* Attention voters: * * I had a problem with my mailbox on the first day of voting. * Please check the Vote Acknowlegement (ACK) at the end of this CFV. * If your name/address is not there, please send your vote again. * (Actually, check even if you voted after the first day)   Introduction:  	This is the third (and final) Call For Votes (CFV) for the creation 	of four OS/2 newsgroups and the renaming of one: 	(a)  create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting     (unmoderated) 	(b)  renaming of comp.os.os2.programmer to 	     comp.os.os2.programmer.misc               (unmoderated) 	(c)  comp.os.os2.setup                         (unmoderated) 	(d)  comp.os.os2.multimedia                    (unmoderated) 	(e)  comp.os.os2.bugs                          (unmoderated)  	This is the second attempt at creating comp.os.os2.programmer.porting 	and comp.os.os2.setup, and renaming comp.os.os2.programmer to 	comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.  The first attempt failed in the summer 	of 1992 (the voting deadline was August 31, 1992).  The voting rules 	state that another attempt for creating newsgroups can be started 	after a six month waiting period (in this case, it is March 1, 1993). 	This is the first attempt at creating comp.os.os2.multimedia and 	comp.os.os2.bugs.  	This document contains: 	*  the background showing the need for these proposals 	*  the proposed charters for these proposals 	*  voting instructions 	*  a voting ballot 	*  some example ballots 	*  the voting rules 	*  the voting schedule 	*  the Mass Acknowledgement   Background:  	The creation of two, free, 32-bit compilers for OS/2 2.x (gcc/2 	and emx/gcc; read comp.os.os2.programmer for details) has spurred 	a continuing deluge of software ported from UNIX platforms, such 	as emacs, less, awk, grep, sed, xscheme, ispell, flex, yacc, and 	much more.  Borland has released its C/C++ compiler for OS/2 2.x, 	allowing for easier porting of DOS and Windows software.  	Much of the PC hardware and drivers were written for DOS, and 	later, Windows.  As more people are discovering OS/2 2.x, the 	number of people asking questions about OS/2's compatibility 	with their hardware increases, as does the questions on the 	availability of drivers for their hardware, installation 	procedures, etc.  	Multimedia is becoming popular.  OS/2 2.0 supports Windows 	Multimedia Extensions using Win-OS/2 3.0.  Furthermore, IBM is 	including direct multimedia support in OS/2 starting with version 	2.1 (in addition to using Win-OS/2 3.1).  	Any non-trivial software will have bugs -- OS/2 is not exempt, 	especially since IBM is constantly adding new features to OS/2. 	So far, IBM has issued system patches and corrective service disks 	(e.g.  the Service Pak) for free (free from BBSs and ftp sites, or 	for free plus a small media charge for diskettes -- read 	comp.os.os2.misc for details).   Proposed Charters:  	(a)  create comp.os.os2.programmer.porting (unmoderated)  		It will provide a forum for developers of ported software so 		as to coordinate efforts, avoid duplication of effort, and 		spur additional development.  The group will also cover 		topics such as porting from other platforms (such as DOS, 		Windows, UNIX, etc), toolkits which aid in program 		portability (including porting tools such as Mirrors), and 		so forth.  	(b)  rename: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc (unmoderated)  		To keep the structure of the OS/2 newsgroup heirarchy 		orthogonal, comp.os.os2.programmer should be renamed to 		comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.  		comp.os.os2.programmer.misc will still be the newsgroup 		for OS/2 programmers to discuss programming issues and 		technical aspects of OS/2 in an unmoderated setting.  	(c)  create comp.os.os2.setup (unmoderated)  		It will be devoted to OS/2 system setup topics, including the 		availability of device drivers, compatibility information, 		installation procedures, system requirements, and overall 		performance optimization.  	(d)  create comp.os.os2.multimedia (unmoderated)  		It will provide a forum for discussion of multi-media issues.  	(e)  create comp.os.os2.bugs (unmoderated)  		It will provide a forum for OS/2 system bug reports, bug 		diagnosis and work arounds, the availability of system 		patches and corrective service disks, and so forth.  		[Note that discussion of bugs in applications belong in other 		newsgroups, and discussion of bugs in OS/2 betas belong in 		comp.os.os2.beta]   How to Vote:  	To cast your vote, fill out the ballot below and e-mail it to me. 	Many newsreaders will allow e-mail to be sent by replying to this 	post.  Be sure to send only the ballot, and edit out the rest of 	this post.  	1)  Type in your vote for each proposal:  	    If you favor the charter as proposed, put a "yes" after its name. 	    If you oppose the charter as proposed, put a "no" after its name. 	    To abstain, leave a blank after its name.  	2)  Type in your last name (i.e. your family name), a comma, and 	    your first name (i.e. your personal name).  	