3rd CFV and VOTE ACK: comp.sys.stratus

From: Mike Oliver <moliver_at_pyramid.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 13:09:13 GMT
Message-ID: <Bv4xvD.5yo_at_uunet.uu.net>


This is the second Vote Acknowledgement for the ongoing ballot on the formation of comp.sys.stratus. The originating addresses for votes received at pyramid.com as of 6pm on Thursday September 24th are shown below. If you have sent in a vote and your address does not appear in the list, please resubmit your vote.

A reiteration of the Call For Votes, including a description of the group's intended purpose and instructions on how to vote on the formation of the group, follows the vote acknowledgement list. Voting will close at midnight on October 2nd 1992.

Regards, Mike.

moliver_at_pyramid.com
{allegra,decwrl,hplabs,munnari,sun,utai,uunet}!pyramid!moliver

Votes have been received from:

	adam_at_paix.sw.stratus.com (Mark Adam)
	allan_at_eskimo.celestial.com (Christopher Stewart)
	alliance!debbiek_at_uunet.UU.NET (Debbie Keyes)
	amy_at_vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Amy McNulty)
	Andrew_Klepacki_at_vos.stratus.com
	"Andy Pardue" <shared!andyp_at_uunet.UU.NET>
	anh_at_velveeta (Anh_Nguyen)
	ansaldo_at_fstop.hw.stratus.com (Bob Ansaldo)
	at278_at_cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Andy Miller)
	austin_at_franklin.com (Austin G. Hastings)
	banks_at_neptune.iex.com (Nathan Banks)
	Barbara_Sinsabaugh_at_vos.stratus.com
	Ben_Santello_at_vos.stratus.com
	Ben_Sprachman_at_vos.stratus.com
	berger_at_itpo.sw.stratus.com (Mike Berger)
	Berny Goodheart <berny_at_scoucer.tandem.com.au>
	Bill_Everts_at_vos.stratus.com
	Bill_Snapper_at_vos.stratus.com
	B.J.  08-Sep-1992 1032 <herbison_at_erlang.enet.dec.com>
	Bob_Bird_at_vos.stratus.com
	Brian_Haley_at_vos.stratus.com
	brian_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (Brian DeForest)
	Bruce Anderson <scubed!sagpd1!banderso_at_ames>
	Bruce_Chapman_at_vos.stratus.com
	btarbox_at_dewanee.sw.stratus.com (Brian Tarbox)
	cac_at_cheddar (Chris_Clabaugh)
	Carl_Ellison_at_vos.stratus.com
	carol_at_eskimo.celestial.com (Carol Brown)
	cblpn!phd_at_att
	cdt_at_rocket.sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
	Cecile_Stadler_at_vos.stratus.com
	charley_at_cruisin (Charley Rich)
	charlie_at_tucson.az.stratus.com (Charles_Spitzer)
	cheim_at_delta.sw.stratus.com (Craig Heim)
	Chris_Barr_at_vos.stratus.com
	chuck_at_novus.com (Chuck Stern)
	claude_at_trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss)
	Cliff_Atwood_at_vos.stratus.com
	close_at_stonehenge.diag.stratus.com (Randy Close)
	csa_at_pennies.sw.stratus.com (Chris Arthur)
	Dan_StSauveur_at_vos.stratus.com
	dan_at_tucson.az.stratus.com (Dan Danz)
	Dave_Challis_at_vos.stratus.com
	Dave_Durant_at_vos.stratus.com
	daveu_at_zap.sw.stratus.com (Dave Utter)
	dbul_at_phoenix.az.stratus.com (David Bulkow)
	deepak_at_indetech.com (Deepak Sharma)
	denap_at_valhalla.sw.stratus.com (Tom DeNapoli)
	dennist_at_zen.cac.stratus.com (Dennis Tetreault)
	Deric_Shea_at_vos.stratus.com
	deshaw!moraes_at_cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Mark Moraes)
	D.W.Wright_at_bnr.co.uk
	Ed Trumbull <trumbull_at_unx.sas.com>
	ekho_at_ttsrv2.ttl.fi (Holmberg Esa ttl)
	"Eric J. Olson" <ejo_at_kaja.gi.alaska.edu>
	Eric_Engberg_at_vos.stratus.com
	eriks_at_delmont.sw.stratus.com (Erik Synnestvedt)
	fms_at_hoop.sw.stratus.com (Faith Senie)
	furbish_at_ripple.sw.stratus.com (Kevin Furbish)
	Gary_Dixon_at_vos.stratus.com
	gbader_at_email.bony.com
	gbs_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (George B. Smith)
	gb_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (George Bunting)
	geoff%siamese_at_sj.ate.slb.com (Geoff Peck)
	george_at_aol.com (George Browning)
	George_Malits_at_vos.stratus.com
	George_Pacil_at_vos.stratus.com
	Glenn_Butler_at_vos.stratus.com
	"Greg Weber" <weber_at_orsun.saic.com>
	harley_at_radbug.hw.stratus.com (Peter W. Oelerich)
	Herb_Norris_at_vos.stratus.com
	Hirvonen_Lauri_ICL_at_smail.relay.icl.fi
	Howard_Ship_at_vos.stratus.com
	Ian Parkin <twod_at_socrates.demon.co.uk>
	jdan_at_phoenix.az.stratus.com (Judy Danz)
	Jeff Berkowitz <jjb_at_sequent.com>
	jfraize_at_bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (John Fraise)
	Jim Halpin <halpin_at_turkey.sw.stratus.com>
	jmann_at_vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
	Joe Sweeney <jsweeney_at_encore.com>
	Joe_Galietto_at_vos.stratus.com
	joel_at_velveeta (Joel_Schmidt)
	John Braden <braden_at_lincoln.diag.stratus.com>
	john_at_novus.com
