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Subject: RESULT: rec.collecting.coins passes 263:11
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Date: 16 Aug 1994 17:36:04 -0400
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                 RESULT
             unmoderated group rec.collecting.coins passes 263:11

There were 263 YES votes and 11 NO votes, for a total of 274 valid
votes.
There was 1 abstain and 18 invalid ballots.

For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and
NO)
votes.   There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes.

There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted.  
If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the moderator of
news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
rec.collecting.coins Coin, currency, medal, etc. collecting forum.

list.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For voting

For questions about the proposed group contact John Hamkins

Purpose
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rec.collecting.coins will be for the discussion of all things related
to coin collecting, including but not necessarily limited to currency,
medal, token, and pattern collecting.  It will be unmoderated, and
distributed worldwide.

Rationale
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Currently, there is no newsgroup devoted to discussion of coin
collecting.  rec.collecting is too general a forum to hold the interest
of many coin collectors.  A mailing list with 240 subscribers already


a day or more to be posted to the mailing list, and several people have
unsubscribed because handling the mail became too burdensome.

Given the success of similar groups rec.collecting.stamps and
rec.collecting.cards, we believe that rec.collecting.coins also
deserves its own group.

Charter
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rec.collecting.coins will be for the discussion of all things related
to coin collecting.  Suitable topics will include:

o Tokens, currency, pattern, medal collecting
o News relevant to coin collecting
o Grading
o Cleaning
o Upcoming coin shows/programs
o History behind coins
o How not to get ripped off by dealers, mail order places, etc.
o Book reviews
o Rare finds in circulating currency
o Questions about particular coins-- identifying, appraising, etc.
o Offers for trades, price lists, auctions

Scot Kamins
--
"A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for
lunch.Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision."
                        - Benjamin Franklin

Hey!  That's TEN YEARS AGO this summer!!  Wow...  I have a great idea,
guys: How about if we get an ANA membership for RCC so we can have a
Tenth Anniversary Party at the Pittsburgh Convention.

Guys?.... guys?.... anyone there?....

Michael
"ducking for cover"

Scot Kamins
--
"I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years in the
 desert after getting chased out of Egypt, I haven't burned any witches or been
 persecuted by the Turks and neither have you, so get off it and make your damn
 life work."                                               -Anonymous

If he'll renew our membership, I'll buy the cake.

Regards,
Tom

That's gonna be one hell of a cake.

Scot Kamins
--
"I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years in the
 desert after getting chased out of Egypt, I haven't burned any witches or been
 persecuted by the Turks and neither have you, so get off it and make your damn
 life work."                                               -Anonymous

Bruce (And hot fudge sauce, if possible)

Regards,
Tom

Guess which RCC token I didn't bother buying?