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[Revised 99/12/31; thanks for the input so far.]

With Stuart Lynne's help, I created the can.domain newsgroup late
December 1992.  As an understatement, some things have changed
since then, both in terms of USENET and the CA Domain.

From the depths of my archives ...

   can.domain:  Discussion of policies and procedures relevant to
		registration under the .CA domain, and the new technologies
		that might impact the use of the name space and supporting
		infrastructure.  This newsgroup also provides the CA Domain
		Registry Committee with the opportunity to interact with
		the Canadian USENET community to seek consensus on
		desireable and technically feasible policies respecting the
		use of the CA namespace.

		The CA Domain Introductory materials, Application form,
		and various informational articles are periodically posted
		to can.domain.  New .CA subdomain registrations are posted
		as they are approved.

		(Status: un-moderated)

I propose that it be ammended to:

   can.domain:  Discussion of policies, procedures, and administration
		of the CA Domain, including impact of new technologies
		and developments as they may affect the namespace and
		supporting infrastructure.  This newsgroup provides the
		CA Domain administration and interested parties with a
		public forum to seek consensus on desirable and
		technically feasible policies for the Canadian community.

		The CA Domain documentation and related informational
		articles are periodically posted to can.domain.  New
		.CA subdomain registration summaries may be posted.

		Totally off-charter articles and all ads are explicitly
		prohibited and may be cancelled.

		(Status: un-moderated)

Note that from a USENET perspective a newsgroup is either "moderated"
or not.  In practice, the can.domain newsgroup is retro-moderated to
ensure its continued viability.

The new canonical one-line charter summary would be:
can.domain		CA Domain information and debate.

Please post comments, objections, and suggestions to can.domain
by January 15, 2000.  I'll act on the result shortly thereafter.

[This will be manually reposted a couple or so times to ensure
 it's not missed by anyone concerned.]

                --ed            (Ed Hew)
--
   CA Domain Registry liaison,
   Ontario, UUCP, and unaffiliated organizations.
   http://www.registry.ca/path-reg.html
   <registry@cs.utoronto.ca>,<edhew@registry.ca>