Xref: utzoo news.announce.newgroups:1025 news.groups:30173 comp.society:793 comp.ai:8979 soc.culture.african:2739 soc.culture.china:47579 soc.culture.indian:47315 soc.culture.latin-america:4111 sci.econ:2568 Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.society,comp.ai,soc.culture.african,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.latin-america,sci.econ Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bounce-back From: reiter@castle.ed.ac.uk Subject: CFV: comp.society.development Message-ID: Followup-To: poster Sender: tale@cs.rpi.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: cs.rpi.edu Organization: Dept AI, Edinburgh University, Scotland Date: 9 Apr 91 02:13:27 GMT Approved: tale@rpi.edu Lines: 67 CALL FOR VOTES: comp.society.development (computers in developing countries) I issued a call for discussion for this group a month ago, and have gotten very few suggestions for changes to the name or charter (although lots of people sent e-mail saying they thought the group was a great idea). So, I am now issuing a call for votes on the original charter, with no modifications. ************************************************************************* NAME: comp.society.development MODERATED: No CHARTER: This group will discuss applications of computer technology in developing countries. Topics might include: - specific stories of successful (and unsuccessful) uses of computers in developing countries - general discussion of the difficulties and advantages of using computers in developing countries - comments from developing country computer users on their experiences - requests from developing country computer users for computer-related advice - news about communications, especially networks and electronic mail, to and within developing countries - updates from aid agencies, volunteer groups and others active in developing countries on computer-related projects underway or under consideration - discussions about appropriate hardware and software - general news about books, seminars, conferences, and projects General discussions of Third World politics or economics will be avoided. *************************************************************************** VOTING PROCEDURE: Send an e-mail message to reiter@castle.ed.ac.uk (e.g., by replying to this posting) with one of the following subject lines: yes for comp.society.development no for comp.society.development Please use the exact wording given above, as that will enable vote counting to be partially automated. The body of the message will be ignored, and can be blank. I will hand-count votes that do not fit the above format, but that will be significantly more work - please use one of the above subject lines if possible. DEADLINE: All votes must be *received* by me by 23:59 GMT on 8-May-91. Votes received after that date will be ignored. WARNINGS: Do *not* post your votes to the net; such votes will be ignored. Also, people who have already sent me e-mail saying they will vote yes/no must send me a new message, as the original mesages were not received in the official voting period (I'm just following USENET rules here). Votes will not be individually acknowledged, although I may post a mass acknowledgement to the net (especially if it looks like messages are getting lost in the international connections). REQUIREMENTS: The group will be created if at least 2/3 of the votes are YES votes, *and* there are at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes. QUESTIONS: If you have a question, send e-mail to reiter@aifh.ed.ac.uk (do *not* send questions to reiter@castle.ed.ac.uk). -- Ehud Reiter (e.reiter@ed.ac.uk)