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What the hell are you talking about????

Cheers!

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"Rob Maxwell" <bc_van_usenet@fastmail.ca> wrote in message
news:a5nin7$7qnov$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. 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.
>
> -END-
>
>
>

Richard Pitt wrote:
> ...
> alt.swedish.chefs.bork.bork.bork.bork ...

Ah! I wondered why there was nothing in that NG discussing that Icelandic
dipshit singer.

(Yes, I know the "j" is missing.)