------------------------------------------------------- FidoNet EQUUS Conference<->InterNet EMail List To subscribe to the list, send an EMail message to: listserv@wnybbs.net With the words: SUBSCRIBE EQUUS To Unsubscribe: UNSUBSCRIBE EQUUS To post a message to the list, send E-Mail to: equus@wnybbs.net ------------------------------------------------------- --- * Origin: WNYBBS FidoNet<->InterNet E-Mail Gateway (1:2613/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2100000 Date: 01/31/98 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 09:41am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: assorted From: Meg Alfoni Subject: Re: assorted Bob Kohl wrote: > >> back in the loop soon folks. > > >> Girls are fine.. Tush is a crack up! :) > > > HI Bob .. !!!!!! > > Sorry Jean, been busy.. > > Mom was sick, then I was sick, promotions at work.. etc etc etc.. :/ > > Will be back to join the group soon enough. :) > > > BK > Promotions at work!!! Kudos!! BTW, I think you're the only > e-mail address I don't have...... I occurred to me yesterday that I haven't been on a horse in over 4 months....I think there's something wrong here! Fiddle's about 99% better..so I think I'll have to start thinking about working her again. I'm almost afraid to...guess I fear something will start up again with the founder...ah well...nothing ventured, nothing gained! Meg ------------------------------------------------------- FidoNet EQUUS Conference<->InterNet EMail List To subscribe to the list, send an EMail message to: listserv@wnybbs.net With the words: SUBSCRIBE EQUUS To Unsubscribe: UNSUBSCRIBE EQUUS To post a message to the list, send E-Mail to: equus@wnybbs.net ------------------------------------------------------- --- * Origin: WNYBBS FidoNet<->InterNet E-Mail Gateway (1:2613/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2200000 Date: 02/01/98 From: MIKE MAY Time: 05:59pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: (Bounced) Re: Hi dere -> Will do.. I"m up because I caught the damn bug that's going around at the -> office.. sick sick sick! urrrrp! Got it. Just got back from Florida. Now to finish rebuilding this damn drive. I came back from FL with a cold myself. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2200001 Date: 02/01/98 From: MIKE MAY Time: 06:02pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Voting Period -> > In this election, there are 8 candidates running for the position of > -> Zone 1 Echomail Coordinator (Z1EC). As such, a procedure called > -> preferential balloting is being used to prevent the need for run-off > -> elections should no candidate receive a majority vote. Preferential > -> balloting simply means you rank the candidates in order of your > -> preference. If there is a candidate you do not want to vote for, > simply -> do not list that candidate on your ballot. However, understand > that if -> all of those candidates that you did list are eliminated in > any round of -> tallying, so would your ballot be eliminated. (see > examples). So are the candidates names a secret or what???? --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2200002 Date: 02/01/98 From: MIKE MAY Time: 06:06pm \/To: KENDA MILLER (Read 0 times) Subj: Grandma -> Yes most definately....mounted troop girl scout leader, at age 73 she akes -> two of her horses and her youngest granddaughter as well as another to -> shows...firm believer in getting children interested in horses, using horses -> to teach values and keep us out of trouble....shakes her finger at her -> saddlebred when he misbehaves and says "Now Desi stop being naughty" and e -> puts he stops and looks extremely guilty...shes been riding since she was 43 -> and this year at the American Royal was Half-arab AATO Country English -> Pleasure Champion.....I've most definately been blessed with a very pecial -> very horsey family....even without horsey parents one that definately -> believes in the horse's place with children -Sih I wish more kids had this sort of oppertunity available to them. Horses are good for kids. I ran a 4H Horse Club for quite a few years and had a great bunch of kids in it. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2200003 Date: 02/01/98 From: MIKE MAY Time: 06:09pm \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 0 times) Subj: Test -> GREAT -- we're looking forward to it for sure! Had a really nice time down there this time Jean. Thanks for Lunch & the other goodies too. We just got back and I am trying to catch up on my mail here. