Nan:2009-11-28-mvi-comp-sys-psion-announce
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From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at> Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.sys.psion.announce Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:49:02 EST Message-ID: <hesghh$mri$1@news.albasani.net> MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI) moderated group comp.sys.psion.announce This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because moderated newsgroup comp.sys.psion.announce 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. 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 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