In article ,
wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:04:09 -0600, Dave Balderstone
wrote:

The call for votes (CFV) has been issued for the splinter group
"rec.woodworking.all-ages" proposed by Vito Kuhn
and Susan Welchel

Reference message ID is

Read the instructions in the CFV and follow them if you want your
ballot counted. Voting closes October 21 at 1 second to midnight UTC.

The CFV should appear in the following groups:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
free.uk.woodworking
rec.crafts.woodturning
rec.woodworking

but I don't see it here on the wreck yet.

I've submitted my ballot...

djb



can you clarify the meaning of the different possible votes? it looks
like the possibilities a



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


'YES' you are in favor of the new group being created
'NO' you are opposed to the new group being created
'CANCEL' to void a previously cast vote. (you can change your mind during
the voting period, only your _last_ vote counts. 'Cancel' is
how you withdraw a vote, =without= casting a vote for the opposite
side of the proposition)
'ABSTAIN' no functional purpose. it pretty much says "I'm going on the record
as 'I don't care' about this group."

The appropriate "magic word" must be inserted in the space marked off with the
'[' and ']' characters, in front of the name of each newsgroup on which you
are casting a vote.


If you think the proposed group may have an adverse effects on rec.woodworking
a 'no' vote is in order.

If you thing the proposed group has merit, in and of itself, then a 'yes' vote
is in order.

If you don't have any real feelings either way, then the recommended action is
_do_not_vote_ on the matter.