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- 21:52, 10 May 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-05-10 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** RL still to ping the respective correpondents. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** Still waiting for response from Florian Rehnisch confirming that he is willing to remain moderator. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission notifications still going to our Junk f...")
- 18:28, 3 May 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-05-03 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. RL to ping the respective correpondents. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** TM has written to Florian Rehnisch to confirm that he is willing to remain moderator. Waiting for response. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission notifications s...")
- 00:01, 30 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-26 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. RL to ping the respective correpondents. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** TM had further correspondence with Florian Rehnisch after noting that he now seems to be approving posts. Florian seems to be willing to continue to stay on as moderator. TM to confirm this. * Infrast...")
- 22:58, 19 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-19 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce}} *** TM followed up with Florian Rehnisch, who agreed that the Board could post an MVI but also mentioned a previous RFD from 2011 to remove the group. TM to follow up. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to look into some NGP submission n...")
- 18:22, 12 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-12 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** TM has posted an announcement about the change in moderators. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** Some NGP submission notifications are still going to our Junk folder. RL still to look into this. *** RL still to work on getting the webmail and admin fro...")
- 23:09, 10 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-04-10-mf-news.admin.technical (Created page with "<pre> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,news.admin.technical,news.admin.misc Subject: MODERATOR FOUND: news.admin.technical Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:07:10 EDT Organization: Usenet Big-8 Management Board Message-ID: <uv6v0t$16ivd$2@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: news.admin.technical REPLACEMENT MODERATOR FOUND news.admin.technical The Big-8 Management Board is pleased to announce that Ivo Gandolfo and Russ Allber...")
- 18:25, 5 April 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-04-05 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Ivo Gandolfo has set up his moderation system and confirmed that Russ Allbery will be a second moderator. TM notified the ISC of the changed in moderator and received confirmation from Todd McComb. TM asked Ivo whether the Board can post an announcement...")
- 22:24, 28 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-03-28-mf-comp.programming.literate (Created page with "<pre> From: Usenet Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.groups.proposals,news.announce.newgroups Subject: MODERATOR FOUND: comp.programming.literate Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:21:50 EDT Organization: Usenet Big-8 Management Board Message-ID: <uu4jf6$3pgbp$1@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: comp.programming.literate REPLACEMENT MODERATOR FOUND comp.programming.literate The Big-8 Management Board is pleased to announced...")
- 23:36, 22 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-22 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}}, {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}, {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}}, {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Ivo Gandolfo has agreed to take over as moderator and says he has the requisite technical resources in place. He will write to Russ Allbery to ask whether he would serve as a backup moderator. Agreed to wait for further news from him. ** {{news|comp.pro...")
- 23:25, 18 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-15 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** No further updates. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** No further updates ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No further updates. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** No further updates. ** Proposal to revitalize {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No further updates. * Infrastructure ** Mail server *** RL still to work on getting the webmail and admin front-ends working again. * Software...")
- 21:35, 8 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-08 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** RL to ping Greg Pfeil as necessary. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** Dan Mahoney, the mailing list administrator, replied to RL confirming that the news gateway broke a while ago, but he's not sure why. He says the list will be moving to new mailing list software and is not sure whether it will support the news gateway. He would like to find a solution that preserves the gateway and is investigating this. ** Re...")
- 19:23, 5 March 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-03-01 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.sys.wearables}} *** The Board received an e-mail report that this moderated group is not working. RL contacted the moderator, Greg Pfeil, who indicated that he intends to continue moderating the group. RL has been helping him on technical issues. ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}} *** The Board received an e-mail report that posts to this moderated group from its established mail-to-news gateway have not been showing up since 2020. It'...")
- 20:22, 27 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-02-27-mvi-news.admin.technical (Created page with "<pre> From: Usenet Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals,news.admin.misc,news.admin.technical Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: news.admin.technical Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Organization: Usenet Big-8 Management Board Message-ID: <url8ub$ht1$3@reader1.panix.com> Archive-Name: news.admin.technical This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because the moderated newsgroup ne...")
- 00:42, 27 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-02-23 (Created page with "* Administration ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No further communication from volunteer moderator; RL to ping ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Scott Hazen Mueller has confirmed that he did not seek or find any replacement moderators his groups. *** Marco has confirmed that he is interested in posting to {{news|news.admin.technical}}. *** The Board agreed to issue an MVI for {{news|news.admin.technical}}. TM to handle this. **...")
- 19:41, 15 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-02-15 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** TM posted the announcement of the new moderator. ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM has posted a follow-up to the LCC indicating that the matter is on hold pending further discussion with the volunteer. *** RL has been continuing to discuss the moderation setup with the volunteer. ** Moderation status of {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Scott Hazen Mueller has respond...")
- 21:59, 12 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-02-12-mf-soc.history.war.world-war-ii (MODERATOR FOUND: soc.history.war.world-war-ii)
- 23:52, 9 February 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-02-09 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** TM still to post the announcement of the new moderator. ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** After the call for votes was issued, the Board received an e-mail from someone volunteering to take over as moderator for the group. JS discussed this with Paul Schleck, and as a result of this discussion TM wrote to the volunteer for further information on their background and pla...")
- 23:24, 26 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-01-19 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The Board had offered to announce the new moderator; Bixby has confirmed that this can now go ahead, since the moderation system is working. TM to post this announcement in the same venues as the MVI. ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM posted the LCC on 2024-10-15. Voting period will be from 2024-10-20 to 2024-10-27. ** {{news|news.admin.technical}} *** Marco Moock w...")
