From: votes@stud.chem.ethz.ch (Votetaker)
Newsgroups: ch.general,ch.talk,ch.comp
Subject: RESULTS: ch.* Vote
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:05:11 GMT
Message-ID: <370fae94.16026868@news.bluewin.ch>
RESULTS (F'up ch.general)
Activation of the CHancelbot passes 108:7
Removing of several groups passes 108:3
unmoderated group ch.comm fails 104:9
unmoderated group ch.market.housing fails 89:10
unmoderated group ch.soc.politics fails 96:14
Removing of ch.general /
establishing administration group passes 110:9
New name for the administration group: ch.usenet 54
ch.admin 56
ch.* Details
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ch.* spring 1999 results - 119 valid votes
Yes No : 2/3? >100? : Pass? : Group
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108 7 : Yes Yes : Yes : Activation of the CHancelbot
108 3 : Yes Yes : Yes : Removing of several groups
104 9 : Yes No : No : ch.comm
89 10 : Yes No : No : ch.market.housing
96 14 : Yes No : No : ch.soc.politics
110 9 : Yes Yes : Yes : Removing of ch.general / establishing
: : : administration group
54 0 : - - : - : ch.usenet
56 0 : - - : - : ch.admin
3 invalid votes
For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO)
votes. There must also be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes. More
details about this vote will be available from the web in the near future.
A five day discussion period follows this announcement. If no serious
allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
new groups will be created shortly thereafter. The failing groups may not be
voted on again for six months.
The voting period closed at 23:59:59 CEST, 4 Apr 1999.
Votetaker: aae@bluewin.ch (Andreas Aemissegger)
Newsgroup lines
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ch.admin Administration of the ch.* hierarchy
ch.bulletin.chancelbot status reports of the CHancelbot
New Charters
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ch.admin
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ch.admin is for all the questions and postings about the newsgroups of the
ch.* hierarchy and the Usenet in Switzerland. The disussion may cover the
following topics:
- establishing / deleting newsgroups
- voting procedure (RfD, CfV) and modalities
- structure of the ch.* hierarchy
- net abuse and misbehaviour, eg Spam, UCE (Unsolicited Commercial
Email)
ch.bulletin.chancelbot
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This group carries the status reports of the CHancelbot. As the postings in
this group are just for information of the public, contributions of other
users may only be posted in exceptional cases like an unjustified deletion of
a posting.
CHancelCHarter
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The CHancelbot does not touch messages which are not posted to at least one
ch.* newsgroup. Articles must not be cancelled on the basis of opinions,
views or facts they contain. This charter authorizes the CHancelbot to delete
an article if it belongs to one of the following groups:
Binary
An article bigger than 15 kB which contains uuencoded or MIME-encoded non
textual information.
ECP (Excessive Cross Posting, also known as 'Velveeta')
An article which is published in more than 2 ch.* groups or 7 groups in
total. FAQs, RfDs and CfVs are not treated as ECP.
Duplicates and EMP articles (Excessively Multiple-Posted)
A content-duplicate is defined by an article whose header and body is really
the same, except the Date:, Path: and Message-ID: headers. This does not of
course count the articles which are dropped because the Message-ID: is
already in the history (as part of the standard news duplicate deletion), but
is really when an user sends an article _by hand_ multiple times (maybe due
to a bad user interface or not waiting long enough and thinking the server
did forget the article).
All activities are documented daily in the group ch.bulletin.chancelbot.
Cancelled articles are
kept one week under an address given in any status report. The cancel control
message contains an explanation why a certain posting was deleted.
Furthermore an attempt is made to contact the poster by e-mail under the
address stated in the From: field.
The CHancelbot marks its cancelmessages by a special Path: entry. This
characteristic allows to reject specifically the cancelmessages generated by
the bot if a provider wants to do this on his newsserver.
Changing of the above policies requires the same procedure as for normal
usenet newsgroups. At least a 2/3 yes majority is required for a changing to
pass.
The CHancelbot operates under the authority of persons (the 'operators')
elected by the readers of the ch.* groups by at least a 2/3 yes majority. An
operator has to resign his post if he does not pass a vote of confidence by
at least a 2/3 yes majority. There has always to be at least one active
operator otherwise the CHancelbot has to be shut down.
The operators can not be blamed for program errors, for the deletion of a
posting by mistake or for any other problem with regard to the operation of
the CHancelbot. The operators cannot be viewed as editors for the newsgroups
where articles are cancelled. Thus they are not liable for the content
appearing in those newsgroups.
