Voting for creation of the newsgroup misc.health.diabetes ended at 23:59 GMT on 29 Apr 93.  At this time, the total response received consisted of 155 votes for newsgroup creation and 14 votes against newsgroup creation.  Under the Guidelines for Usenet Group Creation, this response constitutes a passing vote.  There will be a delay to allow time for the net to respond to this result, after which the newsgroup misc.health.diabetes should be created.  Please check the vote acknowledgement list to be sure that your vote was received and properly credited.  Any inconsistencies or errors should be reported to swkirch@sun6850.nrl.navy.mil by email.  I want to thank everyone who participated in the discussion and vote for this newsgroup proposal.  The following is the voting summary:  Votes received against newsgroup creation:  cline@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu               Ernest A. Cline coleman@twin.twinsun.com                     Mike Coleman ejo@kaja.gi.alaska.edu                       Eric J. Olson elharo@shiva.njit.edu                        Elliotte Rusty Harold emcguire@intellection.com                    Ed McGuire hansenr@ohsu.EDU hmpetro@mosaic.uncc.edu                      Herbert M. Petro jjmorris@gandalf.rutgers.edu                 Joyce Morris julian@bongo.tele.com                        Julian Macassey knauer@cs.uiuc.edu                           Rob Knauerhase lau@ai.sri.com                               Stephen Lau macridis_g@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz                Gerry Macridis owens@cookiemonster.cc.buffalo.edu           Bill Owens rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu                 Richard H. Miller  Votes received for newsgroup creation:  9781BMU@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU                       Bill Satterlee a2wj@loki.cc.pdx.edu                         Jim Williams ac534@freenet.carleton.ca                    Colin Henein ad@cat.de                                    Axel Dunkel al198723@academ07.mty.itesm.mx               Jesus Sanchez Pe~a andrea@unity.ncsu.edu anugula@badlands.NoDak.edu                   RamaKrishna Reddy Anugula apps@sneaks.Kodak.com                        Robert W. Apps arperd00@mik.uky.edu                         Alicia R. Perdue baind@gov.on.ca                              Dave Bain balamut@morris.hac.com                       Morris Balamut bch@Juliet.Caltech.Edu                       Bryan Hathorn bernsteinn@LONEXA.ADMIN.RL.AF.MIL            Norman P. Bernstein BGAINES@ollamh.ucd.ie                        Brian Gaines bgeer@beorn.sim.es.com                       Bob Geer Bjorn.B.Larsen@delab.sintef.no               Bjorn B. Larsen bobw@hpsadwc.sad.hp.com                      Bob Waltenspiel bock@VSIKP0.UNI-MUENSTER.DE                  Dirk Bock bruce@uxb.liverpool.ac.uk                    Bruce Stephens bspencer@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca                Brian Spencer claudia@LONEXA.ADMIN.RL.AF.MIL               Claudia Servadio-Coyne compass-da.com!tomd@compass-da.com           Thomas Donnelly constabiled@LONEXA.ADMIN.RL.AF.MIL           Diane Constabile csc@coast.ucsd.edu                           Charles Coughran curtech!sbs@unh.edu                          Stephanie Bradley-Swift debrum#m#_brenda@msgate.corp.apple.com       Brenda DeBrum dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com                     David Barton dlg1@midway.uchicago.edu                     Deborah Lynn Gillaspie dougb@comm.mot.com                           Douglas Bank drs@sunsrvr3.cci.com                         Dale R. Seim dt4%cs@hub.ucsb.edu                          David E. Goggin ed@titipu.resun.com                          Edward Reid edmoore@hpvclc.vcd.hp.com                    Ed Moore emilio@Accurate.COM                          Elizabeth Milio ewc@hplb.hpl.hp.com                          Enrico Coiera "feathr::bluejay"@ampakz.enet.dec.com franklig@GAS.uug.Arizona.EDU                 Gregory C. Franklin FSSPR@acad3.alaska.edu gabe@angus.mi.org                            Gabe Helou gasp@medg.lcs.mit.edu                        Isaac Kohane gavin@praxis.co.uk                           Gavin Finnie Geir.Millstein@TF.tele.no                    Geir Millstein ggurman@cory.Berkeley.EDU                    Gail Gurman ggw@wolves.Durham.NC.US                      Gregory G. Woodbury gmalet@surfer.win.net                        Gary Malet GONZALEZ@SUHEP.PHY.SYR.EDU                   Gabriela Gonzalez greenlaw@oasys.dt.navy.mil                   Leila Thomas grm+@andrew.cmu.edu                          Gretchen Miller halderc@cs.rpi.edu                           Carol Halder HANDELAP%DUVM.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU      Phil Handel hc@Nyongwa.cam.org heddings@chrisco.nrl.navy.mil                Hubert Heddings herbison@lassie.ucx.lkg.dec.com HOSCH2263@iscsvax.uni.edu                    Kathleen Hosch hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu                   Herman Rubin HUDSOIB@AUDUCADM.DUC.AUBURN.EDU              Ingrid B. Hudson huff@MCCLB0.MED.NYU.EDU                      Edward J. Huff huffman@ingres.com                           Gary Huffman HUYNH_1@ESTD.NRL.NAVY.MIL                    Minh Huynh ishbeld@cix.compulink.co.uk                  Ishbel Donkin James.Langdell@Eng.Sun.COM                   James Langdell jamie@SSD.intel.com                          Jamie Weisbrod jamyers@netcom.com                           John A. Myers jc@crosfield.co.uk                           Jerry Cullingford jcobbe@garnet.acns.fsu.edu                   James Cobbe jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com               Randell Jesup joannm@hpcc01.corp.hp.com                    JoAnn McGowan joep@dap.csiro.au                            Joe Petranovic John.Burton@acenet.auburn.edu                John E. Burton, Jr. johncha@comm.mot.com JORGENSONKE@CC.UVCC.EDU                      