Technical Team

Members and Duties

The Technical Team is appointed by the Board to issue control messages, moderate announcement groups, maintain the big-8.org web site and mailing lists, and perform other similar duties required to achieve the mission of the B8MB.

Coordinator: Tim Skirvin

Contact address: board@big-8.org

Members:

• Russ Allbery -- PGP control keys, scripts
• Brian Edmonds -- big-8.org gmail admin, DNS admin
• Jonathan Kamens -- website
• Todd Michel McComb -- n.a.n. moderation
• Dave Sill -- wikimaster, news.admin.announce moderation team, 24/7/365 technical support for Board members.

news.admin.announce

• submission address: news-admin-announce@robomod.net
• e-mail contact: news-admin-announce-moderator@robomod.net
• Moderators: Brian Emonds, Tim Skirvin, and Dave Sill.
• n.a.a. Charter: "News.admin.announce is a forum for important announcements for news administrators. It is a moderated forum, watched over by a team of moderators for added speed. Possible topics for messages include announcements regarding news transport or browsing software, Frequently Asked Questions lists, announcements of new EMP cancellers, announcements of new cancellation criteria, reports that directly relate to the future of Usenet, reports on legal issues that directly affect news administrators such as the Communications Decency Act, and so forth. ..."

news.groups.proposals

• submission address: ngp@ngp.big-8.org
• e-mail contact: ngp-board@ngp.big-8.org
• Moderators: Steve Bonine, Doug Freyburger, Kathy Morgan, Tim Skirvin
• Charter
• FAQ
• Policy

Domain Registration

Tim Skirvin has control of domain registration and the DNS server.

See also Policy on domain registration and maintenance.

Observers

The following people are subscribed to the board's mailing list, even though they are not members.

• Russ Allbery
• Steve Bonine
• Tim Skirvin
• Dave Sill