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Nice start, Keith.  Allow me to address a few items here...

On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 17:22:31 -0400, in article <35E9C296.1C75516D@huskynet.com>, Keith A. Glass <salgak@huskynet.com> wrote:
: OK Folks, there seems to be enough support for dc.general.moderated.

: Now we have to set some criteria as to what will be allowed:

try to keep the format similar to the dc.jobs and dc.forsale.* documents.  They are posted about weekly in those groups, plus dc.config.  I can send a copy 
separately if you wish.

: 1.  dc.general.moderated is a moderated newsgroup whose purpose is to
: discuss
: issues and events of interest to the Metropolitan Washington DC area.

"... of general interest specific to.."

: It is not
: a forum for political discussions of items that occur in Washington due
: to the
: presence of the seat of the Federal Government: alt.politics.*,
: talk.politics.*.

Don't focus on dc.politics.  True, that is the root of the problem, but
you don't want to single out a particular problem to rationalize the
proposed solution.  Better to couch this in more general terms, i.e. the group
is for discussion that do not fit appropriately in any of the other dc.* 
newsgroups.

: Nor is it a place to talk about who's running for election in DC,
: Montgomery,
: PG, Fairfax, Arlington, or any of the other jurisdictions which comprise
: the
: DC Metro area: we have dc.politics for that. . .  unless it's funny.

Ah, comedy is good. :-)

: 2. Cross-posting policy:  If it's of general interest to DC area
: netizens, specifically,
: then it's not likely that it will be of similar interest to other
: groups, with the exception
: of perhaps va.general, md.general, and balt.general.  Hence, a limit of
: 3 other groups
: may be listed on a post to dc.general.moderated.  

Consider also wv.*.

: Furthermore, to limit
: extraneous
: cross-posts and net.trolls, if a post is cross-posted to ANY *.politics
: group, or an
: alt.fan.* group of a non-DC-area personality, or any talk.* group, it
: will
: automatically be excluded.

Again, don't get specific in the target of the problem.  It may be better
to simply limit the crossposting to 4, then see what other problems crop
up that occur on a continuing basis.  The support seems to be there, but
let's not make it tight, then have to say "oops".  Easier to tighten up 
to correct a problem if support exists.

: 3.  There will be two moderators on dc.general.moderated: either may
: approve
: a post for forwarding to the group.

Include specifics... who.

: <Note: do we want a bot to assist in the moderation of the group, and if
: so,
: who runs it ???>

What kind of bot?  If there is one, consider running it on my server, since
I administer the hierarchy, and I can watch for problems easier that way.



: We need to talk more to take this part of the charter. . .

: 4.  Upon formation of dc.general.moderated, we will ask for the
: dissolution of
: dc.general at a date "X" days after dc.g.mod is created.  Dc.general
: will have a
: daily post notifying users of the change.

I wouldn't, at least not initially.  Leave the original alone, and just
unsubscribe from it.  Might be interesting to see the result of this (my opinion here).

: OK gang, let's hash it out from this start. . .

Hashed.  :-)

- Alan

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