Keith Jorgenson jpsum00@mik.uky.edu                          Joey P. Sum JTM@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu                          John Maynard julien@skcla.monsanto.com kaminski@netcom.com                          Peter Kaminski kerry@citr.uq.oz.au                          Kerry Raymond kieran@world.std.com                         Aaron L. Dickey kolar@spot.Colorado.EDU                      Jennifer Lynn Kolar kriguer@tcs.com                              Marc Kriguer laurie@LONEXA.ADMIN.RL.AF.MIL                Laurie J. Key lee@hal.com                                  Lee Boylan lmt6@po.cwru.edu                             Lia M. Treffman lunie@Lehigh.EDU lusgr@chili.CC.Lehigh.EDU                    Stephen G. Roseman M.Beamish@ins.gu.edu.au                      Marilyn Beamish M.Rich@ens.gu.edu.au                         Maurice H. Rich maas@cdfsga.fnal.gov                         Peter Maas marilyn@LONEXA.ADMIN.RL.AF.MIL               Marilyn M. Tucker markv@hpvcivm.vcd.hp.com                     Mark Vanderford MASCHLER@vms.huji.ac.il                      Michael Maschler mcb@net.bio.net                              Michael C. Berch mcday@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu                       Marrianne C. Day mcookson@flute.calpoly.edu melynda@titipu.resun.com                     Melynda Reid mfc@isr.harvard.edu                          Mauricio F. Contreras mg@wpi.edu                                   Martha Gunnarson mhollowa@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu              Michael Holloway misha@abacus.concordia.ca                    Misha Glouberman  mjb@cs.brown.edu                             Manish Butte MOFLNGAN@vax1.tcd.ie                         Margaret O' Flanagan muir@idiom.berkeley.ca.us                    David Muir Sharnoff N.D.Treby@southampton.ac.uk                  N. D. Treby N.J.C.Hookey@durham.ac.uk                    N. J. C. Hookey Nancy.Block@Eng.Sun.COM                      Nancy Block ndallen@r-node.hub.org                       Nigel Allen nlemur@eecs.umich.edu                        Nigel Lemur nlr@B31.nei.nih.gov                          Nathan Rohrer pams@hpfcmp.fc.hp.com                        Pam Sullivan papresco@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca         Paul Prescod paslowp@cs.rpi.edu                           Pam Paslow phil@unet.umn.edu                            Phil Lindberg pillinc@gov.on.ca                            Christopher Pilling pkane@cisco.com                              Peter Kane pmmuggli@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu               Pauline Muggli popelka@odysseus.uchicago.edu                Glenn Popelka pulkka@cs.washington.edu                     Aaron Pulkka pwatkins@med.unc.edu                         Pat Watkins rbnsn@mosaic.shearson.com                    Ken Robinson rmasten@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu            Roger Masten robyn@media.mit.edu                          Robyn Kozierok rolf@green.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de       Rolf Schreiber sageman@cup.portal.com sasjcs@unx.sas.com                           Joan Stout sca@space.physics.uiowa.edu                  Scott Allendorf SCOTTJOR@delphi.com scrl@hplb.hpl.hp.com scs@vectis.demon.co.uk                       Stuart C. Squibb shan@techops.cray.com                        Sharan Kalwani sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com              Sharen A. Rund shazam@unh.edu                               Matthew T. Thompson shipman@csab.larc.nasa.gov                   Floyd S. Shipman shoppa@ERIN.CALTECH.EDU                      Tim Shoppa sjsmith@cs.UMD.EDU                           Stephen Joseph Smith slillie@cs1.bradley.edu                      Susan Lillie steveo@world.std.com                         Steven W. Orr surendar@ivy.WPI.EDU                         Surendar Chandra swkirch@sun6850.nrl.navy.mil                 Steven Kirchoefer S_FAGAN@twu.edu                              Liz Fagan TARYN@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu               Taryn L. Westergaard Thomas.E.Taylor@gagme.chi.il.us              Thomas E. Taylor tima@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM                     Timothy D. Aanerud tsamuel%gollum@relay.nswc.navy.mil           Tony Samuel U45301@UICVM.UIC.EDU                         Mary Jacobs   vstern@gte.com                               Vanessa Stern wahlgren@haida.van.wti.com                   James Wahlgren Waldref@tv.tv.tek.com                        Greg Waldref waterfal@pyrsea.sea.pyramid.com              Douglas Waterfall weineja1@teomail.jhuapl.edu wgrant@informix.com                          William Grant WINGB@Underdale.UniSA.edu.au                 Brian Wing YEAGER@mscf.med.upenn.edu yozzo@watson.ibm.com                         Ralph E. Yozzo ysharma@yamuna.b11.ingr.com                  Yamuna Sharma Z919016@beach.utmb.edu                       Molly Hamilton zulu@iesd.auc.dk                             Bjoern U. Gregersen  The charter for misc.health.diabetes appears below.   --------------------------   Charter:     misc.health.diabetes                            unmoderated   1.   The purpose of misc.health.diabetes is to provide a forum for the discussion of issues pertaining to diabetes management, i.e.: diet, activities, medicine schedules, blood glucose control, exercise, medical breakthroughs, etc.  This group addresses the issues of management of both Type I (insulin dependent) and Type II (non-insulin dependent) diabetes.  Both technical discussions and general support discussions relevant to diabetes are welcome.   2.   Postings to misc.heath.diabetes are intended to be for discussion purposes only, and are in no way to be construed as medical advice. Diabetes is a serious medical condition requiring direct supervision by a primary health care physician.     -----(end of charter)-----