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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. At a later date, these proposals will be posted to an another administrative
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. [To
clarify: this step is being skipped for the moment.]

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.

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