- 21:37, 17 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Sample-newsrc.txt (Additional newsgroups from January 2024 patch by Paul Schleck)
- 22:02, 15 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2024-01-15-lcc-rec.radio.broadcasting (Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.groups.proposals,news.announce.newgroups Subject: 2nd RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS Followup-To: news.groups.proposals,news.groups Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:00:45 EST Message-ID: <uo42q2$12337$1@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: rec.radio.broadcasting This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting. The Big-8 Management Board p...")
- 21:35, 15 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2024-01-12 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** E-mail from Bixby; to be handled by TM ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No responses to the 2nd RFD. TM to post the LCC. * Misc ** Salahuddin has written concerning a new moderation tool; TM to respond ** RL may have Internet access issues for the next few days or weeks, so TM to handle any e-mail correspondence for now. Category:Meeting minutes for 2024")
- 21:28, 15 January 2024 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Category:Meeting minutes for 2024 (Category:Meeting minutes)
- 17:25, 29 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-12-29 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** No response yet from proponent. Agreed to defer. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Moderator reports he will be signing up with Panix ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** No comments yet on 2nd RFD. Agreed to defer. * Misc ** Agreed to change the regular meeting time to Fridays at 15:00 GMT/BST due to a conflicting appointment for TM Category:Meeting minutes for 2023")
- 18:27, 22 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2023-12-22-2nd-rfd-rec.radio.broadcasting (Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals Subject: RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:24:35 +0100 Message-ID: <um4d88$iaf$1@reader1.panix.com> Archive-Name: rec.radio.broadcasting This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting. Newsgroups Line: rec.radio.broadcasting Discussion of global do...")
- 17:39, 22 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-12-22 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|comp.os.plan9}} *** The Board received an MVI enquiry for {{news|comp.os.plan9}}. RL has been following up. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Moderator reports continued difficulties submitting approved posts to news servers; RL to e-mail him with further advice ** Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL still importing the FAQs...")
- 02:03, 15 December 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Finding newsgroups and subscribing to them (Import of old NNQ web site "Finding newsgroups and subscribing to them" article)
- 17:09, 8 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-12-08 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has continued importing the FAQs into the wiki ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM has posted a revised draft of the RFD, and it has been attracting some discussion. * Misc ** Agreed to cancel next week's meeting since TM has a conflicting appointment. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023")
- 23:53, 3 December 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page How to post messages to news.newusers.questions (Import of old NNQ web site "how to post" article (with some updating))
- 18:55, 1 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2023-12-01-rfd-rec.radio.broadcasting (Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals Subject: RFD: Remove rec.radio.broadcasting Followup-To: news.groups.proposals Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 11:47:52 EST Message-ID: <ukd2fs$1ue60$1@dont-email.me> Archive-Name: rec.radio.broadcasting This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated newsgroup rec.radio.broadcasting. Newsgroups Line: rec.radio.broadcasting Discussion of global domesti...")
- 18:29, 1 December 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-12-01 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has started importing the FAQs into the wiki ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM send a draft RFD to PS and RL. He will revise it in accordance with their comments and post it. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023")
- 17:50, 1 December 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Administrative statement for news.newusers.questions (Import of old NNQ admin statement (with relevant updates))
- 05:11, 1 December 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page News.newusers.questions (Import of old NNQ web site index (most links to be added))
- 18:31, 24 November 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-11-24 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has finished setting up the moderation system for these groups and will post to them an announcement that we are the new moderators. *** Revision and wikification of the FAQs still TBD ** {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The moderator reports further progress on the moderation system. ** {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** TM has reviewed the past correspondence with...")
- 20:17, 17 November 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-11-17 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL still in the process of setting up STUMP for {{news|news.announce.newusers}}, as some procmail recipes need debugging. (The existing rules mistakenly allowed two test messages to be posted to the group despite being rejected by STUMP.) *** RL has posted the charters and signing keys for these groups on the wiki *** Revising the FAQs still TBD ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}...")
- 02:18, 17 November 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Signing key for news.announce.newusers (Created page with signing key for news.announce.newusers)
- 20:41, 16 November 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Signing key for news.newusers.questions (Create page with new signing key for n.n.q)
- 02:46, 16 November 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Charter for news.newusers.questions (Created page with charter text from the old n.n.q website (formerly at http://www.anta.net/misc/nnq/charter.shtml))
- 16:35, 12 November 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-11-10 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The new moderator, Bixby, reports that he is almost done writing his own moderation software and has already updated the group's submission address with the ISC. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has received the latest FAQs from Kathy Morgan. These need to be updated. ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** A user reported to TM that a post...")
- 17:18, 3 November 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-11-03 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** RL has produced working procmail recipes for {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and will do the same for {{news|news.announce.newusers}}. *** RL has suggested obtaining the latest version of the FAQs that were periodically posted to these groups so that we can continue to post them ourselves. Agreed that RL would check with Kathy Morgan what the latest versions are. ** {{news|rec....")
- 16:18, 3 November 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-10-27 (Created page with "* Administration ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}}: No further updates. * Infrastructure ** Mail server. RL fixed SSL certificate, but did not yet upgrade mail-in-a-box. TM to add SpamAssassin whitelist rules. * (Web)STUMP ** TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah * Publicity ** LibrePlanet 2024: Deadline for session proposals extended to 17 November. * Misc ** PS has sent updates to the sample .newsrc file. RL...")
