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From: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay)
Subject: RFD: rec.arts.books.tolkien
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I propose that a new group be created for discussion of the works of
J.R.R. Tolkien. This group, rec.arts.books.tolkien, would supersede
the existing "alt.fan.tolkien".

The group would be a forum for discussion about the works in Professor
Tolkien's "Middle-Earth" cycle (including "The Hobbit", "The Lord of
the Rings", and "The Silmarillion") and all his related writings
("Unfinished Tales", "Book of Lost Tales", "Lays of Beleriand",
"History of Middle Earth"...). It would also be open to discussion of
related and supplemental works by other authors (such as the "Atlas of
Middle-Earth").

According to estimates in news.lists, there are roughly 9900 readers
of alt.fan.tolkien worldwide. Roughly 150 articles were posted in the
week of Jan. 23-30, despite the limited number of sites which carry
alt.fan newsgroups. This volume merits a newsgroup in the regular
hierarchy. The topic is one with staying power; Professor Tolkien has
had an enthusiastic (not to say "fanatical") following for several
decades.
-- 
Andrew Solovay    

"Wait a minute! You guys are NINJAS!"
                ---The Tick

From [email protected] Tue Feb 23 23:39:42 1993
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This is a call for votes to create a new unmoderated group,
rec.arts.books.tolkien. (The name was determined by a straw poll.)
This post contains information about the proposed group and voting
instructions. The full charter is at the end of this post.

NEWSGROUP

  rec.arts.books.tolkien (unmoderated)

VOTING

  The voting period will begin when this CFV is posted. It will end at
  23:59:59 PST March 19, 1993. Votes must be *received* by the
  deadline. According to the USENET rules, in order for the group to
  be created, at least 2/3 of the votes cast must be "YES" votes, and
  there must be at least 100 more "YES" votes than "NO" votes.

  Votes must be sent to one of the following two addresses:

        [email protected]
	[email protected]

  You may simply "reply" to this posting. Each address can accept both
  "YES" and "NO" votes. Votes posted to any newsgroup will NOT be
  counted.

  The subject line should be an unambiguous "yes" or "no" vote (e.g.
  "I vote {YES,NO} on the creation of rec.arts.books.tolkien as
  proposed"). If the subject line doesn't have such a statement, I
  will check the body of the message for the vote.

  Please include your full name, if your mailer doesn't do this for
  you.

  Conditional statements (e.g. "I would vote YES if...") will be
  considered comments, not votes. If you wish to make comments, you
  are welcome to do so; however, please make sure that your ballot
  begins with an unambiguous vote.

  No more than one vote may come from any one account; you may not
  mail votes on behalf of another person. Each person is permitted to
  vote only once, no matter how many accounts he or she might have. If
  a single person or account sends more than one vote, the vote with
  the latest "sending" time will be the official vote.

  I will attempt to acknowledge every vote via EMail (i.e. "Your NO
  vote against the creation of rec.arts.books.tolkien has been
  received").  There will also be two repeats of this CFV, each of
  which will have a full list of voters (without specifying which way
  they voted).

  If you are unsure whether your vote was received, you may EMail me
  at either of the above addresses. However, I cannot divulge the vote
  tallies until the end of the voting period. I also cannot answer
  questions about the content of the group (other than by mailing a
  copy of the charter).

============================================================

CHARTER 

  rec.arts.books.tolkien (hereinafter referred to as "The Group")
  would be a forum for discussion of all the works of Professor J.R.R.
  Tolkien (hereinafter "JRRT"). It would be open to discussion of his
  "Middle-earth" works, his scholarly writings, his essays and poetry,
  and all other works of JRRT (of whatever nature). The Group would be
  open to discussion at any level; for example, discussion of his
  "Middle-Earth" works could vary from literary criticism to
  philological discussion of the book's languages, or any other topic
  bearing on the works.

  The Group would also be open for discussion of works by other
  authors which relate to JRRT's work (including, but not limited to,
  scholarly criticism of his work, supplemental and speculative
  writings about his worlds, analyses of the various languages created
  by JRRT, and (of course) the elaborate historical material published
  by Christopher Tolkien). The group would be open to discussion about
  art works which are based on Tolkien's works (e.g. graphic
  depictions of scenes from his worlds, musical settings of his
  ballads and poetry).  The group would furthermore be open to
  discussion about JRRT the man, and how the circumstances of his life
  relate to his writing.

  The Group would be open to comparisons of Tolkien's works with those
  of other authors, e.g. comparing the influence of Christianity
  JRRT's writing with its influence on C.S. Lewis's works; comparing
  Sauron with Milton's Satan as a figure of evil; etc.  If such a
  discussion drifted into a discussion of the other author alone (and
  no longer touched on Tolkien), it would no longer be appropriate for
  the Group, and participants would be asked to move the discussion to
  a more appropriate newsgroup, or to EMail.

  Fan fiction would be permitted, provided that it did not violate
  anyone's rights or copyrights (especially the rights and copyrights
  of the Tolkien estate). Posters of fan fiction would be strongly
  encouraged to put the identifying word "FANFIC" in the "subject"
  line (to simplify kill-filing). Satire and parody of Tolkien's work
  would also be permitted. If the poster could reasonably expect
  readers to be offended by the posting, he or she should post it in
  rot-13 encryption (i.e. each letter is mapped to the letter 13
  places on in the alphabet, so that 'a' becomes 'n', 'b' becomes 'o',
  etc.).

  Willful and/or repeated spelling of JRRT's name as "Tolkein" would
  be punished by brutal sarcasm.

From [email protected] Wed Mar 10 21:08:23 1993
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This is a reposting of the call for votes to create a new unmoderated
group, rec.arts.books.tolkien. (The name was determined by a straw
poll.)  This post contains information about the proposed group and
voting instructions.

This posting also contains a listing of all people from whom valid
votes have been received (as of 3/1/93). The listing follows the
charter.

NEWSGROUP

  rec.arts.books.tolkien (unmoderated)

VOTING

  The voting period will begin when this CFV is posted. It will end at
  23:59:59 PST March 19, 1993. Votes must be *received* by the
  deadline. According to the USENET rules, in order for the group to
  be created, at least 2/3 of the votes cast must be "YES" votes, and
  there must be at least 100 more "YES" votes than "NO" votes.

  Votes must be sent to one of the following two addresses:

        [email protected]
	[email protected]

  You may simply "reply" to this posting. Each address can accept both
  "YES" and "NO" votes. Votes posted to any newsgroup will NOT be
  counted.

  The subject line should be an unambiguous "yes" or "no" vote (e.g.
  "I vote {YES,NO} on the creation of rec.arts.books.tolkien as
  proposed"). If the subject line doesn't have such a statement, I
  will check the body of the message for the vote.

  Please include your full name.

  Conditional statements (e.g. "I would vote YES if...") will be
  considered comments, not votes. If you wish to make comments, you
  are welcome to do so; however, please make sure that your ballot
  begins with an unambiguous vote.

  No more than one vote may come from any one account; you may not
  mail votes on behalf of another person. Each person is permitted to
  vote only once, no matter how many accounts he or she might have. If
  a single person or account sends more than one vote, the vote with
  the latest "sending" time will be the official vote.

  I will attempt to acknowledge every vote via EMail (i.e. "Your NO
  vote against the creation of rec.arts.books.tolkien has been
  received").  There will also be two repeats of this CFV, each of
  which will have a full list of voters (without specifying which way
  they voted).

  If you are unsure whether your vote was received, you may EMail me
  at either of the above addresses. However, I cannot divulge the vote
  tallies until the end of the voting period. I also cannot answer
  questions about the content of the group (other than by mailing a
  copy of the charter).

============================================================

CHARTER 

  rec.arts.books.tolkien (hereinafter referred to as "The Group")
  would be a forum for discussion of all the works of Professor J.R.R.
  Tolkien (hereinafter "JRRT"). It would be open to discussion of his
  "Middle-earth" works, his scholarly writings, his essays and poetry,
  and all other works of JRRT (of whatever nature). The Group would be
  open to discussion at any level; for example, discussion of his
  "Middle-Earth" works could vary from literary criticism to
  philological discussion of the book's languages, or any other topic
  bearing on the works.

  The Group would also be open for discussion of works by other
  authors which relate to JRRT's work (including, but not limited to,
  scholarly criticism of his work, supplemental and speculative
  writings about his worlds, analyses of the various languages created
  by JRRT, and (of course) the elaborate historical material published
  by Christopher Tolkien). The group would be open to discussion about
  art works which are based on Tolkien's works (e.g. graphic
  depictions of scenes from his worlds, musical settings of his
  ballads and poetry).  The group would furthermore be open to
  discussion about JRRT the man, and how the circumstances of his life
  relate to his writing.

  The Group would be open to comparisons of Tolkien's works with those
  of other authors, e.g. comparing the influence of Christianity
  JRRT's writing with its influence on C.S. Lewis's works; comparing
  Sauron with Milton's Satan as a figure of evil; etc.  If such a
  discussion drifted into a discussion of the other author alone (and
  no longer touched on Tolkien), it would no longer be appropriate for
  the Group, and participants would be asked to move the discussion to
  a more appropriate newsgroup, or to EMail.

  Fan fiction would be permitted, provided that it did not violate
  anyone's rights or copyrights (especially the rights and copyrights
  of the Tolkien estate). Posters of fan fiction would be strongly
  encouraged to put the identifying word "FANFIC" in the "subject"
  line (to simplify kill-filing). Satire and parody of Tolkien's work
  would also be permitted. If the poster could reasonably expect
  readers to be offended by the posting, he or she should post it in
  rot-13 encryption (i.e. each letter is mapped to the letter 13
  places on in the alphabet, so that 'a' becomes 'n', 'b' becomes 'o',
  etc.).

