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RESULT: sci.agriculture.fruit passes 125:16



                                RESULT
        unmoderated group sci.agriculture.fruit passes 125:16

There were 125 YES votes and 16 NO votes, for a total of 141 valid
votes.  There were 5 invalid ballots.

For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes.  There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
sci.agriculture.fruit	Agricultural techniques for fruit, berries & nuts.

Voting closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 30 Jul 1996.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about this proposal should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Joel Clark <joel@ssd.intel.com>
Votetaker: Dave Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>


RATIONALE: sci.agriculture.fruit

There currently exists a newsgroup on this subject,
 "alt.agriculture.fruit".  But since it is in the "alt" branch it is
frequently subjected to voluminous inappropriate postings (HOT SEX,
MAKE MONEY FAST, PHONE CARDS!) Postings related to fruit growing are
generally informative, articulate and high value content (very little
to no flaming). But as much as 50% of postings are totally
off-topic. It is hoped that by moving the group to the "sci" branch
the number of off-topic postings would be greatly reduced.  The
proponent of this move <joel@ssd.intel.com> promises to make regular
announcements in alt.agriculture.fruit for at least 6 months
suggesting on-topic posts be moved to the new group
sci.agriculture.fruit if it is created. It is hoped that a FAQ will be
developed.


CHARTER: sci.agriculture.fruit

The proposed unmoderated newsgroup sci.agriculture.fruit will be
open to discussions on all topics related to growing fruit, berries
and nuts commercially or in home garderns, such as:
    - agriculture characteristics of fruit, berry, and nut varieties
    - agriculture production techniques for fruit, berries and nuts,
      including cultivation, pollination, pruning, fertilizing,
      spraying etc.
    - announcements of educational events or "fairs" relating to
      fruit, berry, and nut growing.
    - rules and regulations related to agriculture practices.
    - requests for advice related to fruit, berry, and nut growing.
    - requests for sources of fruit, berry, and nut varieties, or
      growing supplies and tools.

  This newsgroup will not be an appropriate forum for advertising,
  or announcements of product availability by persons or organizations
  whose purpose to to make a profit from the sale of those products.

END CHARTER.


DISTRIBUTION:

This CFV has been cross-posted to:

        alt.agriculture.fruit
        alt.agriculture.misc
        alt.sustainable.agriculture
        rec.gardens
        sci.agriculture
        sci.agriculture.beekeeping


