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Sounds good.  You have my vote.  One thought though.  Require a real email
address for posting but allow alteration of the email address to avoid
spam; such as a spam block before the @ symbol with clear instructions on
how to correct it.  Such as I have below.

Regards,

Jim
whitelawNOSPAM@his.com
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Keith A. Glass <salgak@huskynet.com> wrote in article
<35EED58F.640E@huskynet.com>...
> OK gang. . .  Here goes, Mark III.
> 
> Let me know what you think. . . 
> 
> 
> **********
> Proposed FAQ/ Charter and Guidelines for moderation of 
> proposed newsgroup "dc.general.moderated"
> 
> The purpose of dc.general.moderated is to provide a forum for
> discussion of items of general interest specific to the 
> Washington, DC, Metropolitan area, in an atmosphere free
> of excessive cross-posts.
> 
> The idea is to discuss LOCAL issues.  Political Issues dealing
> with various aspects and actions of the FEDERAL government,
> including one's opinion of the President, Senator such-and-such
> or your particular political viewpoint on a national issue
> have other forums in which they are more appropriate.  The
> users of dc.general.moderated request that you post such items
> to those more appropriate fora.  Federal Policies regarding 
> purely local issues (i.e. the Wilson Bridge, the DC Financial 
> Control Board, Home Rule, etc) are on topic here.  But 
> discussions over your favorite political topic, such as 
> abortion, Federal gun control policy (as opposed to local 
> policies), etc. are not welcome here.
> 
> The intent is to robo-moderate the group using the following
> criteria:
> 
> Any acceptable message must have: 
> 
>   - No more than 4 newsgroups total 
>         (should weed out a lot of spam)
>   - No *.general other than dc, va, md, balt, md.pg, md.mont, or wv 
>         (amendable if other local hierarchies appear)
>   - Posted to no other dc.* groups other than dc.general
>         (if it's not of general interest, why post it here ??)
>   - Not be cross-posted to alt.test
>         (to stop the occaisional net.joker)
> 
> Any message that does not meet the criteria will be robomoderated.
> 
> You will note that we do not, at this point, suggest moderation
> by topic, or the exclusion of net-abusers, trollers, or spammers.
> This is not to say that we may not consider doing so at some time
> in the future, if the noise level begins to drown out the newsgroup.
> 
> Changes to bot moderation policy must be approved by the current 
> administrator(s) of the dc.hierarchy
> *****
>