From: cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson)
Subject: CFV: sci.virtual-worlds.apps
Followup-To: poster
Organization: WORLDESIGN, Seattle
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:55:41 GMT

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1st CALL FOR REVOTE:  SCI.VIRTUAL-WORLDS.APPS
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Many weeks ago, we (sci.virtual-worlds moderator, Bob Jacobson, and
co-moderator, Mark De Loura) posted a CFD to discuss a new newsgroup,
sci.virtual-worlds.apps, to focus on actual current and forthcoming
uses of virtual-worlds technology ("virtual reality").  We would
moderate the new newsgroup and hand over moderatorship of
sci.virtual-worlds to new moderators selected by s.v-w's sponsor, the
HIT Lab at the Washington Technology Center/UW.

The comments we received were unanimously supportive of this new
newsgroup.  There were no suggestions for modifications (although
additional segmentations of sci.virtual-worlds were recommended).

Accordingly, we called for a vote.  

Unfortunately, although there was the necessary support to create the
newsgroup, I (Bob) on the last day of voting inadvertently revealed
the tally of the vote in progress.  According to USENET guidelines,
this invalidates the vote.  I'm sorry for this.  We could have
proceeded to serve you more quickly, but a few vocal USENET users
objected that this would defeat the guidelines.  Rather than
permitting more bandwidth and time to be consumed in flames, we're
asking for a revote.

Here's how to vote....

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In order to vote for or against this newsgroup, you must send a mail
message to the address

	mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu

If your site does not understand that address, you might try:

	mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu@athena.mit.edu
	mit-athena!pit-manager.mit.edu!mail-server
	uunet!pit-manager.mit.edu!mail-server

If none of these addresses works, talk to someone at your site who can
help you address the mail properly.  Posted votes will not be counted.
Votes mailed to the poster of this message will not be counted.  Your
mail should contain one of the following three lines, either in the
Subject or body of the mail message:

	vote sci.virtual-worlds.apps yes
	vote sci.virtual-worlds.apps no
	vote sci.virtual-worlds.apps abstain

The first two lines register a vote either for or against the creation
of the newsgroup.  The third line cancels any previous vote for or
against the creation of the newsgroup.  Multiple voting messages from
the same person must be sent from the same address.  If multiple votes
are received from the same person, the last vote received is the only
one counted.

You should receive a response to your vote, acknowledging its receipt,
within two days.  If you do not, or if you have some other problem
with voting, you can get help by sending mail to

	postmaster@pit-manager.mit.edu.

All votes must be received by Tue, Oct 19 18:00 GMT.

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This message is being posted to news.announce.newgroups,
sci.virtual-worlds, comp.human-factors, comp.simulation,
comp.graphics.visualization, and alt.cyberspace.  It will also appear
on The WELL and will be forwarded to CompuServe and GEnie.

Thank you for your vote.
-- 
Bob Jacobson			Mark De Loura
Moderator			Co-Moderator
sci.virtual-worlds		sci.virtual-worlds
cyberoid@u.washington.edu	madsax@u.washington.edu
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