sci.agriculture.fruit Final Voter list

Voted YES
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fresherb@main.nrg.com.au                                             David Hine
94035202@postoffice.csu.edu.au                                     Anthony Hele
SECPJS@grpwise.latrobe.edu.au                                    Paula Stillman
steveo@dove.mtx.net.au                                              Steve Lever
smlonerg@zeta.org.au                                              Sean Lonergan
eadyf@gov.on.ca                                                  Dr. Frank Eady
jmcgarry@uoguelph.ca
dmggo@anasazi.com                                             Marc A. Di Maggio
ABDeWolfe@aol.com
EDWKUR@aol.com
HICKER1@aol.com
Honeybaer@aol.com
JBurkhard@aol.com
Pollinator@aol.com
Ribes60@aol.com
RudusCan@aol.com
TreeTurkey@aol.com
WizDoom@aol.com
heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com                                   Matt Heffron
jmccann@c-lutions.com
restacey@cccbbs.com                                               Robert Stacey
rgorman@ccnet.com                                                    Roy Gorman
zed@cjnetworks.com                                                          Ned
jerryg@cluon.com                                                    Jerry Godes
crow@cray.com                                                      John A. Crow
teller@cris.com
BOBNICH@delphi.com
dlv@bwalk.dm.com                                          Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
lmills@europa.com                                                   Loren Mills
haviv@execpc.com                                                   Haviv Rettig
dbell@mars.execulink.com                                              Dave Bell
bjv@herbison.com                                                  B.J. Herbison
tgibs918@hevanet.com                                              Thomas Gibson
lsc@hplsc.fc.hp.com                                                  Linda Cain
chrisb@hpspdez.vid.hp.com                                          Chris Bostak
ryoung@inow.com                                                      Rick Young
eltg@inreach.com                                                  Lynn O'Connor
joel@SSD.intel.com
paxil@interlog.com                                                        Paxil
london@mercury.interpath.com                            Lawrence F. London, Jr.
dlewis@islandnet.com                                                David Lewis
rdevine@microsoft.com                                                Bob Devine
toremigi@neosoft.com
farmbob@ix.netcom.com                                               Bob Barthel
skrichba@ix.netcom.com                                      Sandra J. Krichbaum
mzenier@netcom.com                                                  Mark Zenier
rtotman@oanet.com                                                  Ralph Totman
ctownsen@peganet.com                                              Chet Townsend
kim@shell.portal.com                                               Kim DeVaughn
pwolfe@prodigy.com                                             MR PETER A WOLFE
YWTM48B@PRODIGY.COM                                     MRS DIANE L CHAMBERLAIN
Marconi@sac.com                                                          Rennie
sascsg@unx.sas.com                                                Cynthia Grant
dcline@silcom.com                                                 Richard Cline
windseye@sojourn.com                                              Mark R. Adams
grvincent@mail.techplus.com                                        Greg Vincent
sarig@teleport.com                                                 Scott Arighi
kitoneil@tir.com                                                   Kitty O'Neil
dstephen@tsegw.tse.com                                            Doug Stephens
robgil@yesyou.u-net.com                                Rob Squires/Gill Ellison
ralf@ark.franken.de                                             Ralf W. Stephan
Thilo.Pfennig@kiel.netsurf.de                                     Thilo Pfennig
naddy@mips.pfalz.de                                        Christian Weisgerber
muench@ifgb.uni-hannover.de                                      Hartmut Muench
Jan.Dillon@asu.edu
worrell@cbl.cees.edu                                             Gerard Worrell
cls48@columbia.edu                                    Christopher Lodge Stamper
x1msmith@exnet.iastate.edu                                    Margaret A. Smith
hwscherm@iastate.edu                                                  H. Scherm
wtmorgan@pilot.msu.edu                                              Bill Morgan
jquinton@cs1.presby.edu                                            Jeff Quinton
vis_sxs@shsu.edu                                                    Sam Salvato
acrosby@comp.uark.edu                                             Albert Crosby
crom@comp.uark.edu                                                  Curt R. Rom
ilana@ncar.ucar.edu                                                 Ilana Stern
rnessler@emiris.iaf.uiowa.edu                                     randy nessler
hamilton@alumni.umbc.edu                                         Diana Hamilton
palukal@umich.edu
sbrungardt@mes.umn.edu                                            Sam Brungardt
srussell@uoknor.edu                                               Scott Russell
djt@dolphin.upenn.edu                                          David J Trickett
dclayton@uriacc.uri.edu                                            Dave Clayton
dnewcomb@whale.st.usm.edu                                     Donald R. Newcomb
pshole@mendel.usu.edu                                               Pamela Hole
beauchen@utkux.utcc.utk.edu                                     Alice Beauchene
lward@leo.vsla.edu                                                    Lois Ward
shanna@junior.mcis.washington.edu                               Shanna Phillips
sullivap@blondie.mathcs.wilkes.edu                               Peggy Sullivan
archer@hsc.fr                                                    Vincent Archer
spmaul@england.lerc.nasa.gov                                          Bill Maul
FRANK%VULCAN@mentec.ie                                           Frank Flanagan
joshua@cimatron.co.il
Jason.Shumate@es.atl.sita.int                                     Jason Shumate
melby@yk.fujitsu.co.jp                                            John B. Melby
andrvell@mail.keyworld.mt                                         Antoine Vella
rkaplan@artnet.net                                            Richard J. Kaplan
GlennHPorter@worldnet.att.net                                             Glenn
vandy@avana.net                                                     Vandy Terre
ffrench@cdsnet.net                                                   Jim DeMont
emv@Mail.Coast.NET                                             Edward Vielmetti
msoysal@mistik.express.net                                  Mustafa Soysal MS57
dglabman@fla.net
pduffy@hudson.net                                                Patricia Duffy
gshirley@iamerica.net                                            George Shirley
bberrign@renc.igs.net                                          Brian J Berrigan
ragrice@iquest.net                                                 Robert Grice
n4mwd@magg.net                                                   Dennis Hawkins
ringet@mind.net                                                       Bob Inget
fnord@odyssee.net                                                   Thomas Moll
ganesha@rahul.net                                                    William Wu
bob@sky.net                                                          Bob Batson
outbac@spectra.net                                               Fiore Esposito
cclark@phoenix.vicon.net                                               C. Clark
stiffany@west.net                                                Tiffany Family
fckemper@noord.bart.nl                                             Frans Kemper
dwest@zeelandnet.nl                                       Daan van 't Westeinde
trisha@actrix.gen.nz                                                     Trisha
wfeidt@cpcug.org                                                     Bill Feidt
slax@envirolink.org                                                  Shahna Lax
saivam@singnet.com.sg                                        Rethinam Sabapathy
ktan@pacific.net.sg                                                  Kelvin Tan
cmb@chalex.demon.co.uk                                                      cmb
greg@ukexnet.demon.co.uk                                            Greg Revell
manning@easynet.co.uk                                          Roger J. Manning

Voted NO
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dfulton169@aol.com                                                   DFulton169
stainles@bga.com                                                   Dwight Brown
booda@datasync.com                                              Martin H. Booda
ronnie.grant@mogur.com                                             Ronnie Grant
olav@viking.mv.com                                              Olav Nieuwejaar
rossix!davidmo@openlink.one-o.com                                   David Moore
ml3e+@andrew.cmu.edu                                             Michael Loomis
patl@lcs.mit.edu                                            Patrick J. LoPresti
khan@cs.nyu.edu                                                    Hasnain Khan
rick@bcm.tmc.edu                                              Richard H. Miller
adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu                                          Adam Finkelstein
ollivier.robert@eurocontrol.fr                                  Ollivier Robert
dick.bolt@gsfc.nasa.gov                                               Dick Bolt
pendragon@galactica.it                                        Flavio Macchietto
rs@ham.island.net
tlawson@amug.org                                                 Todd C. Lawson

Abstained
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No abstentions

Invalid ballots
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mark@magic                                                          Mark Atwood
    ! Invalid address
Bill726@aol.com
    ! No vote statement in message
LeeMN@aol.com
    ! No vote statement in message
rbolt@pop300.gsfc.nasa.gov                                            Dick.Bolt
    ! No vote statement in message
ASWICKS@worldnet.att.net                                             Alan Wicks
    ! No vote statement in message