From: dstewart+@cs.cmu.edu (David B Stewart)
Subject: CFV: comp.arch.bus.vmebus
Keywords: VMEbus
Followup-To: poster
Organization: The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:52:07 GMT
Reply-To: chimera+@cmu.edu

This is a Call for Votes for the creation of a new newsgroup for discussing
VMEbus systems and related topics. The specifics of the proposed newsgroup are
given below, followed by the voting intructions and rules.


    Name:	comp.arch.bus.vmebus

    Purpose:    Discussions of hardware and software for VMEbus Systems.

    Status:	Unmoderated

    Charter:    The newsgroup 'comp.arch.bus.vmebus' is a forum for discussing
		issues related to developing VMEbus-based systems.  This
		includes discussion of VMEbus-based hardware, such as CPU
		boards and I/O devices; the VMEbus specification; any alternate
		or secondary buses supported by the VMEbus International Trade
		Association (VITA) which includes FutureBus+, VSB, VXI, and
		VMX; open-architecture applications based on the VMEbus; and
		hardware-dependent software, such as device drivers and bus
		communication protocols.  The group is also available for
		questions and answers, so that developers of VMEbus-based
		hardware and software can get feedback or help with any
		problems they may encounter.

		Discussions should not be about hardware-independent software
		which use the VMEbus, such as the operating system or language
		being used, as there are other comp.* newsgroups dedicated to
		those functions.


Voting Instructions:

    All votes should be sent to <chimera@cmu.edu>.
    Be sure to include the word "vote" in the subject line.

    If you want the group 'comp.arch.bus.vmebus' to be created, 
    include the text:

	"I vote YES for the creation of comp.arch.bus.vmebus."

    If you feel the group 'comp.arch.bus.vmebus' should not be created, 
    include the text:

	"I vote NO for the creation of comp.arch.bus.vmebus."


Voting Rules:

    - One vote per person. If you vote more than once, only the *last* of 
	those votes will count.  Therefore if you change your mind about
	the vote, you can send a new vote, which invalidates the old vote,
	as long as it is within the voting period.

    - Ambiguous votes will be invalidated.
	Ambiguous votes contain neither YES nor NO, or contain both,
	or are conditional, such as "I vote ... if ..."

    - Votes posted to any newsgroup will NOT be counted.

    - According to the USENET rules, in order for the new group to be created,
	at least 2/3 of the votes must be "YES", and there must be at least 100
	more "YES" votes than "NO" votes.

    - For more details on the voting rules being followed, refer to article
	<spaf-howto_715578991@cs.purdue.edu> in news.announce.newgroups.

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
    Tuesday November 10, 1992.  Votes received after the expiration of the
    voting period will be discarded.
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