🚀 go-pugleaf

It's a load of phony BS that's been circulating around for a while.

User wrote:

> What is up with that?
>
> "Rob Maxwell" <bc_van_usenet@fastmail.ca> wrote in message
> news:aks5nn$1ke5e9$1@ID-80930.news.dfncis.de...
> >
> > Newsgroup Control Policy for bc.* and van.* hierarchies.
> >
> > 1. Proposals for new bc/van groups or removal of same should be submitted
> to
> > bc_van_usenet@fastmail.ca.
> >
> > 2. After any needed editing, the proposal will be posted to bc.config.
> >
> > 3. These proposals will be posted to bc.admin.announce, a newsgroup that
> will
> > not accept submissions or posts, which will serve as a place to post all
> > administrative-related posts including proposals, ballots, vote results,
> and
> > announcement of creation or removal of newsgroups.
> >
> > 4. After the posting of the proposal, there will be a ten-day discussion
> > period.
> >
> > 4a. If there are significant changes, a new proposal will need to be
> > submitted.
> >
> > 5. If there are no significant changes, a ten-day voting period will
> > occur.
> >
> > 6. Any proposed newsgroup that receives 50% or more of the votes in
> > favor of its creation from a minimum of ten different voters will be made
> > within five days of the end of the vote barring any significant objection
> to
> > the voting results.
> >
> > 7. Removal of bc or van newsgroups shall follow the above procedure except
> > that two-thirds of the voters must approve removal and the newsgroup shall
> not
> > have more than an average of three posts per day over a thirty-day period
> (a
> > total of 90 posts).
> >
> > 8. Only one newsgroup may be included in a proposal to create or remove.
> >
> > 9. Final decision on the name and description of proposed new newsgroups
> shall
> > be of the Administrator.
> >
> > 10. Exceptions to the above:
> >
> > a) Administrative newsgroups shall be made or removed at the discretion of
> > the Administrator.
> >
> > b) Attempts to circumvent the above procedures will result in a reversal
> > action being taken as needed.
> >
> > c) Patently offensive proposals; groups that serve to promote or embarrass
> > individuals, websites, companies, products, or other entities; topics of a
> > clearly national or global interest; or other potential troublesome
> > newsgroups will be ignored.
> >
> > d) In the event of a major newsworthy occurrence in the Greater Vancouver
> > and/or British Columbian region along the order of the attack upon the
> World
> > Trade Center on 11 September 2001, the Administrator shall create a bc or
> > van newsgroup that shall include $BED(Burrent-event$B!&(Bin the name
> at their
> > discretion and remove same at a later date. This creation or removal of a
> > $BED(Burrent-event$B!&(Bshall bypass the discussion/voting procedure
> outlined above.
> >
> > 11) Policy changes will be made as needed to adapt to prevailing
> conditions in
> > the bc.* hierarchy, van.* hierarchy, Usenet (in the greater NetNews
> sense),
> > the nntp protocol, or current News Administration practices at the
> discretion
> > of the Administrator.
> >
> > -END-
> >
> >
> >