Nan:2010-03-19-result-comp.lang.java.announce
From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
From: Big-8 Management Board <board@big-8.org>
Subject: RESULT: comp.lang.java.announce will be removed
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:40:59 EDT
Message-ID: <ho0gb9$571$1@news.albasani.net>comp.lang.misc:50960
RESULT
comp.lang.java.announce will be removed
The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 2010-03-07 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.lang.java.announce.
Vote results (yes-no-abstain): 9-0-0
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.
<comp-lang-java-announce@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550 Unrouteable address (in
reply to RCPT TO command)
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
comp.lang.java.announce Announcements re the Java System. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.lang.java.announce
comp.lang.misc
CHARTER OF COMP.LANG.JAVA.ANNOUNCE
This moderated, low-volume group is for Java-related announcements,
including:
o new releases of software
(compilers, development kits, browsers, etc.)
o new publicly accessible applets
o events (user group meetings, conferences, etc.)
o new packages or announcements of official specification changes.
This is not a discussion group (posts that are likely to generate
discussion should have follow-ups set to one of the other Java groups).
Moderation policy:
The intent of moderation is to ensure this is a low-noise group, and to
prevent excessive advertising by any single company. Posts announcing
commercial products are acceptable, providing they are kept to a
reasonable frequency.
It is not appropriate to post binary classfiles or long source listings
on any of these groups. Instead, the post should reference a WWW or FTP
site (short source snippets to demonstrate a particular point or problem
are fine).
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
comp.lang.java.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 491:38 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 11 Jun 1996.
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-01-19 Probe post
2010-01-24 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2010-02-06 1st RFD
2010-02-21 2nd RFD
2010-03-07 LCC
2010-03-19 RESULT
