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Re: Vote NO!!!!

• To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
• Subject: [mg530] Re: [mg524] Vote NO!!!!
• From: steve at christensen.cybernetics.net (Steve Christensen)
• Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 00:57:25 +0500

MathGroupers:

I clearly strongly disagree with Andrew's request below.  I do not
believe that the moderated mailing list has the effect to
"shrink interest and input drastically" and this will not occur
with a moderated newsgroup either.  I suspect the exact opposite will occur.
Just as I have with the mailing list, I will work very hard to
make the Mathematica newsgroup very useful and very fairly moderated.

Please vote YES.

Thank you.

Steve C.

>From: laska at netcom.com (Andrew Laska)
>Subject: [mg524] Vote NO!!!!!!!!!
>To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 12:27:17 -0800 (PST)
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>
> HOW TO VOTE
>
> Send MAIL to:   voting at f10.facts.uky.edu
> Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list.
>
> Your mail message should contain one of the following statements:
>       I vote YES on comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
>       I vote NO on comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
>
> You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome.
> Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.  The
> votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge-
> ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again.
> It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly.
>
> One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and
> votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.



>I urge all mathgroupers to vote NO to the proposed newsgroup.


>A moderated group will choke out any possibility of a non moderated
>newsgroup in the future. Yes, it is technically possible to have
>non-moderated newsgroup but in practice this rarely happens.

>The moderated format will shrink interest and input drastically. Thes two
>reasons combined will make the newsgroup basically useless.

>Vote NO!!!!

>Andrew