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2200004 Date: 02/01/98 From: MARTIN BELCKE Time: 11:36pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Voting Period As the VOTING PERIOD will be starting shortly (1-26-98), I am posting this message as an explanation of various types of ballots, and to clarify any questions the voters may have concerning voting procedures. Any ballot received that cannot be verified will be tagged as questionnable and will not be used in the tallying process. I will be verifying EACH ballot received to ensure that the ballot is valid. --Martin-- ***** Begin Sample Ballots ***** VOTING PERIOD IS January 26, 1998 to February 15, 1998. DO NOT use this as your ballot. In this election, there are 8 candidates running for the position of Zone 1 Echomail Coordinator (Z1EC). As such, a procedure called preferential balloting is being used to prevent the need for run-off elections should no candidate receive a majority vote. Preferential balloting simply means you rank the candidates in order of your preference. If there is a candidate you do not want to vote for, simply do not list that candidate on your ballot. However, understand that if all of those candidates that you did list are eliminated in any round of tallying, so would your ballot be eliminated. (see examples). The basic information that is REQUIRED in order for your ballot to be counted is as follows: ***** REQUIRED INFORMATION ***** 1) Your name as it appears in the Fidonet nodelist and your node number as it appears in the Fidonet nodelist. NOTE: This information will be posted for verification purposes after the close of the voting period in a list of those who voted listed numerically by node number. This list will NOT contain the vote or keyword used. 2) A password/keyword that is to be used to verify your vote. NOTE: The password/keyword will be posted along with your vote for verification after the close of the voting period in a list containing all of the passwords/keywords and vote associated with that password/keyword listed alphabetically by password/keyword. This list will not contain voter name or nodenumber. Try to keep the password under 15 characters. 8 characters is preferred. Passwords used that are considered "vulgar" are not acceptable passwords. What is considered "vulgar" is at my discretion. In the event that you choose to send an unacceptable password, the password will be changed and I will send you the new password either my routed netmail or e-mail. 3) Your Vote - A list of one or more valid candidates names. NOTE: The first valid candidate name listed on the ballot is first choice, followed by the next valid candidate for second choice and so forth. Any extraneous ordering information will be ignored. EXAMPLE: Any numbers listed or other information other than the name of a candidate. Please list candidates names on seperate lines. Or you may vote for a single candidate. ***** END OF REQUIRED INFORMATION ***** You may send your vote via any of the following methods: NOTE: Please use VOTE for the subject line. It will make it easier on me. The subject line is NOT a requirement for a valid ballot, simply a courtesy to the vote counter. DIRECT NETMAIL to Martin Belcke 1:232/10 or 1:232/16 DIRECT NETMAIL to Election Coordinator 1:232/10 or 1:232/16 ROUTED NETMAIL to Martin Belcke 1:232/10 or 1:232/16 ROUTED NETMAIL to Election Coordinator 1:232/10 or 1:232/16 E-MAIL to mbelcke@ws02.irvbbs.com NOTE: The other e-mail addresses listed in Fidonews 1449 are not working correctly, so if you send your vote by e-mail, you will need to send it to the above address. SAMPLE BALLOTS: The following are several types of ballots. The examples are NOT the only types of valid ballots. Any ballot that contains the REQUIRED information, as per the election rules, is considered a valid ballot. If the election coordinator is unable to understand your ballot, you will receive a netmail (or e-mail) message asking for clarification. For these examples, we are going to use the following names as candidates: George Washington, Henry Adams, James Kirk, Joan of Arc, Mary Shepherd, Joe Public, Pat Paulsen, Barry Goldwater SAMPLE BALLOT #1 - - This voter is listing only 1 candidate. The name and node number information is contained in the header of the netmail message. ====================================================================== From : Joe Voter (1:222/333) To : Martin Belcke (1:232/10) Subject : VOTE =========================BODY OF MESSAGE============================== PASSWORD - XXXPPPTTTBBB George Washington Joe Voter =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- END SAMPLE #1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SAMPLE BALLOT #2 - - This voter is listing 3 candidates, listed in order of preference. The order the names are entered will be used as the order of preference. Any numbers that appear next to the names will be ignored. The name and node number information is contained in the header of the netmail message. ====================================================================== From : Joe Voter (1:222/333) To : Election Coordinator (1:232/10) Subject : VOTE ===========================BODY OF MESSAGE============================ PASSWORD - BYTRENMPOIM George Washington Henry Adams James Kirk Joe Voter =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- END SAMPLE #2 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SAMPLE BALLOT #3 - - This voter is listing 8 candidates, listed in order of preference. The order the names are entered will be used as the order of preference. Any numbers that appear next to the names will be ignored. The name and node number information is contained in the header of the netmail message. ====================================================================== From : Joe Voter (1:222/333) To : Election Coordinator (1:232/10) Subject : VOTE ===========================BODY OF MESSAGE============================ PASSWORD - BYTRENMPOIM George Washington 6 Henry Adams 5 Jimmy Durante 4 Joe Public 3 Barry Goldwater 2 Pat Paulsen 1 James Kirk 8 Mary Shepherd 7 Joe Voter =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- END SAMPLE #3 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SAMPLE BALLOT #4 - - This voter sent their vote through the internet. ====================================================================== From : joe@voter.com To : mbelcke@ws02.irvbbs.com Subject : VOTE =========================BODY OF MESSAGE============================== NAME : Joe Voter NODE NUMBER : 1:222/333 PASSWORD : XXXCCCMMMBB The rest of this ballot could look like any of the other ballots shown above. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- END SAMPLE #4 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SAMPLE BALLOT # 5 - - This voter listed the candidates names on the same line. The order listed is the order of preference. Any numbers listed will be ignored. ====================================================================== From : Joe Voter (1:222/333) To : Election Coordinator (1:232/10) Subject : VOTE ===========================BODY OF MESSAGE============================= PASSWORD: XCVBYN George Washington, Henry Adams, Joan of Arc, Barry Goldwater, Pat Paulsen, James Kirk, Mary Shepherd Joe Voter =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- END SAMPLE # 5 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXPLANATIONS: In SAMPLE BALLOT #3, the numbers that appear next to the names are ignored and the names as listed are used as the order of preference. In SAMPLE BALLOT #5, the names are used in order listed. It will be a LOT easier on the tallying if each candidate is listed on a seperate line. In preferential balloting, the first valid name that is listed is the "preferred" name in counting the ballot. After the votes are tallied, if no candidate receives the necessary number of votes to win, the candidate that receives the LEAST number of votes is eliminated and the votes are then recounted using the first valid name listed. If a candidate has been eliminated, then that name is no longer a valid name. In SAMPLE #1, if George Washington had been eliminated, then so would that ballot be eliminated, thus reducing the number of ballots by 1. The number of votes needed to win would also be adjusted. In SAMPLE #3, there is an invalid name listed (Jimmy Durante). This name would be considered to be an invalid vote and would not be used. If George Washington and Henry Adams were eliminated in any round of tallying, then the next valid candidate (Joe Public) would be used as the preferred name for SAMPLE #3. In SAMPLE #2, if George Washington, Henry Adams AND James Kirk are all eliminated in any round of tallying, then so would the ballot be eliminated, thus reducing the number of ballots by 1. The number of votes needed to win would also be adjusted. In SAMPLE #4, the voter chose to send the ballot via the internet in an e-mail message addressed to mbelcke@ws02.irvbbs.com. Since the header information does not contain the NAME and NODE NUMBER of the voter as it appears in the Fidonet nodelist, that information --must-- be listed in the BODY of the e-mail message. --Martin Belcke-- Election Coordinator --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861)