	joseph_at_asl.dl.nec.com	(V. John Joseph)
	Jukka Petteri Vesanen <s31900w_at_puukko.hut.fi>
	Katherine Lowndes <C09875D4_at_WUVMD.Wustl.Edu>
	kdj_at_mrbt.sw.stratus.com (Ken Jordan)
	Kevin James <0003248511_at_mcimail.com>
	kgreer_at_velveeta (Kim_Greer)
	khalid_at_bunce.hw.stratus.com (Khalid Chishti)
	kvk_at_questor.sw.stratus.com (Ken Koellner)
	leavitt_at_mordor.hw.stratus.com (Will Leavitt)
	"Lee W. Cooprider" <lee_at_bluefuzz.sw.stratus.com>
	lepine_at_monaco.diag.stratus.com (Don Lepine)
	liscousk_at_mudslide.sw.stratus.com (Jeffrey Liscouski)
	lmann_at_vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Laurie Mann)
	lpb_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (Len Bucuvalas)
	marben/G=Mark/S=DeCoursey/O=Marben_US_at_mhs.attmail.com
	Marcos_Szydlo_at_vos.stratus.com
	Margaret_Fieland_at_vos.stratus.com
	markh_at_tesla.hw.stratus.com (Mark Himelfarb)
	Mark_Sherman_at_transarc.com
	Martin A. Lodahl <malodah_at_pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
	mc/G=Patricia/S=Sherman/OU=0205928_at_mhs.attmail.com
	mcigate!rmwise_at_csn.org (Bob_Wise)
	mcurry_at_odin.sw.stratus.com (Mike Curry)
	mech%mdis1_at_wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Miguel Echavarria)
	merk!uvmark!todd (Todd Cooper)
	Michael Salmon <Michael.Salmon_at_eos.ericsson.se>
	Michael_Dosik_at_vos.stratus.com
	Mikael_Rykatkin_at_vos.stratus.com
	Mike_Homberg_at_vos.stratus.com
	nazir_at_jets.sw.stratus.com (Meer Nazir)
	neil_at_ripple.sw.stratus.com (Neil Swinton)
	Nicolas_Tamburri_at_vos.stratus.com
	"OCB::PUGHJ"_at_STC10.CTD.ORNL.GOV
	parul_at_zeb.sw.stratus.com (Parul Nanavati)
	Paul_Farinha_at_vos.stratus.com
	Paul_Green_at_vos.stratus.com
	pearl_at_spectacle.sw.stratus.com (Dan Pearl)
	pelle_at_wahlstrom.sw.stratus.com (Pelle Wahlstrom)
	Perry_Yin_at_vos.stratus.com
	peterm_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (Peter Moyer)
	Phil_Kramer_at_vos.stratus.com
	pseudo!mjn_at_uunet.UU.NET (Murray Nesbitt)
	ram_at_iti.gov.sg (Ram S. Kidambi (SE))
	RHYNE J D <jrq_at_stc06.ctd.ornl.gov>
	Richard Wendland <richard_at_praxis.co.uk>
	Richard_Ahrens_at_vos.stratus.com
	Richard_Loring_at_vos.stratus.com
	Richard_Mortimer_at_vos.stratus.com
	rick_at_crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller)
	Rick_Savoia_at_vos.stratus.com
	rschmitt_at_menemsha.sw.stratus.com (Richard Schmitt)
	rsulack_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (Rick Sulack)
	ruman_at_maemaster.eng.uci.edu (ruman)
	rvireday_at_pldote.intel.com (~Vireday)
	Sanje_Kak_at_vos.stratus.com
	Sascha Wildner <swildner_at_channelz.GUN.de>
	scherf_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (Steve Scherf)
	scol_at_phoenix.az.stratus.com (Scott Colbath)
	sdpage_at_andersen.co.uk (Stephen Page)
	shared!bradn_at_uunet.UU.NET (Brad Nelson)
	shared!brunol_at_uunet.UU.NET (Bruno Larsen)
	shared!craigm_at_uunet.UU.NET (Craig Mixon)
	shared!hollyc_at_uunet.UU.NET (Holly Cowan)
	shared!jimf_at_uunet.UU.NET (Jim Franklin)
	shared!jimw_at_uunet.UU.NET (Jim Weaver)
	shared!joel_at_uunet.UU.NET (Joe Largent)
	shared!johnf_at_uunet.UU.NET (John Fusselman)
	shared!johnp_at_uunet.UU.NET (John Plattner)
	shared!johnt_at_uunet.UU.NET (John Torkelson)
	shared!louz_at_uunet.UU.NET (Lou Zastoupil)
	shared!mikek_at_uunet.UU.NET (Mike Kenny)
	shared!peterw_at_uunet.UU.NET (Peter Webb)
	shared!philh_at_uunet.UU.NET (Phil Hellerman)
	shared!randallc_at_uunet.UU.NET (shell)
	shared!richardb_at_uunet.UU.NET (Richard Broussard  x4858)
	shared!scottf_at_uunet.UU.NET (Scott Fort)
	shuford_at_cs.utk.edu
	smcgee_at_lunch.sw.stratus.com (Stephen McGee)
	srogers_at_tad.eds.com (Steve Rogers)
	st-andy!larry_at_uunet.UU.NET (Larry Martell)
	st-andy!rich_at_uunet.UU.NET (Richard Jata)
	st-andy!victor_at_uunet.UU.NET (Victor Morvillo)
	st_at_bbl.be (Simon Townsend)
	Steve_Ketcham_at_vos.stratus.com
	Stuart Matthews <srm_at_praxis.co.uk>
	Susan_Lemish_at_vos.stratus.com
	Sven Heinicke <sven_at_cs.widener.edu>
	syoung%pecanpi.UUCP_at_mathcs.emory.edu
	tarl_at_apache.sw.stratus.com (Tarl Neustaedter)
	ti_at_bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)
	Tim_Hill_at_vos.stratus.com
	tlb_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (Terry Bringazi)
	tmm_at_world.std.com (Tom M Moravansky)
	tob_at_raider.raidernet.com (Tom O. Barron)
	Tom Green <tgreen_at_alta.sw.stratus.com>
	tomc_at_stratus.swdc.stratus.com (Tom Clark)
	Tom_Moser_at_vos.stratus.com
	Tom_Wright_at_vos.stratus.com
	Victor_To_at_vos.stratus.com
	winter_at_gressenhall.sw.stratus.com (Brian Winter)
	wrj_at_tridom.com (Wes Jones)

