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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...")
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")
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")
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}...")
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...")
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...")
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
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 uploaded 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 created page 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...")
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...")
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....")