From [email protected] Thu Feb 18 23:09:04 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Thomas A Fine)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems
Subject: RFD: comp.infosystems.www
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 15 Feb 1993 19:03:15 -0500
Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science
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This is a Request for Discussion for the creation of the newsgroup 
comp.infosystems.www

This group will be unmoderated.

The purpose of this group will be to exchange information and ideas
regarding the use, design and development of the World Wide Web, and
the information in the Web.

World Wide Web is an information system which is hypertext based.  It
will currently interface with both WAIS and gopher systems.  Future
plans include a move toward the use of MIME documents.  There are a
number of applications already in place for using this information
system.

The discussion period will last until March 15, 1993.  The discussion
takes place in news.groups, which is where follow-ups to this article
will go.  The purpose of the discussion is to agree on the charter of
the group, its name, and other exciting details.  Please do not send
votes; if the discussion so indicates, a separate call for votes will
be issued.
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From [email protected] Mon Mar 29 20:36:23 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Thomas A Fine)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems
Subject: CFV: comp.infosystems.www
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Date: 26 Mar 1993 10:51:49 -0500
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This is a formal Call for Votes on the creation of a new unmoderated
newsgroup called comp.infosystems.www, following a favorable discussion
of this newsgroup.

GROUP DETAILS
Name: comp.infosystems.www
Not moderated
Charter: In general, the discussion of all things related to the world
wide web, including design of software, development of new software,
and development and organization of documentation within the Web.

VOTING

Do NOT send votes to me!!!
Do NOT post your vote!!!

To vote Yes: send mail to "[email protected]"
To vote No:  send mail to "[email protected]"

In addition, the wording of the message must be in agreement with
the address, and should not include anything the least bit ambiguous.

Voting will end on April 20, 1993.  Any votes received after this
date will be ignored.

In order for the newsgroup to be created, the yes votes must account for
2/3 of the total number of votes, and must outnumber the no votes by
a margin of at least 100 votes.

       tom
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From [email protected] Thu May  6 15:09:43 1993
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Thomas A Fine)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems
Subject: RESULT: comp.infosystems.www passes 375:10
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 4 May 1993 20:00:13 -0400
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The vote to create comp.infosystems.www passed by both the required 2/3
minimum and by the required 100 votes difference.

Yes votes:  375
No votes:    10

The following is a list of people who voted NO:

  10  04/02 [email protected]  
   2  03/26 [email protected]  
   4  03/26 [email protected]  
   9  04/02 [email protected]  
   3  03/26 [email protected]  
   6+ 03/26 [email protected]  
   8  03/30 [email protected]  
   1  03/26 [email protected]  
   7  03/28 [email protected]  
   5  03/26 [email protected]  

The following is a list of people who voted YES:

