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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 comp.org.cpsr.announce moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS) Newsgroups: comp.org.cpsr.announce, co…&#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 comp.org.cpsr.announce moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)<br /> Newsgroups: comp.org.cpsr.announce, comp.org.cpsr.talk,<br /> news.announce.newgroups, news.groups.proposals, comp.society<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:11:49 -0600<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove comp.org.cpsr.announce<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated<br /> newsgroup comp.org.cpsr.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 /> A comment was by a CPSR board member that he wanted to check with the<br /> board. After checking with the board, he said it was OK to remove the<br /> group.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove comp.org.cpsr.announce<br /> <br /> The newsgroup comp.org.cpsr.announce has not had any approved messages<br /> since January 1998. After its creation in 1994, the group had roughly<br /> a half dozen approvals per month in its first 2 years, this declined<br /> to 6 approvals for all of 1997, followed by a single approval in<br /> January 1998.<br /> <br /> Announcements and discussion about the CPSR (Computer Professionals<br /> for Social Responsibility) and its activities may occur in the<br /> unmoderated group comp.org.cpsr.talk. In addition, the CPSR maintains<br /> a web site http://www.cpsr.org/.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroups comp.org.cpsr.announce (moderated) and<br /> comp.org.cpsr.talk (unmoderated) were created in April 1994. The<br /> moderated group was active for roughly 4 years, and has been inactive<br /> for the past 9 years.<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 /> comp.org.cpsr.announce<br /> comp.org.cpsr.talk<br /> comp.society<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> The newsgroup line is:<br /> <br /> |comp.org.cpsr.announce Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.<br /> <br /> The charter (in part) extracted from the CFV:<br /> <br /> Postings to the moderated news group will be consistent with the<br /> CPSR charter to identify important issues of computing with social<br /> consequences and to advocate solutions and/or directions with a<br /> socially responsible character.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2006-02-15 2nd RFD (Last Call for Comments)<br /> 2007-01-24 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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