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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Alexander Bartolich &lt;alexander.bartolich@gmx.at Subject: 1st RFD: comp.windows.x.announce moderated (remove) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:01:50 EST Message-ID: &lt;hjg3uv$n…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Alexander Bartolich &lt;alexander.bartolich@gmx.at<br /> Subject: 1st RFD: comp.windows.x.announce moderated (remove)<br /> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:01:50 EST<br /> Message-ID: &lt;hjg3uv$npe$1@news.albasani.net&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> moderated group comp.windows.x.announce<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated<br /> newsgroup comp.windows.x.announce.<br /> <br /> RATIONALE:<br /> <br /> Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.<br /> <br /> &lt;comp-windows-x-announce@moderators.isc.org&gt;: host<br /> moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification<br /> failed: 550 550 5.1.1 &lt;kaleb@ics.com&gt;... User unknown<br /> (in reply to RCPT TO command)<br /> <br /> kaleb@ics.com<br /> (generated from comp-windows-x-announce@moderators.isc.org)<br /> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:&lt;kaleb@ics.com&gt;:<br /> host mail-relay.ics.com [66.238.211.190]: 550 5.1.1 &lt;kaleb@ics.com&gt;...<br /> User unknown<br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS LINE:<br /> <br /> comp.windows.x.announce X Window System announcements. (Moderated)<br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> comp.windows.x.announce<br /> comp.windows.x<br /> <br /> CHARTER OF COMP.WINDOWS.X.ANNOUNCE<br /> <br /> This group will be moderated by the staff of X Consortium, Inc.<br /> Traffic will be limited to major X announcements, such as the<br /> following:<br /> <br /> Public Review of a proposed X Consortium standard<br /> Adoption of a new X Consortium standard<br /> Upcoming public X conferences, exhibitions, or meetings<br /> A new release of a major public system, toolkit, or application<br /> A major patch or modification to X software<br /> <br /> The moderator will reject messages on these subjects:<br /> <br /> Advertisements for commercial products<br /> Questions about anything<br /> <br /> There is a two-way gateway between comp.windows.x.announce and the<br /> mailing list xannounce@x.org. Messages appearing here will also<br /> appear on the mailing list xpert@x.org (but NOT on the newsgroup<br /> comp.windows.x).<br /> <br /> It is intended that traffic will be low enough that everyone with any<br /> interest in X will subscribe.<br /> <br /> HISTORY OF THE GROUP:<br /> <br /> comp.windows.x.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for<br /> creation by 602:18 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 22 Jun 1994.<br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> Alexander Bartolich &lt;alexander.bartolich@gmx.at&gt;<br /> <br /> PROCEDURE:<br /> <br /> Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should<br /> subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads<br /> in that newsgroup.<br /> <br /> To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to<br /> news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> In the course of the removal process four formal announcements are posted<br /> (MVI, 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and LCC), each taking two weeks. At the end of the<br /> process the B8MB will vote on the issue.<br /> <br /> Available options for comp.windows.x.announce are:<br /> - leave the group as it is<br /> - remove the group<br /> <br /> For more information on the MVI process, please see <br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi<br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2009-10-29 First probe post<br /> 2010-01-10 Moderator Vacancy Investigation<br /> 2010-01-24 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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