RESULT: sci.med.diseases.blood fails 78:7
Jim Davis
jjd at primenet.com
Tue Jan 25 18:36:07 EST 2000
RESULT
unmoderated group sci.med.diseases.blood fails 78:7
There were 78 YES votes and 7 NO votes, for a total of 85 valid votes. There
were 5 abstains. There were 13 invalidated 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.
Unless serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the group may
not be voted on again for six months.
Newsgroups line:
sci.med.diseases.blood Information about any human blood diseases.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Questions about the
proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
Proponent: Robert Tollen <lov2laf at ibm.net>
Mentor: Richard Miller <rick at bcm.tmc.edu>
Votetaker: Jim Davis <jjd at primenet.com>
RATIONALE: sci.med.diseases.blood
Many different diseases affect blood. In the United States alone
approximately 72,000 people have sickle cell anemia with about
2,000,000 carrying the trait. There are 20,000 hemophilia patients
in the U.S. Each year, nearly 27,000 adults and more than 2,000
children in the United States learn that they have leukemia
(statistics are from NIH and Cancernet web sites). There is now
a listserv named MPD-SUPPORT-L which has 800+ recipients and has
a daily traffic of 10 to 40 postings. All postings can be seen at
http://listserv.aol.com/archives/mpd-support-l.html MPD stands
for Myelo Proliferative Disorders, which are diseases of the blood.
The myeloproliferative disorders include polycythemia vera (PV),
chronic myelogenous leukemia, agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, and
essential thrombocythemia (ET). This newsgroup will include these
plus all other diseases of the blood including sickle cell anemia.
The WWW.DEJANEWS.COM HEALTH and FITNESS discussions have been
searched with the keywords of "blood and diseases" and no
alternate newsgroups were found to exist. Shared information on
treatment of blood diseases is important to participants because
in many instances there is a wide variety of treatments for the
same disease. The grave seriousness of most questions and
replies significantly outweigh any fluctuation in daily traffic.
Blood diseases are so complicated that a newly diagnosed patient
deserves support and facts, no matter how rare the disease.
CHARTER: sci.med.diseases.blood
Many people have some form of blood disease, either detected or not.
The purpose of this newsgroup is to establish electronic media for
communication between patients, scientists and any other individuals
with interest in diseases of the blood. Such communications will
provide quick and effective means to exchange information and
knowledge, offer encouragement, and solve problems.
The sci.med.diseases.blood newsgroup will target participants who are
afflicted with any blood disorder. Doctors, researchers, students or
anyone with interest in diseases of the blood will also be welcome.
A FAQ for new users will be posted on a regular basis.
No binary posts will be allowed.
No advertisements will be allowed.
END CHARTER.
VOTETAKER'S NOTE:
13 ballots were received from mia-cs52-001-vty67.as.wcom.net
[209.154.12.67] between 08:06 and 08:36 on 20 January, claiming to be from
a variety of different addresses and, curiously, all with the real names
typed entirely in lower case.
sci.med.diseases.blood Final Vote Ack -- this is not a mailing list!