 294  04/02 "0000-Admin(0000)"  
 124  03/29 "Dave Hastings, OUCS"  
 230  03/30 "David E. Martin"  
  88  03/28 "Ed Costello"  
 227  03/30 "Ferran Jorba (UAB)"  
 371  04/13 "H&kon W Lie [email protected]"  
  78  03/28 "John Ladwig"  
 193  03/29 "Johnson, Vicki@IESD/"  
 269  03/31 "Lubos Pavlicek"  
 160  03/29 "Mark H. Wood"  
 120  03/29 "Michael Mehl"  
  35  03/26 "Michael O'Henly"  
 169  03/29 "Patrick W. Matlock (DCS)"  
 344  04/07 "Peter Lister, Cranfield Computer Centre"  
 318  04/03 "Robbin R. Hough"  
 197  03/30 "Roland Yeo"  
 187  03/29 "Sam C. Nicholson !!"  
  99  03/28 "Stephen E. Bacher"  
 204  03/30 "Timo Harmo - SocSci U of Helsinki"  
 339  04/06 "Tony Johnson (415) 926 2278"  
 200  03/29 "Wije Wathugala, Asst. Professor, Civil Eng., LSU"  
  58  03/27 "William M. Perry"  
 379  04/19  
 154  03/29 Adrian Howard  
 365  04/09 Alan P Barrett  
 135  03/29 [email protected] 
 203  03/29 [email protected] (Albert Lunde) 
  60  03/27 Aleksandar Totic  
 351  04/08 Alexis Rosen  
 108  03/29 Anthony Baxter  
 360  04/08 Anthony David Smith  
 185  03/29 Anthony Tomasic  
 167  03/29 Ari Lemmke  
 381  04/20 Arthur Secret  
 372  04/13 Bebo White  
 337  04/06 Ben Whitaker  
 145  03/29 Benedikt Homann  
  61  03/27 Betsy Coles (2)  
  54  03/27 Bill Dueber  
 117  03/29 Bill Wohler  
 266  03/31 Bob Bagwill  
 149  03/29 Bob Jackson  
 306  04/02 Bob Sutterfield  
 226  03/30 Brian Harrington  
  62  03/27 Bryan Cardoza  
 270  03/31 [email protected] 
  93  03/28 Chip Canty  
 121  03/29 Chris Adie  
 374  04/13 Christopher McRae  
 155  03/29 Cricket Liu  
 126  03/29 [email protected] 
 173  03/29 Dave Garver  
 250  03/31 Dave_Raggett  
 246  03/30 David Datta  
 166  03/29 David Lowe  
  51  03/27 David Muir Sharnoff  
 190  03/29 Dirk Herr-Hoyman  
 199  03/29 Donald Acton  
 205  03/30 Dudu Rashty +972-2-584848  
   6  03/26 Ed Wilts 389-3430  
 211  03/30 Eelco van Asperen  
  85  03/28 Eric Prestemon  
 223  01/01 Esko Rahiala  
 247  03/30 [email protected] 
  19  03/26 FTP-Email Gateway  
 111  03/29 George Phillips  
 334  04/06 Gerald Fowler  
   7  03/26 Glyn Simpson  
 116  03/29 Grant Denkinson  
 175  03/29 Greg Isett  
 159  03/29 [email protected] 
 228  03/30 Guy Cardwell  
 342  04/08 Harald Tveit Alvestrand  
 312  04/02 Harri K Salminen  
 213  03/30 Hiroaki Ikeda  
 101  03/28 James Powell  
 170  03/29 Jamie Blustein  
  29  03/26 Jeff Hayward  
 225  03/30 Jeff Zucker  
 315  04/02 Jeffrey E. Dooley  
 373  04/13 Jim Ault  
  55  03/27 Jim Davis  
  75  03/28 Joerg MESSER  
 164  03/29 John Price-Wilkin  
   5  03/26 John Vollbrecht  
  71  03/28 Jon Knight  
  90  03/28 Jon William Dunn  
 375  04/14 Jonathan Kochmer {NWNet}  
 327  04/06 Juergen Christoffel  
 292  04/01 Julio Perez  
 112  03/29 Jyrki Kuoppala  
  11  03/26 Kari Sutela  
 308  04/02 Karl Fox  
  23  03/26 Keith Porterfield  
 333  04/06 Ken Rossen  
 182  03/29 Ken Schroder  
 367  04/11 Kim Toms  
  80  03/28 L L Campbell  
 244  03/30 Larry Masinter  
 241  03/31 Lars H}kedal  
  77  03/28 Lars-Gunnar Olsson  
 194  03/30 [email protected] 
 218  03/30 Luc Ottavj  
 210  03/30 M Cuthbertson  
  52  03/27 M S Bennet  
 129  03/29 [email protected] 
  50  03/27 Marc VanHeyningen  
 216  03/30 Marcus Roberts  
 243  03/30 Mark Alexander Davis-Craig  
 268  03/31 Mark Courtenay  
 131  03/29 Mark Krause  
 245  03/31 Mark Prior  
  10  03/26 Markus Stumpf  
 114  03/29 Martijn Koster  
  74  03/28 Martin Hamilton  
