Nan:2010-05-26-result-comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce

From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Subject: RESULT: comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce will be removed
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 17:48:46 EDT
Message-ID: <htk0cr$bij$1@news.albasani.net>

                                   RESULT
              comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce will be removed

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2010-05-17 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.lang.pascal.delphi.announce.

Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 10-0-0

RATIONALE:

Probe posts showed no result. According to Google's archive the last
regular post was approved on 2006-08-16.

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce	Delphi related announcements. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce
comp.lang.misc

CHARTER OF COMP.LANG.PASCAL.DELPHI.ANNOUNCE

A moderated newsgroup for the posting of announcements and information
relating to Borland Delphi.  This includes one-shot announcements such
as:

     New/revised components, libraries and tools for Delphi
     Publication of books and magazines on using Delphi
     Web and FTP sites devoted to Delphi
     Users-group formation and meetings

In addition periodic postings such as Delphi FAQs, FAQ pointers and
HOWTOs are encouraged.

Among the types of article not appropriate for posting are employment
related announcements or articles containing binaries or significant
amounts of source code.  In all cases, follow ups are to be directed
elsewhere in the comp.lang.pascal.delphi.* hierarchy.

The purpose of moderation is to keep the group within its fairly
narrow charter.  Follow ups and other general posts are to be rejected
with a pointer to a more suitable group.  It is also the moderator's
duty to verify the URLs of Web and FTP sites to confirm that they are
reachable and contain Delphi related material.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

comp.lang.pascal.delphi.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its
vote for creation by 219:21 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on
12 Apr 1996.

PROPONENT:

Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

CHANGE HISTORY:

2009-11-24	First probe post
2010-04-04	Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2010-04-19	1st RFD
2010-05-03	2nd RFD
2010-05-17	LCC
2010-05-26	RESULT