From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Subject: RESULT: comp.emulators.announce will be removed
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:11:48 EST
Message-ID: <hgm4ck$b58$1@news.albasani.net>
RESULT
comp.emulators.announce will be removed
The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2009-12-13 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following this comment period, the Big-8
Management Board has decided by vote to remove moderated group
comp.emulators.announce.
Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 10-0-0
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
comp.emulators.announce Emulator news, FAQs, announcements. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.emulators.announce
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
CHARTER OF COMP.EMULATORS.ANNOUNCE
This is a moderated group with announcements about emulators, emulator
ftp sites, new emulator images, and emulator FAQs. Emulator
discussion seems to have a fairly high noise level, so this will be
useful for important news and coordinating FAQs for newbies.
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.
<comp-emulators-announce@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification
failed: 550-550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not
exist. Please 550-try 550-550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email
address for typos or 550-550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
550-550 5.1.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6596 550
21si3930726bwz.4 (in reply to RCPT TO command)
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
comp.emulators.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 199:23 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 16 May 1994.
CHANGE HISTORY:
2009-10-29 Probe post bounced
2009-11-01 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2009-11-15 1st RFD
2009-11-29 2nd RFD
2009-12-13 LCC
2009-12-20 RESULT
