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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 misc.news.internet.announce moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS) Newsgroups: news.admin.announce, …&#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 misc.news.internet.announce moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)<br /> Newsgroups: news.admin.announce, news.announce.newgroups,<br /> misc.news.internet.announce, news.groups.proposals,<br /> news.admin.net-abuse.policy<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:03:04 -0600<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove misc.news.internet.announce<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated<br /> newsgroup misc.news.internet.announce.<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 misc.news.internet.announce<br /> <br /> The newsgroup has not had any approvals since September 1997. The<br /> group was active for less than 2 years (November 1995 to September<br /> 1997). There were roughly 80% fewer approvals in the last 12 months<br /> than in the first 12 months.<br /> <br /> It is unlikely that a revival as a moderated group could fulfill its<br /> charter as a source of information for the conventional media about<br /> the Internet.<br /> <br /> The removal of misc.news.internet.announce would have NO effect on<br /> misc.news.internet.discuss.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup misc.news.internet.announce was created in November<br /> 1995, along with the companion group misc.news.internet.discuss.<br /> <br /> A proposal to create a moderated misc.news.internet.media-stories and<br /> to convert misc.news.internet.discuss to a moderated status failed in<br /> June 1996 with less than 100 Yes votes each.<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 /> misc.news.internet.announce<br /> news.admin.net-abuse.policy<br /> news.admin.announce<br /> <br /> The proponent will also post pointers to:<br /> <br /> misc.news.internet.discuss<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> The newsgroup line is:<br /> <br /> misc.news.internet.announce News bulletins from the Internet.<br /> <br /> The charter (in part) extracted from the CFV:<br /> <br /> Thus, misc.news.internet.announce is a way for the users of the<br /> Internet to bring their own news to the media. This newsgroup will<br /> serve as a place for members of Usenet to post Internet-related news<br /> stories, press releases, announcements of events taking place on the<br /> Internet, and reports of events happening in &quot;the real world&quot; that<br /> have an effect on the Internet.<br /> <br /> The complete charter is available at:<br /> <br /> ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/misc/misc.news.internet.media-stories<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2006-12-11 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> 2006-12-04 1st RFD (revised)<br /> 2006-11-28 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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