- 18:45, 28 October 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Sample-newsrc.txt (Added further active newsgroups suggested by Paul Schleck)
- 15:53, 27 October 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-10-20 (Created page with "* Administration ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The prospective moderator, Bixby, has indicated to the Board that he will be writing his own moderation software. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}}: No further updates. * Infrastructure ** Mail server SSL certificate: No further updates. * (Web)STUMP ** TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah * Publicity ** LibrePlanet 2024: No p...")
- 16:23, 13 October 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-10-13 (Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** Result: Group will be created. RL has posted the result on Usenet and the Board's website, and has notified the ISC. ISC have created the group and RL has confirmed that it is now appearing on many news servers (but not, as expected, Google Groups). The group is already seeing some activity. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Discussion continuing in {{news|news.groups.proposals}}. The Boa...")
- 21:33, 10 October 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Nan:2023-10-07-result-comp.lang.go (Created page)
- 16:21, 6 October 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-10-06 (Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** Voting by e-mail underway; voting ends tomorrow. RL to post the result and inform the ISC at the conclusion of voting. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** The Board has been monitoring the discussion in {{news|news.groups.proposals}} and communicating with the prospective moderator, Bixby, on technical and procedural issues. RL to ask Bixby when he'd be ready to take over moderation. ** {{new...")
- 17:00, 29 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2023-09-28-mvi-soc.history.war.world-war-ii (Moderator Vacancy Investigation: soc.history.war.world-war-ii)
- 16:58, 29 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2023-09-25-lcc-revised-comp.lang.go (RFD: comp.lang.go - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS (revised))
- 16:54, 29 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-09-29 (Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** RL posted a revised LCC (without the clause in the charter proposing to convert the group to a moderated one in the future) at the request of the proponent. The voting period will begin on 2023-09-30. RL and TM have been following the discussions in {{news|news.groups.proposals}}. RL has been keeping JE in the loop and will send all Board members an e-mail reminder when it is time to begin voting. Voting will end once all...")
- 10:48, 25 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2023-09-22-lcc-comp.lang.go (RFD: comp.lang.go - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)
- 10:43, 25 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-09-22 (Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** Proponent has confirmed final wording of the RFD and RL has posted the LCC. TM to publicize the LCC in the usual channels. Board to vote on the RFD at its meeting on 29 September. RL to inform JE about the vote. ** Moderator volunteer for {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Volunteer has confirmed that they have the technical and procedural knowledge to moderate the group, and has agreed to RL's suggestion that the Bo...")
- 13:45, 18 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Big-8 covered in The Register, TechSpot (The Big-8 hierarchy and the Big-8 Management Board have been covered in two recent articles in the tech press)
- 13:38, 18 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2023-07-04-rfd-comp.lang.go (RFD for comp.lang.go)
- 17:05, 15 September 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-09-15 (Created page with "* Administration ** RFD for comp.lang.go *** RL has been corresponding with the proponent and is now awaiting final confirmation on the RFD before voting. TM to remind the proponent that we are awaiting confirmation. ** {{news|soc.history.war.world-war-ii}} *** Russ Allbery forwarded a message from someone volunteering to take over moderatorship. TM to respond. ** {{news|news.newusers.questions}} and {{news|news.announce.newusers}} *** The Board received an inquiry on...")
- 19:14, 25 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs moved page File:Sample-netrc.txt to File:Sample-newsrc.txt
- 16:51, 25 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-08-25 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM has pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go. * Infrastructure ** Starting on 21 August, {{news|comp.ai}} has been experiencing a flood of hundreds of binary articles with randomized Subject and From lines. STUMP's blocking mechanism is ineffective for this, so TM added a rule to .procmailrc that sends the submissions to /dev/null. The articles appear to originate from Newsgroup Ninja. An abuse report sent to the e-mail a...")
- 16:19, 25 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:New message.png
- 15:25, 25 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Subscribe.png
- 15:23, 25 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:View settings.png
- 15:23, 25 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:Account wizard.png
- 20:00, 22 August 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Category:Usenet infrastructure (Created blank page)
- 18:30, 22 August 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page NoCeM (Page creation)
- 16:35, 18 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-08-18 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL received many replies to his post on {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}}cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use. RL to summarize the relevant information in the Board's wiki. ** TM has not yet pinged the proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go but will do so soon. * Infrastructure ** TM was to post Paul Schleck's sample .newsrc file on our Getting Started with Usenet tutorial but discovered...")
- 15:43, 18 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page File:Sample-netrc.txt (Sample .netrc file with some Big-8 newsgroups active as of August 2023)
- 15:43, 18 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs uploaded File:Sample-netrc.txt (Sample .netrc file with some Big-8 newsgroups active as of August 2023)
- 17:01, 11 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-08-11 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL has posted to {{news|news.admin.net-abuse.usenet}} to ask about cancels, cancelbots, and other technical anti-spam measures currently in use ** No further communication from proponent of the RFD for comp.lang.go; TM to ping the proponent in a few days * Infrastructure ** E-mail from Paul Schleck noting that {{news|alt.fan.usenet}} has finally been added to Panix's news server * Publicity ** E-mail from Paul Schleck with a sample .n...")
