Nan:2009-11-28-mvi-comp-society-privacy

From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.society.privacy
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:47:57 EST
Message-ID: <hesghb$mr1$1@news.albasani.net>


              MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
              moderated group comp.society.privacy

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup comp.society.privacy 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.

<comp-society-privacy@moderators.isc.org>: host
    moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification
    failed: 550 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected comp-privacy@uwm.edu (in reply
    to RCPT TO command)

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.society.privacy	Effects of technology on privacy. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.society.privacy

CHARTER OF COMP.SOCIETY.PRIVACY

   This newsgroup is to provide a forum for discussion on the effect of
   technology on privacy. All to often technology is way ahead of the
   law and society as it presents us with new devices and
   applications.  Technology can enhance and detract from privacy.
   This newsgroup will be gatewayed to an internet mailling list.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

comp.society.privacy is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 189:16 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 15 Apr 1992.

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