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<p>Created page with &quot;* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** TM still to post the announcement of the new moderator. ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** After the call for votes was issued, the Board received an e-mail from someone volunteering to take over as moderator for the group. JS discussed this with Paul Schleck, and as a result of this discussion TM wrote to the volunteer for further information on their background and pla...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* Administration<br /> ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}}<br /> *** TM still to post the announcement of the new moderator.<br /> ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}<br /> *** After the call for votes was issued, the Board received an e-mail from someone volunteering to take over as moderator for the group. JS discussed this with Paul Schleck, and as a result of this discussion TM wrote to the volunteer for further information on their background and plans.<br /> *** RL to continue this discussion with the volunteer, in particular to ask whether they would be willing and able to assume technical and/or financial responsibility for the group&#039;s existing moderation software setup, and to get further details on their plans to revitalize the group.<br /> *** TM to post a follow-up to the LCC indicating that the matter is on hold pending further discussion with the volunteer.<br /> ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}}<br /> *** TM still to contact the last known moderator to confirm the current situation with the group.<br /> ** {{news|rec.games.mecha}}<br /> *** No further correspondence received from the inquirer.<br /> ** Proposal to revitalize {{news|comp.os.plan9}}<br /> *** No further correspondence received from the inquirer, who had suggested converting the group to an unmoderated one.<br /> *** The meeting reviewed the pros and cons of changing the moderation status of a group and considered whether they still applied to today&#039;s smaller Usenet. It was observed that there was at least one past instance of a group being successfully converted from unmoderated to moderated (namely, {{news|comp.ai}}.<br /> *** RL to open a discussion on {{news|news.admin.moderation}} and {{news|news.groups.proposals}} to ask whether anyone was aware of a group being converted from moderated to unmoderated in the past, and what the current feeling is (particularly among news server administrators) on whether such an action would be successful nowadays.<br /> * Infrastructure<br /> ** Mail server<br /> *** The webmail and admin front-ends are still down and sending daily nag e-mails about the upgrade and backup status; RL to continue to work on this when time permits.<br /> *** In the meantime, RL to (manually) change the target for Tristan&#039;s big-8.org forwarder to his new address.<br /> * Misc<br /> ** TM still to respond to Salahuddin&#039;s correspondence concerning his moderation tool.<br /> ** Last week&#039;s meeting was cancelled as RL was travelling.<br /> ** Next week&#039;s meeting is rescheduled to Thursday, 15 February at 11:00 CST / 17:00 GMT due to a conflicting appointment for TM.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Meeting minutes for 2024]]</div>

Tristan Miller