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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: RESULT: rec.aviation.announce will be removed Newsgroups: rec.aviation.announce, rec.aviation.misc, news.announ…&#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: RESULT: rec.aviation.announce will be removed<br /> Newsgroups: rec.aviation.announce, rec.aviation.misc,<br /> news.announce.newgroups, rec.aviation.piloting, news.groups.proposals<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:06:21 -0500<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> RESULT<br /> rec.aviation.announce will be removed<br /> <br /> The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 09 Mar 2007 initiated a five-day<br /> period for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8<br /> Management board has decided by consensus to remove the newsgroup<br /> rec.aviation.announce.<br /> <br /> This group will be removed on 21 Mar 2007.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove rec.aviation.announce<br /> <br /> The last approved article was in January 1999. In the prior two years<br /> traffic had greatly declined, with two periods of 6-months with no<br /> approvals. With such a light volume, any announcements of fly-ins,<br /> etc. can be made directly in unmoderated rec.aviation.* groups.<br /> <br /> An an announcement group it would be inappropriate to convert the<br /> group to an unmoderated status.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup rec.aviation.announce was created in September 1992, as<br /> part of a re-organization of rec.aviation into 13 newsgroups<br /> (rec.aviation.announce (ra.announce); ra.answers; ra.homebuilt;<br /> ra.ifr; ra.military; ra.misc; ra.owning; ra.piloting; ra.products;<br /> ra.simulators; ra.soaring; ra.stories; and ra.student).<br /> <br /> Approvals per year were: 1992, 1 article; 1993, 30 articles; 1994, 91<br /> articles; 1995, 13 articles (8 month interruption); 1996, 52 articles;<br /> 1997, 16 articles; 1998, 22 articles; and 1999, 2 articles.<br /> <br /> The last approval was in June 1999.<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 /> rec.aviation.announce<br /> rec.aviation.misc<br /> rec.aviation.piloting<br /> <br /> The proponent will also post pointers to:<br /> <br /> rec.aviation.aerobatics<br /> rec.aviation.homebuilt<br /> rec.aviation.military<br /> rec.aviation.owning<br /> rec.aviation.student<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2007-02-26 1st RFD<br /> 2007-03-09 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> 2007-03-17 Results (passes)<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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