comp.binaries.geos CFV

"Shag Aristotelis" <birchall@pilot.njin.net>

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From: "Shag Aristotelis" <birchall@pilot.njin.net>
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Subject: comp.binaries.geos CFV
Status: OR

Please note:  I'm posting this to Zoomer-List as stated below.  Questions
about the group go to me, votes do _not_ go to me.  Please read this before
responding to it, I will not be forwarding votes.

-Shag

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		     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
		  moderated group comp.binaries.geos

Newsgroups line:
comp.binaries.geos	Binaries for the GEOS operating system. (Moderated)


Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 7 March 1994. 

After the CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to
the Zoomer List <zoomer-list@grot.starconn.com>.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting
questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com.  For questions about the
proposed group contact Dan "Shag" Birchall <birchall@pilot.njin.net>.


CHARTER

RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND

Increasing amounts of material for the GEOS operating system are becoming
available in binary form.  This material includes applications, system 
drivers, system binary data (fonts, icons), and application binary data 
(templates, DTP documents, clip-art).  Lengthy postings of UUencoded material 
to the general comp.os.geos newsgroup have received negative reactions from 
the readers of that group, including GeoWorks employees, and the creation of 
a group in a binaries hierarchy has been suggested.  As GEOS runs on both 
PC-Compatibles and a rapidly growing variety of 80x86-based PDA's and pen 
systems, it is unlikely that the group would fit in as a subgroup in another 
comp.binaries hierarchy.

CHARTER

1. PURPOSE

The purpose of 'comp.binaries.geos' is to provide a place for the
posting of uuencoded binaries for use with the GEOS operating system
on conventional Personal Computers (PC's), pen-based Personal
Digital Assistants (PDA's), and hybrid Personal Information Assistants
(PIA's).  

This will include any freeware or shareware applications, drivers,
libraries, document templates, screen backgrounds, clip-art, document
files, icons, fonts, et cetera.  Binaries for other operating systems
which provide interaction or compatibility with GEOS will also be
accepted.  The group will be moderated; non-binaries and files without 
relation to GEOS will be returned.

The 'comp.binaries.geos' group will be moderated to ensure that all
postings are indeed binaries for use with GEOS.

For more information on GEOS itself, please see the FAQ posted to
'comp.os.geos' periodically.

2. MODERATOR POLICIES

Anyone wishing to make available binary files for other GEOS users is
welcomed and encouraged to submit them to comp.os.geos in uuencoded
form.  Only submissions that violate this charter will be returned.
Any returned article will have an explanation attached to it stating
which charter provision was violated.

There shall be at least one moderator for comp.binaries.geos

Repetitive postings (such as multiple responses to one request for
a specific application) may also be rejected.  Any rejected article 
will be returned to the sender with an explanation.

Administrative communications, comments and inquiries should be 
mailed to the moderator(s) rather than being posted to the group.

>From time to time a moderator may choose to give up his or her duties 
as a moderator. In such an event the moderator(s) should select a 
suitable replacement. 

3. SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines for submissions will be regularly posted to news.answer
in a comp.binaries.geos FAQ

Readers of comp.binaries.geos submit articles to the moderator(s) by
email. Articles should be sent to geos@pilot.njin.net.  Administrative
comments and requests should be sent to geos-admin@pilot.njin.net
The initial moderator will be birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag).  More
moderators may be added when traffic warrants and technology allows.

A current list of moderators will be included in a comp.binaries.geos
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) article to be posted to 
comp.binaries.geos and selected 'answers' newsgroups.

INITIAL MODERATOR

birchall@pilot.njin.net (Dan "Shag" Birchall, hoping for more soon!)

SUBMISSION ADDRESS

comp-binaries-geos@pilot.njin.net


HOW TO VOTE

Send MAIL to:   voting@qualcomm.com
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Your mail message should contain one of the following statements:
      I vote YES on comp.binaries.geos
      I vote NO on comp.binaries.geos

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.

Only one vote per person and per account will be counted.  Addresses and
votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.


Shag Aristotelis - Netrunner, Freelance Writer, Sysop, GeoSadist, Birdwatcher.
Formerly known as Shag - name extended to maintain unique net-wide identity in
the wake of 10,000-percent growth of Internet.  Yes, it's an ornithology joke.
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