From winternet.com!visi.com!news2.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!bounce-back Tue Mar 5 23:27:11 1996 Path: winternet.com!visi.com!news2.mr.net!mr.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!bounce-back From: david.bostwick@chemistry.gatech.edu (David Bostwick) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.sport.misc,rec.equestrian,rec.music.country.western Subject: RESULT: rec.sport.rodeo passes 315:63 Supersedes: <825115469.19912@uunet.uu.net> Followup-To: news.groups Date: 5 Mar 1996 13:27:27 -0500 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) Lines: 501 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <826050433.7268@uunet.uu.net> Reply-To: David Bostwick NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Archive-Name: rec.sport.rodeo Xref: winternet.com news.announce.newgroups:3788 news.groups:98290 rec.sport.misc:6621 rec.equestrian:96008 rec.music.country.western:52461 RESULT unmoderated group rec.sport.rodeo passes 315:63 There were 315 YES votes and 63 NO votes, for a total of 378 valid votes. There was 1 abstain and 14 invalid ballots. For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO) votes. There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes. There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted. If no serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly thereafter. Newsgroups line: rec.sport.rodeo Anything dealing with the sport of rodeo. The voting period ended at 23:59:59 UTC, 4 Mar 1996. This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Questions about the voting process should be directed to the votetaker. Questions about the proposed group should be directed to on of the proponents. Proponent: Dwayne Russell Proponent: Djinn Ruffner Proponent: Terry Bartlett Proponent: Mark Taylor Votetaker: David Bostwick RATIONALE: rec.sport.rodeo In the United States, rodeo bills itself as "America's Favorite Sport". Whether or not that's true, rodeo does have a large fan base and is a popular sport in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand, with thousands of participants. Currently there is no group dedicated to the discussion of rodeo. For the past six months or so rodeo discussion has more or less dominated rec.sport.misc, however there have been complaints about this from people interested in other sports as well as people interested in rodeo who had a difficult time finding just where the rodeo discussions were taking place. The creation of rec.sport.rodeo would provide a single, easy to find location for the discussion of the sport. CHARTER: rec.sport.rodeo rec.sport.rodeo is intended to be an unmoderated newsgroup to support the discussion of rodeo at all levels--including, but not limited to the following: PRCA (The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) and traditional PRCA rodeo events--bareback riding, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling, steer roping, barrel racing, and bull riding. WPRA (Women's Professional Rodeo Association), IPRA (International Professional Rodeo Association), Little Britches Rodeo, National Intercollegiate Rodeo, various roping associations, barrel racing