  Willful and/or repeated spelling of JRRT's name as "Tolkein" would
  be punished by brutal sarcasm.

VOTE ACK

  As of 3/1/93, 23:59:59 PST, votes have been received from the
  following people. If you sent a vote much earlier than that, please
  contact me at the voting addresses to make sure your vote was
  received.

  I attempted to send a confirmation notice to everyone who voted. If
  you received a confirmation notice dated on or before 3/1/93 and
  your name is not listed here, please contact me immediately.

  Votes are listed in order by account name. "YES" and "NO" votes are
  *not* separated.

[email protected]                   
[email protected]                     
[email protected]              Bruce Alan Wilson 
[email protected]          Chris Marble  
[email protected]                  David W. Wright 
DAVEL%[email protected]           
[email protected]               Brett   
[email protected]                  Daniel Triplett  
[email protected]          Dave Wyble  
[email protected]        David Empson  
[email protected]               Hector Cancela  
[email protected]        Herbert Leitz  
[email protected]               Eric Alfred Burns 
[email protected]               Kevin Foss  
[email protected]            Elaine Tindill  
[email protected]               "J.W.Baxter"   
[email protected]             
[email protected]               "Juha M{enp{{, puh. 508
[email protected]                  "James L. Durrell" 
[email protected]                Juhani Polvinen  
[email protected]        Kay Shapero  
MCCROSKEYED%[email protected]        Erick D. Mccroskey 
[email protected]                    
[email protected]        "Loren J. Miller" 
[email protected]            Michael Quinn  
[email protected]                  Greg Morrow  
[email protected]        Michael P. Colburn 
[email protected]                 "M. Otto"  
[email protected]                   Patrick S. Clark 
[email protected]             Anna-Maija Rajakangas  
[email protected]        Kevin W. Welch 
[email protected]                    Steve Fagg  
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[email protected]              Tony Zbaraschuk  
[email protected]                       Carl Patrik Andila 
[email protected]          Arthur Rubin  
[email protected]                       Al Wesolowsky  
[email protected]                    Andrew A. Chernov 
[email protected]            Steve C Liu 
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[email protected]                  Jun Akiyama  
[email protected]                Alex Knight  
[email protected]            John Allen  
[email protected]              Amberle Ferrian  
[email protected]                   Adam Costello  
[email protected]                  Andrew McCown  
[email protected]                  Andrew Finkenstadt  
[email protected]                      Antti Miettinen  
[email protected]                   Stephanie da Silva 
[email protected]                   Alan R. Minns 
[email protected]             Arthur Chandler  
[email protected].        Ran Atkinson  
[email protected]           Ed Bailey  
[email protected]                    Nathan Bardsley  
[email protected]                      David Barr  
[email protected]                      J. Kintscher  
[email protected]                   Bengt Larsson  
[email protected]                   Magne Bergland  
[email protected]               Bram Smits  
[email protected]                    Brian Troxell  
[email protected]                   Anthony Brock  
[email protected]                   Jan Brittenson  
[email protected]             Dan Burnett  
[email protected]                         Burt N Holzman 
[email protected]        Paul Fisahn  
[email protected]                     Charlie Collins  
[email protected]           Mark Thomas  
[email protected]              Carl F. Hostetter 
[email protected]              Mike Carney  
[email protected]                 Dave Carr  
[email protected]        Kai-Uwe Froehlich  
[email protected]              John Lindsey  
[email protected]                  Charles Fitzgerald  
[email protected]             C G Kolar 
[email protected]                  Charlie Hancock  
[email protected]              Len Charest  
charles%[email protected]          Charles Emmons  
[email protected]               Chris Cole  
[email protected]        Matt Deter  
[email protected]                           Christopher Davis  
[email protected]                John Councill  
[email protected]                     Craig Bosworth  
[email protected]          "Stephen A. Creps" 
[email protected]                Dale A Smoak 
[email protected]         Matthew Crosby  
[email protected]              Curt Wiederhoeft  
[email protected]                    
[email protected]             Fredrik Pihlstr|m  
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[email protected]                      
[email protected]                   Thomas Wolmer  
[email protected]            Eric A. Seiden 
[email protected]              David A. Smith 
[email protected]                          "David E. Boyce" 
[email protected]                     Dave Israel  
[email protected]              David M. M. de
[email protected]               Don Faulkner  
[email protected]                      David G. Kahane 
[email protected]             David Weisberger  
[email protected]                       David Olsen  
[email protected]                Dave Mize  
[email protected]                 David Mosher  
[email protected]                Daniel Silevitch  
[email protected]                       Des Herriott  
[email protected]                      Damien P. Neil 
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[email protected]            Michael Dunphy  
[email protected]           Bryant Durrell  
[email protected]                     Dave Wiseman  
[email protected]                 Joseph Dzikiewicz  
[email protected]             Richard Eckman  
[email protected]                  Eric D. Hendrickson 
[email protected]                "Eric J. Olson" 
[email protected]             Emma Pease  
[email protected]                  Elie Rosenfeld  
[email protected]                      Erwin van Egmond 
[email protected]        Brian Scarlett  
[email protected]            Eugene Hung  
[email protected]                Michael Fath  
[email protected]                       Jeff Davis  
[email protected]         Scott W Fischer 
[email protected]             Carwil James  
[email protected]              Forrest Smith  
[email protected]                      Wayne Folta  
[email protected]           Eric Forbis  
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[email protected]                     David Tate  
[email protected]                
[email protected]             Gail Gurman  
[email protected]               Gregory G. Woodbury 
[email protected]                  Brian Gix  
[email protected]                Keith Goolsbey  
[email protected].        David Gorgen  
[email protected]              Thomas Gottschalk  
[email protected]              Stephen Graham  
[email protected]              Scott Gust  
[email protected]              Erica Liebman Sadun 
[email protected]                   Philip Guenther  
[email protected]                     Anders H}kon Gulla 
[email protected]                David Brian Gumminger 
[email protected]              Brian Hughes  
[email protected]                  
[email protected]                      Robert Hansen  
[email protected]                 Hans Mulder  
[email protected]            Jim Hayter  
[email protected]                Dean A. Hinshaw 
[email protected]                 RH Schone  
[email protected]               Edward J. Huff 
[email protected]              Wayne Iba  
[email protected]              Thomas Koenig  
[email protected]                       Jamie Andrews  
[email protected]                    Jan Ove Liatun 
[email protected]           Joel Kent Baxter 
[email protected]                  Joakim Bjorklund  
[email protected]                    Jerry Cullingford  
[email protected]           James Alexander Chokey 
[email protected]            Julian C. Lander 
[email protected]             "John D. Harper" 
[email protected]                 John Duncan  
[email protected]                   Jason Edward Purcell 
[email protected]            James Farrell  
[email protected]                   Joel Furr  
[email protected]                       John Hawkinson  
[email protected]                  Jim Gillogly  
[email protected]                    Jim Humphreys  
[email protected]                   Joe Kellett  
[email protected]        Skip Sizemore  
[email protected]        Jim Mann  
[email protected]                Jay Maynard  
[email protected]                 Joe Smith  
[email protected]                 
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[email protected]        Josef Nelissen  
[email protected]             Jon Damon Reese 
[email protected]               Jefery Roberts  
[email protected]                      Joel Sax  
[email protected]                Jeffrey C Spencer 
[email protected]                   Alexandre Julliard  
[email protected]                          Jussi-Ville Heiskanen  
[email protected]                        "John White"  
[email protected]         John Halperin  
[email protected]                    Kai Gjessing  
[email protected]        Roland Kaltefleiter  
[email protected]                Karyn Pichnarczyk  
[email protected]        Michael Kelsey  
[email protected]                 Brian Kenney  
[email protected]                         Klaus Ole Kristiansen 
[email protected]             Bill Konrad  
[email protected]               Kimmo T Paasiala 
[email protected]         Kevin Thompson  
[email protected]            Dave Lampson  
[email protected]                        Stephen Lau  
[email protected]           Laura Gillespie  
[email protected]                          Lee Short  
[email protected]                 Brian D. Leet 
[email protected]                     Miguel Leith  
[email protected]                    Tony Leneis  
[email protected]                 Leonard Bottleman  
[email protected]              David Librik  
[email protected]                  Bradley Lindaas  
[email protected]                Gerry Swetsky  
[email protected]                  (Bernhard Lorenz)  
[email protected]             Kevin L. Lord 
[email protected]                        Dyer Lytle  
[email protected]                  Tom Nettleship  
[email protected]                      "John E. Krokes" 
[email protected]                Claudia Mastroianni  
[email protected]          Mark Atwood  
[email protected]           Lynn Bormann  
[email protected]                     
[email protected]                    Malcolm Mladenovic  
[email protected]                 Mike McConnell  
[email protected]             Ken McGlothlen  
[email protected]                   Alayne McGregor  
mcmurry%[email protected]        Andrew McMurry  
[email protected]             Greg Meyers  
[email protected]                     James B. Whitmore 
[email protected]                  Mark P. Fey 
[email protected]                   Mike Hatz  
[email protected]                    Magnus Holmberg  
[email protected]                     Nicholas McMurray  
[email protected]         Michael A. Doncheski 
[email protected]                     Michael A. Prescott 
[email protected]           Mike Minnotte  
[email protected]                   Martin Merry  
[email protected]             Michael Kelly  
[email protected]                 Mark Munoz  
[email protected]        Merri L Naka 
[email protected]           Scott M. Rogala 
[email protected]                 Milind Gandhe  
[email protected]                   Michael S. Pettersen 
[email protected]           Mike Suzio  
[email protected]              Meg Worley  
[email protected]                   Jeremy Walton  
odgate!homebru!smith!dick@sunb           
[email protected]                  Paul Adams  
[email protected]             Paul McGuire  
[email protected]              Paul A Gunderson 
[email protected]                        "Paul (P.A.) Valin" 
[email protected]                          "Per Lindberg"  
[email protected]                 Dan Peters  
[email protected]                    Peter van Rossum 
[email protected]                Patricia Evans  
[email protected]             "V. Phaniraj"  
[email protected]                        Phiber Optik  
[email protected]               Leanne Phillips  
[email protected]              Damien R. Sullivan 
[email protected]         Dave Weingart  
[email protected]              Pete Boulay  
[email protected]         Joel Plutchak  
ponds!squink.UUCP!biljir@dg-rt        Alan Beale  
[email protected]                       Peter V. Vorobieff 
[email protected]         Rachel Meredith Kadel 
[email protected]                       Olaf Weber  
[email protected]                 Charles Rezk  
[email protected]                       Richard F. Drushel 
[email protected]          Richard H. Miller 
[email protected]             Ruben Areyzaga  
[email protected]                R Kamal  
[email protected]                  "Richard L. Butler" 
[email protected]          Rich Carreiro  
[email protected]                   Roger Leroux  
[email protected]                       Robert Grumbine  
[email protected]                      Jo Churcher  
[email protected]                Bob Nichols  
[email protected]                  Roderick Lee  
[email protected]             John W. Vargas 
[email protected]               Kyle Ray Roberson 
[email protected]                 Ronen Altman  
[email protected]                      "Ronnie B. Kon" 
[email protected]                  Rod Shelton  
[email protected]                       R M Price 
[email protected]         Roger Squires  
[email protected]                  Sam Warden  
[email protected]                  Sam Warden  
[email protected]                Daan Sandee  
[email protected]         BCFD #36  
[email protected]                Bart Sears  
[email protected]               Bill Seurer  
[email protected]        Timothy Shimeall  
[email protected]                      Vernon Siler  
[email protected]              Glyn Simpson  
[email protected]            Si Rowe  
[email protected]        Seth J. Morabito 
[email protected]                    Stephen Joseph Smith 
[email protected]         stephen macmanus  
[email protected]                Marc Moorcroft  
[email protected]                          Janne Snabb  
[email protected]                  lars soepstad  
[email protected]                    Andrew Solovay  
[email protected]             Brad A. Spencer 
[email protected]              
[email protected]        Sara L Shriner 
[email protected]                     Subrata Sircar  
[email protected]                  
[email protected]        Steve Coltrin  
[email protected]                 Bob Myers  
[email protected]              Stu Labovitz  
[email protected]                S Butterfield  
[email protected]          Nathan Tenny  
[email protected]            Erik Trulsson  
[email protected]                Tami Dawn Kimmel 
[email protected]              Terri Oberkamper  
[email protected]                           Timothy Walker  
[email protected]        Cindy Tittle Moore 
[email protected]                      T. M. Murali 
[email protected]                    
tredysvr!tredysvr!cnmss!mcl@gv        Michael C. Leap 
[email protected]                    
[email protected]            Todd Snow  
[email protected]                Tero Tiittanen  
[email protected]             Tom Galloway  
[email protected]           
uunet!atlantis!aaron                  Aaron Humphrey  
uunet!decwrl!decvax!nj8j.black        Ben Coleman  
uunet!impmh!dsg                       Dave Gordon  
uunet!uflorida!sinkhole!junix!        Melinda Smirl  
[email protected]                    Mark Vernon  
[email protected]                    Vince Guinto  
[email protected]               David Wald  
[email protected]             Michael Warning  
[email protected]        Markus Wenzel  
[email protected]               John Werner  
[email protected]                
[email protected].        William M. Perry 
[email protected]                       Hynek Med  
[email protected]         "Yvonne Y. Yang" 
[email protected]           Patrick Tufts  
[email protected]         "Zach Kessin"  
[email protected]                Scott E Flowers 
-- 
Andrew Solovay    