 332  04/06 Matt Crawford  
 271  03/31 Matt Heffron  
  64+ 03/27 Matt Rollefson  
 303  04/02 Matthew Lewis  
 314  04/02 Michael Clarkson 
 198  03/30 Michael Francis Ledwidge  
 290  04/01 Michael Quinn  
 275  03/31 Michele Evard  
 279  04/01 Mike Brudenell  
 125  03/29 Mike Stok  
  92  03/28 Morris Balamut  
 355  04/05 N F Drakos  
  86  03/28 Natalie Glance  
  32  03/27 Nathan Torkington  
 115  03/29 Nick Williams  
 224  03/30 Ove Hansen  
 188  03/29 [email protected] (Patrick Sagaser) 
  43  03/26 Paul Jones  
 287  04/01 Paul Zhu  
 325  04/06 [email protected] 
 171  03/29 Penny Bertrang  
 286  04/01 Perry Sze-Din Cheng  
 215  03/30 Peter Orbaek  
 163  03/29 Petri Ojala  
 137  03/29 Phil Jensen  
 331  04/06 Phil Julian  
 153  03/29 R J Williams  
 369  04/12 [email protected] 
  94  03/28 [email protected] (Richard W Wiggins) 
 100  03/28 Ran Atkinson  
 338  04/06 Richard Hintz  
 353  04/04 Rik Fleuren  
 195  03/30 Rik Harris  
  31  03/26 Rob Lanphier  
  98  03/28 Rob Raisch  
 238  03/31 Roland Schuetzner  
 295  04/01 Ron Tapia  
 363  04/08 Rose Marie Holt  
 146  03/29 Rosemary Walsh  
 234  03/30 Sascha Wildner  
 354  04/05 Schneider Christian  
 254  03/31 Sean Sebastian Batt  
  15  03/26 Sheryl Erez  
 298  04/02 [email protected] (Roald Sieberath) 
  41  03/26 Simon Spero  
 300  04/02 [email protected] (Francis Somers) 
 212  03/30 Steen Linden  
 258  03/31 Stella O'Brien  
 272  03/31 Stephen Hebditch  
 307  04/02 Steve Neruda  
 232  03/30 Steve Peltz  
  39  03/26 Steve Putz  
 107  03/28 Steve Romig  
 347  04/07 Steve Sullivan  
  69  03/28 [email protected] 
 179  03/29 Terry Coatta  
 221  03/30 Terry Tautz  
 143  03/29 Terry West  
 278  04/01 Thierry Dautcourt  
 139  03/29 Thomas A. Fine  
  97  03/28 Tom Zillner  
  67  03/28 Tony Catone  
 283  04/01 Torre Wenaus  
 207  03/30 Ulrich Pfeifer  
 361  04/08 Una Smith  
 322  04/05 [email protected] (Wayne C. Gramlich) 
 343  04/07 [email protected] (Martin Adams) 
 103  03/29 adrian vanzyl  
 359  04/08 [email protected] 
 288  04/01 [email protected] (Arthur J Thomas) 
  26  03/26 [email protected] (Andre Lehovich) 
  89  03/28 [email protected] (Jeff Aldrich) 
  56  03/27 [email protected] (Andrew Finkenstadt) 
 330  04/06 [email protected] (Jules P. Aronson) 
 123  03/29 [email protected] (Charles Ashley) 
 168  03/29 [email protected] (Brett L Bendickson ) 
 133  03/29 [email protected] 
 206  03/29 [email protected] 
  96  03/28 [email protected] (Booker C. Bense) 
 297  04/02 [email protected] (Ronald Bernhardt) 
 305  04/02 [email protected] (Arnold Bloemer) 
 326  04/06 [email protected] (Torsten Blume) 
 324  04/05 [email protected] (Bob Friesenhahn) 
 296  04/02 [email protected] (Johanna Bolle) 
 189  03/29 [email protected] 
  47  03/26 [email protected] (Brian Smithson) 
 152  03/29 [email protected] (Briand T. Sanderson) 
  49  03/26 [email protected] (Bill Carson) 
 158  03/29 [email protected] (Jonathan Abbey) 
 362  04/08 [email protected] (Dave Carr) 
 147  03/29 [email protected] 
 132  03/29 [email protected] 
 256  03/31 [email protected] (Chris Flecher) 
 313  04/02 [email protected] (Cliff Joslyn) 
 109  03/29 [email protected] (Clare Johnstone) 
  79  03/28 [email protected] (Joe Rosenfeld) 
 184  03/29 [email protected] (Christopher Yoong-Meng Wong) 
 259  03/30 [email protected] (dack) 
 127  03/29 [email protected] (David E. Damouth) 
  44  03/26 [email protected] (Daniel Len Schales) 