associations, Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Bull Riders Only, Old Timers Rodeo, and related events. It will also include discussions on current rodeo standings and results, upcoming events, education and rodeo schools, rules, eligibility and miscellaneous rodeo discussions. It will *NOT* be a place for the discussion of animal rights with respect to rodeo. There are already places on the Usenet that address this; we feel it would not be appropriate to duplicate those discussions in the rec.sport hierarchy. END CHARTER. DISTRIBUTION: This RFD is in accordance with the Guidelines for Newsgroups Creation, and has been cross-posted to the following relevant newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, rec.sport.misc, rec.equestrian, rec.music.country.western All follow-up messages should be directed to news.groups, a newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of proposals of new newsgroups. Follow-up messages should not be cross-posted to the other groups listed above. rec.sport.rodeo Final Vote Ack Voted Yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 103142.3160@CompuServe.COM GREG D. BYRD 104043.1352@compuserve.com Ted Paulin Jr. aandrews2@ohiou.edu Anthony Andrews abaileyb@aol.com Kevin Bailey ABITNER%SWAMI@hub.qgraph.com Ann E. Bitner ac4jo@socomm.net John Tyler Stephenson acsmith@ix.netcom.com Anita Smith ah125@rgfn.epcc.Edu David Famine AKBS17A@prodigy.com Anne Engel akulics@riker.neoucom.edu Albert T. Kulics alc@gasco.com Al Cuenco almehj@bonampak.llnl.gov Henry J. Alme alowry@silver.ucs.indiana.edu Andrew D. Lowry AlyssaRatz@aol.com Alyssa Ratzloff AmyRatz@aol.com Amy Ratzloff anderst@algonet.se Anders Thelemyr andy@sarah.ct.se Andy Pettersson ar428@freenet.carleton.ca Carol Kenward artstone@cris.com Art Stone babbott@vt.edu Brian Abbott barbara_olson@ccm.jf.intel.com Barbara Olson BBEL@aol.com Rebecca Lander bduff@qualcomm.com Bret M. Duff behunin@oodis01.hill.af.mil Roland Behunin beth.thomas@ibid.library.gatech.edu Beth Thomas bgross@isoit235.bbn.hp.com Barbara Gross bhenry@selu.edu Brandy L. Henry bigley@pulsenet.com Rose Bigley BKinsey@aol.com Beth Kinsey blob@apple.com Brian Bechtel bobbygas@iadfw.net Bobby Gaston bobmcc@tcs.com Bob McCormick borek@mda.ca Michael Borek Bri8bull@aol.com brian eversole browna@ohsu.EDU Allen Brown brydon@rorqual.ssd.loral.com Louis Brydon bryjord@pathcom.com Bryan Fromstein bsenos@intranet.on.ca Brennan Senos bstewart@sioux.sodak.net Bob Stewart Bucknhoss@aol.com Toby James bucwmr@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu William M. Ross bulryder@aol.com Keith Smith bustaman@spk.hp.com Randy Bustamante Bwilliam@uwyo.edu William E. Williams C570492@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu C. Malmberg c663661@showme.missouri.edu Megan Wallace carl_hoeger@qm.salk.edu Carl Hoeger caxdxs@ridgecrest.ca.us Cindy Braem ccole@engnet.ufl.edu Cheryl Coleman cconway@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Charles Conway cdash@ludell.uccs.edu Professor Charles M. Shub NCAA Faculty Representative cgwalker@u.washington.edu Coleen G. Gelatt chandler@naftalab.bus.utexas.edu Chandler W. Howell chapka@best.com Christopher Hapka chasm@ICSI.Net Charles L