Forwarded message from David E. Smith on Fri, 3
Sep 2004 14:59:15 UTC Posted on: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,
comp.os.os2.advocacy, comp.os.os2.announce, comp.os.os2.misc

FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group comp.os.os2.ecomstation

Newsgroups line:
comp.os.os2.ecomstation Serenity Systems operating system eComStation.


Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 24 Sep 2004.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Questions about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Jason R. Stefanovich
Votetaker: David E. Smith


RATIONALE: comp.os.os2.ecomstation

The newsgroup 'comp.os.os2.ecomstation' would be a forum for discussing issues related to the use of the eComStation operating system, a licensed version of IBM's OS/2 from Serenity Systems Intl.

Currently, the comp.os.os2.* newsgroups are used as a resource for asking and answering questions regarding all OS/2 versions, including eComStation. OS/2 is the major operating system upon which eComStation is based, however eComStation has gained sufficient interest to support its own newsgroup.

In addition, the general audience for questions regarding eComStation and Serenity Systems differ from the audience interested in general IBM OS/2 questions. Therefore, it seems appropriate for eComStation to gain its own newsgroup for eComStation-specific questions.

While several unmoderated online fora dedicated to eComStation do exist and have a large amount of traffic, experience shows that the lack of a unified forum hampers the development of a decent discussion.

The only other unmoderated newsgroups that offers some room for such discussions today are in comp.os.os2.*. However, eComStation differs significantly enough from the base OS/2 that discussions regarding it may not be relevant at all to the general OS/2 user. Discussions involving eComStation have comprised a significant portion of the traffic in the comp.os.os2 hierarchy to the point where it may be distracting for the eComStation user and general OS/2 user alike.

The separation of eComStation issues from general comp.os.os2.* topics will hence avoid user confusion and avoid disagreement on the general relevance of eComStation in relation to OS/2 which was felt to be unsatisfactory by all parties.

CHARTER: comp.os.os2.ecomstation

comp.os.os2.ecomstation is an unmoderated newsgroup for discussion of the eComStation operating system and related technologies.

Appropriate discussion in the group will involve eComStation and other eComStation-related products (including Serenity Virtual Station.) Some examples of topics that should be posted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation:

- General questions regarding the installation and operation of eComStation
- Questions regarding eComStation specific programming
- Discussion of eComStation related technologies
- Questions regarding application software and hardware support
- eComStation user advocacy and debate

Posting guidelines:

1) Posts must be related to the discussion of eComStation, which includes all the modern aspects of operating eComStation as well as related topics, but excludes general OS/2 topics, unless a direct relevance to eComStation can be made explicit. Topics which are relevant to the broader audience of OS/2 users may be better received in the appropriate general category OS/2 group. Original and interesting criticism of eComStation is welcome.

2) Posts should not be made if they contain personal attacks, incitement to retribution (i.e. flames and obvious trolling), or general hostility.

Clearly inappropriate postings include:
(1) Personal attacks;
(2) Discussion that isn't about or related to eComStation
(3) Multiple messages that all say the same or very similar things; and (4) Overly speculative postings and postings that are "not even wrong."

3) Posts may include links to websites or personal pages that contain relevant and on-topic information about eComStation.

4) Posting of binary files is prohibited. Short segments of source code or quotes from papers may be posted; however, large projects and complete papers should be archived elsewhere, and a link to the download site included in the post.

END CHARTER.


IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES: READ THIS BEFORE VOTING

The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest in reading the proposed newsgroup, and soliciting votes from uninterested parties defeats this purpose. Do *not* distribute this CFV; instead, direct people to the official CFV as posted to news.announce.newgroups. Distributing specific voting instructions or pre-marked copies of this CFV is considered vote fraud. Soliciting votes from uninterested parties may be considered vote fraud.

This is a public vote: All email addresses, names and votes will be listed in the final RESULT post. The name used may be either a real name or an established Usenet handle.

At most one vote is allowed per person or per account. Duplicate votes will be resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote.

Voters must mail their ballots directly to the votetaker. Anonymous, forwarded, or proxy votes are not valid, nor are votes mailed from WWW/HTML/CGI forms (which should not exist). Votes from nonexistent accounts or with munged, spam-blocked, or undeliverable addresses are invalid and will NOT be counted. Votes sent from addresses with a challenge-response system in place will not be counted if the votetaker receives a "challenge" message.

Please direct any questions to the votetaker at


HOW TO VOTE:

Extract the ballot from the CFV by deleting everything before and after the "BEGINNING OF BALLOT" and "END OF BALLOT" lines. Don't worry about the spacing of the columns or any quote characters (">") that your reply inserts. Please, DO NOT send the entire CFV back to me!

Fill in the ballot as shown below. Please provide your real name (or established Usenet handle) and indicate your desired vote in the appropriate locations inside the ballot.

Examples of how to properly indicate your vote:

[ YES ] example.yes.vote
[ NO ] example.no.vote
[ ABSTAIN ] example.abstention
[ CANCEL ] example.cancellation

DO NOT modify, alter or delete any information in this ballot! If you do, the voting software will probably reject your ballot.

When finished, MAIL the vote to Just "replying"
to this message should work, but check the "To:" line. Votes mailed to any other email address, including that of the votetaker, will NOT be
counted.

If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your vote within three days contact the votetaker about the problem. You are responsible for reading your ack and making sure your vote is registered correctly.

If these instructions are unclear, please consult the Introduction to Usenet Voting or the Usenet Voting FAQ at
http://www.stanford.edu/~neilc/uvv.

======== BEGINNING OF BALLOT: Delete everything before this line =======

Source: OS2VOICE.org

OS/2-eCS-ArcaOS General News

More in General  

OS/2-eCS-ArcaOS Software News

More in Software  

Latest Forum Posts

Site News

More in Site News