 299  04/02 [email protected] (David Graham) 
  33  03/26 [email protected] (David Cornejo) 
 162  03/29 david@albertina (David M. M. de Matos) 
 368  04/12 [email protected] (R. David Murray) 
 138  03/29 [email protected] (Doug Bigwood) 
 276  04/01 [email protected] (Oliver Dehning) 
  27  03/26 [email protected] (Arjan de Vet) 
 144  03/29 [email protected] (David M. Jones) 
 281  04/01 [email protected] (David Mosher) 
 222  03/30 [email protected] (Drew Burton) 
   8  03/26 [email protected] 
 202  03/29 [email protected] (Daniel Weber) 
 349  04/07 [email protected] (Diane Weiss) 
  68  03/28 [email protected] (Don Wells) 
 352  04/03 [email protected] (Dadong Wan) 
 267  03/31 [email protected] 
  30  03/26 [email protected] (John E. Mendenhall) 
 289  04/01 ellis@nova (R. Stewart Ellis) 
  59  03/27 [email protected] (Erik C. Ostrom) 
 192  03/29 eric johnson  
 257  03/31 [email protected] (Lutz Falkenhagen) 
 358  04/08 [email protected] (felix KOOP) 
 130  03/29 [email protected] (Francis Heylighen) 
 102  03/28 [email protected] (Carwil James) 
 113  03/29 [email protected] (Frank Siebenlist) 
 106  03/28 [email protected] (Fred Bremmer) 
 366  04/11 [email protected] (Manuel Friedrich) 
  38  03/26 [email protected] (Frank Peters) 
 263  03/31 [email protected] 
 317  04/02 [email protected] (Gregory G. Woodbury) 
  22  03/26 [email protected] (Matthias Georg Imhof) 
 134  03/29 [email protected] (Giulio Prisco - WMA) 
 261  03/31 [email protected] (Oliver Grau) 
  48  03/27 [email protected] (Sean Case) 
  65  03/28 [email protected] (Sheaffer Gad) 
  16  03/26 [email protected] 
  63  03/27 [email protected] (Joseph Hardin) 
 236  03/30 [email protected] (John Hasley) 
 301  04/02 [email protected] (Hubert Broze) 
  91  03/28 heifetz!utacfd!awful!akf (Andrew Fullford) 
  14  03/26 [email protected] (Heiko Schlichting) 
 328  04/06 [email protected] (Andreas Heinbokel) 
 178  03/29 [email protected] (Edward J. Huff) 
 242  03/31 [email protected] (Hugues Lafarge) 
  81  03/28 [email protected] (hutchins) 
 309  04/02 [email protected] 
  72  03/28 [email protected] (Joe Germuska) 
 336  04/06 [email protected] (Jason Coombs) 
  53  03/27 [email protected] (Jurgen Botz) 
  40  03/26 [email protected] (Zep fanatic) 
 321  04/05 [email protected] (Joe Buck) 
 345  04/07 [email protected] (John Douglas) 
 340  04/06 [email protected] (Jim Knowles) 
 253  03/31 [email protected] (Marty Tenenbaum) 
  17  03/26 [email protected] 
 323  04/06 [email protected] (Jaroslaw Strzalkowski) 
 140  03/29 [email protected] (Juha Stalnacke) 
 364  04/08 [email protected] (Jeff Suttor) 
 378  04/19 [email protected] (Joseph Z. Provo) 
 161  03/29 [email protected] (Karl Lehenbauer) 
 377  04/16 [email protected] (Kyle Barger) 
  12  03/26 [email protected] (Kenneth Chang) 
 180  03/29 [email protected] (Daniel Miles Kehoe) 
 176  03/29 [email protected] (Kevin Dunn) 
 150  03/29 [email protected] (Kevin Altis) 
 219  03/30 [email protected] (Aaron L Dickey) 
 128  03/29 [email protected] (Kermit Tensmeyer) 
 273  03/31 [email protected] (Reinhard Koch) 
 148  03/29 [email protected] (Werner Koellner, LBL) 
  28  03/26 [email protected] (Steven Grimm) 
 214  03/30 [email protected] (Klaus-Peter Kossakowski
 280  04/01 [email protected] (Aleksandra Kozarev) 
 382  04/19 [email protected] (Milos Kravcik) 
  45  03/26 [email protected] (Gregory LeBaron) 
 316  04/02 [email protected] (Lee Lepore) 
 110  03/29 [email protected] (GianlucaLoReto) 
