IECC Bulletin #9 Published by the International Email Chess Club Devoted solely to E-Mail Correspondence Chess *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ August 4, 1995 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ For those mystified by the split: The split of rec.games.chess into five newsgroups was authorized by those in charge of Usenet: Group-Advice. [edited for the sake of brevity; for information only] Subject: RESULT: rec.games.chess reorganization all groups passed. Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net RESULT rec.games.chess-reorg results - 452 valid votes Yes No : 2/3? >100? : Pass? : Group ---- ---- : ---- ----- : ----- : ------------------------------------------- 344 91 : Yes Yes : Yes : rec.games.chess.misc (replaces rec.games.chess) 380 57 : Yes Yes : Yes : rec.games.chess.play-by-email 345 85 : Yes Yes : Yes : rec.games.chess.analysis 308 119 : Yes Yes : Yes : rec.games.chess.politics 367 71 : Yes Yes : Yes : rec.games.chess.computer 4 invalid votes rec.games.chess.misc (replaces rec.games.chess) passed on Fri May 19 09:33:30 1995 rec.games.chess.play-by-email passed on Thu May 18 12:54:37 1995 rec.games.chess.analysis passed on Fri May 19 16:35:20 1995 rec.games.chess.politics passed on Mon May 22 09:23:39 1995 rec.games.chess.computer passed on Thu May 18 20:12:52 1995 Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc forum for news/discussion related to chess. rec.games.chess.play-by-email reports/discussions re email chess. rec.games.chess.analysis analysis openings/middlegames/endgames. rec.games.chess.politics news of nat'l/international chess organizations. rec.games.chess.computer reports on game servers, databases, software. For group passage, YES votes had to be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO) votes. There also had to be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes. There was a five day discussion period after these results were posted. Because no serious allegations of voting irregularities were raised, the moderator of news.announce.newgroups created the groups shortly thereafter. This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact Warren Lavallee . CHARTER The rec.games.chess.play-by-email newsgroup provides a place to disseminate news regarding the largest international organizations of free correspondence chess activity; to post information regarding competition, ratings, and the teaching of chess to players new to chess-via-email. Further, the creation of this specialized newsgroup relieved the existing rec.games.chess newsgroup of clutter by the anticipated volume of postings by the International Email Chess Club and similar organizations who elect to participate in this newsgroup. The rec.games.chess.analysis newsgroup provides a place to disseminate reports, discussions and analysis of published and reported chess games, analysis and learned discussion of actual positions, openings, middlegames, endgames etc. The rec.games.chess.politics newsgroup provides a forum dedicated to questions and discussions involving such organizations of the United States Chess Federation [USCF] and the Federation International Des Echecs [FIDE], as well as other national and international chess organizations. Because of the complexity of the issues, as well as the frequent heated discussions between partisans the organizations involved, it was felt that this dedicated newsgroup will prove beneficial for chess players of all international and national chess organizations. The rec.games.chess.computer newsgroup provides a place to disseminate reports, discussions and analysis of game servers, where chess games can be played in real time, similar to playing games of chess via telephone; information and discussion about databases, games collections, chess-playing software, and other computer programs of a similar nature, either offered for sale, or in the state of development. *--------------------------------------------------------------* * Lisa Powell Internet: rpowell@uoguelph.ca * * Guelph, ON, Canada * * CEO/TD of IECC: International Email Chess Club * * Founder of IECG: International Email Chess Group * *--------------------------------------------------------------*