North America
* Projects pertinent to Tamil interests
* Matters related to investments in Tamil region
* Matters of interest to Tamils born outside the native region.
II. Computer Language Society
-------------------------------
* Software announcements, reviews, discussion
* News about Computer Software for Tamil language printing
* Learning Tamil transliteration software
* Joint effort to develop software for on-screen display and editing
* Effort for usage of Tamil language in multimedia
* Development of word processing packages for Tamil
III Cultural and Social forum for Tamils
------------------------------------------
* SCT will become nerve center for all Tamils who have access to the
network all over the world.
* Meeting place for old friends and acquainting new friends.
* News about concerts, seminars, festivals and other programs
* To seek and help others in education, job or travel.
* Matrimonial discussions
* Discussion on Religion, Religious personalities
* Discussion on philosophy
IV . Tamil Literature Society.
-------------------------------
* Translation of Tamil novels ,short stories and poem in English.
(Contemporary literature) 1950 - present
* Translation of Tamil literature of 19 th century and early 20
th Century. 1800- 1950
* Translation of Ancient Tamil Literature. 300 B.C to 1800 A.D.
How to vote ?
---------------
To cast a vote, either for the creation or against the creation of the
proposed newsgroup, send e-mail to: [email protected] ( same as
[email protected] ).
ONLY VOTES RECEIVED BY JULY 7, 23:59 CST WILL BE COUNTED .
In order for your vote to be counted, it will have to have the following
line:
"YES : soc.culture.tamil"
OR
"NO : soc.culture.tamil"
in either the subject or the body of your e-mail, where
"YES" means that you vote FOR the group soc.culture.tamil as proposed,
and
"NO" means that you vote AGAINST the group soc.culture.tamil as proposed.
* Your vote should be clearly indicated as a yes/no vote. Responds such as
"Yes if.." , "No,but..." are not valid notes.
* Votes should not be posted to any newsgroup, only votes sent to
[email protected] [ same as [email protected] ] will be counted.
* Votes sent after the deadline will not be counted.
* There can be only one valid vote for each person. If anyone casts
more than one vote, only the most recent one will be counted.
Yours sincerely,
Sundara Pandian
[ [email protected] ]
From [email protected] Wed Jul 8 15:17:28 1992
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From: [email protected] (Sundara Pandian)
Subject: RESULT: soc.culture.tamil passes 645: 143
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RESULT: soc.culture.tamil passes 645:143
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The voting period for soc.culture.tamil ended on
7 July 1992. There were 645 yes votes received, and
143 no votes. The margin of yes votes is > 100, and
more than 2/3 of the voters voted yes.
The vote passes. The 5 day waiting period prior
to newgrouping now begins.
I thank all who voted.
"yes" votes (645) :
--------------------
"A. Sridhar"
"AHAMAD YACUB KHAN,UTCC"
"B. Shridharan"
"C.R.Selvakumar - Electrical Engineering"
"Csd1301"
"Dharanidharan.R"
"G. Mahinthakumar"
"Ganesh Subbarayan"
"HECTOR H. FIALLO"
"James A. Xavier"
"K. Nadarajah"
"Karunaharan Ratnam"
"Kumaraguru Sambandan"
"M. YOGANATHAN"
"MAPLE::NSG"
"MAPLE::RNJANA"
"N.Mani Prakash"
"NAME \"S.Sivaganesan\""
"P. Giridharan"
"P. I. Arasu"
"P.S. Kumaran"
"Paramesh Santanam"
"Parthiban, Design/AD group, FXO 228.5608"
"Prabhakar Satya"
"R. Parthasarathy"
"R.G.Viknarasah"
"R.Goel"
"R.M.Viknarasah"
"Ravichandran (Ravi)"
"S. Manohar"
"S. Venkatesan"
"Sam R. Thangiah"
"Sankaran Thayumanavan"
"Shankar Sundaram"
"Sivasankaran S., Univ. of Houston"
"Sriram, UTK"
"Stephen (local 6019)"
"T.R.Gowrishankar"
"Umakanth U Thirugnanam" <[email protected]>
"Umakanthan S."
"V. Girish"
"V.R. Satish"
"V.R.Kumar"
"Velmurugan.A. "
"Venkatanarasimhan S."
"msubrama.US1"
"[email protected]"
"wang,H.K"
[email protected]
[email protected]
92H02967
A. Udomkit
[email protected]
AFONSO%[email protected]
[email protected]
ARUL GANESWARAN
ARUN
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Abraham Pucheril
Ahilan Kadirgamar
Ahilan Zephyrinus Easwarachandran
Ajai Banarji
Alex Jong
Ananda Kishore
Ananthan Veluppillai
Arcot Rajasekar
Arun Kandappan
Arun Kumaraswamy
Asokan
Aswini Kumar Subramanian
BALAJI MATHUR <[email protected]>
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C.R.Narayanan
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CATFI77%[email protected]
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CHERIAN%[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] < Colleen >
Cadambur Viji
California Lutheran University Library
Challa Siva Prasadarao
Chandrakumar
Chandrasekharan Subbarayan
Chhugani Sunil
Chockanath R Chandrasekar
Chris Harris (BUS)
D Venugopalan
Dan Davison
[email protected]
Deepinder Singh Gill
Devanand V. Palaniswami
Dhanabalan Murali
Dinesh Venkatachalam x5498