Nan:2010-08-09-mvi-rec.arts.startrek.info

From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: rec.arts.startrek.info
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 02:20:28 EDT
Message-ID: <i3o4oq$tlr$1@news.albasani.net>

              MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
              moderated group rec.arts.startrek.info

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup rec.arts.startrek.info 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
2002-01-01. A probe message resulted in a bounce.

<rec-arts-startrek-info@moderators.isc.org>: host
    moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification
    failed: 550-550 No such user (trek-info) -ERR trek-info@cybercomm.net not
    present or 550 password incorrect (in reply to RCPT TO command)

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

rec.arts.startrek.info	Information about the universe of Star Trek. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
rec.arts.startrek.info
rec.arts.startrek.misc

CHARTER OF REC.ARTS.STARTREK.INFO

n/a

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

The first recorded newgroup control is dated 1991-05-23.
It contained a tagline but no charter.

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/wiki/Moderator_Vacancy_Investigations

CHANGE HISTORY:

2010-05-20	Probe post
2010-08-09	Moderator Vacancy Investigation