"I am the Golux, the only Golux in the world, 
 and not a mere Device."

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This is a call for votes to create a new unmoderated group,
rec.arts.books.tolkien. (The name was determined by a straw poll.)
This post contains information about the proposed group and voting
instructions.

This posting also contains a listing of all people from whom valid
votes have been received (as of 3/9/93). The listing follows the
charter.

One small request: If you vote by "reply"ing to this CFV, *please*,
*please*, *please* don't include this posting. I already have a copy
of it; you don't have to send all 644 lines to me. 

Remember, only those votes *received* by 23:59:59, March 19, 1993 will
be counted. 

NEWSGROUP

  rec.arts.books.tolkien (unmoderated)

VOTING

  The voting period will begin when this CFV is posted. It will end at
  23:59:59 PST March 19, 1993. Votes must be *received* by the
  deadline. According to the USENET rules, in order for the group to
  be created, at least 2/3 of the votes cast must be "YES" votes, and
  there must be at least 100 more "YES" votes than "NO" votes.

  Votes must be sent to one of the following two addresses:

        [email protected]
	[email protected]

  You may simply "reply" to this posting. Each address can accept both
  "YES" and "NO" votes. Votes posted to any newsgroup will NOT be
  counted.

  The subject line should be an unambiguous "yes" or "no" vote (e.g.
  "I vote {YES,NO} on the creation of rec.arts.books.tolkien as
  proposed"). If the subject line doesn't have such a statement, I
  will check the body of the message for the vote.

  Please include your full name.

  Conditional statements (e.g. "I would vote YES if...") will be
  considered comments, not votes. If you wish to make comments, you
  are welcome to do so; however, please make sure that your ballot
  begins with an unambiguous vote.

  No more than one vote may come from any one account; you may not
  mail votes on behalf of another person. Each person is permitted to
  vote only once, no matter how many accounts he or she might have. If
  a single person or account sends more than one vote, the vote with
  the latest "sending" time will be the official vote.

  I will attempt to acknowledge every vote via EMail (i.e. "Your NO
  vote against the creation of rec.arts.books.tolkien has been
  received").  There will also be two repeats of this CFV, each of
  which will have a full list of voters (without specifying which way
  they voted).

  If you are unsure whether your vote was received, you may EMail me
  at either of the above addresses. However, I cannot divulge the vote
  tallies until the end of the voting period. I also cannot answer
  questions about the content of the group (other than by mailing a
  copy of the charter).

============================================================

CHARTER 

  rec.arts.books.tolkien (hereinafter referred to as "The Group")
  would be a forum for discussion of all the works of Professor J.R.R.
  Tolkien (hereinafter "JRRT"). It would be open to discussion of his
  "Middle-earth" works, his scholarly writings, his essays and poetry,
  and all other works of JRRT (of whatever nature). The Group would be
  open to discussion at any level; for example, discussion of his
  "Middle-Earth" works could vary from literary criticism to
  philological discussion of the book's languages, or any other topic
  bearing on the works.

  The Group would also be open for discussion of works by other
  authors which relate to JRRT's work (including, but not limited to,
  scholarly criticism of his work, supplemental and speculative
  writings about his worlds, analyses of the various languages created
  by JRRT, and (of course) the elaborate historical material published
  by Christopher Tolkien). The group would be open to discussion about
  art works which are based on Tolkien's works (e.g. graphic
  depictions of scenes from his worlds, musical settings of his
  ballads and poetry).  The group would furthermore be open to
  discussion about JRRT the man, and how the circumstances of his life
  relate to his writing.

  The Group would be open to comparisons of Tolkien's works with those
  of other authors, e.g. comparing the influence of Christianity
  JRRT's writing with its influence on C.S. Lewis's works; comparing
  Sauron with Milton's Satan as a figure of evil; etc.  If such a
  discussion drifted into a discussion of the other author alone (and
  no longer touched on Tolkien), it would no longer be appropriate for
  the Group, and participants would be asked to move the discussion to
  a more appropriate newsgroup, or to EMail.

  Fan fiction would be permitted, provided that it did not violate
  anyone's rights or copyrights (especially the rights and copyrights
  of the Tolkien estate). Posters of fan fiction would be strongly
  encouraged to put the identifying word "FANFIC" in the "subject"
  line (to simplify kill-filing). Satire and parody of Tolkien's work
  would also be permitted. If the poster could reasonably expect
  readers to be offended by the posting, he or she should post it in
  rot-13 encryption (i.e. each letter is mapped to the letter 13
  places on in the alphabet, so that 'a' becomes 'n', 'b' becomes 'o',
  etc.).

  Willful and/or repeated spelling of JRRT's name as "Tolkein" would
  be punished by brutal sarcasm.

VOTE ACK

  As of 3/9/93, 23:59:59 PST, votes have been received from the
  following people. If you sent a vote much earlier than that, please
  contact me at the voting addresses to make sure your vote was
  received.

  I attempted to send a confirmation notice to everyone who voted. If
  you received a confirmation notice dated on or before 3/9/93 and
  your name is not listed here, please contact me immediately.

  If a name has a question mark (i.e. "John Smith?"), it means the
  post did not include a real name, and I got the name by fingering
  the account.
  
Invalid votes:
-------------
  Some votes were invalid, for various reasons (usually because the
  vote was overly vague). For example, several people sent me messages
  which consisted only of the word "yes" or "no", with no mention of
  the vote or the group name. These messages *could* have been
  intended as votes, but I decided they were invalid.

