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RESULT
unmoderated group rec.photo.equipment.sigma fails 9:28

Voting closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 5 Sep 2005.

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

Proponent: Sarah Molly <gy5u->
Votetaker: Bill Aten <>

There were 37 valid YES/NO votes submitted during the voting period. Each
proposed newsgroup, in order to pass, must have at least 2/3 YES votes and at
least 100 more YES than NO votes. The results are as follows:

rec.photo.equipment.sigma results - 37 valid (YES & NO) votes

Yes No : 2/3? >100? : Pass? : Group
---- ---- : ---- ----- : ----- : -------------------------------------------
9 28 : No No : No : rec.photo.equipment.sigma
5 abstaining votes

The proposal failed.

There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted.
Unless serious and significant allegations of voting irregularities are
raised, the proposal may not be voted on again for six months.

The remainder of the RESULT contains:
Newsgroups Line
Rationale
Charter
Ballot Submission Irregularities
Final Voting Acknowledgements

NEWSGROUPS LINE:
rec.photo.equipment.sigma Sigma photography equipment.

RATIONALE: rec.photo.equipment.sigma

The objective of this proposal is to create a newgroup for specialized
discussions of Sigma photography equipment. Sigma owners and future
owners would greatly benefit from having access to an isolated
newsgroup that is not dominated by Canon and Nikon users. If
created, RPES will cater to both digital and film shooters under
the same umbrella, which is useful because Sigma digital and 35mm
camera bodies share a common SA* lens mount and they use the same
accessories.

CHARTER: rec.photo.equipment.sigma

The group rec.photo.equipment.sigma is for the discussion of Sigma
digital and film photography equipment. Advertisements are not
permitted. Binary files other than digital signatures or X-Faces
are not permitted.

END CHARTER.

BALLOT SUBMISSION IRREGULARITIES:

Ballots invalidated: 3

3 - Anonymous vote - true source of vote anonymised

(Note: Anonymous voters were notified of the problem and reminded that
they could request a new ballot using a different email address)

FINAL VOTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

rec.photo.equipment.sigma - Final Voter List

NOTE: This is not [to be used as] a mailing list. The email addresses
are provided only to help verify the validity of the interest poll.

Voted YES
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bouvin/daimi$au?kd Niels Olof Bouvin
deepgeek#bestweb'nte Scotty Fitzgerald
devnull|vianet*ac Trevor Tymchuk
frank'fsheff$cmo Frank ess
michel/baron$videotron#ac Michel Baron
nicolesgrumpy^aol/cmo Douglas O'Brien
pan?syix#cmo Pan
simon'darkmere*gen%zn Simon Lyall
ymulakaj#yahoo*rf Yves Mulakaj

Voted NO
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alan=browne*videotron~ac Alan Browne
bmailman#sfo$cmo Brian Mailman
bwr607/hotmail*cmo Woodchuck Bill
cnw+usenet$pobox'cmo Neil Woods
david-taylor$blueyonder!co!ku David J Taylor
fort514|mac*cmo Charles
gburnore#databasix%cmo Gary L. Burnore
gprrspw|mindspring%cmo G.P. Ryan
hezu=iki#if Heikki Kantola
jdunn'volcano^nte John Dunn
kowallek#iglou*cmo Dennis Kowallek
mikael/segercrantz%pp1#inet?if Mikael Segercrantz
mirwin/fas$harvard%eud Mark Irwin
patrick|texier*niof Patrick Texier
patrick_mailinglists|d26%nte pmp
pete=fenelon$cmo Pete Fenelon
phil=rahul$nte Phil Gustafson
pjr?pjr-online*fsnet|co!ku Peter J Ross
psmyth/gmx$nte Peter Smyth
rpe-sigmavote^billmail#scconsult#cmo Bill Cole
ru!igarashi*usask/ac ru igarashi
sigma-ballot$hnareid|me!ku Helge Nareid
stainles#realtime/nte Dwight Brown
stephen|stevedunn/ac Steve Dunn
tingrinfan$comcast%nte Sam Seiber
vm9p8lm02~sneakemail|cmo David Harmon
vpdura/hiwaay^nte Vic Dura
wwfiv'comcast^nte William W. Farley IV

Voted ABSTAIN
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aahz=pobox$cmo Aahz
ceri=submonkey*nte Ceri Davies
mbeaudoin~scintrextrace!cmo Marcel Beaudoin
mmontcha#oregonvos%nte Matthew Montchalin
van?ette#inter*nl/nte Robert-Jan van Ette

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Bill Aten, UVV <>