Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1992 02:47:19 -0500 (CDT) From: chip@CHINACAT.UNICOM.COM(Chip Rosenthal) Subject: File 1--Pack your bags -- Cud's moving! Those who receive CuD via Usenet probably know the news by now: the `comp.society.cu-digest' vote is over and the newsgroup has been approved. This is good news -- even to the non-Usenet readers. Moving CuD out of the anarchistic `alt' hierarchy and into the mainstream `comp' distribution potentially brings a lot of new readers into the fray. (It also somehow gives an added air of legitimacy to the CuD.) A summary of the voting results appears towards the end of this message. There will be another week or two for the voting results to be reviewed before comp.society.cu-digest is actually created. If you are a Usenet reader who could not receive the CuD via alt.society.cu-digest, I urge you to drop your mailing list subscription once comp.society.cu-digest is operational. Yes, you will receive your CuD in the handy, easy-to-read Usenet format, without a single word edited, modified, or expunged! By switching over to Usenet you will save wear and tear on both our network bandwidth and our esteemed editors. If you are a Usenet administrator -- or know somebody who is a Usenet administrator or aspire to someday become a Usenet administrator :-) please note the following: * The name of the new newsgroup will be `comp.society.cu-digest'. * The newsgroup will be moderated, and the address for submissions will be the CuD editors at . * If you maintain a `mailpaths' file, please ensure you update it properly. * Once the new newsgroup is operational, the CuD will be cross-posted into both `comp.society.cu-digest' and `alt.society.cu-digest' for a period of approximately one month. This will give Usenet administrators and CuD readers a chance to switch over. * After that one month period, the `alt.society.cu-digest' newsgroup will be decommissioned. * Please do NOT alias the old name to the new name. The proposed changeover strategy should alleviate any such need. Thanks to all who participated in the vote. If you have any questions or concerns about the newsgroup vote or the Usenet gateway, feel free to drop me a line. Here are the final voting results: PROPOSAL: comp.society.cu-digest CHARTER: The Computer Underground Digest (moderated) SUMMARY: This newsgroup will be used to distribute the Computer Underground Digest. The CuD is an open forum for issues relating to the phenomena of computer cracking. It has been in publication since 1990, and is widely distributed in a number of electronic forms. The CuD has been distributed via alt.society.cu-digest. The alt.society.cu-digest newsgroup will be decommissioned once the new newsgroup is stable. === OFFICIAL VOTE TALLY === Total Votes Cast: 263 Valid Votes Cast: 260 Ambiguous Votes: 3 (excluded from count) Yes Votes: 247 (95.00% of valid votes) No Votes: 13 (5.00% of valid votes) Yes-No Margin: 234 Percentage Test: pass (is yes/valid >= 66.67%?) Margin Test: pass (is yes-no >= 100?) VOTE RESULT: PASS (do both tests pass?) === TOP TEN VOTING DOMAINS === 6 ac.uk 5 umd.edu 5 orst.edu 4 syr.edu 4 mit.edu 4 il.us 4 eff.org 4 cmu.edu 3 upenn.edu 3 uio.no === DISTRIBUTION OF VOTES RECEIVED === 7/13 9 ***** 7/14 86 **************************************** 7/15 29 ************** 7/16 10 ***** 7/17 6 *** 7/18 5 *** 7/19 5 *** 7/20 8 **** 7/21 23 *********** 7/22 17 ******** 7/23 5 *** 7/24 3 ** 7/25 3 ** 7/26 0 * 7/27 1 * 7/28 6 *** 7/29 18 ********* 7/30 10 ***** 7/31 8 **** 8/01 2 * 8/02 5 *** 8/03 2 * 8/04 2 * -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | Let the wayward children play. Let the wicked Unicom Systems Development | have their day. Let the chips fall where they | may. I'm going to Disneyland. -Timbuk 3 Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253