  I made at least one attempt to contact every person who sent me an
  invalid vote. Most of those people responded with acceptable votes,
  and are listed under the "valid votes" list. Thos who have sent in
  invalid votes and have not yet corrected them are listed here.

[email protected]        
[email protected]         Robert V. Blumer
[email protected]   Fox

Valid votes:
-----------

[email protected]                Jason
[email protected]                 A.J. Harlow
[email protected]                  
[email protected]              Bruce Wilson
[email protected]        Brian Ewald
[email protected]          Chris Marble
[email protected]    Dave Shield
[email protected]                  David Wright
DAVEL%[email protected]    
[email protected]             David Hardin
[email protected]               
[email protected]                  Dan Triplett
[email protected]          Dave Wyble
[email protected]        David Empson
[email protected]                
[email protected]            Susan Grajek
[email protected]               Hector Cancela
[email protected]   Herbert Leitz
[email protected]               Eric Alfred Burns
[email protected]               Kevin Foss
[email protected]            Elaine Tindill
[email protected]               "J.W.Baxter"
[email protected]              David Purnell
[email protected]          Jose Martinez?
[email protected]               "Juha M{enp{{, puh. 508 5291"
[email protected]                  "James L. Durrell"
[email protected]                Juhani Polvinen
[email protected]       "KELSEY, Michael H."
[email protected]   Kay Shapero
MCCROSKEYED%[email protected]    Erick D. Mccroskey
[email protected]   Kenny Armstrong
[email protected]                 Mats O. Orrhede?
[email protected]                    Michael G. LeSeny
[email protected]       "Loren J. Miller"
[email protected]            Michael Quinn
[email protected]                  Greg Morrow
[email protected]        Michael Norrish
[email protected]       Michael P. Colburn
[email protected]                 "M. Otto"
[email protected]                   Patrick S. Clark
[email protected]    Patrick Robert Ronan
[email protected]             Anna-Maija Rajakangas
[email protected]        Mad City Blues
[email protected]                    Steve Fagg
[email protected]                  
[email protected]            
[email protected]            
[email protected]              Tony Zbaraschuk
[email protected]                  "Cole Kendall"
[email protected]              
[email protected]   
[email protected]          Wayne Hammond Jr
[email protected]       Wilson M. Clements
[email protected]                       Carl Patrik Andila
[email protected]          Arthur Rubin
[email protected]                       Al Wesolowsky
[email protected]             Michael MacKay
[email protected]                    Andrew A. Chernov
[email protected]            Jean-Pierre BRAQUELAIRE
[email protected]                         Art Willis
[email protected]            Steve C Liu
[email protected]                            Anders G|ransson?
[email protected]                  Jun Akiyama
[email protected]                Alan Barksdale
[email protected]                Knight Alex
[email protected]                    Anne Louise Gockel
[email protected]            John Allen
[email protected]              Amberle Ferrian
[email protected]                   Adam Costello
[email protected]          Chris Anderson
[email protected]                   Andy Thomas
[email protected]                  Andrew McCown
[email protected]                  Andrew Finkenstadt
[email protected]                  "Andrew C. Plotkin"
[email protected]                      Antti Miettinen
[email protected]                   Stephanie da Silva
[email protected]                   A.R. Minns
[email protected]             Arthur Chandler
[email protected]     Ran Atkinson
[email protected]           Ed Bailey
[email protected]                    Nathan Bardsley
[email protected]                      David Barr
[email protected]                      J. Kintscher
[email protected]              Peter Bell
[email protected]                   Bengt Larsson
[email protected]                   Magne Bergland
[email protected]              Barbara La Scala
[email protected]                 Peter G. Bouillon
[email protected]                   Niels Olof Bouvin
[email protected]               Bram Smits
[email protected]                    Brian TroxeLL
[email protected]                   Anthony Brock
[email protected]                   Jan Brittenson
[email protected]                  John C. Ruff
[email protected]             Dan Burnett
[email protected]                         Burt N Holzman
[email protected]    Paul Fisahn
[email protected]                     Charlie Collins
[email protected]           Mark Thomas
[email protected]             Rob Caplan
[email protected]                 David S. Cargo
[email protected]              Carl F. Hostetter
[email protected]              Mike Carney
[email protected]                 Dave Carr
[email protected]    Kai-Uwe Froehlich
[email protected]              John Lindsey
[email protected]                  Charles F. Fitzgerald
[email protected]                 Grant C. Sterling
[email protected]             C G Kolar
[email protected]                  Charlie Hancock
[email protected]              Len Charest
charles%[email protected]          Charles Emmons
[email protected]              "Conrad Halling"
[email protected]               Chris Cole
[email protected]               Chris Eich
[email protected]                   Dr Paul J Mitchell
[email protected]         Matt Deter 
[email protected]                           Christopher Davis
[email protected]   "S." Green
[email protected]                 Brian Patrick Conners?
[email protected]                John Councill
[email protected]            Craig Presson
[email protected]                     Craig Bosworth
[email protected]          "Stephen A. Creps"
[email protected]                Dale A Smoak
[email protected]         Matthew Crosby
[email protected]          Craig Strachan
[email protected]              Curt Wiederhoeft
[email protected]                 
[email protected]             Fredrik Pihlstr|m
[email protected]               Hans Persson
[email protected]                   Fredrik Lundberg?
[email protected]                   Jan-Erik 2hman?
[email protected]                   Thomas Wolmer
[email protected]            Eric A. Seiden
[email protected]                  D Anton Sherwood
[email protected]              David A. Smith
[email protected]          Dave Emde
[email protected]                          "David E. Boyce"
[email protected]                     Dave Israel
[email protected]              David M. M. de Matos
[email protected]                  David Fiander
[email protected]                  Roger DeRoo
[email protected]               Don Faulkner
[email protected]                      David G. Kahane
[email protected]               David Hamilton
[email protected]               Dane Johnson
[email protected]             David Weisberger
[email protected]                       David Olsen
[email protected]                Dave Mize
[email protected]           Darrell M. Kienzle
[email protected]                 David Mosher
[email protected]                Daniel Silevitch
[email protected]                       Des Herriott
[email protected]                      Damien P. Neil
[email protected]                        Ilya Dricker?
[email protected]            Michael Dunphy
[email protected]           Bryant Durrell
[email protected]                     Dave Wiseman
[email protected]                 Joseph Dzikiewicz
[email protected]                           Edward Bertsch
[email protected]       Ralf Ebner
[email protected]             Richard Eckman
[email protected]             Ed Blachman x4420
[email protected]                  Eric D. Henderson
[email protected]                 Jon A. Turner
[email protected]                "Eric J. Olson"
[email protected]           Michael Carman
[email protected]         Amir Eliaz
[email protected]             Ed McGuire
[email protected]             Emma Pease
[email protected]                P R Martell-Mead
[email protected]                 Edward Quillen
[email protected]                  Elie Rosenfeld
[email protected]                 erick  alvarado
[email protected]                      Erwin van Egmond
[email protected]             Jo
[email protected]    Brian Scarlett
[email protected]      Rick M. Eugene
[email protected]            Eugene Hung
[email protected]                Michael Fath
[email protected]                       Jeff Davis
[email protected]       Markus Stenberg
[email protected]                   Lars Peter Fischer
[email protected]         Scott W Fischer
[email protected]             Carwil James
[email protected]              Forrest Smith
[email protected]                      Wayne Folta
[email protected]           "Eric J Forbis-1"
[email protected]                        Randall J. Futor
[email protected]                     Fred Zimmerman
[email protected]           Scott Compton
[email protected]                 Eileen Scott
[email protected]                     David Tate
[email protected]             Geoffrey Bronner?
[email protected]             Gail Gurman
[email protected]               Gregory G. Woodbury
[email protected]                  Brian Gix
[email protected]                Keith Goolsbey
[email protected]     David Gorgen
[email protected]              Thomas Gottschalk
[email protected]    GP TRENOWDEN
[email protected]          
[email protected]              Stephen Graham
[email protected]              Scott Gust
[email protected]              Erica Liebman Sadun
[email protected]                   "Philip Guenther"
[email protected]                     Anders H}kon Gulla
[email protected]                David Brian Gumminger
[email protected]              Brian Hughes
[email protected]            Barbara Hamer
[email protected]               Pierre
[email protected]                      Robert Hansen
[email protected]                 Hans Mulder
[email protected]          Rick Martinez
[email protected]                Yrjo Hatakka
[email protected]            Jim Hayter
[email protected]        Heinrich Du Plessis
[email protected]            Vera Heinau
[email protected]          
[email protected]              James Masterton
[email protected]                Dean A. Hinshaw
[email protected]               Keith Henson
[email protected]                 RH Schone
[email protected]              Bruce Hoover
[email protected]               Edward J. Huff
[email protected]              Wayne Iba
[email protected]    Bill Chesky
[email protected]              Thomas Koenig
[email protected]              Jay A. Herlihy?
[email protected]                       Jamie Andrews
[email protected]                  Jan Isley
[email protected]                    Jan Ove Liatun
[email protected]           Joel Kent Baxter
[email protected]                  Joakim Bj|rklund INF
[email protected]    James Buckley
[email protected]                    jerry cullingford
[email protected]                        Juergen Christoffel
[email protected]                      Julian Bradfield
[email protected]           James Alexander Chokey
[email protected]            Julian C. Lander
[email protected]             "John D. Harper"
[email protected]                 John Duncan
[email protected]              Jeff Williamson
[email protected]                   Jason Edward Purcell
[email protected]                  "Jonathan R. Ferro"
[email protected]            James Farrell
[email protected]                   Joel Furr
[email protected]                         
[email protected]             Jeff Gostin
[email protected]                       John Hawkinson
[email protected]                     Jarkko Hietaniemi
[email protected]            John Hopkins
[email protected]                  Jim Gillogly
[email protected]                    Jim Humphreys
[email protected]                  
[email protected]      Jeffrey Jonsson
[email protected]                   Joe Kellett
[email protected]       Skip Sizemore
[email protected]       Jim Mann
[email protected]                Jay Maynard
[email protected]                 Joe Smith
[email protected]              
[email protected]                      J|rn Hagerup
[email protected]                      John Hascall?
[email protected]   Josef Nelissen
[email protected]             Jon Damon Reese
[email protected]               Jefery Roberts
[email protected]                      Joel Sax
[email protected]                Jeffrey C Spencer
[email protected]                   "(Alexandre Julliard)"
[email protected]             Jussi Kantola
[email protected]                          Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
[email protected]                        "John White"
[email protected]                 John Whitney
[email protected]         John Halperin
[email protected]                    Kai Gjessing
[email protected]    Roland Kaltefleiter
[email protected]                Karyn Pichnarczyk
[email protected]      Michael Kelsey
[email protected]                 Brian Kenney
kenw%[email protected]                    Ken Weinert
[email protected]                         Klaus Ole Kristiansen
[email protected]                 Taki Kogoma
[email protected]             Bill Konrad
[email protected]              Don Kozlowski
[email protected]               Kimmo T Paasiala
[email protected]             Joshua Kreitzer
[email protected]            Karl R. Sackett
[email protected]         Kevin Thompson
[email protected]            Dave Lampson
[email protected]                        Stephen Lau
[email protected]           Laura Gillespie
[email protected]                          Lee Short
[email protected]                 Brian D. Leet
[email protected]                     Leith M F
[email protected]                    Tony Leneis
[email protected]                 Leonard Bottleman
[email protected]                     Larry Gainor
[email protected]              David Librik
[email protected]                  Bradley Lindaas
[email protected]                Timothy Andrew Lindemulder
[email protected]                Gerry Swetsky
[email protected]    Lawrence Jones
[email protected]             Elina Aulikki Compton
[email protected]                  (Bernhard Lorenz)
[email protected]                Louison Buijs
[email protected]             Kevin L. Lord
[email protected]              Chad Lundgren
[email protected]                        Dyer Lytle
[email protected]                 
[email protected]                 Dan Reed
[email protected]                  Tom Nettleship
[email protected]                      "John E. Krokes"
[email protected]            Brian D. Mason
[email protected]                Claudia Mastroianni
[email protected]          Mark Atwood
[email protected]           Lynn Bormann
[email protected]                  
[email protected]          Vance Maverick
[email protected]                    Malcolm Mladenovic
[email protected]                 Mike McConnell
[email protected]             Ken McGlothlen
[email protected]                   Alayne McGregor
mcmurry%[email protected]        Andrew McMurry
[email protected]        Sigurd Meldal
[email protected]             Greg Meyers
[email protected]                     James B. Whitmore
[email protected]                  Mark P. Fey
[email protected]                   Mike Reid
[email protected]                   Mike Hatz
[email protected]                 Mark Notess
[email protected]                    Magnus Holmberg
[email protected]                     Nicholas McMurry
[email protected]         Michael A. Doncheski
[email protected]                     Michael A. Prescott
[email protected]           Mike Minnotte
[email protected]          Martin Junius
[email protected]                   Martin Merry
[email protected]                Alien
[email protected]             michael kelly
[email protected]                 Marc Munoz
[email protected]        Merri L Naka
[email protected]           Craig Levin
[email protected]           Scott M. Rogala
[email protected]                 Michael Pope
[email protected]                 Milind Gandhe
[email protected]                   Michael Pettersen
[email protected]        michael roark
[email protected]              "Michael S. Schiffer"
[email protected]           Mike Suzio
[email protected]                    Mark Taranto
[email protected]                  Michael C Voorhis
[email protected]              Meg Worley
[email protected]                         "Rheal (R.J.) Nadeau"
[email protected]                   Jeremy Walton
[email protected]             Norm Joslin
[email protected]   
[email protected]         David Paist
[email protected]                  Paul Adams
[email protected]             Paul McGuire
[email protected]              Paul A Gunderson
[email protected]                        "Paul (P.A.) Valin"
[email protected]          Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
[email protected]                        Petteri Lindberg
[email protected]                          "Per Lindberg"
[email protected]                 Dan Peters
[email protected]                    Peter van Rossum
[email protected]                Patricia Evans
[email protected]             "V. Phaniraj"
[email protected]                        Phiber Optik
[email protected]               Felan shena Thoron'edras
[email protected]              Damien R. Sullivan
[email protected]         Dave Weingart
[email protected]             Scott Pierpont
[email protected]              Pete Boulay
[email protected]         Joel Plutchak
[email protected]            Patrick Fitzgerald
[email protected]               Sari H Polvinen
[email protected]    Alan Beale
[email protected]                      Petri Peltonen
[email protected]              Kristiina Prauda
[email protected]         Peter King
[email protected]                       Peter V. Vorobieff
[email protected]                      Perdita Stevens
[email protected]                         
[email protected]                         [email protected]
[email protected]         Rachel Meredith Kadel
[email protected]                       Olaf Weber
[email protected]                      Rene Boe Soerensen
[email protected]                      Robert E. Vogel
[email protected]                 Charles Rezk
[email protected]                       Richard F. Drushel
[email protected]          Richard H. Miller
[email protected]             Ruben Areyzaga
[email protected]                R Kamal
[email protected]                  "Richard L. Butler"
[email protected]          Rich Carreiro
[email protected]                   Roger Leroux
[email protected]                       Robert Grumbine
[email protected]                      Jo Churcher
[email protected]                Bob Nichols
[email protected]                  Roderick Lee
[email protected]             John W. Vargas
[email protected]               Kyle Ray Roberson
[email protected]                   Robert Henderson
[email protected]                 Ronen Altman
[email protected]                      "Ronnie B. Kon"
[email protected]                  Rod Shelton
[email protected]                       R M Price
[email protected]         Roger Squires
[email protected]                Ross Thomas Bunker
[email protected]                Richard Wang
[email protected]              Steven M. Latour
[email protected]            Guinevere Marie Boostrom?
[email protected]                  Sam Warden
[email protected]                  Sam Warden
[email protected]                Daan Sandee
[email protected]                      "Dave V. Schaller"
[email protected]         BCFD #36
[email protected]                Bart Sears
[email protected]               Bill Seurer
[email protected]                 Scott Drellishak
[email protected]       timothy shimeall
[email protected]                      Vernon Siler
[email protected]              Glyn Simpson
[email protected]            Si Rowe
[email protected]      Seth J. Morabito
[email protected]                    Stephen Joseph Smith
[email protected]          Seth Blumberg?
[email protected]         stephen macmanus
[email protected]                Marc Moorcroft
[email protected]                          Janne Snabb
[email protected]                  lars soepstad
[email protected]                    Andrew Solovay
[email protected]             Brad A. Spencer
[email protected]           Steven Miale?
[email protected]    Sahana Priyanath
[email protected]    Sara L Shriner
[email protected]                     Subrata Sircar
[email protected]               
[email protected]        Peter Boulter
[email protected]        Steve Coltrin
[email protected]                 Bob Myers
[email protected]              Stu Labovitz
[email protected]                S Butterfield
[email protected]                        Franklin Suo
[email protected]          Nathan Tenny
[email protected]                   "Sven M. Heinicke"
[email protected]                        David Reeve Sward
[email protected]               Stan Friesen
[email protected]                 Szymon Sokol
[email protected]            Erik Trulsson
[email protected]                Tami Dawn Kimmel
[email protected]              Paul Robinson
[email protected]              Terri Oberkamper
[email protected]                    Elaine Thompson
[email protected]                           Timothy Walker
[email protected]    Cindy Tittle Moore
[email protected]                     Tom Koelman
[email protected]                      T. M. Murali
[email protected]                      Todd Steigerwald
[email protected]                      Todd Steigerwald
[email protected]                 Tommi Orpana?
[email protected]   Michael C. Leap
[email protected]               Stephen C. Trier
[email protected]          Tao R or Stephen L
[email protected]                 
[email protected]            Todd Snow
[email protected]                Tero Tiittanen
[email protected]                         Tom Kronmiller
[email protected]             Tom Galloway
[email protected]             Tyrone Jude Joseph O'Neill?
[email protected]   Peter Umgelter?
uunet!atlantis!aaron                  Aaron Humphrey
uunet!decwrl!decvax!nj8j.blackwlf.mese.com!ben   Ben Coleman
uunet!impmh!dsg                       Dave Gordon
uunet!uflorida!sinkhole!junix!msmirl    Melinda Smirl
[email protected]                    	Mark Vernon - DSB	
[email protected]                    Vince Guinto
[email protected]                      Vivek Kalra
[email protected]               David Wald
[email protected]             Michael Warning
[email protected]                  
[email protected]     Markus Wenzel
[email protected]               John Werner
[email protected]             
[email protected]     "William M. Perry"
[email protected]                   Michael Wise
[email protected]                       Hynek Med
[email protected]         "Yvonne Y. Yang"
[email protected]           Zeeshan Hasan
[email protected]          Carsten Zimmer
[email protected]           Patrick Tufts
[email protected]         "Zach Kessin"
[email protected]                Scott E Flowers
-- 
Andrew Solovay    

"I am the Golux, the only Golux in the world, 
 and not a mere Device."

