Nan:2010-01-09-RFD: comp.sys.psion.announce

From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Subject: RFD: comp.sys.psion.announce moderated (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:51:55 EST
Message-ID: <hib3mj$2ml$1@news.albasani.net>


              REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
              moderated group comp.sys.psion.announce

This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated
newsgroup comp.sys.psion.announce.

RATIONALE:

Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.

cspa-mod@lspace.org
  (generated from comp-sys-psion-announce@moderators.isc.org)
  SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<cspa-mod@lspace.org>:
  host morrigan.tuatha.org [193.1.193.138]: 550 <cspa-mod@lspace.org>:
  Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.sys.psion.announce	Announcements of Psion related products. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.sys.psion.announce

CHARTER OF COMP.SYS.PSION.ANNOUNCE

The purpose of this newsgroup is double: on one hand, be a general
announcement group for all kinds of Psion hardware / software and on
the other hand, be a general introduction group for Psion newcomers
as the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) will be posted only to this
group.

Moderation Policy:

The group will be moderated because it should be essentially
advertisement free and contain only important information. The
proposed moderator is Michael L. Kaufman.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

comp.sys.psion.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 218:31 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 14 Jun 1996.

PROPONENT:

Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

PROCEDURE:

Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should
subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads
in that newsgroup.

To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to
news.groups.proposals.

In the course of the removal process four formal announcements are posted
(MVI, 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and LCC), each taking two weeks. At the end of the
process the B8MB will vote on the issue.

Available options for comp.sys.psion.announce are:
- leave the group as it is
- remove the group

For more information on the MVI process, please see 

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi

CHANGE HISTORY:

2009-10-29	Probe post bounced
2009-11-29	Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2009-12-13	1st RFD
2009-12-27	2nd RFD
2010-01-09	LCC