Voting Analysis
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A clean vote, no serious problems. Someone sent in almost two dozen ballots
containing the addresses of people not aware of this voting. The fakes have
been considered as "invalid" and are therefore eliminated from the final
voter list. After this procedure there was not much left between acceptance
and rejection:
Activation of the CHancelbot passed on Sat Apr 3 18:26:56 1999
Removing of several groups passed on Wed Mar 31 21:54:39 1999
Removing of ch.general / establishing administration group passed
on Sat Apr 3 18:26:56 1999
ch.ALL Reorganization Final Voter List
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ch.admin ----------+
ch.usenet ---------+|
Removing of ch.general / establishing administration group --------+||
ch.soc.politics -------+|||
ch.market.housing ------+||||
ch.comm -----+|||||
Removing of several groups ----+||||||
Activation of the CHancelbot ---+|||||||
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Adrian.Sieber [at] unifr.ch Adrian Sieber YYYYYY-Y
alex.lutz [at] swissonline.ch Alexander Lutz YYYYYYY-
andreas.daengeli [at] gmx.net Andreas Daengeli YYYYYYY-
andy.schaub [at] gmx.net Andy Schaub -YY-YY-Y
andy [at] vis.ethz.ch Andreas Tscharner YYYYYN--
antonio [at] ifi.unizh.ch Denis N. Antonioli YYYYYYY-
August.Blunschi [at] swissonline.ch August Blunschi YYY--YY-
avbidder [at] datacomm.ch Adrian von Bidder YYYYYY-Y
b.weidmann [at] pobox.com Benjamin Weidmann YYNYYYY-
baal [at] gmx.net Martin Schellenberg YYYYYY-Y
bad [at] dbrack [at] datacomm.ch Daniel Brack YYYYNY-Y
billy [at] bill.rol.ch Stefan Bill YYYYYY-Y
blacklotus [at] datacomm.ch Mike Pfaff YYYYYY-Y
bleichenbacher [at] mol.biol.ethz.ch Michael Bleichenbacher YYYYYYY-
bloch5 [at] etu.unige.ch Stefan M. BLOCH YYYYYYY-
c.hartmann [at] pop.agri.ch Christian Hartmann YYYYYYY-
Carmine.Chiancone [at] chiorg.unige.ch Carmine CHIANCONE YYYYYYY-
cbuser [at] access.ch Christian F Buser YYNNYYY-
chgloor [at] netlink.ch Christian Gloor YYY-YYY-
christian.marti [at] geneva-link.ch Marti YNYYYYY-
christoph.mueller [at] soz.unibe.ch Christoph Mueller YYY-YYY-
cornel.fuerer [at] helvetiapatria.ch Cornel Fuerer NYYY-Y-Y
cschertenlaib [at] hotmail.com Christian Schertenlaib YYYYYYY-
cysp [at] mypad.com Dominique Stern YYYYYY-Y
d.scherer [at] gmx.net Dieter Scherer YYY-YY-Y
dani [at] iridium.ch Daniel Rueegg YYYNNY-Y
daniel.schorr [at] gmx.net Daniel Schorr YYNYYYY-
daniel [at] folly.ch Daniel Folly YYYYNYY-
del.fine [at] suisse.org Ursula Wermuth YYYYYYY-
Dominik.Madon [at] di.epfl.ch Dominik Madon --YYYN--
Dominique.Barreaux [at] ascom.ch Barreaux YNN--N--
E.Rueegg [at] access.unizh.ch Erwin Rüegg YYY-YYY-
eckert [at] alphanet.ch Christoph Eckert YYY-YY-Y
ehk [at] gmx.net Othmar Pfaff YYYYYY-Y
ehrbarp [at] dial.eunet.ch Peter Ehrbar YYYYYY-Y
engler [at] texter.ch Stefan Engler Y-YYYYY-
etienne [at] imp.ch Stefan Hauser YYYNYY-Y
fbanzay [at] iname.com Frederic O. YYYYYY-Y
Felix.Rauch [at] Nice.Usergroup.ETHZ.CH Felix Rauch YYYYYY-Y
feuz [at] bluewin.ch Boris Feuz YYY-YY-Y
fmueller [at] gmx.net Ferdi Mueller YYYYYYY-
fritz.lehmann [at] gmx.ch Fritz Lehmann YYYYYYY-
geiser [at] dial.eunet.ch Matthias Geiser YYY--Y-Y
georges.rosset [at] iprolink.ch Georges Rosset YYYYYN--
h.schacher [at] schweiz.org helmut schacher YYYYYY-Y
happl.oberlin [at] iname.com Hanspeter Oberlin YYYYNY-Y
harenbrg [at] datacomm.ch Frank Harenberg Y-YYYN--
hslama [at] datacomm.ch Heribert Slama YYYYYY-Y
jan [at] maximilianeum.ch Jan Wenger YYYYYY-Y
jschlesinger [at] mus.ch Jacques Schlesinger YYYYYYY-
