[ruby-talk:01804] Need tech. info about Ruby MLs for comp.lang.ruby CFV form

Having the comp.lang.ruby CFV (call for votes) posted directly to all of the
English and Japanese Ruby mailing lists is not necessary, but I think it
would make voting more convenient and thus would increase the number of
people voting.  Please see the paragraph starting with "IMPORTANT!" below.

Conrad

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13. CFV submission to mailing lists.

Do you want us to send the CFV to any mailing lists?  Although
allowed, the use of mailing lists is strongly discouraged due to
the numerous voting problems that continually arise during the
CFVs that use them.  If you feel that mailing lists are
essential, please keep the number of lists requested to an
absolute minimum.  More lists mean more potential problems, and
it becomes more difficult to find a volunteer votetaker to run
your proposal.

These mailing lists have to be named up front, so please give
their names and submission addresses so that this information can
be included in the CFV.  You may wish to include the request
address as well as the posting address, so anyone who is
interested and wants to join won't send messages to the mailing
list itself.

IMPORTANT!  For each mailing list you name, we need to know
whether or not the list honors Reply-To: headers in messages
sent to it, and whether or not non-members can directly post
messages to the list.  CFVs can only be posted to mailing lists
that allow the votetaker to directly post messages, so if the
list is closed to non-members, the actual CFV will not be
posted to that list (unless the votetaker happens to also be a
member of the closed list).  For closed lists, your only option
is for you to post a "pointer" message to the list to advise the
members that a CFV is in progress and to tell them where they can
find a copy of the actual CFV.  The intent to use "pointer"
messages in mailing lists does not need to be listed in the CFV.

Please provide the following information and answer the questions
for each mailing list you name.  The CFV will not be sent to any
mailing lists missing this information, or to closed mailing lists
(unless the votetaker happens to be a member).
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