- 16:14, 4 August 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-08-04 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** RL has discovered that the webmail's upgrade script wants to uninstall system packages that are in use (e.g., our web server). Since none of the active Board members currently use webmail, it was decided that RL would simply deactivate it. Category:Meeting minutes for 2023")
- 20:22, 28 July 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-07-28 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|news.groups.proposals}} received a group creation RFD; while having the correct structure, TM rejected it because it contained extraneous and incorrect information. TM wrote to the proponent to explain what needs to be removed or corrected, and to encourage resubmission. * Infrastructure * TM upgraded the Web server's OS to the latest current LTS release. Again, this was necessary in order to upgrade MediaWiki, which was on a...")
- 20:45, 21 July 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-07-21 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} moderator change announcement *** RL has sent best wishes on behalf of the Board to Bill Horne but has not yet...")
- 01:15, 15 July 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs moved page Web-to-News Gateways to Web-to-news gateways without leaving a redirect
- 16:48, 14 July 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-07-14 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.dcom.telecom moderator}} change announcement *** Still no response from Bill Horne; PS wrote to us to draw our attention to an...")
- 05:53, 14 July 2023 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Web-to-News Gateways (Initial version)
- 16:55, 7 July 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-07-07 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Abbreviated meeting this week due to Board members' other commitments * The Board noted an ongoing RFD on {{news|news.groups.proposals}} concerning a propos...")
- 16:53, 7 July 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-06-30 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL has asked Bill Horne if he was successful in communicating the moderator change for {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} to the ISC, and asked if...")
- 16:36, 23 June 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-06-23 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** RL looked into the ISC archive for {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} and turned up nothing. TM suggested simply using "comp.dcom.telecom" as the...")
- 15:47, 23 June 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-06-16 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** Bill Horne of {{news|comp.dcom.telcom}}, who has found a new moderator, indicates that the moderator address should stay the same. RL to...")
- 16:23, 2 June 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-06-02 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Website ** E-mail from Bill Horne reporting some broken links to landfield.com on our wiki. RL volunteered to fix the broken links and to reply to Bill Hor...")
- 16:21, 26 May 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-05-26 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** E-mail received from Google regarding a suspicious login attempt to a Google account tied to one of the Board's e-mail addresses. JE sent...")
- 16:18, 19 May 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-05-19 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * (Web)STUMP ** RL has identified the cause of the sed error in Salahuddin's output; this is a bug in STUMP that he has now fixed. RL has informed Salahuddin...")
- 16:16, 19 May 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-05-12 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** TM and Salahuddin have been discussing the provision of testing infrastructure for moderators * (Web)STUMP ** RL and Salahuddin to discuss...")
- 12:24, 8 May 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-05-05 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration/STUMP ** Update on report in {{news|news.groups}} about empty e-mail in response to submission to {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** Salahud...")
- 16:23, 28 April 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-04-28 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** Bill Horne, moderator of {{news|comp.dcom.telecom}} and editor of The Telecom Digest, is seeking someone to replace him. He has posted a...")
- 22:39, 22 April 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-04-21 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** E-mail from a moderator seeking a replacement (confidential): TM has already responded with some suggestions ** Query in {{news|news.group...")
- 22:32, 22 April 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Video of talk at LibrePlanet 2023 (Created page with "Members of the Usenet Big-8 Management Board delivered a talk, '''"Federation and moderation: Usenet as the original decentralized social network"''', at the hyb...")
- 18:56, 13 April 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-03-31 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * (Web)STUMP ** No progress by TM or RL to report due to real-life commitments, but RL hopes to proceed with some development work in the next week or two *...")
- 18:54, 13 April 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-03-24 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Publicity ** LibrePlanet 2023 talk *** TM publicized our talk in advance on the Board's website and social media channels and also on Usenet. *** Our talk o...")
- 18:50, 13 April 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-03-10 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** JE has paid for the big-8.org domain for another two years. TM invited him to claim the expense from the Board's Open Collective account....")
- 02:21, 15 March 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Talk at LibrePlanet 2023 (announce LibrePlanet 2023 talk)
- 17:17, 17 February 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-02-17 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Publicity ** LibrePlanet 2023 talk *** RL has made some progress on the presentation and will share with TM once the draft is in a more complete state * Mis...")
- 17:16, 17 February 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-02-10 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Website ** Paul Schleck suggested adding a link to the Board's wiki. JE has now done this. * Publicity ** LibrePlanet 2023 talk *** Organizers asked about...")
- 17:21, 27 January 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-01-27 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** JK has fixed the WebSTUMP instance for news.groups.proposals. * Publicity ** RL's proposed talk has been accepted for presentation at...")
- 17:36, 21 January 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs moved page Minutes/2023-01-21 to Minutes/2023-01-20 without leaving a redirect
- 17:35, 21 January 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-01-21 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** Board received an e-mail enquiry on 2023-01-18 regarding group creation/management and the Board's relationship with Google Groups. JE re...")
- 17:18, 13 January 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Category:Meeting minutes for 2023 (Created page with "Category:Meeting minutes")
- 17:18, 13 January 2023 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2023-01-13 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** WebSTUMP instance for news.groups.proposals is down following an upgrade by Jonathan Kamens. TM has reported this to the Google Group...")
- 17:36, 30 December 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-12-30 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** TM has mirrored the Moderator Found announcement on the Board's website. * Infrastructure * (Web)STUMP...")
- 20:17, 16 December 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-12-16-mf-comp.os.linux.announce (MODERATOR FOUND: comp.os.linux.announce)
- 17:35, 16 December 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-12-16 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** TM reports that Salahuddin solved the approval problem with some help from Eternal September. (The pr...")