Hamilton chrisbur@microsoft.com Chris Burt combsje@ucunix.san.uc.edu Joe Combs cowboy47@aol.com James K. Gibson cpalmer@libertine.webo.dg.com Chris Palmer cpj1@winternet.com Chris Josephes CS1527A@american.edu Clara K. Showalter csb@emanon.jax.org Carolyn Blake ctgammag@ingr.com Christy Gammage cthompso@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Cathy Thompson ctrygirl@ix.netcom.com Kimm Holcomb cwgirlup@sky.net Janice Collier dannyp@sky.net Danny Porter Darrell.M.Littlefield@den.mmc.com Darrell Littlefield dc@panix.com David Crawford dcoe@overlord.com David Coe DDRUSSE@mca.com Dwayne D. Russell deaton@fdic.gov David R Eaton debbie.chiles@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Debbie Chiles DebLauback@aol.com Debbi L. Lauderback dertzberger@sies.wsc.ag.gov D. Ertzberger Diane_Wimmer@peoplesoft.com Diane Wimmer dicksie@teachersoft.com Kathy Dickson dietz.megan@ssd.loral.com Megan Dietz dillard@rosharon.wireline.slb.com Robert Dillard DMHOESLI@schl-01.schl.purdue.edu Deanna M. Hoesli Donna.Pattee@Colorado.EDU Donna F. Pattee doug@cc.ysu.edu Doug Sewell douglas@netdoor.com Douglas Stewart drjoynt@mmm.com Darryl Joynt drlarson@indiana.edu Derek R. Larson druffner@cymbal.aix.calpoly.edu Djinn Ruffner DrWLS@aol.com Christa Shackleford duff@cowboy.tiac.net John Duffy dustyg@indy.net Dusty Griffiths ebarna@teachersoft.com Eric Barna edwards@crl.com Gregory Edwards EileenW672@aol.com Eileen Walker elvessa@fatpet.com Laurie Schiff erg@dev.urel.berkeley.edu Evelyn R. Graham eromano2@vm1.ulg.ac.be ROMANO Elliot esand@azstarnet.com Eric Sandrich EvalleyR@aol.com Michelle Carmony evan@telly.org Evan Leibovitch fideist@starnetinc.com Kevin W. Walker filipows@hpspkra.spk.hp.com Dennis Filipowski FOWDAVI@lmsmgr.lerc.nasa.gov William J. Davis FRITZW@UWYO.EDU Warren Fritz furface@liii.com David Sonnenberg fussell@nicmad.nicolet.com Dee Fussell fwranch@garlic.com Wayne E. Edgin gam@netcom.com Gordon Moffett genescreen@aol.com David R. Martinez gogolinski@sni-usa.com Jim Gogolinski goldfarb@cern.ch Steven Goldfarb GOLFSHOT@gnn.com Andrea Walker griffies@infomedia.net Jerry Griffies gstump@epix.net Jerry Stump gunther@dc.infi.net Mike Gunther hale@alaska.net Jean Hale heather.jeffcoat@ibid.library.gatech.edu Heather Jeffcoat heinrich@intersurf.com Paul V. Heinrich HENDRICKSON@lu.lincoln.edu Pamela Hendrickson hh299@cleveland.Freenet.Edu Jim Baranovich hlazyl@dns.ida.net Ava Holland houss@jaxnet.com William S. Houston Hrblackled@aol.com Harold Blackledge HUFD98A@prodigy.com MRS DARLENE L WILBURN HUFD98C@prodigy.com MISS DARLA L WILBURN ilana@ncar.ucar.edu Ilana Stern irvi2187@sundance.SJSU.EDU Tim Irvin jamesm@hevanet.com Lianne McNeil JANETDIETZ@aol.com Janet Dietz Jan_Snyder@ccm.sc.intel.com Sallijan Snyder jap@interaccess.com Jeff Pleimling jbaker@community.net Jerry Baker jbl@levin.mv.com Joel B. Levin jbreed@doink.edaal.ingr.com Jim Reed JENNIFER@science.tamu.edu Jennifer L. Rabun JERatzloff@aol.com James E. Ratzloff JerryL7670@aol.com Jerry O. Lowrimore jewett@netcom.com Bob Jewett jghasler@win.bright.net John Hasler jgoodwin@kingstec.nscc.ns.ca Joyce M. Goodwin JhnFtz@aol.com John Fitzgerald Jim_Mann@transarc.com Jim Mann jkilberg@mcia.com Jane