killer [at] eris.discordia.ch Peter Keel YYNYNYY-
kuemin [at] kuemin-dial.etter.ch Norbert Kuemin YYNYYYY-
lancelot [at] gmx.ch Thomas Jost NYYYYY-Y
lea.gerstenkorn [at] gmx.net Lea Gerstenkorn YYYYYYY-
leo.mannhart [at] ubs.com Leo Mannhart YYYNNY-Y
linux_ch [at] iname.com Tibor Dekany YYYYYY-Y
literat [at] hotmail.com Marc Werthen YYYYNY-Y
lkarrer [at] trash.net Lukas Karrer YYYYYYY-
loepfe [at] sd.id.ethz.ch Bruno Loepfe ID-SD YY-YNY-Y
lueg [at] ifi.unizh.ch Christopher Lueg -YYYNYY-
Lukas.Gerber [at] bzs.admin.ch Lukas Gerber YYY--Y-Y
Manuel.Rindlisbacher [at] swissonline.ch Manuel Rindlisbacher YYY-YYY-
marco.buergisser [at] setz.ch Marco Buergisser -YYYYY-Y
mdotta [at] gmx.ch Marco Dotta YYY-YY-Y
mgeyer [at] gmx.ch Michael Geyer YYYYYY-Y
mrose [at] hotmail.ch Marianne Rosenberg YYY-YY-Y
mussi [at] snoop.alphanet.ch Rene Laederach YYYYNYY-
mvr [at] email.ch Mathieu von Rohr YYYYNY-Y
mwoog [at] gmx.net Marc-A. Woog YYYYYYY-
niaxa [at] dege.net niaxa YYYYYYY-
nnikld [at] ascom.ch Didi Niklaus YYYYYYY-
omueller [at] stud.ee.ethz.ch Olivier Mueller YYYYYYY-
p.clerc [at] datacomm.ch Patrick Clerc Y----Y-Y
p.heiniger [at] gmx.net Heiniger Patrick NYYYYY-Y
papadim4 [at] uni2a.unige.ch Paul P. Papadimitriou YYYNYYY-
pdiggelmann [at] gmx.net Peter YYYY-Y-Y
pfaff [at] datacomm.ch Yolanda Pfaff YYYYYY-Y
pfisr [at] bluewin.ch Roger Pfister YYYNYYY-
philipp.stadelmann [at] effinet.ch Philipp Stadelmann YYYYYY-Y
Philippe.Troesch [at] Katadyn.ch Tr=F6sch Philippe YYYYYYY-
pjw [at] iname.com Peter Walser YYYYYY-Y
r.beyeler [at] rhone.ch R. Beyeler YYY-YYY-
r.z [at] schweiz.org Roland Zihlmann YYYYYYY-
regina.rechberger [at] gmx.net Regina Rechberger YY-Y-YY-
remo.nospam [at] gmx.net Remo Hofer YYNNNY-Y
rguthaus [at] fhl.li Roland Guthuaser YYYYYYY-
Robert.Joosten [at] epfl.ch Robert Joosten Y-YYYN--
roese [at] gmx.net Thomas roeskens NYYYYYY-
roman_r [at] writeme.com Roman Racine Y-YYYY-Y
rotor [at] technologist.com Markus Hofer YYYNYYY-
rs [at] 9903.fish.ch Roland Schneider YY--YY-Y
sam [at] trash.net Simon Ramseier YYYYYY-Y
schaefer [at] alphanet.ch Marc SCHAEFER YYNNYY-Y
schlauri [at] pobox.com Simon Schlauri YYYYYYY-
schmidgri [at] datacomm.ch Walter Schmid YY--YY-Y
simon [at] poole.ch Simon Poole NNYYYN--
skilchen [at] swissonline.ch Samuel Kilchenmann N-YYYN--
srml [at] discordia.ch Daniel Werner YYYYYYY-
stefan.haller [at] ascom.ch Stefan Haller YY--YY-Y
stefan.odendahl [at] siemens.ch Stefan Odendahl YYYYYY-Y
stefan.thoma [at] sunrise.ch Stefan Thoma YYYYYYY-
straumann [at] datacomm.ch Christian Straumann YYYYYYY-
strebel [at] inf.ethz.ch Rolf Strebel YYYYYY-Y
Sven.Kirmess [at] gmx.net Sven Kirmess YYYYYYY-
taxcard [at] collector.org Jean-Bernard Mani YYYYYYY-
tgantner [at] datacomm.ch Thomas Gantner YYYYYYY-
theo.stutz [at] alcatel.ch Theo R. Stutz YYYYYYY-
thomas.portmann [at] elca.ch Thomas Portmann YYYYYY-Y
tpo [at] spin.ch Tomas YYYYYY-Y
tschnider [at] bluewin.ch Thomas Schnider NYYYYY-Y
umlocher [at] solnet.ch Urs Locher YYYYYY-Y
unter [at] bci.ch Stefano Unternaehrer YYYYYYY-
urs.steiner [at] switzerland.org Urs Steiner YYYYYYY-
utz [at] pflock.de Utz Pflock Y-YYNY-Y
voegi [at] voegi.ch Heinz Vogelsanger YYYYYY-Y
wamrhein [at] hotmail.com Walter Amrhein YYY--YY-
womyn [at] oase.ch Susanne Maeder YYYYYYY-
YoMaMa [at] bluewin.ch YoMaMa YYYYYY-Y
zozieau [at] innocent.com Sylvie Freymond YYNNNN--
Votes in error
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boos [at] trash.net Daniel Boos
! Violated rule 1
olm [at] technologist.com
! No name given
webmaster [at] siteware.ch Christoph Rueegg
! Invalid address