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bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Patrick Coghlan) writes:
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>From: bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Patrick Coghlan)
>Newsgroups: can.newprod,can.talk.smoking,ott.housing,van.general,van.forsale,can.forsale,can.med.misc,can.atlantic.forsale,ott.forsale.other,ott.forsale.computing
>Subject: How about a can.consumers newsgroup????
>Followup-To: can.config
>Date: 17 Jul 1996 14:42:24 GMT
>Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
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>Sender: bn207@freenet3.carleton.ca (Patrick Coghlan)
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>Reply-To: bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Patrick Coghlan)
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>
>
>I'd like to suggest that we create a newsgroup specifically for the
>discussion of products and services available in Canada.  E.g.
>bank fees, interest rates, warrantees, service, insurance, consumer
>protection etc.  The proposed name is can.consumers - modelled after
>the misc.consumers group which deals primarily with US consumer issues.
>
>If you are in favour of such a group, please post a message to this effect
>so that I can ask one of the news server administrators to create it.  The
>more "AYE" votes received, the more likely a news admin can be convinced
>that creating such a group would be justified.
>
>I've posted snippits of the standard newsgroup RFD below and provided a 
>charter etc. for the proposed group.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>                    REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
>              unmoderated group can.consumers
>
>Newsgroup line:
>can.consumers	Discussion of products and services available in Canada.
>
>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:
>
>All discussion of this proposal should be posted to can.config if available
>at your site.  If this group is not available at your site, you can send
>your reply via e-mail to bn207@freenet.carleton.ca.
>
>Proponent: Pat Coghlan <bn207@freenet.carleton.ca>
>
>--
>
>-Pat  
>
>bn207@freenet.carleton.ca