Nan:2009-12-20-result-comp-archives-msdos-announce

From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Subject: RESULT: comp.archives.msdos.announce will be removed
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:08:49 EST
Message-ID: <hgm4c2$b4i$1@news.albasani.net>


                                 RESULT
              comp.archives.msdos.announce will be removed

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2009-12-13 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.archives.msdos.announce.

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

RATIONALE:

The moderators of comp.archives.msdos.announce, Keith Petersen and Timo
Salmi, have resigned.

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.archives.msdos.announce	Announcements about MSDOS archives. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.archives.msdos.announce

CHARTER OF COMP.ARCHIVES.MSDOS.ANNOUNCE

       This moderated newsgroup is for the upload announcements and
    related information from MSDOS FTP sites with PD and shareware
    material.  The subjects include the upload announcements via the
    MSDOS FTP site moderators, the MSDOS sites' periodical summaries,
    potential policy statements and downtime warnings, and the MSDOS FTP
    site moderators' reports about the connectivity problems with their
    archive sites.  Unix announcements conform only if they directly
    relate to transferring or handling the MSDOS material from the MSDOS
    FTP sites. 

    The purpose of comp.archives.msdos.announce is to be a ONE-WAY
    channel for MSDOS upload announcements which the moderators handle,
    and other one-way, occasional information relating to MSDOS FTP
    sites.  The moderators will therefore not be handling users'
    discussion material, questions, and replies.  The unmoderated
    comp.archives.msdos.d newsgroup will cover that aspect. 

                Other FTP site moderators are welcome to help in the 
                joint moderation of this newsgroup.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

comp.archives.msdos.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 939:44 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 8 Dec 1992.

PROPONENT:

Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

CHANGE HISTORY:

2009-10-29      Probe post
2009-10-30      Resignation sent in response
2009-11-01	Moderator Vacancy Announcement
2009-11-15	1st RFD
2009-11-29	2nd RFD
2009-12-13	LCC
2009-12-20	RESULT