Nan:2013-04-23-result-comp.sys.mac.vintage

From: board@big-8.org (Big 8 Management Board)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: RESULT: comp.sys.mac.vintage will be created
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:42:23 EDT
Message-ID: <1l1r2q1.auk2wy1890r10N%board@big-8.org>

Big 8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> wrote:

                           RESULT
            unmoderated group comp.sys.mac.vintage

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2013-04-16 initiated a five-day
period for final comments.  Following this comment period, the Big-8
Management Board has decided by consensus to create unmoderated
newsgroup comp.sys.mac.vintage.

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.sys.mac.vintage    Unsupported Macintosh hardware and software.

CHARTER:

The newsgroup comp.sys.mac.vintage is intended for discussions regarding
the use, maintenance, and programming of Macintosh computers which are
no longer current. This classification includes the following systems:

- All Motorola 680x0 series computers
- All PowerPC series computers
- Any Intel computer declared by Apple as either vintage or obsolete
- All Mac OS Systems prior to Mac OS X
- Any Mac OS X version no longer supported by Apple

Discussions of Macintosh clones, as well as alternative operating
systems, are
also on-topic and welcomed in this newsgroup.

Requests for hardware and software should be posted in the
comp.sys.mac.wanted
newsgroup.

Posters to this newsgroup are asked to refrain from harassment, personal
attacks, and disruptive communication. Articles containing binary
computer
files including, but not limited to, programs or images, are forbidden.
All
articles should be plain-text only.

Users should exercise their best judgement and use consideration for the
copyright laws of their country. If in doubt, ask.

DISTRIBUTION:

This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:

 news.announce.newgroups
 news.groups.proposals
 comp.sys.mac.misc
 comp.sys.mac.system

PROPONENT:

D. Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>


CHANGE HISTORY:
2013-04-15  4th RFD/LCC. Updated charter and rationale
2013-04-09  3rd RFD. Updated charter
2013-03-18  2nd RFD. Amended charter and rationale
2013-03-04  1st RFD.