[1041] in comp.os.os2.announce archive
RFD: comp.os.os2.moderated moderated
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Duringer)
Tue Apr 16 08:27:45 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 15 Apr 1996 20:24:14 -0000
From: Jon Duringer <jcd@ideafarm.com>
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
moderated group comp.os.os2.moderated
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup. This is not a Call for Votes
(CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below.
Newsgroup line:
comp.os.os2.moderated OS/2 usage tips, info, discussion. (Moderated)
RATIONALE: comp.os.os2.moderated
The group comp.os.os2.misc is currently used by many OS/2 users and
others to read usage tips and information and to discuss issues
related to OS/2. That newsgroup has a high volume of postings, many
of which are crossposted or are of an inflammatory or otherwise
noninformative nature. Interest in a moderated group has been
expressed repeatedly in that newsgroup.
CHARTER: comp.os.os2.moderated
This newsgroup will provide a forum for moderated discussion of usage
tips, information, and issues related to the OS/2 operating system.
Moderators will eliminate
* Crossposts that also appear in other OS/2-related newsgroups
* Posts that contain no information regarding the use of OS/2.
* Patently inflammatory posts
No attempt will be made to eliminate information that is incorrect, to
evaluate whether a particular post is "interesting enough", or to
censor discussions based on the opinions expressed. The only
requirement will be that the discussion continue to relate to OS/2 and
that it continue to be informative. The role of the moderators will
be to create a newsgroup with civil and informative discussion
threads.
There will be a team of at least two, and not more than five,
moderators. Each moderator will forward each rejected post to one of
the other moderators, who will, at her option, either discard it or
return it to the poster. The identity of the moderators will be
known, but the moderator who rejected a particular post will not be
revealed.
The moderator team will, by vote, determine whether to redirect posts
or to request that the submitter resubmit the posts to the proper
newsgroup. The policy regarding redirection may be changed at any
time and may be temporarily changed for any reason.
Anyone may post a "call for votes" in an effort to join the moderator
team. Not more than once per quarter, a slate of candidates will be
posted in response, which lists the current moderators and the new
candidates (identified as such). If a candidate receives at least 100
votes and receives more votes than an incumbant, then the candidate
will replace the incumbant. If there are less than five moderators,
the moderators will decide, by vote, whether to post a "call for
votes" or to just vote on the candidate themselves. The coordinator
will break ties.
Moderators will choose, by vote, a coordinator. This coordinator may,
but need not, be a moderator.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: comp.os.os2.moderated
Moderator: Adam Adkins <adam@onramp.net>
Moderator: (coordinator) Jon Duringer <jcd@ideafarm.com>
The above list of moderators is for the purposes of discussing this
RFD only; the actual moderator team will be determined as follows.
Nominations will be collected by the seed coordinator during the
period before the newsgroup becomes operational. Individuals may, and
should, nominate themselves. At the end of this period, the seed
coordinator will call for a public vote, listing all nominees as well
as the seed moderators. The five candidates with the highest vote
will become the moderator team. This team will then vote privately to
select a coordinator.
The seed team will consist of and
(coordinator).
END MODERATOR INFO.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
comp.os.os2.announce
A pointer to this article will be posted to:
comp.os.os2.misc
comp.os.os2.advocacy
comp.os.os2.apps
comp.os.os2.setup.misc
comp.os.os2.networking.misc
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Proponent: Jon Duringer <jcd@ideafarm.com>
--
DBA Jon C. Duringer, Crafter
Operations Manager, IdeaFarm Operations
quick: ifo@ideafarm.com, personal: jcd@ideafarm.com
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