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From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.software.arabic

Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:48:17 EST

Message-ID: <hesghe$mr7$1@news.albasani.net>





              MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)

              moderated group comp.software.arabic



This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because

moderated newsgroup comp.software.arabic is not functioning,

and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).



This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function,

and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and instal-

lation of a new moderator.  In practice, the Big-8 Management Board

considers the third alternative--changing the status of the group from

moderated to unmoderated--as likely to cause more harm than good.



RATIONALE:



Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.



  csa@leb.net

    (generated from comp-software-arabic@moderators.isc.org)

    SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<csa@leb.net>:

    host mail.leb.net [69.31.42.66]: 550 5.7.1 <csa@leb.net>... Access denied



NEWSGROUPS LINE:



comp.software.arabic	Arabic script software. (Moderated)



DISTRIBUTION:



news.announce.newgroups

news.groups.proposals

comp.software.arabic



CHARTER OF COMP.SOFTWARE.ARABIC



Discussion on comp.software.arabic will cover all aspects of Arabic

script software: available products, products in development,

proposals for Arabic script software, announcements, technologies,

commercialization, standards, etc.



The newsgroup will be gateway-ed to a moderated mailing list and

searchable archives will be made available through the web.



Moderation policies:

Moderation will be minimally intrusive and maximally automated.

The goal will be to restrict the discussion to the topic of the

newsgroup and to keep that discussion within the bounds of civility

and courtesy.  Moderators will seek group consensus in implementing

this moderation.  Binary postings will not be accepted.

Advertising of software packages is allowed provided

  - it is limited to one-time announcements of availability

  - informative, and

  - the advertised product falls within the scope of the charter.



HISTORY OF THE GROUP:



comp.software.arabic is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for

creation by 146:14 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 13 Apr 1998.



PROPONENT:



Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>



PROCEDURE:



Those who wish to comment on this moderator vacancy investigation should

subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant

threads in that newsgroup.  



To this end, the followup header of this MVI has been set to 

news.groups.proposals.



For more information on the MVI process, please see 



http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi



CHANGE HISTORY:



2009-10-29	Probe post bounced

2009-11-29	Moderator Vacancy Investigation

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