Nan:2010-01-17-RESULT-comp-sys-psion-announce

From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Subject: RESULT: comp.sys.psion.announce will be removed
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:59:33 EST
Message-ID: <hiv6ui$g2f$1@news.albasani.net>


                              RESULT
              comp.sys.psion.announce will be removed

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2010-01-09 initiated a five-day
period for final comments.  Following this comment period, the Big-8
Management Board has decided by vote to remove moderated group
comp.sys.psion.announce.

Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 10-0-0

RATIONALE:

Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.

cspa-mod@lspace.org
  (generated from comp-sys-psion-announce@moderators.isc.org)
  SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<cspa-mod@lspace.org>:
  host morrigan.tuatha.org [193.1.193.138]: 550 <cspa-mod@lspace.org>:
  Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table

NEWSGROUPS LINE:

comp.sys.psion.announce	Announcements of Psion related products. (Moderated)

DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.sys.psion.announce

CHARTER OF COMP.SYS.PSION.ANNOUNCE

The purpose of this newsgroup is double: on one hand, be a general
announcement group for all kinds of Psion hardware / software and on
the other hand, be a general introduction group for Psion newcomers
as the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) will be posted only to this
group.

Moderation Policy:

The group will be moderated because it should be essentially
advertisement free and contain only important information. The
proposed moderator is Michael L. Kaufman.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

comp.sys.psion.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 218:31 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 14 Jun 1996.

PROPONENT:

Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>

CHANGE HISTORY:

2009-10-29	Probe post bounced
2009-11-29	Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2009-12-13	1st RFD
2009-12-27	2nd RFD
2010-01-09	LCC
2010-01-17	RESULT