 252  03/31 [email protected] (Luigi Filippini) 
   9  03/26 [email protected] (Larry W. Virden, x2487) 
 249  03/31 [email protected] (Malcolm Caldwell) 
  36  03/26 [email protected] (Marc Andreessen) 
 357  04/05 [email protected] (Andrea Mariani) 
 310  04/02 [email protected] (Geovanni Martinez) 
 181  03/29 [email protected] (Mark Atwood) 
 191  03/29 [email protected] (Michael C. Berch) 
 376  04/15 [email protected] 
 370  04/12 [email protected] (Mitchell N Charity) 
 311  04/02 [email protected] (Ralf Meyer) 
 105  03/28 [email protected] 
 320  04/05 [email protected] (Michael Helm) 
 172  03/29 [email protected] (Mitch Gass) 
  42  03/26 [email protected] (Mitra) 
 156  03/29 [email protected] (Lou Montulli) 
 380  04/19 [email protected] (Matt Morrisey) 
 183  03/29 [email protected] (Greg Morrison) 
 255  03/31 [email protected] 
 264  03/31 [email protected] (Heiko Muenkel) 
 233  03/30 [email protected] 
  83  03/28 [email protected] 
  46  03/26 [email protected] (Nathan Doss) 
 201  03/29 [email protected] 
 302  04/02 [email protected] (Neal Holtz) 
 118  03/29 [email protected] 
 329  04/06 [email protected] (David Oliver) 
  25  03/26 [email protected] (Bill Owens) 
 122  03/29 paolo petta  
 260  03/31 [email protected] (Ulrike Pestel) 
  21  03/26 [email protected] (Bob Peterson) 
 220  03/30 [email protected] (Paul Kramer) 
 142  03/29 [email protected] (Brandon Plewe) 
 231  03/30 [email protected] 
 282  04/01 [email protected] 
  82  03/28 [email protected] (Randy Bush) 
 136  03/29 [email protected] 
 341  04/06 [email protected] (Ray Smith) 
  37  03/26 [email protected] 
 251  03/31 [email protected] (Reinier Post) 
 151  03/29 [email protected] (Henry Melton) 
 248  03/30 [email protected] (Richard Pitt) 
  34  03/26 [email protected] (Prentiss Riddle) 
 335  04/06 [email protected] (Rob Peglar) 
 304  04/02 [email protected] (Richard Rodgers) 
 285  04/01 [email protected] (Frederick G.M. Roeber 01-Apr-1993 1753) 
 240  03/30 [email protected] (Roger Harmston) 
  73  03/28 [email protected] (Anthony Rossini) 
  13  03/26 [email protected] (Rich Kulawiec) 
 319  04/04 [email protected] 
  95  03/28 [email protected] (Steven Byrnes) 
 265  03/31 [email protected] (Thorsten Schnier) 
  24  03/26 [email protected] (Suzanne Chambliss Neil) 
 209  03/30 [email protected] (Mike Sendall) 
 119  03/29 [email protected] (Sharon Peleg) 
 186  03/29 [email protected] (Chris Shenton) 
 157  03/29 sp Campbell  
  84  03/28 [email protected] 
 235  03/30 [email protected] 
  70  03/28 [email protected] (Sridhar Venkataraman) 
 262  03/31 [email protected] (Juergen Stauder) 
 291  04/02 [email protected] (Dirk Steinmeyer) 
 274  03/31 [email protected] (Terry Suitor) 
 141  03/29 [email protected] (Tim Pointing) 
  20  03/26 [email protected] (Tim F O'Donoghue) 
 229  03/30 [email protected] (Terrence M. McLaren) 
 237  03/30 toast  
  57  03/27 tom loos  
 284  04/01 [email protected] (Thomas R. Bruce) 
  87  03/28 [email protected] 
 208  03/30 [email protected] 
 217  03/30 [email protected] 
 177  03/29 [email protected] (Griff Wigley) 
 196  03/29 [email protected] (Shawn V. Hernan) 
 356  04/05 [email protected] (Joerg Vorpahl) 
 165  03/29 [email protected] (Jay C. Weber) 
 239  03/30 [email protected] (Pei Y. Wei) 
 104  03/28 [email protected] (Bill Middleton) 
  76  03/28 [email protected] 
  66  03/28 [email protected] (Youichi Watanabe) 
  18  03/26 [email protected] (Mike Peeler) 
 174  03/29 [email protected] (Jack Lund) 

