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The Committee has received correspondence from six people; four were objecting, one was explicitly not objecting, and one did not state either way. Since there were fewer than six objections we have had to consider them on their merits. Note that some objectors put forward more than one reason for objection.
The reasons for objections are summarised as follows:
Fuel protests change the focusThe current round of fuel protests have been a bit of a damp squib (or is that the leaked Attourney General's memo?); people seem to have got used to the price of fuel, it's not...
1. The proposal is not straightforward and non-controversial and should go to a vote (1 objector).
We consider it straightforward and do not see it as controversial enough to require a vote.
2. Objections raised during the RFD remain unaddressed (1 objector).
The Committee has not seen any objections which have not been addressed. Lack of agreement with objections is not a failure to address them.
3. Using GPS by itself is not a recreational activity, and the discussion which takes place in different groups already is appropriate there (apart from the technology, which belongs in uk.tech.*). The placement of the group in the uk.rec.hierarchy is therefore unsuitable. (3 objectors).
This was addressed at length in the discussion, and a number of examples of such activities were presented to refute this. People who want a group in uk.tech.* have been urged to raise an RFD for it (and the present RFD is no bar to their doing so); so far no valid RFD has been forthcoming. Since the proposal under consideration is explicitly for the use of GPS for recreation in the UK, the placement is correct for this group.
The Committee does not uphold any of the objections, and so the group will be created.
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