I have requested, but have not yet received, a clarification for an ambiguous vote from

        Nick_Bryan_at_vos.stratus.com

Reiteration of the Call For Votes:

> This is a formal Call For Votes (CFV) for the formation of a new Usenet
> newsgroup, comp.sys.stratus, as described below. The RFD for this
> group was originated by Bob Wise (rmwise_at_apdev.mci.com) and was posted
> in news.announce.newgroups on August 4th 1992. Discussion in
> news.groups in the ensuing 30-day period has been favourable, and no
> significant objections to the group's name or charter have been raised.
>
> The newsgroup will be constituted as follows:
>
> Name: comp.sys.stratus
>
> Status: unmoderated
>
> Charter: Discussion of Stratus hardware and any and all software
> that runs on it. Discussion will include Stratus
> hardware badged by other vendors, including the IBM
> System/88 and the Olivetti CPS-32 lines, and will
> include the VOS, FTX I (SVR3) and FTX II (SVR4)
> operating systems and applications executing over those
> operating systems.
>
> Vote addresses:
>
> "Yes" votes (in support of the formation of comp.sys.stratus as
> described) should be sent to
>
> stratus-yes_at_pyramid.com
>
> "No" votes (in opposition to the formation of comp.sys.stratus
> as described) should be sent to
>
> stratus-no_at_pyramid.com
>
> You may change your vote at any time before the expiry of the
> voting period by simply submitting a new vote. The last vote
> to be cast by any given individual before the end of the voting
> period will be counted; earlier votes cast by that individual
> will be discarded.
>
> Vote format:
>
> Votes should carry a subject line confirming the voter's
> intent, either "I vote yes on comp.sys.stratus" or "I vote no
> on comp.sys.stratus" as appropriate. Variations in subject
> line format will be accepted as long as the intent is clearly
> expressed. If the vote carries an empty subject line the
> message body will be inspected for confirmation of voting
> intent.
>
> Votes sent as replies to the CFV:
>
> Votes sent as replies to the originator of this CFV
> (moliver_at_pyramid.com) will be counted as "yes" or "no" votes
> according to their subject line or message body.
>
> Ambiguous vote resolution:
>
> Ambiguous votes -- those whose subject lines do not make clear
> the voter's intent, or whose subject line clashes with the vote
> address -- sent to either the vote addresses or the reply
> address will, where possible, be returned to their senders for
> clarification. Ambiguous votes which can not by returned to
> their senders or for which no clarification is provided will be
> identified in vote mass acknowledgements and in the final vote
> tally.
>
> Voting period:
>
> Votes will be collected for a period beginning when this CFV is
> approved for publication in news.announce.newgroups and ending
> at midnight on Friday October 2nd 1992. Votes arriving at the
> voting addresses or the reply address after the expiration of
> the voting period will be discarded.
>
> And remember, it's one person, one vote.
Received on Fri Sep 25 1992 - 15:09:13 CEST

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