3)  Cut out the ballot,  Please do not delete any lines of the 	    ballot.  	4)  E-mail your ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu before 11:59:59 pm 	    (Central Time), April 24, 1993.   Ballot:  ----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----          (a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting:         (b)    comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:         (c)              comp.os.os2.setup:         (d)         comp.os.os2.multimedia:         (e)               comp.os.os2.bugs:          (f)       voter's last, first name:          e-mail ballot to mlevis@lonestar.utsa.edu by April 24  ----cut here----------------cut here----------------cut here----------------   Example Ballot #1:  	(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes 	(b)    comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes 	(c)              comp.os.os2.setup: no 	(d)         comp.os.os2.multimedia: 	(e)               comp.os.os2.bugs: no  	(f)       voter's last, first name: Smith, John  	In this example, John Smith favors comp.os.os2.programmer.porting 	to be created, and comp.os.os2.programmer to be renamed to 	comp.os.os2.programmer.misc.  He also opposes the creation of 	comp.os.os2.setup and comp.os.os2.bugs.  He does not have a view 	on the creation of comp.os.os2.multimedia.    Example Ballot #2:  	(a) comp.os.os2.programmer.porting: yes 	(b)    comp.os.os2.programmer.misc: yes 	(c)              comp.os.os2.setup: yes 	(d)         comp.os.os2.multimedia: yes 	(e)               comp.os.os2.bugs: yes  	(f)       voter's last, first name: Doe, Jane  	In this example, Jane Doe favors the creation or rename of all 	the proposals.   Voting Rules:  	* One vote per person.  If you vote more than once, only the most 	  recent vote will be counted.  	* Votes must be mailed to me by the person voting.  Proxy voting, 	  forwarding, posting votes to a newsgroup, etc. will not be counted.  	* Do not ask how the votes are going.  The status of the votings 	  will be revealed only after the poll closes.  	* I will acknowledge votes by Mass Acknowledgement (ACK).  I will 	  post the ACK twice (see Schedule below).  	* If you need help for using your editor, using e-mail, how 	  voting works in general, etc. then ask an expert at your site. 	  Also see the ``How To Create a New Newsgroup'' article which is 	  posted to news.answers on a regular basis.  	* If you need any clarifications on voting procedures for this 	  CFV, send me e-mail at mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu.  	* When the voting period is over (see Schedule below), a proposal 	  passes if both of the following formulas are true: 	  1)  the number of YES votes exceeds the number of NO votes 	      by at least 100 (i.e. YES >= NO + 100, or YES - NO >= 100). 	  2)  the number of YES votes exceeds at least twice the 	      number of NO votes (i.e. YES >= 2 * NO, or YES - NO >= NO). 	  In other words, a proposal passes if: 	      YES - NO >= max (100, NO) 	  where max() returns the highest number given to it.   Schedule:  	The voting period started on March 29 when the first CFV was posted 	by David Lawrence (the news.announce.newgroups moderator).  	This third CFV is a repeat of the first CFV, but it also has the 	Mass Acknowledgement (ACK) of names and e-mail addresses of those who 	have already voted -- re-send your vote if it is not there.  If you 	have not voted yet, vote now!  	The voting period will end at 11:59:59 pm (Central Time), on 	April 24, 1993.  Votes received after that time will not count. 	The voting results and tally will be posted shortly after that 	date.   Mass Acknowledgement:  	Here is the list of people who have already sent in their ballots 	as of 12:01 am (Central Time) on April 15, 1993:                            bdubbs@cs.tamu.edu Aiyagari, Sanjay          ska1@crux3.cit.cornell.edu Alcorn, Justin            alcorn@alpha.ces.cwru.edu Arien, Peter              LAAAA43%BLEKUL11.BITNET@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR Asselin, Andre            assela@rpi.edu Aurand, Tom               tom@longs.lance.colostate.edu Baechler, Cedric          cbaechle@iiic.ethz.ch Bartlett, Warren          bart@pdn.paradyne.com Bates, John               johnb@up.edu Beadles, J.               jeff@neon.rain.com Beal, Kenneth             kbeal@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com Bedersdorfer, Jochen      beders@dfki.uni-sb.de Bell, Douglas             dab6@SCL.CWRU.Edu Benningfield, Robert      concert.net!aurs01!aurw7a!benningf Biegel, Bryan             biegel@tigris.stanford.edu Blackman, Ed              EBB7683@VENUS.TAMU.EDU Bodnar, John              jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Boisvert, Wesley          wesb@dermit.isis.org boneham, kevin            boneham@suntan.eng.usf.edu Boresch, Stefan           boresch@tammy.harvard.edu Boschma, Wilfried         v911071@si.hhs.nl Botha, David              BOTH-DD@mella.ee.up.ac.za Bowe, Nathaniel           woody@vnet.IBM.COM Bowers, Neil              neilb@borris.eece.unm.edu Braun,David               