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

Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: misc.activism.militia

Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 01:08:27 EDT

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              MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)

              moderated group misc.activism.militia



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

moderated newsgroup misc.activism.militia 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:



According to Google's archive the last regular post was approved on

2008-09-16. Probe messages showed no result.



NEWSGROUPS LINE:



misc.activism.militia	Citizens bearing arms for the common defense. (Moderated)



DISTRIBUTION:



news.announce.newgroups

news.groups.proposals

misc.activism.militia



CHARTER OF MISC.ACTIVISM.MILITIA



The misc.activism.militia newsgroup will be open to discussion on

all aspects of organized and disorganized civilian firearms ownership

for the purposes of ensuring domestic tranquility and the protection

of the civil rights of all people.  This includes information on

training, organization, gunsmithing, purchasing and selling weapons

and ammunition and any other issues relevant to militias.  Also

included are any community-oriented volunteer policing activities.



This newsgroup is not for discussion of the politics of

gun ownership and use in general; any such posts should be

directed to talk.politics.guns.  All discussions on recreational

uses of firearms, and firearms in general, belong in rec.guns.

It is acceptable to discuss any and all issues related

directly to militias, including the ethics of militia

activities.



Messages containing encrypted material may not be posted on

misc.activism.militia.  Private email or a mailing list

should be used for this purpose.



Messages carrying out transactions or other material that may

be in violation of any law should never be sent on USENET,

as this brings risk of prosecution and harassment to all the

organizations responsible for its distribution.  This includes, but

is not limited to, illegal firearms or ammunition transactions,

threats of death or bodily harm, murder contracts, plots to

overthrow legitimate governments, and restricted distribution

information or data which you do not have permission to

distribute.  If it is your intent to do any of the above,

misc.activism.militia is an inappropriate forum.



HISTORY OF THE GROUP:



misc.activism.militia is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for

creation by 668:234 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 2 Apr 1995.



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:



2010-01-17	First probe post

2010-05-18	Moderator Vacancy Investigation

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