From: cctimar@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (Cary Timar)
Subject: 2nd CFV and VOTE ACK:  sci.classics
Followup-To: poster
Reply-To: votes@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu
Organization: Vanderbilt U. Math Grad Student
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 17:21:48 GMT

This is the second Call For Votes on a newsgroup for classical
studies.  At the end is a mass acknowlegdement of the votes that
we have registered so far.  If you have voted but are not listed,
please vote again, following the instructions below, carefully.

NAME: sci.classics

STATUS: unmoderated

CHARTER:

For discussion of Classical Studies, especially, but not exclusively, the
study of Classical Greek and Roman culture, languages, history, and art.

VOTING:

All votes must be e-mailed directly to: votes@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu
The voting period will run from March 27 to April 26.

Votes posted to the net, or forwarded by a third party, WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED.

Each vote should state explicitly, in the subject line or in the first
line of the message, "I vote YES for sci.classics," or "I vote NO against
sci.classics."

Any comments, such as, "but I would prefer ..." or, "but I would vote
differently if ..." can be included *after* a clear statement of which
way you are voting.

An overworked graduate student will eventually send you a confirmation
of your vote.

A Second CFV and list of votes received will be posted in about two
weeks.

COMMENTS:

An increasing number of news subscribers have academic interests in the
humanities.  It is time that some of the more popular of these subjects
had their own groups.  Up till now, discussion of classical studies has
been taking place both in sci.lang (where it doesn't belong) and in
rec.org.sca (where it of primarily peripheral interest).  A preliminary
discussion, in those two groups, suggests that there is some support for
a group dedicated to classical studies.

Other topics that are peripheral to classical studies - Sanskrit, Aramaic,
Biblical cultures, Medieval and Modern Latin and so forth - will be welcome
(I imagine that there would not be enough support for a group dedicated to
Aramaic).  Experience suggests that there is no way to prevent occasional
postings on subjects that are completely outside the realm of classical
studies, but we would rather not encourage them.

The only hierarchy for academic topics is sci.*.  This has the side
benefit of obviating future debates to classify subjects as social
sciences or humanities.  From the perspective of classicists, it is
worth noting that the Latin scientia referred to all knowledge, not
only the subjects currently called sciences.

The name sci.classics is the most general of the more widely supported
proposals.  The other, sci.lang.classical, places too much emphasis on
the languages, at the expense of history, art, culture, archaeology,
and other aspects.  It also appeared that the name sci.lang.classical
would be opposed by some readers of sci.lang, who viewed it as an
unfair invasion of their namespace.

Some proposed that the group be the first of a new subhierarchy for
humanities, sci.arts.* or sci.humanities.*.  In order to get the CFV
out in a reasonable time, I am letting this issue wait.

If a humanities subhierarchy is formed, if the newsgroup name is found
to attract too many misplaced postings, or if for some other reason a
change of name is found desirable, it will be easier to conduct the
discussions in the group itself, once it is created.
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MASS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
====================
As of April 5, we have registered votes from the following users
(sorted by surname, to the extent that that could be determined.)
If you have voted, but your name is not in this list, please vote
again, following the instructions above, carefully.

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Sam Bassett <samlb@optilink.com>
Louis Bertrand <tronix!louis>
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Mark Brader <msb@sq.com>
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Bently Preece <npdiss1!preece@npdiss1.stpaul.NCR.COM>
Renegade <RKR103@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
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	-- Cary Timar, Mathematics Department, Vanderbilt University

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