- 17:45, 25 November 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-11-25 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM reports no further update on {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}}. Will write to Salahuddin. * Misc ** [https://my.fsf.org/node/55 LibrePla...")
- 19:42, 18 November 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-11-18 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM reports no further update on {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} * Infrastructure ** RL reports that the webmail system went down again twi...")
- 17:16, 11 November 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-11-11 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM: Still helping Salahuddin with {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} issues. Asked him to try posting an article manually via telnet to veri...")
- 17:02, 3 November 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-10-21 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM: Still helping Salahuddin with {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} issues. * Infrastructure ** mail.big-8.org status checks change notice e...")
- 19:05, 7 October 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-10-07 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM: Still helping Salahuddin with {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} issues. * Infrastructure ** mail.big-8.org status checks e-mails *** TM...")
- 16:29, 30 September 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-09-30 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Administration ** TM: Salahuddin still has problems posting approved messages to {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}}. TM continuing to provide support. JE and...")
- 13:08, 26 September 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-09-23 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** TM: Salahuddin still has problems posting approved messages to {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}}. TM continuing to provide support. JE...")
- 14:59, 23 September 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-09-16 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** Salahuddin is still having difficulties in getting approved posts to show up. TM is continuing to...")
- 16:14, 9 September 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-09-09 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** TM wrote to Todd and Russ about the automated notifications for moderator changes, and Russ has ad...")
- 16:19, 2 September 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-09-02 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL Apologies: JE * Administration ** TM received a reply from Todd McComb indicating that the moderator change request for {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} was c...")
- 10:47, 2 September 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-08-26 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** TM has not yet written to ISC to follow up on the change of moderator request. Will do so tonight, and also get in touch with Salahud...")
- 18:12, 19 August 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-08-19 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** No response from ISC re change in moderator. TM to ping ISC. ** {{news|rec.radio.amateur.moderate...")
- 17:12, 12 August 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-08-12 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** {{news|comp.os.linux.announce}} *** TM has informed the ISC that Salahuddin has taken over moderatorship. Once they confirm they have...")
- 16:39, 8 July 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-07-08-result-news.groups.proposals (RESULT: no change to news.groups.proposals)
- 16:21, 8 July 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-07-08 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** {{news|news.groups.proposals}} RFD *** TM posted the LCC on 27 June; the voting period began on 2 July and will end on 9 July. *** The...")
- 16:31, 27 June 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-06-27-lcc-news.groups.proposals (LCC for news.groups.proposals)
- 16:26, 25 June 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-06-13-2nd-rfd-news.groups.proposals (2nd RFD: Charter/moderation policy change, news.groups.proposals)
- 18:02, 24 June 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-06-24 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** TM reported that the 2nd RFD for changes to {{news|news.groups.proposals}} has been posted; a few more comments have been received. T...")
- 16:16, 3 June 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-06-03 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** RFD for changes to {{news|news.groups.proposals}} *** TM has drafted a 2nd RFD and sent to JE and RL for review. JE and RL to e-mail...")
- 15:59, 3 June 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-05-27 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Administration ** RFD for changes to {{news|news.groups.proposals}} *** TM noted some discussion so far; TM to post 2nd RFD according to schedule * Othe...")
- 15:00, 25 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-05-20-rfd-news.groups.proposals (Request For Discussion (RFD) to suspend the charter and moderation policy of the Usenet newsgroup news.groups.proposals)
- 14:52, 25 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-05-19 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE * Wiki/administration ** JE reported that he has updated the Other Usenet Hierarchies page with contact details for the de.* and uk.* hierarchies, which r...")
- 21:22, 9 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-05-06 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Administration ** Processing of rmgroup control messages *** TM reported that he had contacted Eternal-September. They have replied that they are inves...")
- 15:24, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page Working groups (working groups abolished)
- 15:23, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page News Service Providers Committee (working group abolished)
- 15:23, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page NSPC (working group abolished)
- 15:22, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page News.answers Liaison (working group abolished)
- 14:45, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page Usenet Volunteer Moderators (working group abolished)
- 14:44, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page UVM (working group abolished)
- 14:42, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page Group Mentors (working group abolished)
- 14:36, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page UVP (working group abolished)
- 14:36, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page Usenet Volunteer Polltakers (working group abolished)
- 13:19, 2 May 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page Dead Groups Task Force (working group abolished)
- 17:01, 29 April 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-04-29 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Infrastructure ** ngp e-mail issues *** JE: Not certain why the forwarder was not working only for ngp e-mails. We could try using a dedicated account f...")
- 16:00, 29 April 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page What's new (obsolete)
- 15:59, 29 April 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs deleted page What's new on this web site? (obsolete)
- 15:20, 29 April 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-04-22 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Infrastructure/wiki ** JE: No update yet on e-mail issues with ngp moderator notices. Will look into by next meeting. * Administration ** TM: Update on...")
- 13:37, 8 April 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-04-08 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM * Infrastructure/wiki ** TM: Apache redirect from http://www.big-8.org/~ngp to news.groups.proposals has been added ** TM: New (private) wiki page documen...")
- 22:14, 28 March 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-03-25 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * Administration ** TM reported that the LCC for comp.software.shareware.* RFD was posted on 2022-03-16, so...")
