Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 06:53:37 -0800 From: Jessea Greenman Subject: (fwd) CFV: soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi moderated (fwd) Please take the time to read this and vote your conscience. Thanks again to Patrick for bringing this to my attention. sincerely, Mary Subject: (fwd) CFV: soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi moderated Reply-To: voting@qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold Voting Alias) FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) moderated group soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi Newsgroups line: soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi Gay youths helping each other. (Moderated) Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 9 November 1994. After this CFV appears on news.announce.newgroups it will be sent to the mailing list dc-motss@vector.casti.com. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact rdippold@qualcomm.com. For questions about the proposed group contact Eric Walker CHARTER Soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi exists to offer support, understanding, and friendship to young people who are coming to terms with their sexuality, which may differ from the heterosexual norm. These people often suffer from unimaginable shame and guilt because they feel attracted to members of the same sex, or to both sexes; should these feelings become publicly known, these young people may become outcasts in their communities. As a result, they feel that they must hide their true feelings from the rest of the world, even their own families and friends, and they feel alone and unloved. These feelings are reflected in studies that show the suicide rate among gay, lesbian and bisexual youths to be higher than in other groups of the same age. Thus, soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi exists for these young people to express their feelings in an understanding, friendly forum. The intent of this newsgroup is to let these people know that they are not alone, and that there are people they can turn to for friendship and comfort. Because of the sensitive nature of this subject, people who post on this newsgroup may prefer to write their messages anonymously. Lists of anonymous remailers will be posted here on a regular basis, for the benefit of those who wish to keep their identities secret. This newsgroup will be moderated, and all messages posted here will be subject to the approval of the moderators. This is done for two reasons: 1) Sadly, there are people who post insulting, degrading, hateful messages to gay-oriented newsgroups as a way of starting arguments solely for their own selfish entertainment. Such flamers will not be allowed here. 2) There are older people who seek out young people for sexual purposes. This newsgroup is intended for young people to express their feelings and comfort others, and for adults to offer advice and friendship to youths; it is not meant for "chicken hawks" to seek out boys and girls for sex. Thus, messages of that sort will also not be allowed here. DISCLAIMER: The moderators of this newsgroup cannot read private email received by anyone other than themselses. The moderators exist to serve as a buffer between the members of this newsgroup and those whom the moderators believe would cause harm the members of this newsgroup by posting messages that the moderators deem to be harmful. The moderators can only control messages sent to this newsgroup; they cannot control messages sent directly to others through email. Therefore, the moderators cannot be held responsible for the outcome of any actions resulting from the exchange of private email between anyone connected to Usenet or anywhere else on the Internet, including this newsgroup. Moderators: grendel@netaxs.com (Michael Handler) mikebat@babylon4.clark.net (Mike Batchelor) rod@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Rod Swift) jpatters@willamette.edu (Jane Patterson) pulse@u.washington.edu (Joseph M Reilly) nfitch@ucsd.edu (Nick Fitch) The Usenet system allows multiple moderators to be allowed on a newsgroup. These people have all volunteered their services. HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: voting@qualcomm.com Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi I vote NO on soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome. Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list. Jessea Greenman Co-Chair, Project 21, GLAAD/SFBA 1360 Mission #200, San Francisco CA 94103 ph/fax @ home: 510-601-8883 [Project 21 has received major funding from the Columbia Foundation.]