Yay!  My vote's in the mail! :)

Regards,

Z


"Pen^3" <Pen3@pen3.cjb.net.NO> wrote in message
news:j329luofehtgjmrbaod123knhs915qei12@4ax.com...
> My fellow Australians,
>
> In case you haven't seen it, someone has proposed a "aus.arts.anime"
> newsgroup, for anime in Australia.  I've attached the call for votes.
>
> P^3
>
>
>
> > Subject: Call For Votes (CFV): aus.arts.anime
> > From: Ausadmin <ausadmin@aus.news-admin.org>
> > Message-ID: <v5j49.243$N5.19084@nasal.pacific.net.au>
> > Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 00:39:55 GMT
> >
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >
> >                                 CALL FOR VOTES
> >                Creation of Unmoderated newsgroup aus.arts.anime
> >
> > This is a formal Call For Votes (CFV) for the creation of a new
> > Australian unmoderated newsgroup aus.arts.anime. Please see below for
> > voting instructions.
> >
> > Newsgroups line:
> > aus.arts.anime Japanese animation, movies, TV shows and DVDs
> >
> > Votes must be received by Friday August 23 2002 09:59:59 +1000.
> >
> > For this vote to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all
> > valid (YES and NO) votes. There must also be at least 20 more
> > YES votes than NO votes.
> >
> > This vote is being conducted by ausadmin. For voting questions contact
> > ausadmin@aus.news-admin.org. For questions about the proposed group
> > contact Christian Miller <r_a_v_e@optusnet.com.au>.
> >
> > RATIONALE:
> >
> > There are multiple newsgroups devoted to this topic, though most are
> > dominated by Americans such as alt.anime, and do not really allow for
> > fans in Australia to discuss the topic freely due to different releases.
> >
> > Due to the increased popularity in DVD and the growth of Australia's
> > main anime distributor Madman, this newsgroup would allow the community
> > of anime fans in Australia to freely discuss what is happening in the
> > Australian scene without domination from different American topics.
> >
> > There are very few anime topics posted in any aus.* groups, hence why I
> > wanted to start this news group. I did do some research and found a lot
of
> > Aus based topics in other alt.* based anime groups, though there would
be
> > even more that I don't know are Australian based because you can't tell.
> >
> > END RATIONALE.
> >
> > CHARTER: aus.arts.anime
> >
> > <p>
> > aus.arts.anime is intended for the discussion of Japanese anime by the
> > ever growing fan base in Australia. The main focus of the group is to
> > create a relaxed yet helpful environment in which people can seek
answers
> > to general questions about anime, discuss the latest DVD releases, new
> > productions and licences that have been acquired, as well as discuss in
> > depth each of the different series that have been released.
> > </p>
> >
> > <p>
> > This group is solely for the discussion of Japanese Anime in Australia.
> > Any aspect of anime can be discussed; these would include but are not
> > limited to: movies, games, models, music, OVA's/OAV's, manga (Japanese
> > comics) current and up and coming releases and licences.
> > </p>
> >
> > <p>
> > Also discussion about anime in America and Japan would be welcomed as
> > they provide much source of information for Australian fans.
> > </p>
> >
> > <p>
> > Anything not directly related to Japanese anime should be discussed
> > elsewhere in the relevant groups, topics such as: American comics and
> > animation, non Japanese animations non-anime related or influenced
> > video games.
> > </p>
> >
> > <p>
> > Crossposting would be allowed, as topics to and from such newsgroups as
> > aus.dvd, aus.films and aus.tv may be relevant.
> > </p>
> >
> > <p>
> > What is not acceptable:
> > </p>
> >
> > <ul>
> >  <li>HTML posting
> >  <li>Binaries (post a URL instead)
> >  <li>Spam and chain letters
> > </ul>
> >
> > END CHARTER.
> >
> > PROPOSER: Christian Miller <r_a_v_e@optusnet.com.au>
> >
> > HOW TO VOTE:
> >
> > To vote, you must send an email message to: vote@aus.news-admin.org
> > The subject of your email message is not important.
> >
> > Your mail message must contain only one of the following statements:
> >       I vote YES on aus.example.name
> >       I vote NO on aus.example.name
> >
> > You must replace aus.example.name with the name of the newsgroup
> > that you are voting on.
> >
> > Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.
> >
> > The ausadmin system will respond to your received message with a
> > personal acknowledgement by E-mail so you must send from your real
> > email address, not a spam-block address. If you do not receive an
> > acknowledgement within 24 hours, try again. It is your responsibility
> > to make sure your vote is registered correctly.
> >
> > Only one vote per person, no more than one vote per E-mail address.
> > Votes from invalid or unreachable email addresses may be rejected.
> > Multiple voting attempts will be ignored. E-mail addresses of all voters
> > will be published in munged form in the final voting results list.
> >
> > Ausadmin will attempt to keep actual voting directions (YES or NO)
> > confidential, however the vote emails themselves received by ausadmin
> > will be considered non-confidential and their contents may be published
> > in full at ausadmin's discretion (e.g. in suspected multi-voting).
> >
> >
> > [ Check the PGP signature of this post using ausadmin's key online at
> >   http://aus.news-admin.org/ausadmin.asc                       --nick ]
> >
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