- 16:07, 28 March 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-03-28-result-comp.software.shareware (RESULT: comp.software.shareware.announce and comp.software.shareware.authors will be removed)
- 15:01, 28 March 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Board:News.groups.proposals STUMP setup (moderation software for news.groups.proposals)
- 22:35, 16 March 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-03-16-lcc-comp.software.shareware (2nd RFD: Remove comp.software.shareware.announce and comp.software.shareware.authors - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)
- 21:14, 16 March 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-03-11 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * Administration ** TM reported that he posted the 2nd RFD to delete comp.software.shareware.* on 28 Fe...")
- 17:20, 4 March 2022 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-03-04 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE * Stump ** JE has some questions about moderation workflow. He will propose a feature request for a future release * Misc ** TM is out due to a work emerge...")
- 17:32, 28 February 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-02-22-2nd-rfd-comp.software.shareware (2nd RFD: Remove comp.software.shareware.announce and comp.software.shareware.authors)
- 17:20, 18 February 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-02-18 (Created page with "Present: JE, TM Apologies: RL * Wiki ** TM has expanded and updated the Procedure to remove newsgroups page * Misc ** JE reports that he is continuing to clean his archi...")
- 17:31, 11 February 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-02-11 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * (Web)STUMP ** TM has received no response yet from Roy Engehausen re membership request on Savannah ** Following a tip from Paul Schleck, TM has updated...")
- 13:46, 7 February 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2022-02-07-rfd-comp.software.shareware (Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups.proposals Subject: RFD: Remove comp.software.shareware.announce and comp.softwar...")
- 13:31, 7 February 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-02-04 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * (Web)STUMP ** TM received a response from Roy Engehausen, who says he is running a modified STUMP and is willing to contribute to upstream development....")
- 17:28, 28 January 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-01-28 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * (Web)STUMP ** TM reported on (Web)STUMP membership requests on Savannah from Roy Engelhausen, moderator of misc.legal.moderated. TM to follow up to ask...")
- 17:51, 21 January 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-01-21 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * Publicity ** JE has submitted a lightning talk on Usenet archiving to the [https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/oSC22 openSUSE Conference 2022]; poss...")
- 17:43, 14 January 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Category:Meeting minutes for 2022 (Created page with "Category:Meeting minutes")
- 17:42, 14 January 2022 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2022-01-14 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * Administration ** Defunct comp.software.shareware.* groups *** TM has reviewed the procedure to remove newsgroups and will endeavour to prepare the...")
- 18:06, 10 December 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-12-10 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * Administration ** E-mail from Paul Schleck re removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} *** Agreed to defer initiating the removal process for one year...")
- 00:40, 4 December 2021 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-12-03 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE * STUMP ** JE has been working on updating the STUMP/WebSTUMP documentation and will continue working on it this week. ** RL has merged changes submitted by O...")
- 17:21, 26 November 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-11-26 (Created page with "== Administration == * To be discussed on 2021-12-10: Removal of {{news|rec.radio.broadcasting}} * To be discussed Kathy Morgan suggested deleting comp.software.shareware.*....")
- 17:35, 12 November 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-11-12 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * Wiki ** TM has updated the Announcements page with {{news|comp.infosystems.gemini}} RFD; old announcements archived * Administration ** TM has writt...")
- 16:23, 12 November 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2021-10-22-result-comp.infosystems.gemini (Created page with "'''Note:''' The dates in the "Change History" section mistakenly have the day and month switched. <pre> From: Jason Evans <board@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroup...")
- 16:22, 12 November 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2021-10-08-rfd-comp.infosystems.gemini (Created page with "'''Note:''' The dates in the "Change History" section mistakenly have the day and month switched. <pre> From: Jason Evans <jsevans@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgro...")
- 17:25, 5 November 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-11-05 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE, TM * Administration ** JE - {{news|comp.infosystems.gemini}} was created on Monday, 25 October at around 20:00GMT. Many news servers (especially commercially...")
- 03:26, 23 October 2021 Rayner Lucas talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-10-22 (Minutes for 2021-10-22)
- 15:53, 22 October 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Board:Newsgroup creation process for board (Created page with "Basic Procedure: 1. The newsgroup is proposed in the form of an RFD 2. A board member contacts the person proposing the group (The Proponent) and gives any feedback on their...")
- 16:29, 15 October 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-10-15 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Infrastructure ** TM: Issues with the news.groups.proposals submission notifications have been fixed; Jonathan Kamens has arranged for these to be s...")
- 16:34, 8 October 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-10-08 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** Initial RFD for {{news|comp.infosystems.gemini}} has been discussed and positively received ** JE to post a final RFD per the procedur...")
- 16:26, 1 October 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-10-01 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE ** Administration: ** JE: The [https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007227.html Gemini mailing list] is interested in creating a newsgroup {{n...")
- 15:33, 1 October 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Comp.infosystems.gemini RFD (Created page with "REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) for the creation of the unmoderated newsgroup: comp.infosystems.gemini NEWSGROUPS LINE: comp.infos...")
- 20:36, 25 September 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs deleted page Digital archaeology (content was: "= Usenet Archaeology = == Introduction: == I admin that Usenet Archaeology is a somewhat strange idea. The Usenet has been around since 1979. While that's only 41 years since the date of this tutorial, 41 years in terms of the Internet is prehistoric. The Usenet began as a project between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill back in...", and the only contributor was "Jason Evans" (talk))
- 20:35, 25 September 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Usenet archaeology (Created blank page)
- 16:14, 24 September 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-09-24 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE Apologies: TM Infrastructure: RL: Fixed the malformed messages error. RL: Will clean up the Panix account homedir! Publicity: JE: Writing "Usenet Archaeo...")
