From: macman@bernina.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.scouting,rec.backcountry,misc.kids
Subject: CFV: rec.scouting reorganization
Followup-To: poster
Date: 20 Nov 1992 01:49:48 -0500
Organization: Peppermint Software Inc.
Reply-To: vote@bernina.ethz.ch (Rec.Scouting Vote Taker)
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Keywords: scouting scouts worldwide

This is the first Call for Votes on the reorganization of 
rec.scouting into rec.scouting.activities, rec.scouting.policy
and rec.scouting.misc.

Note that rec.scouting.misc was not initially planned. The original
idea was to remove the old rec.scouting newsgroup if both votes for
rec.scouting.activities and rec.scouting.policy pass. The procedure
change was made following a suggestion from the news-advisory group,
to match the de-facto standard reorg procedures on Usenet.


Conforming to the Usenet regulations, there are three items 
to vote on:

Proposal 1:  Create rec.scouting.activities.
Description: Scouting Movement activities worldwide
Charter:     See below

Proposal 2:  Create rec.scouting.policy
Description: Scouting Movement policies worldwide
Charter:     See below

Proposal 3:  Rename rec.scouting to rec.scouting.misc
Description: Scouting Movement miscellaneous items
Charter:     See below

On each of the three proposals, you may vote Yes, No, or Abstain.  To vote,
copy the following ballot into a mail message, and if you wish to vote Yes
or No on a proposal, replace the 'A' with a 'Y' or a 'N'.  Then mail the 
ballot to "vote@bernina.ethz.ch".

----------------------------  BALLOT ----------------------------
 A       Create rec.scouting.activities
 A       Create rec.scouting.policy 
 A       Rename rec.scouting to rec.scouting.misc 
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Please note that your vote will be processed by a program, so any extraneous
text which you include will not be read by a human being, and may confuse
the program.


VOTING RULES:

* The voting period will commence on Friday, November 20, 1992, 00:00 MET
  (GMT +0100)   and end Saturday, December 19, 1992, 23:59 MET (GMT +0100).  

* One vote per person.  If you vote more than once, only the _last_ vote
  will be counted.

* Votes that are ambiguous will not be counted.  The vote processor has been
  programmed to return rejected votes to the sender with an explanation of 
  why they were rejected.

* Votes posted to any newsgroup will not be counted.  Votes MUST be mailed
  to the voting address, "vote@bernina.ethz.ch".

* According to Usenet guidelines, for a group to be created there must be
  at least a 2:1 ratio of Yes to No votes, and at least 100 more Yes votes
  than No votes.


VOTE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RESULTS:

* Incoming votes are acknowledged automatically by the vote processor.

* After the voting period had ended the results will be posted, along with
  a list of everyone who voted and what their votes were.


GROUP CHARTERS:

========================================================================

Name:   rec.scouting.activities

Status: Unmoderated

Reference Entry:

  rec.scouting.activities     Scouting Movement activities worldwide

Charter:

The purpose of this newsgroup is to encourage the exchange of
information pertaining to the 'hands-on' day to day operation of a
Scouting Movement organization or unit. 

Sample topics might include games, songs and other meeting-oriented
activities, questions and recommendations on camps & camping, resource
lists, the exchange of Scouting experiences, and the initiation of
contacts between units. 

Note: The term "Scouting Movement" covers, but is not limited to, youth
organizations affiliated to the WOSM (World Organization of Scouting
Movement), the WAGGGS (Worldwide Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts), the YMCA (Young Men Christian Association), the YWCA (Young
Women Christian Association) and other similar youth organizations. (the
Boy Scouts of America, by the way, is _one_ of the organizations
affiliated with the WOSM). 

========================================================================

Name:   rec.scouting.policy

Status: Unmoderated

Reference Entry:

  rec.scouting.policy        Scouting Movement policies worldwide

Charter:

The purpose of this newsgroup is to encourage discussions and the
exchange of information pertaining to the policies of Scouting Movement
Organizations worldwide. 

Sample topics could be the policies of your local scouting organizations
and units, and questions, concerns or discussion regarding membership,
advancement, and funding.  Policy topics tend to be subjective, and will
vary widely between different organizations and over time. 

========================================================================

Name:   rec.scouting.misc

Status: Unmoderated

Reference Entry:

  rec.scouting.policy        Scouting Movement miscellanous items

Charter:

The purpose of this newsgroup is to encourage discussions and the
exchange of information pertaining to the Scouting Movement worldwide.
-- 
-- Danny Schwendener         macman@bernina.ethz.ch
   Wolfsmeute Nidau/Glockenhof, Sihlstr. 33, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
   m.h.c. Troop 14, San Francisco
Thanks to Mike Stolz for writing the draft charters.
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