The ballot period for the creation of a new newsgroup misc.metric-system on the USENET ends coming Tuesday.
To ensure that we do not again fail to reach the required ~150 yes votes, it would be good if you could help to remind people in related groups one last time about the ballot and invite them to vote (and do so yourself, if you haven't yet!). You could add to your news signature a message such as ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Call for Votes: misc.metric-system -- Interested in a new group + + on the introduction of the metric system? Please look at + + news.announce.newgroups, http://www.uvv.org/cgi-bin/getmsg/2471 or + + send email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for information on how + + cast your newsgroup creation vote. Ballot ends 25 November 2003. + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ or you can send out messages along the lines of ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In case you have not already seen it: We are trying to set up a new newsgroup misc.metric-system dedicated to discussions about the metric system and its introduction in areas where it is not yet widely used. Related threads have flared up in this group in the past. So if you are interested in this topic and group, please participate in this ballot. (At least ~150 votes are necessary before a group has a realistic chance of being created.) The second "Call for Votes" with a description of the proposed group and exact instructions on how to vote has recently been posted to news.announce.newgroups It is also available by sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it can be downloaded from the USENET Volunteer Votetakers website on http://www.uvv.org/cgi-bin/getmsg/2471 Votes have to be submitted by email, formatted exactly according to the instructions given in the "Call for Votes". Your vote has been counted only if you receive a confirmation reply. The ballot closes 25 November 2003. Thanks for your time, ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks, Markus -- Markus Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ || CB3 0FD, Great Britain