From [email protected] (RonDippold) Mon May 16 22:58:38 1994
Path: uunet!bounce-back
From: [email protected] (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.infosystems.www
Subject: 2nd CFV: comp.infosystems.www.{misc,providers,users}
Supersedes: 
Followup-To: poster
Date: 16 May 1994 21:47:25 -0400
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
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Sender: [email protected]
Approved: [email protected]
Expires: 31 May 1994 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: 
References:  
Reply-To: [email protected] (Ron Dippold Voting Alias)
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5103 news.groups:103915 comp.infosystems.www:16737

                          LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group comp.infosystems.www.misc (replaces comp.infosystems.www)
           unmoderated group comp.infosystems.www.providers
             unmoderated group comp.infosystems.www.users

Newsgroups line:
comp.infosystems.www.misc       Miscellaneous World Wide Web discussion.
comp.infosystems.www.providers  WWW provider issues (info providers).
comp.infosystems.www.users      WWW user issues (Mosaic, Lynx, etc).

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 30 May 1994.

After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups, the proponent will
submit it to the Mosaic What's New page 
,
maintainer address .

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


CHARTERS

comp.infosystems.www.misc (unmoderated) will provide a forum for general
discussion of WWW (World Wide Web)- related topics that are NOT covered
by the other newsgroups in the hierarchy. This will likely include
discussions of the Web's future, politicking regarding changes in the
structure and protocols of the web that affect both clients and servers,
et cetera. If this group passes, the group comp.infosystems.www will 
be removed after three months, giving traffic time to move to the new group.

comp.infosystems.www.providers (unmoderated) will provide a forum for
the discussion of WWW server software and the use of said software
to present information to users. General server design, setup questions,
server bug reports, security issues, HTML page design and other concerns 
of information providers are among the likely topics for this group.

comp.infosystems.www.users (unmoderated) will provide a forum for the
discussion of WWW client software and its use in contacting various
Internet information sources. New user questions, client setup
questions, client bug reports, resource-discovery questions on how to
locate information on the web that can't be found by the means
detailed in the FAQ and comparison between various client packages are
among the acceptable topics for this group.


BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE:

Since the creation of comp.infosystems.www, traffic has steadily
increased to the point where many users now voice the complaint that
it is no longer possible to keep up with the volume, which can
exceed a hundred messages per day. Splitting the group has been
a popular topic of discussion of late.

In addition, there is a clear means of subdividing the group, since
nearly all concerns of WWW posters can be divided into user
issues (Mosaic, Lynx, other clients, connectivity questions) and 
provider issues (issues of interest to information providers, such
as web servers and HTML page design). There is a clear division
between these two categories in the messages posted to
comp.infosystems.www. comp.infosystems.www.misc catches the
rest, including, but not limited to, "futures" discussion.

Each group will be voted upon separately; see below.


HOW TO VOTE

Erase everything above the top "-=-=-=-" line and erase everything
below the bottom "-=-=-=-" line.  Do not erase anything between these
lines and do not change the group names.

Give your name on the line that asks for it. For each group, place a YES or
NO in the brackets next to it to vote for or against it.  If you don't want
to vote on a particular group, just leave the space blank.  Don't worry
about spacing of the columns or any quote characters (">") that your reply
inserts.

Send MAIL to:   [email protected]
Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.

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comp.infosystems.www reorg Ballot   (Don't remove this marker)

Give your real name here:

[Your Vote]  Group
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[         ]  comp.infosystems.www.misc (replaces comp.infosystems.www)
[         ]  comp.infosystems.www.providers
[         ]  comp.infosystems.www.users
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Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.  The
votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge-
ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again.
It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly.

Only one vote per person, no more than one vote per account.  Addresses and
votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.



comp.infosystems.www reorg Bounce List - No need to revote
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[email protected]                                                      Bill Haase
[email protected]                                         Thorsten Kitz