H. Kilberg jmaynard@admin5.hsc.uth.tmc.edu Jay Maynard JMSELLNER@aol.com Jo Marie sellner JNewton@logikos.com Jenny Newton jobryan@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Joe O'Bryan joehanso@badlands.NoDak.edu Joey L. Hanson jokhio@okstate.edu Yousuf Khan Jokhio jolomba@fdic.gov Joe A. Lomba jonp@lvld.hp.com Jon Pennington jourkap@showme.missouri.edu Karen Pautz joy@uoguelph.ca Joy Steele JRDVMDIVER@aol.com Julie Robinson DVM jsrhodes@ix.netcom.com John Rhodes jtcook@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com Terry Cook jtodd@csu.edu.au Jennifer Todd JUSTBILLY@delphi.com William McCarty jva3711@usl.edu Jeremiah V. Adams kam@dev.urel.berkeley.edu Kimberly A. McDonald karip@ix.netcom.com KARI PERKINS kasn@argo.net Kathy Nielsen katsmith@vt.edu Kathryn A. Smith kclapp@extracorp.com Karl Clapp KELLY@athletics.tamu.edu Kellam Martin kerikse1@ix.netcom.com Kathy A Eriksen kes@cco.caltech.edu Kate Sedwick Kioti777@aol.com Michael Spinuzzi kojola@emi.net Linda Kojola krist@sgihoust.houst.sgi.com Kris Trahan ksarem@datarace.com Kim Sarem kwyatt@fix.net Keith Wyatt lac2255@okway.okstate.edu Lisa A. Coburn larisa@lexis-nexis.com Larisa May las@unity.ncsu.edu Lori Scappino lauramc@nettally.com Laura McDonald lbm@ici.net Linda B. Merims LESLEY@ssv004.ssd.loral.com Lesley Scarbrough leslie_chunn@aspect.com Leslie Chunn lhupp@mhost.utmb.edu Louella Hupp ljohnsto@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Lloyd Johnston lll8e@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu Lesley LeAnn Larkin lootens@mentor.cc.purdue.edu James R. Lootens lori_mcd@ix.netcom.com Lori A. McDonald Lorri_Peterson@smtp.svl.trw.com Lorri Peterson lrb@mindspring.com Ray Breed lrobin@sn1.cvm.ncsu.edu Cauveh Erami LSPRENT@scifac.indstate.edu David A. Prentice lw_blank@ix.netcom.com Leroy W. Blankenship marci@bip.com Marci E. Garcia Mary_Songster_Alpin@ncsu.edu Mary S. Songster-Alpin MATTHUSENA@YMV5.YMP.GOV August C. Matthusen melanie_heine@tsl.state.tx.us Melanie Heine melissac@lexis-nexis.com Melissa Clack menchaca@innet.com Janine Menchaca mfloyd@dbintellect.com Marvin D. Floyd michael.czeiszperger@imonics.com Michael Czeiszperger michael@gormez.xs4all.nl Michael Gormez miksal@netcom.com Mike Salmond mjjacks@why.net Marcy Jackson mlipsie@ca.merl.com Michael Lipsie mreynolds@pop.long-beach.va.gov Mary K. Reynolds mtaylor@dbintellect.com Mark Taylor mullin@selway.umt.edu Christopher G. Mullin murph@holly.ColoState.EDU John Murphy mwh@hookup.net Michael Herman nick@inferno.fc.hp.com Nick Ingegneri nick@midtenn.net Nick Wesy normnh@Empire.Net Normand Coulombe p001309b@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us Dennis Hawkins patcomer@netset.com William Patrick Comer paul.ofallon@ibid.library.gatech.edu Paul O'Fallon paxil@interlog.com Trevor Tymchuk pjphager@aol.com Patti Hager PJYG68B@prodigy.com Kyle Stewart PRENTICP@coral.indstate.edu Patricia D. Prentice PRMW24A@prodigy.com Kelli Wright psklenar@usa.nai.net Patrick R. Sklenar puppydog@iamerica.net James B. Wilkinson purpl2@teleport.com Marisa Kendall QHFan@aol.com Margaret Salters QuapawV@aol.com Vonda Stevens RAINBEAU@delphi.com Karen Skuratowicz Rambo@cris.com Ramsey Lindsey