Nan:2010-02-06-rfd-comp.protocols.kermit.announce
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From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at> Subject: 2nd RFD: comp.protocols.kermit.announce moderated (remove) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:00:38 EST Message-ID: <hkkpft$r69$1@news.albasani.net> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) moderated group comp.protocols.kermit.announce This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated newsgroup comp.protocols.kermit.announce. RATIONALE: Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces. <comp-protocols-kermit-announce@moderators.isc.org>: host moderators.switch.ch[130.59.10.10] said: 550 Unrouteable address (in reply to RCPT TO command) The moderator, Frank da Cruz, says that Columbia University stopped participating in Usenet some years ago. He favors removal of the group. >Message-ID: <slrnhkn6aj.gve.fdc@panix2.panix.com> NEWSGROUPS LINE: comp.protocols.kermit.announce Kermit announcements. (Moderated) DISTRIBUTION: news.announce.newgroups news.groups.proposals comp.protocols.kermit.announce comp.protocols.kermit.misc CHARTER OF COMP.PROTOCOLS.KERMIT.ANNOUNCE comp.protocols.kermit.announce will be used for announcements, primarily in the form of the Kermit Digest, just as comp.protocols.kermit was used in the past. HISTORY OF THE GROUP: comp.protocols.kermit.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 239:24 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 7 Sep 1994. PROPONENT: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at> PROCEDURE: Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads in that newsgroup. To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to news.groups.proposals. In the course of the removal process four formal announcements are posted (MVI, 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and LCC), each taking two weeks. At the end of the process the B8MB will vote on the issue. Available options for comp.protocols.kermit.announce are: - leave the group as it is - remove the group 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 First probe post 2010-01-10 Moderator Vacancy Investigation 2010-01-24 1st RFD 2010-02-06 2nd RFD