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From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>

Subject: RFD: comp.os.tpf moderated (remove) LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:36:41 EST

Message-ID: <hls7c6$p0u$1@news.albasani.net>





              REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)

              moderated group comp.os.tpf



This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove moderated

newsgroup comp.os.tpf.



RATIONALE:



Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.



  <comp-os-tpf@moderators.isc.org>: host moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7]

      said: 550-Callout verification failed: 550 550 Requested action not taken:

      mailbox unavailable (in reply to RCPT TO command)



Roger Sawtell says the moderator appears to have lost interest in this group

due to the lack of use. Roger favors removal of the group.

>Message-ID: <nkqfl5dbcuj2coqra8ecghhd6ghirs3i7k@4ax.com>



NEWSGROUPS LINE:



comp.os.tpf	Issues of the TPF and MVS/TPF Operating Systems. (Moderated)



DISTRIBUTION:



news.announce.newgroups

news.groups.proposals

comp.os.tpf

comp.os.misc



CHARTER OF COMP.OS.TPF



A forum for discussing all problems and topics related to the

Transaction Processing Facility Operating Systems by IBM. Topics such

as programming in Assembler/370 for TPF, as well as C-TPF programming, C++,

Java, architecture, and interoperability are welcome. Provision for topics

and postings for Job Offers follow the guidelines widely accepted by the

Usenet. Topics unrelated to TPF or MVS/TPF,such as large binaries,unrelated

pictures and offensive material are unacceptable under all circumstances.



HISTORY OF THE GROUP:



comp.os.tpf is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by

210:9 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 21 Dec 1998.



PROPONENT:



Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>



PROCEDURE:



Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should

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

in that newsgroup.



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

news.groups.proposals.



In the course of the removal process four formal announcements are posted

(MVI, 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and LCC), each taking two weeks. At the end of the

process the B8MB will vote on the issue.



Available options for comp.os.tpf are:

- leave the group as it is

- remove the group



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	First probe post

2010-01-10	Moderator Vacancy Investigation

2010-01-24	1st RFD

2010-02-06	2nd RFD

2010-02-21	LCC

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