- 19:05, 23 September 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page File:5g-article.png
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- 18:36, 23 September 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Digital archaeology (Created page with "# Digital Archaeology")
- 10:04, 18 September 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-09-17 (Created page with "Present: RL, JE Infrastructure: RL: Added logging to procmail to save a copy of incoming mail in order to troubleshoot why they were happening. RL: Thank you to our first mon...")
- 16:13, 10 September 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-09-10 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Infrastructure: ** RL: Still working on moderation submission notification bug ** Publicity: ** JE: Wants to resume work on conference planning soon * S...")
- 16:09, 27 August 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-08-27 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL * Infrastructure ** RL, TM: Moderator notification script still not correctly handling submissions without a "Newsgroup:" header, as evidenced by a (spam) sub...")
- 16:13, 20 August 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-08-20 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Infrastructure ** As promised, RL modified the notification script on Panix so that it contains a mapping of To addresses to newsgroups, and uses this t...")
- 16:22, 13 August 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-08-13 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Infrastructure ** TM: For article submissions sent by e-mail to comp-ai@nan.users.panix.com, STUMP (sometimes?) sends a notification with the headers<pr...")
- 16:22, 6 August 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-08-06 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL Apologies: JE * Infrastructure ** RL reviewed TM's new [https://github.com/UsenetBig8/mimestrip mimestrip] and identified a possible bug; TM fixed this and a...")
- 16:38, 30 July 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-07-30 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Wiki ** TM: Minor revisions to word/formatting of How to find a charter ** JE: Considered posting How to find a charter to {{news|news.announce....")
- 15:29, 28 July 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-07-23 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL, Ronda Hauben, Jay Hauben * With no urgent items of business on the agenda, the meeting instead discussed the past, present, and future of Usenet with gue...")
- 15:17, 28 July 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs moved page How to Find a Charter to How to find a charter (normalize capitalization)
- 15:16, 28 July 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-07-16 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Infrastructure ** RL: Russ Allbery has created a new control message signing key for Big-8 hierarchies and wants to send us a copy. RL asked him to do s...")
- 08:25, 2 July 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs deleted page How to Create a Charter (Author request: content was: "== Introduction == This is a brief guide on how to find a newsgroups charter using control files found at isc.org. == Control Files == isc.org contains a historical collection of control files for all newsgroups and non-newsgroups. For example, it contains control files for news.groups which is a real newsgroup but also for news.groups.handicap which isn't a re...", and the only contributor was "Jason Evans" ([[User talk:...)
- 08:24, 2 July 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page How to Find a Charter (Created page with "== Introduction == This is a brief guide on how to find a newsgroups charter using control files found at isc.org. == Control Files == isc.org contains a historical collec...")
- 08:23, 2 July 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page How to Create a Charter (Created page with "== Introduction == This is a brief guide on how to find a newsgroups charter using control files found at isc.org. == Control Files == isc.org contains a historical collec...")
- 16:48, 18 June 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-06-18 (Created page with "* Infrastructure ** JE: I did some research on control messages and Google Groups. It appears that Google is not adding new newsgroups even when they are created correctly and...")
- 15:35, 18 June 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-06-11 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Conference ** JE: OpenSUSE Conference was handled by [https://venueless.org Venueless]; pricing is €499 ** JE: Jitsi 8x8 emailed me and says that they...")
- 12:46, 18 June 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-06-04 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Publicity ** TM: Our Reddit AMA seems to have resulted in a spike in views (ca. 90) and engagements to our Facebook page posts ** JE: Our Reddit AMA wa...")
- 15:16, 11 June 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Board:Conference Feeler (Created page with "Dear ____, A little more than a year ago. Tristan Miller, Rayner Lucas, and Jason Evans came together to revitalize the Big-8 Management Board after the board lay dormant for...")
- 21:20, 3 June 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Board:Conference Proposal (Created page with "Proposal: 1-day free online usenet conference -- Fall/Winter 2021 Sponsored by: * The Big-8 Management Board * more sponsors welcome! To be invited to attend and possibly s...")
- 19:55, 28 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-05-28 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Publicity ** Reddit AMA *** JE advertised on Usenet, Reddit, and Twitter; TM on Facebook; RL and TM promoted on social media *** Agreed that JE to use h...")
- 16:12, 24 May 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page AMA-May2021 (Created page with "== ANNOUNCEMENT: AMA on May 28, 2021 with the Usenet Big-8 Management Board == The [https://www.big-8.org/ Usenet Big-8 Management Board] is pleased to announce that it will...")
- 17:12, 21 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-05-21 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Publicity ** Reddit AMA *** Agreed to schedule for next Friday from 21:00 to 22:00 CEST. *** Agreed to keep in touch on Jitsi during meeting to coordina...")
- 16:56, 14 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-05-14 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE * Publicity ** JE's report on hosting an AMA on Reddit: *** All we need to do is start a new thread and then publicize it (elsewhere on Reddit/Internet) *** C...")
- 15:23, 13 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Nan:2021-05-10-board-finances (Created page with "<pre> From: Tristan Miller <tmiller@big-8.org> Newsgroups: news.groups,news.announce.newgroups Subject: Big-8 Management Board finances Followup-To: news.groups Date: Mon, 10...")
