🚀 go-pugleaf

I'm thinking of kill-filing you. bc.config doesn't exist according to 
Shawnews but Google has it as a dead group.

"Rob Maxwell" <bc_van_usenet@fastmail.ca> wrote in message 
news:13djbfuincfbb0c@news.supernews.com...
>
> 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 "current-event" in the name at 
> their discretion and remove same at a later date. This creation or removal 
> of a "current-event" shall 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-
>
> -- 
> Rob Maxwell
> Administrator
> bc and van hierarchies
>
>