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The Usenet Big-8 Management Board

creates well-named, well-used newsgroups in the Big-8 Usenet hierarchies,
makes necessary adjustments to existing groups,
removes groups that are not well-used, and
assists and encourages the support of a canonical Big-8 newsgroup list by Usenet sites.

Latest news

2024-11-17: RFD: Remove rec.arts.comics.reviews and rec.arts.comics.info
2024-10-28: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.os.plan9
2024-09-27: MODERATOR FOUND: news.announce.newusers
2024-09-27: MODERATOR FOUND: news.newusers.questions
2024-09-13: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.lang.asm.x86
2024-04-10: MODERATOR FOUND: news.admin.technical
2024-03-28: MODERATOR FOUND: comp.programming.literate
2024-02-27: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: news.admin.technical
2024-02-12: MODERATOR FOUND: soc.history.war.world-war-ii
2024-01-15: 2nd RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
2023-12-22: 2nd RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting
2023-12-01: RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting

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-; Mission Statement
+__NOTOC__
-''The [[Big-8 Management Board]]:''
+<div class="box-padding-md">
-* ''[[creation|creates]] well-named, well-used newsgroups in the [[Big-8 Usenet hierarchies]];''
+  <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-white">
-* ''makes [[Changing moderation status|necessary adjustments]] to existing groups; ''
+      <div class="row align-items-center">
-* ''[[rmgroup removes groups]] that are not well-used; and''
+        <div class="col-1"></div>
-* ''assists and encourages the support of a canonical [[Big-8 newsgroup list]] by [[Usenet]] sites.''
+        <div class="col-3"><img src="https://www.big-8.org/Big-8_logo.svg" alt="The Usenet Big-8 logo: A blue figure 8 superimposed on a yellow figure 8 turned on its side so as to resemble an infinity sign" class="img-fluid w-100 bg-white" /></div>
+        <div class="col-7 h-100">
+  <p class="h1">The '''Usenet Big-8 Management Board'''</p>
+<ul class="lead">
+<li>'''[[creation|creates]]''' well-named, well-used newsgroups in the '''[[Big-8 Usenet hierarchies]]''',</li>
+<li>makes '''[[Changing moderation status|necessary adjustments]]''' to existing groups,</li>
+<li>'''[[rmgroup|removes groups]]''' that are not well-used, and</li>
+<li>assists and encourages the support of a canonical '''[[Big-8 newsgroup list]]''' by Usenet sites.</li>
+</ul>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col-1"></div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
-{| {{Prettytable}}
+<div class="card mb-3">
-|+ '''Site Map'''
+  <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-primary">Latest news</h5>
-|-
+  <div class="card-body">
-|  '''[[Big-8 Management FAQ]]'''
+{{:Announcements}}
-|-
+  </div><p class="text-muted text-right pr-3">[[Archived announcements]]</p>
-!  Core Information about the Newsgroup Creation Process
+</div>
-|-
-|[[Newsgroup Creation Policies]]
-|-
-|[[Newsgroup Creation FAQ]]
-|-
-|[[news.groups.proposals FAQ]]
-|-
-|[[Content and Format of a Request for Discussion (RFD)]]
-|-
-!  Core Information about Group Removal Process
-|-
-| [[Group Removal Policies]]
-|-
-| [[Group Removal FAQ]]
-|-
-| [[Content and Format of a Removal RFD]]
-|-
-!  General Information
-|-
-| [[History of the Big-8]]
-|-
-| [[News Service Providers]]
-|-
-| [[Newsreaders]]
-|-
-!  Reference Materials
-|-
-| [[FAQs, RFCs, Standards, Specifications, etc.]]
-|-
-| [[Glossary]]
-|-
-| [[Usenet/Big-8 Links]]
-|-
-| [[How to navigate this site]]
-|-
-!  General Policies
-|-
-|[[Changing Moderation Status]]
-|-
-|[[Moderator Vacancy Investigations]]
-|-
-|[[Types of Proposals That Are Discouraged]]
-|-
-!  Board Policies
-|-
-|[[Board Voting Policies]]
-|-
-|[[Board Membership Policy]]
-|-
-|[[Adding members to the Board]]
-|-
-!  Working Groups / Committees -- Public Pages
-|-
-|[[workgroups:deadgroups Dead Groups Task Force]]
-|-
-|[[workgroups:answers news.answers Liaison]]
-|-
-|[[workgroups:polltakers Usenet Volunteer Polltakers]]
-|-
-|[[workgroups:mentors Group Mentors]]
-|-
-|[[workgroups:techteam Technical Team]]
-|-
-|[[workgroups:moderators Usenet Volunteer Moderators]]
-|-
-|[[workgroups:nspc News Service Providers Committee]]
-|-
-|[[workgroups:volunteer Want to volunteer?]]
-|-
-!  Contact Us
-|-
-|[mailto:board@big-8.org e-mail the Board]
-|-
-|[mailto:webmaster@big-8.org e-mail the webmaster]
-|-
-!  Working Groups / Committees  (login required)
-|-
-|[[B8MB Members Private Site]]
-|}
-== About This Web Site ==
+<div class="row">
-The purpose of this site is to make the structure and functions of the [[faqs:b8mb_members Big-8 Management Board]] as intelligible and accessible as possible.  If you have questions, suggestions, or corrections, please [mailto:webmaster@big-8.org e-mail us.]
+<div class="col-sm-6">
+<div class="card h-100">
+  <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">About the Big-8 Management Board</h5>
+  <div class="card-body">
+* [[Board members]]
+* [[Technical Team]]
+* [[How to volunteer or donate]]
+* [[Finances]]
+* [[Contacting the Board]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="col-sm-6">
+<div class="card h-100">
+  <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">About Usenet</h5>
+  <div class="card-body">
+* [[What is Usenet?]]
+* [[Getting Started with Usenet]]
+* [[News service providers]]
+* [[Newsreaders]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="row mt-3">
+<div class="col-sm-6">
+<div class="card h-100">
+  <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">Policies and guides</h5>
+  <div class="card-body">
+* [[Newsgroup creation]]
+* [[Newsgroup removal]]
+* [[Moderation]]
+* [[Board policies]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="col-sm-6">
+<div class="card h-100">
+  <h5 class="card-header text-white bg-secondary">Reference library</h5>
+  <div class="card-body">
+* [[Archived announcements]]
+* [[Meeting minutes]]
+* [[Frequently asked questions (FAQs)]]
+* [[RFCs]]
+* [[Glossary]]
+* [[Links]]
+  </div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>