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	         Call for Votes - dc.urban-planning

	      Second CFV Notice - 3 June 2000, 4:00 PM

	      Notice posted to dc.config and dc.general

     Voting Period Open until 12 June 2000 at 9:00PM Eastern Time

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dc.urban-planning    Discussion of transportation and land-use in DC area 

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			!!! READ CAREFULLY !!! 

Voting instructions are included in the section titles "VOTE:" below.


CHARTER:

The charter for the proposed new newsgroup is attached below.


VOTING PERIOD:
 
This Call for Votes will run from 29 May 2000 to 12 June 2000.  Voting will
be closed down at 9:00 PM on 12 June 2000.


RULES FOR THE VOTE:

- One vote per e-mail address.  Additional votes from the same address
  will be rejected.

- Voting is limited to those residing in the DC-Metropolitan area on
  a permanent basis (more than 60 consecutive days in any calendar year).

- Each vote must include the city and state/district of the voter's 
  residence.

- Change of vote requests will need to come from the original voting address,
  and will be confirmed in separate e-mail before making the change in vote.

- No changes in vote will be allowed after the voting period closes.

- Voting results will be posted within two weeks after the close of the
  voting period.


TO VOTE:

To vote for or against creation of this newsgroup:

1)  Reply to the posting address with one of the following two lines
in the body of the message:

  I vote FOR creation of dc.urban-planning

  I vote AGAINST creation of dc.urban-planning

2)  Include the city and state or district of your residence in the body
of the message.

Votes that are missing either the FOR/AGAINST statement or the voter's
city and state/district of residence will not be counted.

ACTIONS:

If the majority of votes are FOR creation of the newsgroup 
dc.urban-planning, newgroup creation will occur on a schedule posted with
the voting results.

If the majority of votes are AGAINST creation of the newsgroup
dc.urban-planning, no further action will be taken after the voting results
are posted.

In either case, a summary of voting results will be posted to dc.config
following the voting period.

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CHARTER: dc.urban-planning

The proposed newsgroup is intended to be a public forum for the
discussion of transportation and land use in the metropolitan
Washington, DC area.  For the purposes of this newsgroup, the
"metropolitan Washington, DC area" is  vaguely described as the
area within a 70-mile radius of Washington D.C. itself.

Topics considered appropriate for posting to the group are:

  * Transportation related topics
    - Mode choice (cars, bicycles, pedestrian, rail, etc.)
    - Infrastructure proposals (roads, bridges, bicycle paths,
      crosswalks, rail, etc.)
    - Safety of transportation modes, safety devices, and
      relative safety of different transportation facilities

  * Land use related topics
    - Zoning
    - Development density and limitations
    - Urban growth boundaries
    - "Smart growth"
    - Impact of proposed major projects such as National Harbor
    - Environmental issues related to development
    - Architectural issues
    - Monument/Washington Mall issues
    - Parks and preservation of open space

  * Economic and social topics
    - Gentrification
    - Urban renewal
    - Emminent domain, condemnation, and eviction
    - Impact of changes in retail
    - Changes in real estate
    - Impact of major employers moving in, out, or around

As in most other UseNet newsgroups, personal attacks are not
permitted.

Cross-posting guidelines with international UseNet newsgroups:

  Cross-posting from international UseNet newsgroups such as
  misc.transport.road and misc.transport.urban-transit is
  permitted provided that the post pertains to the Washington,
  DC metropolitan area.  Discussion of transportation or land use
  issues in geographic areas other than the Washington, DC
  metropolitan area are prohibited, unless they are being used
  directly as an example or counterexample for transportation or
  land use issues in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Cross-posting guidelines with other dc.* newsgroups:

  Part of the motivation behind the creation of dc.urban-planning
  was to reduce cross-posts to other dc.* newsgroups, particularly
  dc.biking and dc.driving.  But there still is overlap.  In
  particular, cross-posted announcements regarding community or
  public government meetings are encouraged.  Some discussion-type
  posts may be appropriately cross-posted to dc.urban-planning and
  one of either dc.biking or dc.driving, provided the posts are in
  compliance with the rules of the other newsgroup.  However,
  cross-posts to all three of dc.urban-planning, dc.driving, and
  dc.biking could be an indication of, for example, a "bicycle vs.
  car" flame war, in which case the Newsgroups should be probably
  be trimmed to just dc.urban-planning, and the discussion made
  civil and factual.

One time postings of commercial product announcements or postings of
a commercial nature will be considered appropriate only if ALL of
the following are true:
 1) The posting is a reply that directly answers another posted
    inquiry.  Unsolicited advertisements will not be permitted.
 2) The posting pertains specifically and directly to one of the
    topics listed above.  Examples include urban planning design
    consultancy, road design consultancy, new forms of transit,
    and pedestrian facility infrastructure devices.

As in other non-marketplace and non-forsale Usenet groups,
in-discriminant posting of commercial advertisements will be
prohibited.  Postings using MIME, HTML formats are discouraged since
many Usenet readers do not use web browsers.

Any posting that runs counter to the rules for this newsgroup will be
considered abuse.  Offenders will be sent messages, and if these
messages are either ignored or beligerantly responded to, then
abusive postings are subject to cancellation.

END CHARTER.