Nan:2009-11-28-mvi-comp-software-arabic

From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.software.arabic
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:48:17 EST
Message-ID: <hesghe$mr7$1@news.albasani.net>


              MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
              moderated group comp.software.arabic

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup comp.software.arabic is not functioning,
and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).

This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function,
and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and instal-
lation of a new moderator.  In practice, the Big-8 Management Board
considers the third alternative--changing the status of the group from
moderated to unmoderated--as likely to cause more harm than good.

RATIONALE:

Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.

  csa@leb.net
    (generated from comp-software-arabic@moderators.isc.org)
    SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<csa@leb.net>:
    host mail.leb.net [69.31.42.66]: 550 5.7.1 <csa@leb.net>... Access denied

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.software.arabic	Arabic script software. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.software.arabic

CHARTER OF COMP.SOFTWARE.ARABIC

Discussion on comp.software.arabic will cover all aspects of Arabic
script software: available products, products in development,
proposals for Arabic script software, announcements, technologies,
commercialization, standards, etc.

The newsgroup will be gateway-ed to a moderated mailing list and
searchable archives will be made available through the web.

Moderation policies:
Moderation will be minimally intrusive and maximally automated.
The goal will be to restrict the discussion to the topic of the
newsgroup and to keep that discussion within the bounds of civility
and courtesy.  Moderators will seek group consensus in implementing
this moderation.  Binary postings will not be accepted.
Advertising of software packages is allowed provided
  - it is limited to one-time announcements of availability
  - informative, and
  - the advertised product falls within the scope of the charter.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

comp.software.arabic is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 146:14 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 13 Apr 1998.

PROPONENT:

Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

PROCEDURE:

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

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

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