From [email protected] Mon Mar 29 20:40:42 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Andrew Solovay)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,alt.fan.tolkien,rec.arts.books,rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: RESULT: rec.arts.books.tolkien passes 488:109
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 26 Mar 1993 11:09:01 -0500
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Voting has ended for the proposed unmoderated newsgroup
rec.arts.books.tolkien. The vote tally was 488 YES votes and 109 NO
votes, which is sufficient for newsgroup creation. Details follow.

This post consists of:
  A summary and explanation of the results
  An explanation of what happens next
  A repost of the group's charter
  A list of voters, divided into YES and NO, sorted by mailing address
  A list of invalid votes

RESULTS:

  In order for a newsgroup to be created, the YES votes must outnumber
  the NO votes by at least 2 to 1, and the number of YES votes must
  exceed the number of NO votes by at least 100.

  Number of valid YES votes received:	488
  Number of valid NO votes received:	109
  YES-NO vote difference:		379 (> 100)
  Ratio of YES to NO votes:		4.5 (> 2)

  This is adequate for newsgroup creation.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT:

  The group will not be created immediately. The USENET group creation
  guidelines call for a 5-day waiting period after the results are
  posted, during which time people can raise any appropriate
  objections to the vote. 

  If no irregularities are found which would invalidate the vote, and
  if the margin of YES votes remains adequate for group creation, the
  moderator of news.announce.newgroups will send out a control message
  to create the newsgroup.

  The group will follow the charter which was posted in the CFV. A
  copy of that charter follows.

CHARTER:

  rec.arts.books.tolkien (hereinafter referred to as "The Group")
  would be a forum for discussion of all the works of Professor J.R.R.
  Tolkien (hereinafter "JRRT"). It would be open to discussion of his
  "Middle-earth" works, his scholarly writings, his essays and poetry,
  and all other works of JRRT (of whatever nature). The Group would be
  open to discussion at any level; for example, discussion of his
  "Middle-Earth" works could vary from literary criticism to
  philological discussion of the book's languages, or any other topic
  bearing on the works.

  The Group would also be open for discussion of works by other
  authors which relate to JRRT's work (including, but not limited to,
  scholarly criticism of his work, supplemental and speculative
  writings about his worlds, analyses of the various languages created
  by JRRT, and (of course) the elaborate historical material published
  by Christopher Tolkien). The group would be open to discussion about
  art works which are based on Tolkien's works (e.g. graphic
  depictions of scenes from his worlds, musical settings of his
  ballads and poetry).  The group would furthermore be open to
  discussion about JRRT the man, and how the circumstances of his life
  relate to his writing.

  The Group would be open to comparisons of Tolkien's works with those
  of other authors, e.g. comparing the influence of Christianity
  JRRT's writing with its influence on C.S. Lewis's works; comparing
  Sauron with Milton's Satan as a figure of evil; etc.  If such a
  discussion drifted into a discussion of the other author alone (and
  no longer touched on Tolkien), it would no longer be appropriate for
  the Group, and participants would be asked to move the discussion to
  a more appropriate newsgroup, or to EMail.

  Fan fiction would be permitted, provided that it did not violate
  anyone's rights or copyrights (especially the rights and copyrights
  of the Tolkien estate). Posters of fan fiction would be strongly
  encouraged to put the identifying word "FANFIC" in the "subject"
  line (to simplify kill-filing). Satire and parody of Tolkien's work
  would also be permitted. If the poster could reasonably expect
  readers to be offended by the posting, he or she should post it in
  rot-13 encryption (i.e. each letter is mapped to the letter 13
  places on in the alphabet, so that 'a' becomes 'n', 'b' becomes 'o',
  etc.).

  Willful and/or repeated spelling of JRRT's name as "Tolkein" would
  be punished by brutal sarcasm.

==========

LIST OF VOTERS:

  The voters are sorted by mailing address. If a voter's name ends with
  a question mark (e.g. "Suzy Cobol?") it means the mail did not have
  the user's full name, and I found the name out by fingering the
  account. 

