From: exukev@exu.ericsson.se (Kevin Autrey)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: UPDATE 1 - Soc.motss Reorganization - Proposal Collection/Voting Procedure
Summary: New dates - soc.bi "un-mentioned" in discussion
Date: 28 Dec 92 15:39:42 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems
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   Provisions added for voting on change of "root" hierarchy name
   from soc.motss to soc.lesbigay, soc.queer, soc.gay, etc.

   Changes made to dates for the whole process to account for people
   on vacations and such over the holidays.

   Also, no discussion of reorg should take place in soc.bi at popular
   request.
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<< Proposal for Collecting Proposals for the Soc.Motss Reorganization >>

I want to see this Effort At Housecleaning continue with momentum, so
I'd like to suggest the following:

For a period of TWO weeks (starting today and ending Jan 22, 1993) send
your proposals for a new hierarchy to replace what is currently
soc.motss to me (exukev@exu.ericsson.se), outlining the following:

- Your suggested "root" hierachy name (soc.motss, soc.lesbigay, 
  soc.queer, etc.)

- The full name of each proposed sub-group in the new hierarchy

- The type of discussions to be conducted in each sub-group

- Whether each subgroup is to be moderated, un-moderated, 
  or auto-moderated to remove cross-postings

- A short description/rationale/defense of the hierarchy
  naming scheme you propose.

- If you want your name removed from the proposal suggestion (to
  preserve muffinhood/anonymity), then please state such in your
  proposal message.  It will be honored.

Your proposal WILL be acknowledged when received.  If you don't get an
acknowledgement (taking into account that I am taking off 12/24-12/27
and 12/31-1/3), then resubmit your proposal.

You may submit more than one proposal - if you have several good ideas
at a new hierarchy.

At the end of the proposal collection period, I will compile a summary
message(s) listing ALL of the submitted proposals, in their entirety,
along with an identifying Proposal Number (used for the voting process).
These proposal summary posts will be repeated several times to make sure
everyone gets a chance to see them.

If you want soc.motss to remain unchanged, then a proposal should be
sent along those lines with your reasoning.  Only submitted proposals
(proposals mailed to me - I will *not* collect proposals from soc.motss
or news.groups or anyplace other than my mail) will be included in the
proposal summary posts.  Only proposals listed in the Proposal Summary
post will be accepted for voting purposes.

I will also begin collecting votes from the soc.motss readership on
the following items:

  - The "root" hierarchy name (soc.motss, soc.lesbigay, soc.queer,
    etc)

  - The sub-group hierachy proposal which is best/most-popular.  

Only one vote per person (your last vote, if you cast multiple votes,
will be the deciding vote).  Details and format of the voting "form" and
net-address to which the voting form should be sent will be posted with
the proposal summary posts.

At the end of the voting period, I will post the results of the vote,
and the necessary Call For Discussion posts can be distributed
throughout the known net.world.

The proposal posts should NOT be cross-posted to anyplace outside of the
soc.motss newsgroup - we don't need a lot of outside noise on this
portion of the discussion - we'll get plenty of that when the Call For
Discussion message is sent out.

To summarize the time-schedule:

12/23/92-1/24/93 : Proposal submissions to exukev@exu.ericsson.se
1/25/93          : Proposal summary will be posted to the net
1/25/93-2/7/93   : Voting on proposals will commence
2/8/93           : Results of vote will be posted
2/8/93           : Call For Discussion posted around the net

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