rashley@mexnet.acnet.net Richard Ashley rasmus@spk.hp.com Carol Rasmussen ratzloff@spieg.interealm.com Janet Ratzloff RAYFOSTER@aol.com Marvin Ray Foster rbi.rfs@mail.utexas.edu Renee' F. Semien reasons@umd.umich.edu Eric Reasons redfearn@usl.unt.edu Melissa Redfearn reilly@TGV.Com Michael Reilly REPLY@ludell.uccs.edu Clara Shub rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller rkees@ccnet.com Roger Keesler rlcarr@animato.pn.com Rich Carreiro rlutz@dbintellect.com Randy E. Lutz roc@gasco.com Ron Christian x5545 rodeo2@ix.netcom.com CLAYTON STEFFNER rodeow@gnn.com Kevin Blathelocke rogersl@GVSU.EDU Lisa Rogers Rosenthalx@aol.com Robert M. Rosenthal rpluta@ThoughtPort.Net Rob Pluta rs@ham.island.net Robert Smits RuthBlack@aol.com Ruth Black s46491@richland.cc.il.us Gavena Dahlman sackett@mindspring.com Ronald A. Horist, Jr. sarah@mama.indstate.edu Sarah Prentice scale@primenet.com Luis M. Outumuro, Sr. scarpint@GVSU.EDU Tim Scarpino scattergood@scattergood.seanet.com Scott Marshall scowling@islandnet.com Jim Cowling Sdangar@vvm.com Susan Dangar seanw@naftalab.bus.utexas.edu Sean A. Williamson SECOYTC@ssv004.ssd.loral.com Todd SeCoy SeeRedBJ@aol.com Beth Johnson sharon@tsd.itg.ti.com Sharon Miesen shawnm@geis.geis.com Shawn McGoldrick sher@BBN.COM Lawrence D. Sher ShyloD@aol.com Micki Salters signs@canby.com Patricia Quigley simon@omega.co.nz Simon Lyall sir_ray@ix.netcom.com Raymond T. Cottrell sluggers@mcs.com Ray Wood smithel@ucs.orst.edu Elvin Smith SPB@tntv1.ntrs.com Steve Bonine sperry@sn1.cvm.ncsu.edu Jane Myers spielmac@ucs.orst.edu Corey Spielman starnoff@sioux.sodak.net SHERWIN S. TARNOFF steph@songline.com Stephanie Davis steve.chunn@wang.com Steve Chunn stevens@solarium.aero.org Christine L. Stevens stevenso@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu Deborah Stevenson stoler@tds.com Mike Stoler STUSBUND@ACS.EKU.EDU Stanley Bundy StutterLng@aol.com O.C. Oelschlanger su2green@aol.com Susan Green Sue.Littlefield@den.mmc.com Sue Littlefield sussman@deltanet.com Sheryl Sussman SwatQuest@aol.com Loic Severin sweber@math.unm.edu Sue Weber tadams01@indy.net Tim Adams TATRO@SONOMA.EDU Jon M. Tatro tcreid@mca.com Tim Reid Terry.Bartlett@Central.Sun.COM Terry Bartlett tgm@netcom.com Thomas G. McWilliams tgowler@students.uiuc.edu Tim Gowler tgriff@ix.netcom.com Tom Griffin timh@sanctum.com Timothy J. Hunt tloy@pcocd2.intel.com Trevor Loy tom.stovall@yob.com Tom Stovall tpurifoy@airmail.net Todd Purifoy tracey@taipan.nmsu.edu Tracey Carrillo trainman@dsp.com Richard Lenart treftz@duff.com Henry A. Treftz trigger@sasknet.sk.ca Grant Triggs trish@polarnet.com Trish Rushing Tsniff@cris.com Troy Sniff tthomas494@aol.com Tracie J. Thomas vancleef@netcom.com Hank van Cleef vawrangler@aol.com D.C. Childs VDENNY@aol.com Vince Denny VLVS74A@prodigy.com Carl E Droege vri@tiac.net Arun Malik Wayte@ix.netcom.com Susan Wayte wbrooks@ucsu.Colorado.EDU William M Brooks wcurtis@emery.etv.net Matt Curtis wdzeda@dbintellect.com Bill Dzeda wieboldt@nicmad.nicolet.com RC Wieboldt Wilsow@censsw.gov.ab.ca Wayne Wilson winterje@ucs.orst.edu Jerrod Winters WKC@inel.gov Bill Clark wonder@oasis.novia.net Alan L. MacNeill WORRELL_JUDITH@Tandem.COM Judy Worrell wvboots@aol.com