YES votes (488)
===============

[email protected]                     
[email protected]                      A. J. Harlow
[email protected]                       
[email protected]                   Bruce Alan Wilson
BDUVAL%[email protected]        "Robert D. Duval"
[email protected]          Barry Schlesinger
[email protected]             Brian Ewald
[email protected]               Chris Marble
D               Katherine P. Booth?
[email protected]         Dave Shield
[email protected]                       David Wright
DAVEL%[email protected]         
[email protected]                  David Hardin
[email protected]                       Dan Triplett
[email protected]               Dave Wyble
[email protected]             David Empson
[email protected]                 Susan Grajek
[email protected]                  Halcyon Skinner
[email protected]                    Hector Cancela
[email protected]       Herbert Leitz
[email protected]                    Eric Alfred Burns
[email protected]                    Kevin Foss
[email protected]                 Elaine Tindill
[email protected]                    "J.W.Baxter"
[email protected]                   David Purnell
[email protected]                 Jeanne R. Kramer?
[email protected]                    "Juha M{enp{{, puh. 508 5291"
[email protected]                Tawil at'Umr
[email protected]                       "James L. Durrell"
[email protected]                  John Jenkins
[email protected]                     Juhani Polvinen
[email protected]            "KELSEY, Michael H."
[email protected]       Kay Shapero
[email protected]                  "Avraham Leff (1-914-435-5124)"
MCCROSKEYED%[email protected]        Erick D. Mccroskey
[email protected]      Kenny Armstrong
[email protected]                      Mats O. Orrhede
[email protected]                         Michael G. LeSeney
[email protected]            "Loren J. Miller"
[email protected]                 Michael Quinn
[email protected]             Michael Norrish
[email protected]            Michael P. Colburn
NOVOTNYP%[email protected]   Petr Novotny
[email protected]                        Patrick S. Clark
[email protected]      Patrick Robert Ronan
[email protected]                  Anna-Maija Rajakangas
[email protected]                         Steve Fagg
[email protected]                 "SPROLES"
[email protected]      Stefan -Blixten- Karlsson
[email protected]                   Tony Zbaraschuk
[email protected]                   
[email protected]    
[email protected]               Wayne Hammond Jr
[email protected]            Wilson M. Clements
[email protected]                            Carl Patrik Andila
[email protected]                            Al Wesolowsky
[email protected]                  Michael MacKay
[email protected]                         "Andrew A. Chernov, Black Mage"
[email protected]                 Jean-Pierre BRAQUELAIRE
[email protected]                              Art Willis
[email protected]                 Steve C Liu
[email protected]                                 Anders G|ransson?
[email protected]                     
[email protected]             Fermin Revueltas Rodriguez
[email protected]             "Fernando Careaga S."
[email protected]             Gustavo Cordova Avila
[email protected]                     Alan Barksdale
[email protected]                     Alex Knight
[email protected]                         Anne Louise Gockel
[email protected]                 John Allen
[email protected]                        Adam Costello
[email protected]               Chris Anderson
[email protected]                        Andy Thomas
[email protected]                       
[email protected]                           Annye Scherer
[email protected]                           Antti Miettinen
[email protected]                        Stephanie da Silva
[email protected]                        A.R. Minns
[email protected]                  Arthur Chandler
[email protected]          Ran Atkinson
[email protected]                Ed Bailey
[email protected]                         Nathan Bardsley
[email protected]                           J. Kintscher
[email protected]                   Peter Bell
[email protected]                        Bengt Larsson
[email protected]                        Magne Bergland
[email protected]                       Dwight Everhart
[email protected]                       Ronald P. Blanford
[email protected]                   Barbara La Scala
[email protected]                          Francis Bond
[email protected]                            Boon Chye Lee
[email protected]                      Peter G. Bouillon
[email protected]                        Niels Olof Bouvin
[email protected]                    Bram Smits
[email protected]                        Anthony Brock
[email protected]                           Stan Brown
[email protected]                       John C. Ruff
[email protected]                  Dan Burnett
[email protected]                Max Hsieh
[email protected]      Paul Fisahn
[email protected]                          Charlie Collins
[email protected]                Mark Thomas
[email protected]                      David S. Cargo
[email protected]                   Carl F. Hostetter
[email protected]                   Mike Carney
[email protected]                        JULIAN GUTHRIE CASTLE
[email protected]      Kai-Uwe Froehlich
[email protected]                   John Lindsey
[email protected]                       Charles F. Fitzgerald
[email protected]                      Grant C. Sterling
[email protected]                  C G Kolar
[email protected]                   Len Charest
[email protected]                   "Conrad Halling"
[email protected]                    Chris Cole
[email protected]                    Chris Eich
[email protected]                        Dr Paul J Mitchell
[email protected]                             C G Chute
[email protected]              Matt Deter 
[email protected]                        Christopher L. Davis
[email protected]   "S." Green
[email protected]                      Brian Patrick Conners?
[email protected]                     John Councill
[email protected]                             Bror Heinola
[email protected]                 Craig Presson
[email protected]                          Craig Bosworth
[email protected]               "Stephen A. Creps"
[email protected]              Matthew Crosby
[email protected]               Craig Strachan
[email protected]                   Curt Wiederhoeft
[email protected]                      
[email protected]                  Fredrik Pihlstr|m
[email protected]                    Hans Persson
[email protected]                        Frederick Lundberg?
[email protected]                        Jan-Erik 2hman?
[email protected]                        Thomas Wolmer
[email protected]                  Daniel Hollander Colman
[email protected]                 Eric A. Seiden
[email protected]                       D Anton Sherwood
[email protected]                   David A. Smith
[email protected]               J.H.M. Dassen
[email protected]               Dave Emde
[email protected]                   David Schwartz
[email protected]                               "David E. Boyce"
[email protected]                   David M. M. de Matos
[email protected]                      Robert Davis
[email protected]                          
[email protected]            Dean Pentcheff
[email protected]                       Roger DeRoo
[email protected]                    Don Faulkner
[email protected]                           David G. Kahane
[email protected]                    David Hamilton
[email protected]                     "Debra Isserlis"
[email protected]                   "Dennis Brennan"
[email protected]                    Dane Johnson
[email protected]                  David Weisberger
[email protected]                            David Olsen
[email protected]                     Dave Mize
[email protected]                Darrell M. Kienzle?
[email protected]                     Daniel Silevitch
[email protected]                            Des Herriott
[email protected]                           Damien P. Neil
[email protected]                             Ilya Grigorievich Dricker?
[email protected]                dave scheets
[email protected]                         Diane Palme x2617
dt4%[email protected]                        David E. Goggin
[email protected]                 Michael Dunphy
[email protected]                          Dave Wiseman
[email protected]                      Joseph Dzikiewicz
[email protected]            Ralf Ebner
[email protected]                  Richard Eckman
[email protected]                       Eric D. Henderson
[email protected]                      Jon A. Turner
[email protected]           Edward J. Branley
[email protected]                Michael Carman
[email protected]              Amir Eliaz
[email protected]                     P R Martell-Mead
[email protected]                Eric Oberle
[email protected]                      Edward Quillen
[email protected]                       Elie Rosenfeld
[email protected]                      erick  alvarado
[email protected]                           Erwin van Egmond
[email protected]                  Jo
[email protected]         Brian Scarlett
[email protected]           Rick M. Eugene
[email protected]                 Eugene Hung
[email protected]                     Michael Fath
[email protected]                            Jeff Davis
[email protected]            Markus Stenberg
[email protected]                        Lars Peter Fischer
[email protected]              Scott W Fischer
[email protected]                  Carwil James
[email protected]                   Forrest Smith
[email protected]                 Jeremy Follick
[email protected]                           Wayne Folta
[email protected]                "Eric J Forbis-1"
[email protected]                             Randall J. Futor?
[email protected]                Scott Compton
[email protected]                      Eileen Scott
[email protected]                          David M. Tate
[email protected]                  Gail Gurman
[email protected]                    Gregory G. Woodbury
[email protected]                       Brian Gix
[email protected]                     Keith Goolsbey
[email protected]          David Gorgen
[email protected]                   Thomas Gottschalk
[email protected]       GP TRENOWDEN
[email protected]               
[email protected]                          "Ron Griggs, ICS, x5632"
[email protected]                   Scott Gust
[email protected]                   SADUN, ERICA LIEBMAN
[email protected]                   Jay Lofstead
[email protected]                        "Philip Guenther"
[email protected]                     David Brian Gumminger
[email protected]                     Oliver Fink
[email protected]                     Timothy "Cage" Hall
[email protected]                 Barbara Hamer
[email protected]                    Pierre
[email protected]                      Hans Mulder
[email protected]               Rick Martinez
[email protected]                     Yrjo Hatakka
[email protected]                 Jim Hayter
[email protected]             Heinrich Du Plessis
[email protected]                 Vera Heinau
[email protected]                          Stud Helge Kvingedal
[email protected]               B.J.  03-Mar-1993 1622
[email protected]                   James Masterton
[email protected]                     Dean Hinshaw
[email protected]                 Jones-evans Dwayne C
[email protected]                    Keith Henson
[email protected]                      RH Schone
[email protected]                   Bruce Hoover
[email protected]                    Edward J. Huff
[email protected]                   Wayne Iba
[email protected]    Bill Chesky
[email protected]                     
[email protected]                   Jay A. Herlihy?
[email protected]             Ruediger Jacob
[email protected]                            Jamie Andrews
[email protected]                         Jan Ove Liatun
[email protected]                Joel Kent Baxter
[email protected]                       Joakim Bj|rklund INF
[email protected]         James Buckley
[email protected]                            James Bumgardner
[email protected]                        Jon Burgess
[email protected]                             Juergen Christoffel
[email protected]                           Julian Bradfield
