FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group soc.culture.cornish Newsgroups line: soc.culture.cornish All things Cornish and Cornwall, worldwide. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 2 Jan 1996. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent. Proponent: Leslie Sitek [siteklj@pi.net] Proponent: Jonathan Evans [evansjon@liv.ac.uk] Votetaker: Jani Patokallio [jpatokal@alpha.hut.fi] RATIONALE: soc.culture.cornish The purpose of this newsgroup is to provide a forum where people all over the world can exchange information about Cornish culture and Cornwall. All are welcome to participate. This group is unmoderated, and flame wars, and bad language are strongly discouraged. Discussions of this nature should be taken to alt.flame. CHARTER: soc.culture.cornish soc.culture.cornish is intended to be an unmoderated forum for the discussion of issues relevant to Cornish culture and Cornwall. All topics for discussion relevant to the Cornish people are appropriate but would include, not exclusively: Cornish language and its revival and survival Cornish history Cornish literature, music and art Cornish customs and traditions The primary languages of soc.culture.cornish will be Cornish (Unified, Phonemic and Traditional) and English. Posting in other languages will be allowed, and we encourage translations into one or all of the primary languages for the benefit of the users of USENET. END CHARTER. HOW TO VOTE: You should send E-MAIL (posts to a newsgroup are invalid) to: voting@hut.fi Please do not assume that just replying to this message will work. Check the address before you mail your vote. Your mail message should contain one and only one of the following vote statements: I vote YES on soc.culture.cornish I vote NO on soc.culture.cornish You may also vote ABSTAIN or CANCEL but these are not counted as valid votes for the total count. If your mail software does not indicate your real name, please also include the following statement and add your name (on the same line). Voter name: IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES: Standard Guidelines for voting apply. One person, one vote. Votes must be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker. Anonymous, forwarded or proxy votes are not valid. Votes mailed by WWW/HTML/CGI forms are considered to be anonymous votes. Vote counting is automated. Failure to follow these directions may mean that your vote does not get counted. If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your vote within three days contact the votetaker about the problem. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. Duplicate votes are resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results post. The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of persons who would read a proposed newsgroup. Soliciting votes from disinterested parties defeats this purpose. Please do not distribute this CFV. If you must, direct people to the official CFV as posted to news.announce.newgroups. Distributing pre-marked or otherwise edited copies of this CFV is generally considered to be vote fraud. When in doubt, ask the votetaker. DISTRIBUTION: In addition to the groups named in the Newsgroups: header, the CFV and the eventual RESULT posts will be mailed to this mailing list: Cornish-Studies-L Cornish-Studies-L@coombs.anu.edu.au subscription address: majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au -- Jani Patokallio [jpatokal@alpha.hut.fi] Voting address: [voting@hut.fi]