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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt; Subject: 2nd RFD: remove news.announce.conferences moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS) Newsgroups: news.admin.announce, ne…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt;<br /> Subject: 2nd RFD: remove news.announce.conferences moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)<br /> Newsgroups: news.admin.announce, news.announce.newgroups,<br /> news.groups.proposals, news.announce.conferences<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:43:20 -0600<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove news.announce.conferences<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated<br /> newsgroup news.announce.conferences.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE:<br /> <br /> The B8MB plans to begin voting on this proposal after five days. Please<br /> offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting<br /> period. Voting may take up to one week (7 days); a result will be posted<br /> following the end of the voting period.<br /> <br /> All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> The full group removal procedure is documented here:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup<br /> <br /> <br /> SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:<br /> <br /> No comments were received.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove news.announce.conferences<br /> <br /> There have been no messages approved by the moderator of the newsgroup<br /> since May 1997. However, since that time, there have been articles<br /> cross-posted to other moderated newsgroups, which were approved by the<br /> moderators of those other newsgroups. In addition, there have been<br /> occasional self-approved articles. In recent years, over 95% of the<br /> articles in the group have been approved by the moderator of<br /> comp.parallel.<br /> <br /> Because of the apparent continued interest in posting to the<br /> newsgroup, it may be worthwhile to assign a new moderator to the<br /> newsgroup. It should be noted that the previous moderator not only<br /> approved articles, but maintained a searchable archive of postings on<br /> a web page. This may be particularly useful for this group, given<br /> that conference and CFP announcements are made several months before<br /> the event or submission deadline will occur.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup mod.conferences was created in June 1986. In April 1987<br /> it was renamed to news.announce.conferences as part of the Great<br /> Renaming. Traffic built steadily to around 150 articles per month,<br /> until an interruption occured in October 1996. After a short renewal<br /> in April 1997, there have apparently been no approvals since May 1997.<br /> <br /> Since 1997 there have been some cross-posted articles approved by<br /> moderators of other newsgroups, as well as some self approvals. The<br /> number of approvals over the past decade is less than in the first 10<br /> months of 1996, prior to the first interruption in moderation.<br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> news.announce.conferences<br /> news.admin.announce<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> The newsgroup line is:<br /> <br /> |news.announce.conferences Calls for papers and conference announcements.<br /> <br /> Charter of news.announce.conferences (derived from FAQ:<br /> &#039;[news.announce.conferences] Frequently Asked Questions&#039;):<br /> <br /> [1.1] What types of announcements are posted to the newsgroup?<br /> <br /> The newsgroup n.a.c is intended for announcements of conferences,<br /> workshops, symposia, meetings, public lecture series, etc. They<br /> usually fall into the categories of calls for papers or<br /> abstracts, and calls for participation. In addition to this, I<br /> also forward calls for papers from journals, and information on<br /> specific mailing lists or other Internet resources carrying such<br /> announcements.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2006-12-03 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> 2006-11-08 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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