[email protected]                James Alexander Chokey
[email protected]                 Julian C. Lander
[email protected]                            J Christopher Clarke
[email protected]                  "John D. Harper"
[email protected]                        Anders Jenski
[email protected]                        Jason Edward Purcell
[email protected]                 James Farrell
[email protected]                        Joel Furr
[email protected]                              
[email protected]                  Jeff Gostin
[email protected]                            John Hawkinson
[email protected]                          Jarkko Hietaniemi
[email protected]                     Jason Hunter
[email protected]                       Jim Gillogly
[email protected]                         Jim Humphreys
[email protected]                       
[email protected]           Jeffrey Jonsson
[email protected]                        Joe Kellett
[email protected]            Skip Sizemore
[email protected]            Jim Mann
[email protected]                      Joe Smith
[email protected]                   
[email protected]                               Jodi Riley
[email protected]                           J|rn Hagerup
[email protected]                           John Hascall?
[email protected]       Josef Nelissen
[email protected]               Jordanna Bailkin
[email protected]                  Jon Damon Reese
[email protected]                    Jefery Roberts
[email protected]                        "(Alexandre Julliard)"
[email protected]                  Jussi Kantola
[email protected]                             "John White"
[email protected]                      John Whitney
[email protected]              John Halperin
[email protected]                         Kai Gjessing
[email protected]                    George S Kardaras
[email protected]                     Karyn Pichnarczyk
[email protected]                            Keith Jakobs
[email protected]           Michael Kelsey
kenw%[email protected]                         Ken Weinert
[email protected]                   Sean Mathew Keogh
[email protected]                        Kim L Gush
[email protected]                              Klaus Ole Kristiansen
[email protected]                   "michael shalom kochin"
[email protected]                  Bill Konrad
[email protected]                   Don Kozlowski
[email protected]                    Kimmo T Paasiala
[email protected]                  Joshua Kreitzer
[email protected] 		   Karl R. Sackett)
[email protected]              Kevin Thompson
[email protected]                Kristin L Zimmerman
[email protected]                 Dave Lampson
[email protected]                Laura Gillespie
[email protected]               James Michael Lebak
[email protected]                    Lee Bernhard
[email protected]                               Lee Short
[email protected]                      Brian D. Leet
[email protected]                          Leith M F
[email protected]                         Tony Leneis
[email protected]                      Leonard Bottleman
[email protected]                   David Librik
[email protected]                       Bradley Lindaas
[email protected]                     Timothy Andrew Lindemulder
[email protected]         Lawrence Jones
[email protected]                  Elina Aulikki Compton
[email protected]                       (Bernhard Lorenz)
[email protected]                     Louison Buijs
[email protected]                  Mithrandir
[email protected]                   Chad Lundgren
[email protected]                             Dyer Lytle
[email protected]                      
[email protected]                       Tom Nettleship
[email protected]                         Mark Connell
[email protected]                 Brian D. Mason
[email protected]                     Claudia Mastroianni
[email protected]               Mark Atwood
[email protected]                Lynn Bormann
[email protected]                       
[email protected]                         Malcolm Mladenovic
[email protected]                      Mike McConnell
[email protected]                  Ken McGlothlen
mcmurry%[email protected]             Andrew McMurry
[email protected]                  Greg Meyers
[email protected]                       Mark P. Fey
[email protected]      Michel Forget
[email protected]                        Mike Reid
[email protected]                        Mike Hatz
[email protected]                      Mark Notess
[email protected]                         Magnus Holmberg
[email protected]            Michael Patra
[email protected]                          Nicholas McMurray
[email protected]              Michael A. Doncheski
[email protected]                          Michael A. Prescott
[email protected]               Martin Junius
[email protected]                        Martin Merry
[email protected]                     Alien
[email protected]                  michael kelly
[email protected]                      Marc Munoz
[email protected]             Merri L Naka
[email protected]                Craig Levin
[email protected]                Scott M. Rogala
[email protected]                      Michael Pope
[email protected]                      Milind Gandhe
[email protected]                        PETTERSEN Mike
[email protected]             michael roark
[email protected]                   "Michael S. Schiffer"
[email protected]                Mike Suzio
[email protected]                       Michael C Voorhis
[email protected]                              "Rheal (R.J.) Nadeau"
[email protected]                        Jeremy Walton
[email protected]                     Vitaly Shmatikov
[email protected]                  Norm Joslin
[email protected]                    Yoshinori Okamoto
[email protected]              David Paist
[email protected]                       Paul Adams
[email protected]                   Paul A Gunderson
[email protected]                             "Paul (P.A.) Valin"
[email protected]               Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
[email protected]                Peder Langlo
[email protected]                             Petteri Lindberg
[email protected]                               "Per Lindberg"
[email protected]                      Dan Peters
[email protected]                         Peter van Rossum
[email protected]                     Patricia Evans
[email protected]                  "V. Phaniraj"
[email protected]                             Phiber Optik
[email protected]                   Damien R. Sullivan
[email protected]              Dave Weingart
[email protected]                  Scott Pierpont
[email protected]                   Peter Boulay
[email protected]                 Patrick Fitzgerald
[email protected]                    Sari H Polvinen
[email protected]     Alan Beale
[email protected]                           Petri Peltonen
[email protected]                   Kristiina Prauda
[email protected]              Peter King
[email protected]                            Peter V. Vorobieff
[email protected]                           Perdita Stevens
[email protected]                Geoffrey E. Quelch
[email protected]                          Daniel E. Rabin
[email protected]                              Paul Rabin
[email protected]              Rachel Meredith Kadel
[email protected]                            Olaf Weber
[email protected]                           Rene Boe Soerensen
[email protected]                           Robert E. Vogel
[email protected]                      Charles Rezk
[email protected]                            Richard F. Drushel
[email protected]                  Ruben Areyzaga
[email protected]                     R Kamal
[email protected]               Rich Carreiro
[email protected]                        Roger Leroux
[email protected]                        Roberta L Taylor
[email protected]                           Jo Churcher
[email protected]                     Bob Nichols
[email protected]                       Roderick Lee
[email protected]                  John W. Vargas
[email protected]                    Kyle Ray Roberson
[email protected]                        Robert Henderson
[email protected]                      Ronen Altman
[email protected]                           "Ronnie B. Kon"
[email protected]                       Rod Shelton
[email protected]              Roger Squires
[email protected]                     Ross Thomas Bunker
[email protected]                     Richard Wang
[email protected]                   Steven M. Latour
[email protected]                 Guinevere Marie Boostrom?
[email protected]                       Sam Warden
[email protected]                     Daan Sandee
[email protected]                         Sunil Chitre
[email protected]              BCFD #36
[email protected]                    Bill Seurer
[email protected]                      Scott Drellishak
[email protected]             Stan M Gerbig
[email protected]            timothy shimeall
[email protected]                  Doc
[email protected]                           Vernon Siler
[email protected]                  "Julia Simon"
[email protected]                   Glyn Simpson
[email protected]                 Si Rowe
[email protected]           Seth J. Morabito
[email protected]                         Stephen Joseph Smith
[email protected]               Seth L. Blumberg?
[email protected]              stephen macmanus
[email protected]                               Janne Snabb
[email protected]                       lars soepstad
[email protected]                         Andrew Solovay
[email protected]                  Brad A. Spencer
[email protected]                Steven Miale?
[email protected]         Sahana Priyanath
[email protected]         Sara L Shriner
[email protected]                    
[email protected]             Peter Boulter
[email protected]             Steve Coltrin
[email protected]                      Bob Myers
[email protected]                Chris Thompson
[email protected]                   Stu Labovitz
[email protected]                     S Butterfield
[email protected]                             Franklin Suo
[email protected]               Nathan Tenny
[email protected]                             David Reeve Sward
[email protected]                   Sascha Wildner
[email protected]                      Szymon Sokol
[email protected]                 Erik Trulsson
[email protected]                     Tami Dawn Kimmel
[email protected]                   Terri Oberkamper
[email protected]                      Terry Dawson
[email protected]                                Timothy Walker
[email protected]         Cindy Tittle Moore
[email protected]                          Tom Koelman
[email protected]                           T. M. Murali
[email protected]                           Todd Steigerwald
[email protected]                      Tommi Orpana?
[email protected]               Richard Wise
[email protected]   Michael C. Leap
[email protected]               Tao R or Stephen L
[email protected]                      
[email protected]                 Todd Snow
[email protected]                     Tero Tiittanen
[email protected]                              Tom Kronmiller
[email protected]                      Bruce Tyers
[email protected]                  Tyrone Jude Joseph ONeill?
[email protected]   Peter Umgelter?
uunet!MeMyAm!meggers                       Markus Eggers
uunet!atlantis!aaron                       Aaron Humphrey
uunet!decwrl!decvax!gatech!nj8j.blackwlf.mese.com!ben    Ben Coleman
uunet!decwrl!decvax!nj8j.blackwlf.mese.com!ben   Ben Coleman
uunet!impmh!dsg                            Dave Gordon
uunet!uflorida!sinkhole!junix!msmirl       Melinda Smirl
[email protected]                         	Mark Vernon - DSB	
[email protected]          Jens-S. Voeckler
[email protected]                 Ulf Bahrenfuss
[email protected]                       
[email protected]          Markus Wenzel
[email protected]                  Bill Taylor?
[email protected]                    Didier Willis
[email protected]          "William M. Perry"
[email protected]                            Kynek Med
[email protected]              "Yvonne Y. Yang"
[email protected]                Zeeshan Hasan
[email protected]                 Sherrie Zeoli
[email protected]               Carsten Zimmer
[email protected]              "Zach Kessin"

