Nan:2009-12-20-result-comp-lang-visual
From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Subject: RESULT: comp.lang.visual will be removed
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:19:17 EST
Message-ID: <hgm4dl$b67$1@news.albasani.net>
RESULT
comp.lang.visual 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.lang.visual.
Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 10-0-0
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
comp.lang.visual General discussion of visual programming languages. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.lang.visual
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
CHARTER OF COMP.LANG.VISUAL
A forum for general discussion of visual programming languages. A
working definition of visual programming languages is posted in the
regular comp.lang.visual FAQ. Non-visual aspects of the Visual Basic and
Visual C++ environments, products of Microsoft, Inc., are not legal
discussion topics for comp.lang.visual.
This is a moderation of the existing group comp.lang.visual.
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.
<comp-lang-visual@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550 all relevant MX records
point to non-existent hosts (in reply to RCPT TO command)
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
comp.lang.visual is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 359:24 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 14 Dec 1994.
CHANGE HISTORY:
2009-10-29 Probe post bounced
2009-11-01 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2009-11-15 1st RFD
2009-11-29 2nd RFD
2009-12-13 LCC
2009-12-20 RESULT