Matthew Whalen xray@umich.edu Raymond J. Masters zachm@lexis-nexis.com Zach Maxwell Voted No ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ afabbro@us.itd.umich.edu Andrew Fabbro alecli@aol.com Alec Lee andrew@lpac.ac.uk Andrew Smallbone angst@cdsnet.net Sarah Wilson atkinsj@alleg.edu Josh Atkins az033@freenet.toronto.on.ca Tom Salsberg BATTAVKD@VAX.ETOWN.EDU Kara Battavio BatyaB@aol.com Batya Bauman bdolling@CapAccess.org Ron Bisaillon birchall@pilot.njin.net Dan Birchall bresnab@tiac.net Brian Bresnahan brock@iquest.net Brock Rumer bryan@iinet.net.au Bryan Liddington carls@netcom.com Carl Steinhauser conn@super.org Harold Conn csaamw@urc.tue.nl Michiel Wijers devuns@alsys.com Olivier Devuns donkiely@polarnet.com Don Kiely donreese@cp.duluth.mn.us Donald Reese dschen@cs.Buffalo.EDU Daniel S Chen fnord@odyssee.net Thomas Moll foa@igc.apc.org Bill Dollinger geo7@ix.netcom.com Andrea Wilson GStull@aol.com Gordon B. Stull jai@mantra.com Jai Maharaj jcolison@CapAccess.org Jean Colison JKSUTTON@gallua.gallaudet.edu Jen Sutton jmckeon@interserf.net John A. McKeon joeclark@hookup.net Joe Clark jorge@tenet.edu George Bartow jrm@globalvillag.com John MacWilliamson K.J.Beurle@qmw.ac.uk Kevin Beurle KJGUTTMAN@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu Ken Guttman kramer@unixg.ubc.ca Lisa Kramer lah@magna.com.au Lyndall Haywood lhumane@CapAccess.org Richard Starr LizMck@world.std.com Elizabeth M. McKinstry mare@uidaho.edu Mare Rosenthal MikeM@fund.org Mike Markarian msb@sq.com Mark Brader olav@viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar Ollivier.Robert@hsc.fr.net Ollivier Roert paws@CapAccess.org Pat Derby plfin@servtech.com pat finch proberts@informix.com Paul Roberts rschaub@hsonline.net Ronald Schaub ryang@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu G. Ryan rzuw039@rz.uni-wuerzburg.de Juergen Weinelt sam@sam.franken.de Sassan Simai Schnaaark@aol.com Rebecca Playford skyblew@primenet.com Cari Bucher smarry@turing.toronto.edu Smarasderagd stainles@bga.com Dwight Brown stork@best.com Greg Christopher SunSpotQGC@aol.com Paul A. Travis suzyt@cml.com Suzanne Todman tgs1001@hermes.cam.ac.uk Tim Spencer thor.kottelin@pcb.mpoli.fi Thor Kottelin tlawson@garamond.univpubs.american.edu Todd C. Lawson toto@igc.apc.org Dorothy Dollinger usthl@lightlink.com Andy Reid wheeler@super.org Ferrell Wheeler widenius@cc.helsinki.fi Risto Widenius Abstained ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cab0615@comune.bologna.it Giulio C. Cesari Votes in error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cro6e@kelvin.seas.virginia.edu Charles Odell ! No ballot draziw@netcom.com Ryan ! Incomplete name eskwired@shore.net EskWIRED ! Invalid name FOSTER.BILL@AppleLink.Apple.COM Bill Foster ! Received after deadline jan@teachersoft.com Jan Wimmer ! Received after deadline jwgillum@aol.com JW Gillum ! No ballot lisa_mulzet@mindlink.bc.ca Lisa Mulzet ! No ballot mmt@RedBrick.COM M Mike Taksar ! Received after deadline Pasha913@aol.com ! No ballot rayfl19@sdios.wanet.com RayFleury ! No ballot rob@weblifepro.com Rob ! No ballot RodeoFan14@aol.com ! No ballot TERRYLKM@CAA.MRS.UMN.EDU ! No ballot wblack5336@aol.com WBlack5336 ! No ballot