NO votes (109)
==============

[email protected]                    
[email protected]                     Christopher L. Lott
[email protected]                     
[email protected]               Jose Martinez?
[email protected]                       Greg Morrow
[email protected]                      "M. Otto"
[email protected]             Mad City Blues
[email protected]                       
[email protected]                 
[email protected]                       "Cole Kendall"
[email protected]                     Jeffrey Johnson?
[email protected]               Arthur Rubin
[email protected]                       Jun Akiyama
[email protected]             Jesus Eugenio S nchez Pe~a
[email protected]                   Amberle Ferrian
[email protected]                       Andrew Finkenstadt
[email protected]                       "Andrew C. Plotkin"
[email protected]                           David Barr
[email protected]                         Brian TroxeLL
[email protected]                        Jan Brittenson
[email protected]                              Burt N Holzman
[email protected]                  Rob Caplan
[email protected]                      Dave Carr
[email protected]                       Charlie Hancock
charles%[email protected]               Charles Emmons
[email protected]                                Christopher Davis
[email protected]                     Dale A Smoak
[email protected]                    Tom Culliton x2278
[email protected]                          The One True Dave
[email protected]                       David Fiander
[email protected]                      David Mosher
[email protected]                Bryant Durrell
[email protected]                                Edward Bertsch
[email protected]                  Ed Blachman x4420
[email protected]                     "Eric J. Olson"
[email protected]                  Ed McGuire
[email protected]                  Emma Pease
[email protected]                     James Hague
[email protected]                          Fred Zimmerman
[email protected]                   Bill Garrett
[email protected]                  Geoff Bronner
[email protected]                   Stephen Graham
[email protected]                          Anders H}kon Gulla
[email protected]                   Brian Hughes
[email protected]                           Robert Hansen
[email protected]                        Heidi Wolf
[email protected]                           Steve Hollasch
[email protected]                   Thomas Koenig
[email protected]                       Jan Isley
[email protected]                         jerry cullingford
[email protected]                      John Duncan
[email protected]                   Jeff Williamson
[email protected]                       "Jonathan R. Ferro"
[email protected]                 John Hopkins
[email protected]                      Joel Hanes
[email protected]                     Jay Maynard
[email protected]                     John McKernan
[email protected]                           Joel Sax
[email protected]                     Jeffrey C Spencer
[email protected]                               Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
[email protected]         Roland Kaltefleiter
[email protected]                    Keith Morgan?
[email protected]                             Jim Kasprzak?
[email protected]                      Brian Kenney
[email protected]                      Taki Kogoma
[email protected]                             Stephen Lau
[email protected]                          Larry Gainor
[email protected]                     Gerry Swetsky
[email protected]                           "John E. Krokes"
[email protected]                           Mark Mavroudis
[email protected]               Vance Maverick
[email protected]                        Alayne McGregor
[email protected]             Sigurd Meldal
[email protected]                          James B. Whitmore
[email protected]                Mike Minnotte
[email protected]                         Mark Taranto
[email protected]                   Meg Worley
[email protected]   
[email protected]                  Paul McGuire
[email protected]                    Felan shena Thoron'edras
[email protected]              Joel Plutchak
[email protected]                   Aaron Pulkka
[email protected]                    Joshua Randall
[email protected]               Richard H. Miller
[email protected]                       "Richard L. Butler"
[email protected]                            Robert Grumbine
[email protected]                            R M Price
[email protected]             Mike Arms
[email protected]                           "Dave V. Schaller"
[email protected]                     Bart Sears
[email protected]                        Sheila Herndon
[email protected]                     Marc Moorcroft
[email protected]                          Subrata Sircar
[email protected]                        "Sven M. Heinicke"
[email protected]                    Stan Friesen
[email protected]                   Paul Robinson
[email protected]                         Elaine Thompson
[email protected]              Ted Koppel
[email protected]                    Stephen C. Trier
[email protected]                  Tom Galloway
[email protected]                         Vince Guinto
[email protected]                           Vivek Kalra
[email protected]                    David Wald
[email protected]                  Michael Warning
[email protected]                    John Werner
[email protected]                        MICHAEL WISE
[email protected]                Jan Yarnot
[email protected]                Patrick Tufts
[email protected]                     Scott E Flowers

INVALID VOTES (7)
=================

  A few votes were invalid. I made at least one attempt to contact
  every person who cast an invalid ballot. Some of these people
  responded with valid votes; the following people did not.

[email protected]
  Sent me a copy of the CFV, but did not include a YES or NO vote.

[email protected] (Robert V. Blumer)
  Sent mail with subject "Re: CFV: rec.arts.books.tolkien", but no YES
  or NO vote.

[email protected] (Fox) 
  Sent mail with subject "no", no text in body (except for sig block);
  mail did not mention group or vote.

[email protected] (Gregory Lawrence Romano)
  Sent mail with subject "YES!!!", no text in body; mail did not
  mention group or vote.

[email protected]  (Randy Goldberg, MS96, New York Med)
  YES vote not from valid account.

[email protected] (Rich Hart 1-4822 PAGER 20-1127)
  Sent mail with subject "Reply is NO", body text was "NO"; mail did
  not mention group or vote.

[email protected] (CAMERMAN FILIP)
  Sent mail with subject "Re: 3rd CFV and VOTE ACK:
  rec.arts.books.tolkien", no text in body; mail did not contain a YES
  or NO vote.
-- 
Andrew M. Solovay    

"I have been Foolish and Deluded, 
 and I am a Bear of No Brain at All."     -- Pooh