Voted Yes
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alex.dawson = uea.ac.uk Alex Dawson
ascott ]/ pacifier.com Alan P. Scott
bill_supon (<$| yahoo.com W. Supon
bogie {)~] xs4all.nl Boudewijn van Ingen
bouvin & daimi.au.dk Niels Olof Bouvin
buff )#` pobox.com William Denton
carlson {, ironbridgenetworks.com James Carlson
ceichler _^> enteract.com Charles Eichler
chriseb =(_] nortelnetworks.com Chris Ebenezer
cpl1 &=] hades.uchicago.edu Corey Liss
david {+, farrar.com David Farrar
davidsen # tmr.com bill davidsen
djb }|/] v2000.scream.org Dan Birchall
doc _+^ america.net Rob Wynne
dougob ^&){ the-spa.com Dave O'Brien
edward =]#> paleo.org Edward Reid
eg414 (~ freenet.carleton.ca Tina M. Wood
Ekkehard.Uthke ] gmx.de Ekkehard Uthke
ellis =~) ftel.net Rick Ellis
eridani $} databasix.com Belinda
evert *{[# royal.net Evert Meulie
finn ` nasw.org Robert Finn
fogazzid ^ softhome.net Daniele Fogazzi
fran_keeling -)[+ my-deja.com Frances Keeling
fyr+news ]<)~ nabab.teaser.fr Francois RANCHIN
gardener _ mail.ocis.net Ann Hughes
gheston } mail.HiWAAY.net Gary L. Heston
h.slama , gmx.net Heribert Slama
hfung $# CSUPomona.Edu Hank Fung
ianatasm #$ netcomuk.co.uk Ian Baird
ianlivesey { beeb.net ian livesey
IgoneKrazy >(&| aol.com Julie Refkin
jcrouch = enteract.com Jude Crouch
jmcgarry _=> uoguelph.ca James McGarry
John_David_Galt ]|&# acm.org John David Galt
jolomo / netcom.com Joe Morris
julesd &]{` erols.com Jules Dubois
jwootton `, home.com Jean Wootton
kamlet *((^ infinet.com Arthur Kamlet
kb5cng ($ amsat.org R.L. Bo Thompson
kennedy ( eninet.eas.asu.edu Ralph D. Kennedy
kimdv & best.com Kim DeVaughn
kneecap *> netnet.net Neal Cappel
kristian.liimatainen ~*}] helsinki.fi Lauri Liimatainen
lanzyg |= attglobal.net Garrett Lanzy
lov2laf [# attglobal.net Robert Tollen
lrf $/^& leukaemia.demon.co.uk Ken Campbell
mcclenon / erols.com Bob McClenon
mclaudi ~[~ totalise.co.uk Dave McLaughlin
minhan (=/ pacific.net.sg Tan Min-Han
mph -[ astro.caltech.edu Matthew Hunt
mtaylor `( lrim.com Mark Taylor
nhoffm ~>)= in-kiel.de Norbert Hoffmann
olav ,(& viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar
qui #_ iobox.fi jui enquien
renate.sch (& gmx.at Renate Schininger
richw ($/< webcom.com Rich Wales
rick }*) bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller
rockwallaby ]{# erols.com Chris Thompson
rridges _= metz.une.edu.au Rebecca Ridges
rufinus }>=* mbe.ece.wisc.edu J Rufinus
sackv -( uni-duesseldorf.de Victor Sack
salazar _[) popd.ix.netcom.com Rick Salazar
SESalazar & aol.com Susan Salazar
shrao * nyx.net Shrisha Rao
smlucas }&_# famvid.com Steven Lucas
speirs =_$ chebucto.ns.ca speirs at chebucto.ns.ca
tajima {+$ med.teikyo-u.ac.jp Yasuo Tajima
tc `/ Mcs.Net Thomas Cuny
teta ] erinet.com Deborah Marr
tgm } netcom.com Thomas G. McWilliams
trevort -|*| vianet.on.ca Trevor Tymchuk
uthman ,| neosoft.com Ed Uthman
vote-8 ) kholdan.snafu.de Tobias Erle
wakelyn -/ pinn.net N. T. Wakelyn
wiz -]> lart.com Mike Craig
WmHBlair ~$| dnai.com William H. Blair
xanthian <<` well.com Kent Paul Dolan
Voted No
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gprrspw / mindspring.com G.P. Ryan
janus +# cwo.com Keith Adams
mantell |$ erols.com Mark Antell
naddy /_ mips.rhein-neckar.de Christian Weisgerber
squid <[{ panix.com Yeoh Yiu
stainles ( bga.com Dwight Brown
yan __ storm.ca Yves Bellefeuille
Abstained
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chris [] kzim.com Christopher Robin Zimmerman
james ^+< sfgiants22.freeserve.co.uk James Farrar
mmontcha & OregonVOS.net Matthew Montchalin
peteralf /$] softhome.net Peter Alfredsen
philk /<| telerama.com Philip Knight
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