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From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at><br />
Subject: 2nd RFD: comp.protocols.kermit.announce moderated (remove)<br />
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:00:38 EST<br />
Message-ID: <hkkpft$r69$1@news.albasani.net><br />
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br />
moderated group comp.protocols.kermit.announce<br />
<br />
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated<br />
newsgroup comp.protocols.kermit.announce.<br />
<br />
RATIONALE:<br />
<br />
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.<br />
<br />
<comp-protocols-kermit-announce@moderators.isc.org>: host<br />
moderators.switch.ch[130.59.10.10] said: 550 Unrouteable address<br />
(in reply to RCPT TO command)<br />
<br />
The moderator, Frank da Cruz, says that Columbia University stopped participating<br />
in Usenet some years ago. He favors removal of the group.<br />
>Message-ID: <slrnhkn6aj.gve.fdc@panix2.panix.com><br />
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NEWSGROUPS LINE:<br />
<br />
comp.protocols.kermit.announce Kermit announcements. (Moderated)<br />
<br />
DISTRIBUTION:<br />
<br />
news.announce.newgroups<br />
news.groups.proposals<br />
comp.protocols.kermit.announce<br />
comp.protocols.kermit.misc<br />
<br />
CHARTER OF COMP.PROTOCOLS.KERMIT.ANNOUNCE<br />
<br />
comp.protocols.kermit.announce will be used for announcements, primarily in<br />
the form of the Kermit Digest, just as comp.protocols.kermit was used in<br />
the past.<br />
<br />
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:<br />
<br />
comp.protocols.kermit.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote<br />
for creation by 239:24 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 7 Sep 1994.<br />
<br />
PROPONENT:<br />
<br />
Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at><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.protocols.kermit.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 />
2010-02-06 2nd RFD<br />
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