Cell Relay Archive

[mcq@best.com (Rebecca McQuitty)]

                     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                unmoderated group comp.dcom.sdh-sonet

Usenet readers may now vote on the proposed worldwide newsgroup
comp.dcom.sdh-sonet.  This CFV contains information about both the
voting process and the proposed group; please read the entire CFV
before voting.

Only the votetaker is authorized to distribute this CFV.  Do not post
it to any newsgroup, mail it to any person or mailing list, or place
it on the World Wide Web.  Ballots or CFVs provided by anyone except
the votetaker will be invalid.

Newsgroups line:
comp.dcom.sdh-sonet	Discuss the SDH and SONET technology.

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 7 Jul 1998.

A neutral, third-party volunteer is conducting this vote.  Direct
questions about the vote to the votetaker, and questions about the
proposed group to the proponent.

Proponent: John van Luijk <j.vanluijk@kpn-telecom.nl>
Votetaker: Rebecca McQuitty <mcq@best.com>

RATIONALE: comp.dcom.sdh-sonet

A newsgroup for the discussion of the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
(SDH) and Synchronous Optical NETwork (SONET); including, but not
limited to the specifications, technical support, standardization,
research, development and documentation.

CHARTER: comp.dcom.sdh-sonet

Comp.dcom.sdh-sonet shall be an unmoderated newsgroup for the general
discussion of the SDH and SONET technologies.

This includes, but is not limited to the specifications, technical
support, standardization, research, development and documentation.

Policy on Advertising:
We encourage discussion of the merits and shortcomings of commercial
products. A certain amount of advertising (both objective and
advocative) is to be expected and this is to be encouraged as long as
the products and services relate directly to SDH-SONET and the
announcements are brief. Company representatives are expected to
participate in discussions of their product that they themselves did
not initiate.

Please refer to the widely available Internet literature on the
subject of common net abuses (indiscriminate newsgroup spamming,
multiple advertisement posting, and chain letters being among the most
frequent).

END CHARTER.

IMPORTANT VOTING INFORMATION:

The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest in
reading the proposed group, and soliciting votes from uninterested
parties defeats this purpose.  Do *not* distribute this CFV; instead,
direct people to the official CFV posted to news.announce.newgroups.
Distributing pre-marked, incomplete, or otherwise edited copies of
this CFV is considered vote fraud.

This is a public vote:  All email addresses, names and votes will be
listed in the final RESULT post.  The name used may be either a real
name or an established Usenet handle.

At most one vote is allowed per person or per account.  Duplicate
votes will be resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote.

Voters must mail their ballots directly to the votetaker.  Anonymous,
forwarded, or proxy votes are not valid, nor are votes mailed from
WWW/HTML/CGI forms (which should not exist).  Votes from nonexistent
accounts are also invalid, and the votetaker will reject any "munged"
address she cannot decipher immediately.

Please direct any questions to the votetaker at <mcq@best.com>.

HOW TO VOTE:

Extract the ballot from the CFV by deleting everything before the
"BEGINNING OF BALLOT" and after the "END OF BALLOT" lines.  Please do
*not* send the entire CFV back to me.  Don't worry about the spacing
of the columns or any quote characters (">") that your software
inserts.

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following the words "Voter name:".

Indicate your vote in the brackets beside the group name.  Valid votes
are YES, NO, ABSTAIN, and CANCEL.  Examples of how to properly
indicate your vote (do not vote here):

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Votetaking is automated, and any other changes to the ballot may
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When you're finished, mail the ballot to <mcq@best.com>.  Replying to
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use a spam block, please delete it and use a valid address to vote.

If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your vote within three
days, contact the votetaker about the problem.  You are responsible
for reading your ack and making sure your vote is registered
correctly.

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DISTRIBUTION:

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   news.announce.newgroups
   news.groups
   comp.dcom.cell-relay
   comp.dcom.frame-relay
   comp.dcom.sys.cisco
   comp.dcom.telecom.tech
   comp.dcom.wan

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Rebecca Graham McQuitty                   Member, Usenet Volunteer Votetakers