roland@roll.choate.edu Bronner, Geoffrey         geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu Brors, Dieter             db@ix.de Brown, Bill               brown@chinchilla.ir.ucf.edu Cambria, Michael          cambria@smaug.enet.dec.com Carlson, Bill             woc8r@poplar.cs.virginia.edu Champion, Evan            evanc@carbon.isis.org Chandonia, John           chandoni@husc.harvard.edu Chen, Ted                 tedc@cs.ubc.ca Chua, Hak                 c164-ez@po.berkeley.edu Ciesielski, Boleslaw      bolek@viewlogic.com Clement, Bruce            frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz Clemente, Marc F.         mfclemente@ucdavis.edu Cline, Ernest             cline@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu Cocking , Simon           simonc@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au Compton, Curtis           compton@plains.NoDak.edu Costello, Robert          rcc9885@ultb.isc.rit.edu Coulman, Randy            coulman@skdad.usask.ca Cox, Anthony              AECOX@waikato.ac.nz Cox, Robert               rcox@qvack.EE.McGill.CA Culliton, Tom             culliton@srg.af.mil daigle, Joe               daigle@apollo.hp.com DeCarlo, John             jdecarlo@mitre.org Dippold, Ron              rdippold@qualcomm.com Donaldson, Ian            icd@ecr.mu.oz.au Drye, Stephen             scdrye@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca Duffy, Patrick            duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca Dusitsin, Krid            dusitsin@ee.umr.edu Erzberger, Martin         erzberg@ifi.unizh.ch Feldtmann, Marten         marten@feki.toppoint.de Feustel, Edward           efeustel@ida.org filippini,luigi           luigi@berlioz.crs4.it Fischer, Stefan           fischer@tammy.harvard.edu Fleuren, Rik              rik@sci.kun.nl Francis, Tim              francis@vnet.IBM.COM Francois Menard           menaf00@dmi.usherb.ca Franks, Derek             franks@hercules.cs.uregina.ca Franzki, Wolfgang         wfranzki@hlrserv.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de Friedrich, Jochen         jofried@fzi.de Friis, Torben             tfriis@imada.ou.dk G"unther, Stefan          stefan@med-informatik.uni-hildesheim.de Galarza, Edward           LENBC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Gammon, Robert            rgammon@rgam.sc.ti.com Gartler, Hermann          herm@owlnet.rice.edu Garzik, Jeff              gtd543a@prism.gatech.edu Gershman, Mark            gershman@bach.udel.edu Giller, David R.          rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu Gnassi, John              jgnassi@hstbme.mit.edu Goyal, Mohit              goyal@utdallas.edu Green, Anthony            green@roboco.uucp Grupenhoff, Mike          kashmir@wam.umd.edu Guo, Youren               yguo@sparc0a.cs.uiuc.edu Hacker;Jonathan           hacker@cco.caltech.edu Haggerty, Michael         mrhagger@Athena.MIT.EDU Hargrave, BJ              fattire@vnet.IBM.COM Hartman, Shane            shane@spr.com Hartzman, Les             hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov Hassa, George             hassag@rpi.edu Hed, Nevo                 nyh@wpi.WPI.EDU Heederik, Robbert         heederik@fwi.uva.nl Hellerhoff, Torsten       Torsten_Hellerhoff@ac2.maus.de Hendel, Bernd             BHENDEL@estec.estec.esa.nl Henriksen, Gerald         rn.1035@rose.com Henry, Andrew             A.H.Henry@gdr.bath.ac.uk Herbison, B.J.            herbison@lassie.ucx.lkg.dec.com Herron, Kenneth           kherron@ms.uky.edu Hilmer, Andrew            hilmera@mist.CS.ORST.EDU Hoang, Long               lhoang@orion.oac.uci.edu Hodge, Bob                HODGE@iccgcc.cs.hh.ab.com Hodges, Matthew           modester@iastate.edu Hollebone, Bruce          lermer@theory.chem.ubc.ca holsman, Ian              IHolsman@cmutual.com.au Hopkins, John             john@uhs1.uhs.uga.edu Hoppenbrouwers, Jeroen    hoppie@kub.nl Howard, 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tom@finwds01.tu-graz.ac.at Lempriere, Mike           mikel@networx.com Lentin, Kevin             kevinl@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au Leung, Johnnie            k7z092@rick.cs.ubc.ca Lim, Pean                 plim@claircom.com Lin, Steven               slin@cisco.com Lindholm, George          lindholm@ucs.ubc.ca Liukkonen, Juha           jliukkon@cc.helsinki.fi Logan, Stan               logan@lexmark.com Lu, Kevin                 kevinlu@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au Martin, Johannes          jmartin@mogli.zdv.uni-mainz.de Mashao, Daniel            djm@lems.Brown.EDU Maturo, Larry             larry@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu Maxwell, Scott            scott.maxwell@channel1.com Mayer, Gunther H.         gmayer@physik.uni-kl.de Maynard, Jay              jmaynard@nyx.cs.du.edu McCarthy, Christopher     mccarthy@gollum.ttd.teradyne.com Mcgehrin, Matthew         matthew@dabeef@des.edu McGing, John              jmcging@access.digex.com McGuire, Ed               emcguire@intellection.com McMillan, Andrew     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