I wonder how many of the votes came from outside the US. Also, I wonder if the no votes came from BWMA members. Can we know?
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2003-11-26 12:27 Subject: [USMA:27679] RE: New newsgroup "misc.metric-system" passes 211:25 > I think this is a great step forward. Having a newsgroup on Usenet > entitled "misc.metric-system" will create a perception that metric is > GROWING, rather than fading as some fad of the 70's (discos, leisure > suits, etc) > > Nat > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Markus Kuhn > Sent: Wednesday, 2003 November 26 10:08 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:27678] New newsgroup "misc.metric-system" passes 211:25 > > > As you might already have seen, the misc.metric-system ballot passed > with 211 yes to 25 no votes: > > http://www.uvv.org/cgi-bin/getmsg/2499 > > The new discussion newsgroup misc.metric-system should show up within > the next two weeks in over a hundred thousand USENET NNTP servers all > over the planet. > > If you use Microsoft Outlook and you have never used USENET newsgroups, > then please try this: > > To get started, type "newsgroups" into the help system of Microsoft > Outlook. To activate newsgroup under Outlook, select the menue View | Go > To | News. > > There you will be asked, via which "NNTP server" you want to access > newsgroups. Your Internet service provider will have sent you this > information, lists it on his web site under "Support" or will be able to > help you. > > For example, my Internet Service Provider NTL.com has this information > on > > http://www.ntlworld.com/help/generalHelp/settings.html > > where it says that NTL customers should access newsgroups via the > newsserver > > news.ntlworld.com > > Many web browsers also support newsgroups access, and there are many > specialized "newsreader" programs available (including some that are > over 20 years old). > > Markus > > -- > Markus Kuhn, Computer Lab, Univ of Cambridge, GB > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ | __oo_O..O_oo__ > > >
