The soc.culture.new-zealand list of Frequently Asked Questions prepared by Phil Stuart-Jones 1994-1997, Lin Nah 1998.
Lyndon Watson adds:I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't vote. The RFDs and CFVs were not well publicised. They didn't appear in any of the groups that I read regularly at the time and the first I knew of the proposal was when the results were posted, for some reason more widely than the RFDs and CFVs [not really, Lyndon :-)]. I did, however, post the first day the group was enabled here, and haven't stopped since....
But there are one or two semi-regulars among the yes votes [....] and others who were once frequent posters but have since dropped away [....] and one or two prominent personalities in other newsgroups who supported the vote but haven't posted much or at all here.
Alan Murray deserves to be remembered as the first to post a regular newspaper clippings service, a role since assumed by Brian Harmer.
It's interesting to remember that the group was created by expat New Zealanders and in its earliest days carried mainly expats' posts. In the first year, whole weekends used to go by without a single post. But one of the nice things then was the level of participation by friendly foreigners. There are still a few (g'day Chuck, Don, Amos if you're still there...), but not enough of them and too many of the weirdly hostile (a raspberry to Henry, Rocket Jim...) and the cross-posting nits.
List of voters who voted on the CFV to create the newsgroup Posted by Graeme Williams (gcwillia%daisy.waterloo.edu)VOTES AGAINST (27) ado % elsie.nci.nih.gov (Arthur David Olson) asb % wren.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Anthony Scott Botham) basho!john % cis.ohio-state.edu (John Lacey) becker % cs.rochester.edu (Tim Becker) bob % omni.com (Bob Weissman) cdr % brahms.AMD.COM (Carl Rigney) charleen % ads.com (Charleen Bunjiovianna Stoner) chip % chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal) david % elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (David Robinson) dziuk % hsi86.hsi.com (Ronald V. Dziuk Jr.) heiby % chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby) hsu % shograf.com (Jeffrey Hsu) jesup % cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) ked01 % juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) kenney % hsi86.hsi.com (Brian Kenney) mark % hsi86.hsi.com (Mark Sicignano) MARX % HUJIVMS.HUJI.AC.IL palmer % hsi86.hsi.com (Mike Palmer) peirce % gumby.cc.wmich.edu (Leonard Peirce) rcharbon % ATHENA.MIT.EDU rick % crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller) rob % genrad.com (Robert S. Wood) roche % cs.rochester.edu (Jim Roche) shiau % eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Not Getting Any) supple % ecn.purdue.edu (Murray R Supple) timv % cadfx.ccad.uiowa.edu (Timothy VanFosson) wolves!news % duke.cs.duke.edu (News Administrator @ Wolves)
VOTES IN FAVOUR (217) Aaron.Roydhouse % comp.vuw.ac.nz ab2y+ % andrew.cmu.edu (Antoine Paul Brusseau) abaker % UCSD.EDU ACV % waikato.ac.nz (Alistair Veitch) aighb % castle.edinburgh.ac.uk (Geoffrey Ballinger) ajm % monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Tony McGregor) alan % essex.ac.uk (Stanier A) ALKULA % cc.Helsinki.FI (Tapani Alkula) Allister.Gorman % vuw.ac.nz (Allister J. Gorman) Andy.Linton % comp.vuw.ac.nz (Andy Linton) andy % comp.vuw.ac.nz annn % robots.oxford.ac.uk (Ann Nicholson) anorris % theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Andrew Norris) autodesk!melange!abeals % fernwood.mpk.ca.us (Anything you don't mean ... ) BANERJ % EARTH.LERC.NASA.GOV bbs % actrix.gen.nz (Mark Moir) bfu % ifi.uio.no (Thomas Gramstad) Bill.Viggers % comp.vuw.ac.nz (Bill Viggers) bmoore % dale.cts.com bob % cs.aukuni.ac.nz bradleyg % cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bradley Giesbrecht) bruce-b % cs.aukuni.ac.nz bryden % freezer.acs.udel.edu (Christopher Bryden) byoung % eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Brian Young) C9038270 % cc.newcastle.edu.au caeaves % icaen.uiowa.edu (Cory A Eaves) case % freja.diku.dk (Steven Snedker) cassell%kestrel % AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Keith Cassell) cath % cs.cornell.edu (Cate Richardson) cc % lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Chris Cooke) CCLORETTA % uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au CCTR123 % cantva.canterbury.ac.nz (Alan Murray, CSC Operations, Uni of Canty) CCTR128 % csc.canterbury.ac.nz cew % ISI.EDU (Craig E. Ward) chim % neutron.rutgers.edu Chris.Reynolds % syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Chris.Reynolds) christ % sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Chris Thompson) cj_west % gould2.bristol-poly.ac.uk (clare west - csd prog x2338) clear % cavebbs.gen.nz clive % research.att.com cockburn % system.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn) Conrad.Bullock % comp.vuw.ac.nz csakany % math.rutgers.edu (Rita Csakany) cybapunk % tornado.gen.nz (Phil Ross) D.Burns % massey.ac.nz (David Burns) dave % cogsci.indiana.edu (David Chalmers) derek % foster.actrix.gen.nz (Derek Foster) don % zl2tnm.gp.co.nz (Don Stokes) duncan % comp.vuw.ac.nz elsmith % iastate.edu emee36 % castle.edinburgh.ac.uk ensor % math.berkeley.edu (Andrew Ensor) ERAU007 % csc.canterbury.ac.nz eroth % apple.com (Rico) Ewan.Tempero % comp.vuw.ac.nz farrell % cs.uq.oz.au finbarg % hpwaps.wal.hp.com (Finbar Gallagher) finlayson.r % HyperMail.apple.com (Ross Finlayson) g9129499 % its.uow.edu.au (Jeremy Lawrence) gaarder % theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Steve Gaarder) gill % mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Gillian Dobbie) ginny % u.washington.edu (Ginny Patterson) grandi % noao.edu (Steve Grandi) greenfie % math.rutgers.edu (Stephen J. Greenfield) greg % cs.washington.edu (Greg Barnes) grove % Neon.Stanford.EDU (Adam Grove) halcyon!ralphs % sumax.seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) hammaker % apple.com (Rebecca A. Hammaker) hargieka % clutx.clarkson.edu (k.a.hargie) harichan % frith.egr.msu.edu hazel % cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk (Hazel Sydeserff) hosking%ibis % cs.umass.edu (Tony Hosking) howard % Neon.Stanford.EDU (Howard Wong-Toi) hullp % cogsci.berkeley.edu iad % chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Ivan Derzhanski) IDIDDAMS%ESOC.BITNET % CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU jack % cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) Jamie_Walker % kcbbs.gen.nz (Jamie Walker) jaseemud % evax.uta.edu (Muhammad Jaseemuddin) jaymin%maths.tcd.ie % pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (Jo Jaquinta) jbj % frc.maf.govt.nz (Brian Jones) jeanpaul % duteca2.et.tudelft.nl (J.P.M. van der Jagt) jeff % sqa.dsg.ti.com (jeff abbott (TB02)) Jeremy.Gibbons % prg.oxford.ac.uk JET % uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) jfalkner % watfun.waterloo.edu (Julie Falkner) jiayang % stat.lsa.umich.edu (Jiayang Sun) jjb % cs.wayne.edu (Jon J. Brewster) jono % garnet.berkeley.edu junikka%garfield.cs.wisc.edu % cs.wisc.edu jwb % monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Jim Breen) jyoung % math.rutgers.edu (Jeff Young) K.W.Sleeman % stl.stc.co.uk karen % motly.cavebbs.gen.nz (Karen Hayward) kash1 % cs.aukuni.ac.nz kathleen % casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much) KATIE % brownvm.brown.edu (Katie M Livingston) kirk % cs.duke.edu (Kirk Franklin) KUMAR % csc.wcc.govt.nz (Sree Kuma) L.C.Booth % stl.stc.co.uk laura % techbook.com (Laura Gillespie) lba % kolvi.hut.fi (Laszlo C. Balint) leahy % math.rutgers.edu (Andrew Leahy) lesley % cavebbs.gen.nz lesley % wet (Lesley Cupitt) lisa % elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Lisa Bjarke) llau1 % cs.aukuni.ac.nz llexx % cs.ruu.nl (Lex Wolters) losada % math.rutgers.edu (Maria Losada) LVRON % VENUS.LERC.NASA.GOV (Ron Graham) lxu % jessica.stanford.edu (li xu) lyra % orac.hss.bu.oz.au (Diane Hughes) macphed % dvinci.usask.ca (Ian MacPhedran) mac_ftp % ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz magier % cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (David Magier) malc % cs.unr.edu (Malcolm L. Carlock) malcolm % icl.co.nz manuel % space.ualberta.ca MARIOS % kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Mark.I.Williams % cc.uq.oz.au mark % comp.vuw.ac.nz mark % dosli.govt.nz (Mark Wright) mark % motown.altair.fr marsden % rsc3.anu.edu.au martinh % gp.co.nz (Martin D. Hunt) Mary.Curtin % bbs.actrix.gen.nz maslen % math.harvard.edu (David Keith Maslen) matts % zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (Matt Stuemky) mbro3 % cs.aukuni.ac.nz Michael.Newbery % vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) Michael.Witbrock % CS.CMU.EDU michael % astro.Princeton.EDU (Michael D. Woodhams) microsoft!frankm % uunet.uu.net MJV % brownvm.brown.edu (marshall vale) MOSKO % MATAI.vuw.ac.nz (Dave Moskovitz) msmith % mrc-crc.ac.uk (Mike Smith x3297) nac % deakin.OZ.AU nancy % goldilocks.LCS.MIT.EDU nic % karazm.math.uh.edu (Cherie Lawrence) O.B.Schou % loughborough.ac.uk (OBSchou) P.A.Addison % loughborough.ac.uk (P A Addison) palmerp % MATH.ORST.EDU (Paul Palmer) partain % cs.utk.edu parten % helios.ece.arizona.edu (Kurt Parten) patrick % sideways.gen.nz (Pat Cain) paul % cosc.canterbury.ac.nz pbickers % tamaluit.phys.uidaho.edu (Paul Bickerstaff) pd % sics.se (Per Danielsson) pearson_r % maths.su.oz.au (Robert Pearson) penny % iliad.altair.fr peter % ontmoh (Peter Renzland) PHYS009 % csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Bryan Lawrence, Atmospheric Physics, Oxford) raphael % research.canon.oz.au (Andrew Raphael) raymond % cosc.canterbury.ac.nz rcharman % phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Robert Craig Harman) rdawson % ccs.carleton.ca (Ron Dawson) reggie % ecn.purdue.edu (Reginald Wee Siang Tze) RGTY_BCW % waikato.ac.nz (Brian Wharry) RGTY_MRW % waikato.ac.nz (Mark R. Willcock, Registry Data Processing) richard % ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Richard Begg) richardg % cs.aukuni.ac.nz robert-s % cs.aukuni.ac.nz rorschak % daimi.aau.dk rshapiro % arris.com (Richard Shapiro) ruby % agora.rain.com (E. K. Cashman) russell % ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz rvilmi % hila.hut.fi (Ruth Vilmi) rwl2 % midway.uchicago.edu (richard william lindstrom) sai % tornado.gen.nz (Simon McAuliffe) sarge % cs.uq.oz.au sayers % grip.cis.upenn.edu (Craig Sayers) sbeagle % kennels.actrix.gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) scott % ferrari.labs.tek.com (Scott Huddleston) SEAN % brisvr.bartol.udel.edu (Sean Oughton) shafer % skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) shaffer % brahms.udel.edu (Bob Shaffer) shmulevi % cs.tut.fi (Ilya Shmulevich) simon % math.berkeley.edu sjg % cvs.rochester.edu (Susan Galvin) slear % megahz.intel.com smith901 % priest.cs.uidaho.edu (SMITH TREVOR THOMAS) sowton % rigel.convex.com (Robin Sowton) spatial.com!jms % gatech (Jim M. Sharpe) spolsky-joel % CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) SRLNGMW % LHN.DSIR.GOVT.NZ (Gary Williams) stephen % corp.telecom.co.nz (Richard Stephen) steve % comp.vuw.ac.nz (Steve Cassidy) stu % valinor (Stuart L Labovitz) surendon % math.rutgers.edu (Timothy Surendonk) SWAIN % cc.Helsinki.FI T.Stewart % massey.ac.nz (T.M. Stewart) tallgren % math.rutgers.edu (Lasse Tallgren) taniwha!paul % mtxinu.COM (Paul Campbell) taube % isa.de (Christian Taube) tava % leland.stanford.edu terry % cogsci.indiana.edu (terry jones) tim % dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Tim Pointing) Timothy.Litton % comp.vuw.ac.nz tlawson % corp.telecom.co.nz (Tim Lawson) tmcmahon % laotse.helios.nd.edu (thomas mcmahon) torrie % Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) trifid % agora.rain.com (Roadster Racewerks) uunet!teradyne!nathan (Nathan Hoover) V116JUGP % ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu (ACTUARY FROM HELL) vallar % manta.nosc.mil (Gerardo S. Vallar) vapet!steve!steve % cs.umn.edu (Steven Strother) visser % wuphys.wustl.edu (Matt Visser) vrmscog % prism.gatech.edu (Ossian Gillebert) warwick % computer-science.manchester.ac.uk (Warwick Heath (JRG ra)) well!murphy % apple.com (Daniel A. Murphy) well!scm % apple.com (Steve McClary) werner % rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) wicat!jjm % hellgate.utah.edu (John J. Mendenhall) WILSON % EZZEUS.vmsmail.ethz.ch (Dr David I. Wilson) wisner % ims.alaska.edu (Bill Wisner) wohler % sap-ag.de (Bill Wohler) xanadu!thelema!STella % uunet.uu.net
That's all, folks.
The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ, prepared by Phil Stuart-Jones 1994-1997, Lin Nah 1998.
Please POST any questions to soc.culture.new-zealand. Do not email Lin.
Start over at A1 | Back to D1 | Contents | NZ Map
enzed HOME page
17-January-98