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You can have my vote.

Patrick Coghlan (bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
> I am proposing that a new newsgroup be added to the can.*
> regional hierarchy.  The suggested name of the newsgroup 
> is can.consumers and it would be used to discuss just about
> any issue affecting consumers in Canada.
> 
> The standard template/charter is listed below.
> 
> Responses in favour/against the creation of this newsgroup
> should be posted to can.config (if available at your site)
> else in the newsgroups referenced in this posting.
> 
> If the responses are favourable, I will ask to have the 
> newsgroup created after July 22nd.
> 
> RFD follows:
> ------------
> 
>                      REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
>               unmoderated group can.consumers
> 
> Newsgroup line:
> can.consumers	Discussion of products and services available in Canada.
> 
> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
> world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup can.consumer.  This
> is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
> Procedural details are below.
> 
> RATIONALE: can.consumers
> 
> There is no newsgroup specifically for the discussion of products
> and services available in Canada.  There is a misc.consumers
> newsgroup, but its audience is mostly in the US and the postings
> related to interest rates, consumer protection, warrantees etc.
> apply mostly to the US and not Canada.  Groups such as can.general,
> ont.general and can.legal frequently receive posts of a consumer
> nature but these posts would be better served by a group dedicated
> to consumer issues.
> 
> A group dedicated to issues which affect the Canadian consumer would
> concentrate these posts for the Canadian audience and reduce them in
> inappropriate groups.
> 
> The name of the proposed group is chosen fit under the can.* regional
> hierarchy.
> 
> CHARTER: can.consumers
> 
> can.consumers is an  unmoderated newsgroup to discuss issues related to
> products and services available to Canadian consumers including such
> topics as:  banking and financial services, retail goods, food and
> beverages, insurance, travel, hazardous products, privacy and rights of
> the consumer.
> 
> This group is similar in nature to the US-oriented misc.consumers but
> deals specifically with Canadian issues as the laws and policies which
> apply to consumers in Canada are different than those which apply in the
> United States.
> 
> Commercial advertising or forsale-type posts are not permitted.
> 
> END CHARTER.
> 
> PROCEDURE:
> 
> This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In this phase
> of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
> should be raised and resolved.  The discussion period will continue
> for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
> proposal is posted to can.config), after which a Call For Votes (CFV) 
> may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it.  
> Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
> 
> All discussion of this proposal should be posted to can.config.
> 
> This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
> guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
> to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal".  Please refer to these
> documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
> questions about the process.
> 
> DISTRIBUTION:
> 
>     can.config
>     can.general
>     ont.general
>     ott.general
>     can.legal
>     can.infohighway
>     misc.consumers
> 
> 
> Proponent: Pat Coghlan <bn207@freenet.carleton.ca>
> 
> --
> 
> -Pat  
> 
> bn207@freenet.carleton.ca