Call For Votes CFV: aus.food


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CALL FOR VOTES Creation of Unmoderated newsgroup aus.food

This is a formal Call For Votes (CFV) for the creation of a new Australian unmoderated newsgroup aus.food. Please see below for voting instructions.

Newsgroups line: aus.food   Australian food: its cooking and consumption!

Votes must be received by Monday September 19 2005 18:59:59 -0500.

For this vote to pbutt, YES votes must be at least 2-3 of all valid (YES and NO) votes. There must also be at least 20 more YES votes than NO votes.

This vote is being conducted by ausadmin. For voting questions contact

RATIONALE:

The creation of a new aus newsgroup called aus.food would be for the discussion of all things to do with food. Buying, cooking, storing, and the best bit, eating!

There is currently no aus.* newsgroup that covers these topics. Other newsgroups that discuss food are completly oriented towards every other country except Australia.

My opinion is that this group would become very popular, simply because everyone loves food, whether preparing it, or eating it! I feel that this group would be excellent for those just starting out in the kitchen, and feel that the recipes that I have to share, along with others that I, and others, could learn, would make this a popular group. Also, the name "aus.food" leaves further room for expansion, if required, at a later date.

Some advantages of the proposed group would be:

* A place to discuss food and cooking of all varieties in Australia, ie: bush tucker, BBQs, cuisine, pizza, soup, bakeries, anything to do with food!

* A place to talk about food-drinking experiences, restaurants, recipes - anything food-related.

* Not limited to Australians, but it's nice to have a local hangout, with local recommendations, reviews, tips and ideas.

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CHARTER: aus.food

6 wines that define Australia
Andrew Goldfinch" wrote........... You'll get no argument from me - however, I just plain disagree with the inclusion of Yellowtail, just because they sell 8 million...

aus.food is for the discussion of food, its preparation, and its consumption in Australia. Examples of on-topic posts include:

- food recipes - preparation - storage - drinks with meals - restaurant reports and recommendations (good or bad!)

Off-topic posts, such as the following subjects, are discouraged:

- discussion about television cooking shows (more relevant to aus.tv) - recipes designed to make people ill!

What is not acceptable:

- HTML posting - Binaries (post a URL instead) - Crossposting to more than 3 other newsgroups - Commercial advertisements, unless prefixed with COMM - For sale advertisements, unless prefixed with FS - Auction advertisements, unless prefixed with FA - Flaming and ad-hominem attacks - Spam and chain letters

Wall Street Journal article
I guess everyone has really missed my point in posting this article. I have been drinking and tasting Bourdeaux wines since...

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Prieur, Telegraphe, Dellile, Dehlinger, Ricasole
Notes from a pretty tough blind tasting dinner. With Prosciutto, enoki mushrooms and fresh figs: 1990 Piper Heidsieck Rare Brut - quite fresh but showing some complexity in the nose - I thought...

HOW TO VOTE:

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TN: Domaine Drouhin OR PN, Ogier Rosine, and a red Muscadet sorta
Saturday was some supposed Alaska king salmon on the grill. I was a little sceptical...

Your mail message must contain only one of the following statements: I vote YES on aus.example.name I vote NO on aus.example.name

You must replace aus.example.name with the name of the newsgroup that you are voting on.

Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program.

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