FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group soc.culture.catalan Newsgroups line: soc.culture.catalan The Catalan language and the lands where it is spoken. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 22 Nov 1995. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Please address any questions about the proposal to the proponent. Proponent: Jordi Iparraguirre i Vilarrasa Votetaker: Michael Handler RATIONALE: soc.culture.catalan There is already a well established mailing list for Catalan speakers and friends of the Catalan-spoking countries called . However, there has been an increasing number of people looking for information and discussions on the Catalan language and the countries in which it is spoken (i.e. Paisos Catalans) in the soc. hierarchy of the newsgroups. It would therefore be advantageous to create soc.culture.catalan in order to make discussions on those topics more accessible to the entire network community. In addition, the mailing list is getting around 25 messages/day (average during September 1995), so quite difficult to manage if you are getting it by email. We feel that the number of articles seems to justify the creation of this newsgroup. Some discussions related to Catalan issues are usually carried out in soc.culture.spain. However, there are a number of issues that are relevant to the Catalan-speaking countries that are not relevant to soc.culture.spain. The name, soc.culture.catalan, is proposed because other soc.culture.* newsgroups take the name on the languages and cultures and not on the country where thay are speaked (i.e. soc.culture.french soc.culture.welsh). The proposed newsgroup is intended to generally provide a medium for those interested to express, share, and exchange their views, ideas, and feelings about the Catalan language and culture. Possible discussion issues include aspects of Catalan-spoking countries: - culture, history, philosophy, ideology, geography; - societies, traditions, customs; - politics; - literature, poetry, art, folklore; - language, books; - science, technology; - local events, news, programs, economy; - communities abroad, problems, needs; and - *things* normally discussed in the "soc.culture" newsgroups. CHARTER: soc.culture.catalan An unmoderated newsgroup which would provide a world wide forum for the discussion of the culture and all other issues of interest to catalan-speakers worldwide and all those people with an interest in the Catalan countries (Paisos Catalans) and its language. END CHARTER. HOW TO VOTE: Send E-MAIL (posts to a newsgroup are invalid) to: catalan-vote@sub-rosa.com Please do not assume that just replying to this message will work. Check the address before you mail your vote. Your mail message should contain one and only one of the following vote statements: I vote YES on soc.culture.catalan I vote NO on soc.culture.catalan You may also vote ABSTAIN or CANCEL but these are not counted as valid votes for the total count. If your mail software does not indicate your real name, please also include the following statement and add your name (on the same line). Voter name: IMPORTANT VOTING PROCEDURE NOTES: Standard Guidelines for voting apply. One person, one vote. Votes must be mailed directly from the voter to the votetaker. Anonymous, forwarded or proxy votes are not valid. Votes mailed by WWW/HTML/CGI forms are considered to be anonymous votes. Vote counting is automated. Failure to follow these directions may mean that your vote does not get counted. If you do not receive an acknowledgment of your vote within three days contact the votetaker about the problem. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. Duplicate votes are resolved in favor of the most recent valid vote. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results post. The purpose of a Usenet vote is to determine the genuine interest of persons who would read a proposed newsgroup. Soliciting votes from disinterested parties defeats this purpose. Please do not distribute this CFV. If you must, direct people to the official CFV as posted to news.announce.newgroups. Distributing pre-marked or otherwise edited copies of this CFV is generally considered to be vote fraud. When in doubt, ask the votetaker. OFFICIAL SOURCES OF THE CFV: * The copy which was posted to news.announce.newgroups * Any copies which were sent to mailing lists *by* *the* *votetaker* * A copy received from the votetaker's automated mailserver To obtain a copy of the CFV from the votetaker's mailserver, send a blank email message to . DISTRIBUTION: A pointer to this article will be also be mailed to the following mailing lists: * catala@aliga.cesca.es -- Michael Handler Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV)