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Board:Agenda for next Board meeting

Tristan Miller — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:43:15 GMT

Minutes/2026-06-18

Tristan Miller — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:42:16 GMT

Created page with "Present: RL, MM, TM * Administration ** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}: RL and Terje to meet virtually on 2026-06-22 to finish setting up STUMP on his infrastructure. ** {{news|misc.taxes.moderated}}: Moderator has accepted our offer of technical assistance. RL to set up STUMP on our infrastructure and liaise with the moderator. ** {{news|rec.arts.anime.creative}}: No response from the prospective moderator. MM to draft an RfD to remove the group. ** {{news|rec.humor.funn..."

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Present: RL, MM, TM

* Administration
** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}: RL and Terje to meet virtually on 2026-06-22 to finish setting up STUMP on his infrastructure.
** {{news|misc.taxes.moderated}}: Moderator has accepted our offer of technical assistance. RL to set up STUMP on our infrastructure and liaise with the moderator.
** {{news|rec.arts.anime.creative}}: No response from the prospective moderator. MM to draft an RfD to remove the group.
** {{news|rec.humor.funny}}: Brad Templeton accepted our offer of technical assistance. TM suggested hosting the moderation system on our infrastructure and asked for information about the moderators. Awaiting reply.
** {{news|soc.sexuality.general}}: No response from the former moderators. MM to draft an RfD to remove the group.
* Infrastructure
** TM wrote to Panix on 2026-06-18 for confirmation about VPS hosting features (NNTP access, IPv6)
* Misc
** Agreed to cancel next week's meeting due to TM's unavailability

[[Category:Meeting minutes for 2026]]

Board:Agenda for next Board meeting

Tristan Miller — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:16:06 GMT

Minutes/2026-06-04

Tristan Miller — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:22:12 GMT

Created page with "Present: RL, MM, TM * Administration ** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}: RL still to get in touch with Terje regarding setting up STUMP on his infrastructure. ** {{news|comp.binaries.cbm}}: RL posted a MODERATOR FOUND announcement and TM publicized it on the Board's social media accounts. ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}: RL pinged Greg Pfeil on 2026-06-04 for an update on the moderation infrastructure. Awaiting reply. ** {{news|misc.taxes.moderated}}: RL wrote the moderator o..."

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Present: RL, MM, TM

* Administration
** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}: RL still to get in touch with Terje regarding setting up STUMP on his infrastructure.
** {{news|comp.binaries.cbm}}: RL posted a MODERATOR FOUND announcement and TM publicized it on the Board's social media accounts.
** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}: RL pinged Greg Pfeil on 2026-06-04 for an update on the moderation infrastructure. Awaiting reply.
** {{news|misc.taxes.moderated}}: RL wrote the moderator on 2026-06-04 to repeat our offer of technical assistance. Awaiting reply.
** {{news|rec.arts.anime.creative}}: RL wrote to the prospective moderator on 2026-06-03. Awaiting a response until 2026-06-17; otherwise Board to issue an RfD to remove the group.
** {{news|rec.humor.funny}}: TM wrote to Brad Templeton on 2026-06-04 about the status of his moderation system and to offer to host one ourselves. Awaiting reply.
** {{news|soc.sexuality.general}}: TM wrote an e-mail to two of the former moderators, Devin Carraway and Réka Morvay, on 2026-06-04. Awaiting reply.

[[Category:Meeting minutes for 2026]]

Board:Agenda for next Board meeting

Tristan Miller — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:08:12 GMT

Nan:2026-06-03-mf-comp.binaries.cbm

Rayner Lucas — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:40:02 GMT

Moderator Found announcement for comp.binaries.cbm

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<pre>From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals
Subject: MODERATOR FOUND: comp.binaries.cbm
Followup-To: news.groups.proposals
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 11:31:31 EDT
Message-ID: <MPG.448a5908d189d34598970e@news.eternal-september.org>
Archive-Name: comp.binaries.cbm

REPLACEMENT MODERATOR FOUND
comp.binaries.cbm

The Big-8 Management Board is pleased to announce that Six of DLOC has
volunteered to take on moderation duties for comp.binaries.cbm. The
group is now open for submissions.

Note to news server administrators: unlike other groups in the Big 8,
comp.binaries.cbm is intended for posting binary files. It is a
low-traffic, moderated newsgroup carrying binaries for 8-bit Commodore
computers, so it is not likely to take up much disk space or bandwidth,
and distribution of copyrighted software is prohibited by the group's
charter. If you are doing anything to filter out binaries in the Big 8,
you may therefore want to make an exception for this group.

This announcement has not been crossposted to comp.binaries.cbm, as the
group's FAQ prohibits crossposts. However, a copy has been submitted to
the group separately.

MODERATOR INFO: comp.binaries.cbm

Moderator: Six of DLOC
Article submission address: <binaries@commodoresixtyfour.com>
Moderation contact: <moderation@commodoresixtyfour.com>

CHARTER AND MODERATION POLICY FOR COMP.BINARIES.CBM:

The newsgroup is for the purpose of swapping 8bit Comodore [sic] Binaries,
mainly mainly for the 64 and 128 computers. The moderator will attempt to
filter out copyrighted software, and insure that the programs work,
although it is impossible to verify all software for all systems.

Further details about the group and its submission guidelines are
available at: http://www.floodgap.com/comp.binaries.cbm/faq.txt

DISTRIBUTION

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.binaries.cbm

CHANGE HISTORY

2026-06-03 Announcement

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Announcements

Rayner Lucas — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:33:11 GMT

Moderator Found announcement for comp.binaries.cbm

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