- 16:34, 7 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-05-07 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Publicity ** TM: Moved JE's text on finances from Press releases/2020-11 to Finances and How to volunteer or donate, as it's probably better...")
- 15:30, 7 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Finances (Created page with "The Usenet Big-8 Management Board is financed entirely through donations by Board members or members of the public. Our regular recurring expenditures are as follows: * €4...")
- 15:20, 7 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs moved page How to volunteer to How to volunteer or donate
- 15:08, 7 May 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-04-30 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL Apologies: JE * Administration ** TM to prepare Open Collective announcement in case JE is not able to ** TM to compile list of outstanding tasks * Infrastru...")
- 13:24, 16 April 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-04-16 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** JE has announcement/budget ready and will post on wiki; RL and TM to review it before we post it on Usenet ** TM has responded to Brai...")
- 16:44, 9 April 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-04-09 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** JE was unable to draft the Open Collective announcement/budget; will do so before next meeting * Misc ** JE received an e-mail from Ro...")
- 16:37, 9 April 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-03-29 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** TM registered [https://opencollective.com/usenetbig8 a collective on Open Collective for the Board], added JE and RL as members, and a...")
- 16:26, 22 March 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-03-19 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** The Board discussed possible Open Collective fiscal hosts and agreed that Open Collective Europe seemed most appropriate. TM to regis...")
- 10:11, 15 March 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-03-12 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Administration ** The Board met with Pia Mancini of Open Collective to discuss how things would work in practice. Summary of findings: *** We must selec...")
- 17:16, 12 March 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-03-05 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL, JE * Publicity ** Our LibrePlanet workshop has been accepted, though as the conference is only a couple weeks away we no longer have time to prepare for it....")
- 17:12, 26 February 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-02-26 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL Apologies: JE * Publicity ** LibrePlanet program still not released; TM to write to organizers to ask whether we will be presenting, as we need to schedule t...")
- 16:43, 26 February 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-02-19 (Created page with "Present: TM, RL Apologies: JE * Infrastructure ** RL has updated the GnuPG-related configuration for our STUMP installations on Panix, following Paul Schleck's discovery of...")
- 16:40, 26 February 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-02-12 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Infrastructure ** JE has renewed the big-8.org domain name for two years and has covered the expenses for now; TM/RL can pay for the web hosting before...")
- 17:25, 5 February 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-02-05 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Admin ** JE reported that Geoff Wood has now posted an RFD for rec.audio.pcdaw to news.groups, which has been well received so far. * Wiki ** JE rep...")
- 17:18, 5 February 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-01-29 (Created page with "Present: TM, JE, RL * Admin ** Geoff W. is asking to see if we have a copy of the RFD that he submitted. JE to handle this. ** The Board further discussed the possibility of...")
- 17:22, 22 January 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-01-22 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Admin ** TM: Alternatives to incorporating the Board as a legal entity: [https://opencollective.com/europe Open Collective Europe] or [https://opencolle...")
- 10:41, 22 January 2021 Jason Evans talk contribs created page Sample Charters (Created page with "== rec.audio.pro == <pre> rec.audio.pro Professional audio recording and studio engineering. The charter, culled from the call for votes: This newsgroup will provide a foru...")
- 17:19, 15 January 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-01-15 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Admin ** JE received email from Geoff Wood. He would not like to take over an existing group. Instead, he would like to go forward with creating {{news|...")
- 17:26, 8 January 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Category:Meeting minutes for 2021 (Category:Meeting minutes)
- 17:26, 8 January 2021 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2021-01-08 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Publicity ** TM: There appear to be three Big-8 Twitter accounts dating from 2013: [https://twitter.com/newsaimportant @newsaimportant], [https://twitte...")
- 12:17, 24 December 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Charter for news.admin.announce (Created page with "News.admin.announce is a forum for important announcements for news administrators. It is a moderated forum, watched over by a team of moderators for added speed. Possible top...")
- 12:15, 24 December 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Category:News.admin.announce (Created page with "{{lowercase}} Category:Big-8 Management Category:Newsgroups Category:Moderation")
- 12:15, 24 December 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page News.admin.announce (a forum for important announcements for news administrators)
- 17:23, 11 December 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2020-12-11 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM, JE * Publicity ** JE reported that his oSLO presentation has not been posted online due to a technical problem with the recording, but that the oSLO organize...")
- 17:42, 4 December 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2020-12-04 (Created page with "Present: RL, TM Apologies: JE * Infrastructure/Administration ** TM has not yet written to Tim Skirvin re mailing lists but will do so soon. ** Tim Skirvin no longer has wor...")
- 17:30, 4 December 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2020-11-27 (Created page with "Present: JE, RL, TM * Publicity ** E-mail from Marty Moleski (2020-11-23) asking if we can take over the [https://www.facebook.com/Newsannouncenewgroups-Usenet-Newsgroup-1810...")
- 23:38, 23 November 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs moved page Board:Press releases/2020-11 to Press releases/2020-11
- 13:41, 23 November 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Minutes/2020-11-20 (Created page with "Present: JE, RL, TM * Publicity ** Press release on the reconstituted Board and its activities has been finalized. List of press contacts at Board:Campaigns to be expand...")
- 15:44, 17 November 2020 Tristan Miller talk contribs created page Board:Campaigns/2020-11/Drafts (Created page with "== Slashdot == == Kevin Poulsen == == Kieren McCarthy == == Cory Doctorow == == Kevin Driscoll == == Jean Kumagai ==")