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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Alexander Bartolich &lt;alexander.bartolich@gmx.at&gt; Subject: 1st RFD: news.announce.important moderated (change moderator or remove) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 23:01:44 EDT M…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Alexander Bartolich &lt;alexander.bartolich@gmx.at&gt;<br /> Subject: 1st RFD: news.announce.important moderated (change moderator or remove)<br /> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 23:01:44 EDT<br /> Message-ID: &lt;humjdp$ic9$1@news.albasani.net&gt;<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> moderated group news.announce.important<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to change moderators of<br /> newsgroup news.announce.important, or to remove this group.<br /> <br /> RATIONALE:<br /> <br /> According to Google&#039;s archive the last regular post was approved on<br /> 2002-02-02. A probe message resulted in a bounce.<br /> <br /> news-announce-important@mhorton.net<br /> (generated from news-announce-important@moderators.isc.org)<br /> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:&lt;news-announce-important@mhorton.net&gt;:<br /> host mhorton.net [72.167.30.173]: 550 sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.7.17)<br /> <br /> Kathy Morgan volunteered to moderate the group.<br /> <br /> Message-ID: &lt;1jipmy5.mebhdrhfxsf2N%kmorgan@spamcop.net&gt;<br /> <br /> Charles Lindsey and Steve Bonine suggested that the B8MB should manage<br /> news.announce.important. According to Paul W. Schleck it is no problem<br /> to add the group to the existing STUMP installation.<br /> <br /> Theo Markettos, David E. Ross and Steve Bonine expressed doubts about<br /> the usefulness of a group that received 54 submissions in 15 years.<br /> <br /> Message-ID: &lt;X5t*j7k-s@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk&gt;<br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS LINE:<br /> <br /> news.announce.important General announcements of interest to all. (Moderated)<br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> news.announce.important<br /> news.misc<br /> <br /> CHARTER OF NEWS.ANNOUNCE.IMPORTANT<br /> <br /> n/a<br /> <br /> HISTORY OF THE GROUP:<br /> <br /> The first recorded newgroup control is dated 1991-05-23.<br /> It contained a tagline but no charter.<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 news.announce.important are:<br /> - appoint Kathy Morgan as new moderator<br /> - add the group to the list of groups managed by the B8MB<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 /> 2010-04-05 Probe post<br /> 2010-05-18 Moderator Vacancy Investigation<br /> 2010-06-09 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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