From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.antiques,rec.audio.tech,rec.radio.amateur.misc Subject: CFV: rec.antiques.radio+phono Followup-To: poster Date: 30 Aug 1994 15:19:13 -0400 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 75 Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Expires: 21 Sep 1994 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: voting@qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold Voting Alias) NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group rec.antiques.radio+phono Newsgroups line: rec.antiques.radio+phono Audio devices and materials of yesteryear. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 20 September 1994. After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to the mailing list This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the proposed group contact Bill Robie CHARTER Discussion of the use, repair, and collecting of early standard-broadcast radios, phonographs, and any other similarly-related items designed for home entertainment sound receiving or sound reproduction. This group is intended to be a forum for those with an interest in sound-receiving and sound-reproduction equipment that was generally manufactured prior to the widespread use of transistors. The group's discussion, however, will not be strictly limited to vacuum-tube and mechanical devices, and those with an interest in early transistor radios, early televisions, and other such items that reflect pioneering audio technology will be welcomed. Exclusions: Amateur radio equipment discussion will be directed to the existing amateur radio newsgroups and to the boatanchors list. This is only done because those groups present an established forum for people with an interest in classic amateur radio equipment. Those classic amateur radio collectors who also share an interest in early standard-broadcast equipment will fully appreciate the desire to separate the two interests. Their valuable expertise will, however, be most welcome in all forums. Since the summer of 1993, there has been an ongoing discussion among those interested in antique radios and phonographs (and other related equipment and materials) about the possibility of forming this newsgroup. That small core of enthusiasts has rapidly grown in number, and now includes representatives of museums, technical specialists, collectors, and novices with an inquisitiveness about sound reproducing and receiving equipment of the past. With enthusiasm for the preservation and enjoyment of these superb expressions of human inventiveness steadily increasing, the time has come to establish a forum through which knowledge of their history, restoration, and use can be shared by experts and newcomers alike. This proposal represents the essence of what an Internet newsgroup can accomplish--it can produce a collective source of knowledge from which useful information can be drawn for years into the future. Bill Robie, August, 1994 HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: voting@qualcomm.com Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on rec.antiques.radio+phono I vote NO on rec.antiques.radio+phono You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome. Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list.