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On Sat, 31 May 1997 21:20:18 +0200, aleidis
<schevelenbos.deville@khk.be> wrote:

> Kan iemand ons vertellen hoe we een nieuwe discussiegroep kunnen creeren
> ?
> 
> We willen graag een discussiegroep onder be. starten mbt
> illegalen/vluchtelingen.

Simpel ... Je start de procedure die hieronder beschreven staat gewoon
op. Eerst een RFD, dan een CFV ... stemming ... alles ok -> nieuwe
groep.

BTW: De file is wel wat gedateerd, maar de procedure is naar mijn
weten nog wel correct.

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                      BE.* Newsgroup Hierarchy 
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The be.* newsgroup hierarchy is intended for Belgium-oriented
miscellaneous newsgroups.  News server administrators can
obtain NNTP and UUCP be.* feeds from news.innet.be (contact
stef@innet.be for details).
 
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*** 
*** Current be.* newsgroups:
***

Moderated:
 be.announce          Important announcements
                      [moderated by Ivo Clarysse, 
                                   soggie@linux.cc.kuleuven.ac.be]

Unmoderated:

 be.burgerrechten     About "burgerrechten"
 be.commercial        Commercial postings
 be.comp              Computers
 be.forsale           Non-commercial sales announcements
 be.jobs              Jobs Jobs Jobs
 be.misc              Miscellaneous
 be.providers         About Belgian Internet Providers
 be.providers.freenet About The Freenet Project v.z.w.
 be.science           About science and scientific research
 be.sport             About sport in Belgium
 be.tv                About Television (programs)
 be.politics          Politics



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***
*** Creating a new be.* newsgroup
***

People wishing to create a new newsgroup in the be-hierarchy, should
follow the following procedure:  
 
First, publish an RFD (Request for Discussion).  In this, you discuss
your arguments for creating the newsgroup.  The procedure is described
below.
 
 
 
	--------------- The RFD (Request For Discussion)
---------------
 
 	For an RFD of a certain newsgroup, the following holds:
 
 
 	RFD-1:
 	It has to be posted in be.announce, so that everyone can be
 	notified.  There is no objection to cross-posting; this is
 	possible by specifying a list of newsgroups in the
'Newsgroups'
	headerline, eg.:

 		Newsgroups: be.announce,be.misc
 
 	By using a 'Followup-To:' headerline, followups should be
directed
        to be.misc by preference, eg.:
 
 		Followup-To: be.misc
 
 	RFD-2:
 	A so-called 'charter' needs to be declared, i.e. a description
 	of the content of the newsgroup to be created.  It would be
nice
 	if the 'charter' is already composed before the start of the
RFD.
 	Also, a short one-line description needs to be determined, eg:
 
 		be.test		For testing news software
configurations	
 
 	If the newsgroup has to be moderated, a moderator has to be
 	appointed and available.
 
 	RFD-3:
 	During the RFD, which is at least 10 days, the name of the 
 	newsgroup needs to be determined.  If there is no consensus
 	within two weeks about the name of the newsgroup, the
discussion
 	regarding the name of the newsgroup has to be continued by 
 	e-Mail.  As soon as consensus is reached, a new RFD has to be
 	started.
 
 	There are some restrictions on the name of a newsgroup.  A
name
 	component may not be longer than 14 characters.  A name
component
 	consisting solely of digits is not allowed; capitals are not
 	allowed, and only '+', '-' and '_' are allowed as punctuation
 	marks. 
 
 
 	RFD-4:
 	If there are no serious objections against the RFD concerning
 	this newsgroup-to-be, a vote concerning the creation of this
 	newsgroup can be held.  This is called the 'Call For Votes'
(CFV).


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The procedures for a CFV are  described below.  Note that even though
it is not stated explicitly (yet), you are strongly encouraged to
use a neutral votetaker.  If for example the instigator of a RFD/CFV 
procedure also acts as the votetaker, (s)he has an unfair advantage 
towards his/her 'opponents', because he always knows how many YES 
votes (s)he has short.
 
 	------------------- The CFV (Call For Votes)
-------------------
 
 	A volunteer for the CFV votetaking has to be found.
 
 	If a consensus is reached about the name of the newsgroup
 	to be created (through a succesfull RFD), a vote concerning
the
 	creation can be held through a CFV.  For this, a mail-address
 	needs to be found or created, to which votes can be sent.
Always
 	verify whether the mail address works *BEFORE* the start of
the 
        voting period.
 
 	For a CFV of a certain newsgroup, the following holds:
 
 	CFV-1:
 	See RFD-1.
 
 	CFV-2:
 	The following has to be mentioned in the CFV:
 	- The 'charter' of the newsgroup, eg. the purpose of the
newsgroup
 	  (see RFD-2);
 	- The start of the voting period
 	- The end of the voting period
 	- The mail address to which the votes can be sent and the way
 	  one can vote either in favour of or against.
 
 	CFV-3:
 	The voting office will be opened either 2 or 3 weeks.
 
 	CFV-4:
 	For each week during the voting period, an appeal for
convincing
 	those who have not yet voted to vote, may be posted. 
 
 	At the second and following voting appeals, a list of votes
has
 	to be included (obviously without their votes).
 
 	CFV-5:
 	After the end of the voting period, the result of the vote has
 	to be posted in be.announce (Again, there is no objection to
 	cross-posting). Again, make sure followups are sent to be.misc
.
 	
 	The NO-voters, the YES-voters and the result need to be
clearly
 	mentioned.
 
 	The voting result has to be made public within 5 days after
 	the end of the voting period.  For each day exceeding this
 	limit, the objection period is extended with two days.  If the
 	result isn't posted after 3 weeks, the vote is declared 
 	negative, and CFV-7 holds.
 
 	CFV-6:
 	After the posting of the CFV result a period of at least 5
days	
 	needs to be taken into account, in which objections can be
 	made concerning the result.
 
 	CFV-7:
 	If the result of the CFV is positive (see CFV-8) for the 
 	newsgroup to be created, the results (see CFV-5) have to be
 	mailed to <newgroup@innet.be>, together with a request to
 	honor the result of the CFV.
 
 	If the voting turns out negative for the creation of the
 	newsgroup, a vote for an equally named newsgroup cannot
 	be issued within the 6 following months.
 
 	CFV-8:
 	The criteria for creating a new be-newsgroup are:
 	- There have to be at least 30 more YES-voters than NO-voters.
 	- At least 2/3 of the voters needs to have voted YES.
 

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Tom.
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