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                             THE SBAY.* NEWSGROUPS
                                       
Table of Contents

     * Charter of the sbay.* Newsgroup Hierarchy
     * Introduction
     * sbay.* Newsgroup List
       
Related Topics Also Available at www.sbay.org

     * The sbay.* Newsgroup Hierarchy Policies
     * sbay.forsale charter
     * sbay.general charter
     * sbay.hams charter
     * sbay.linux charter
     * sbay.news.config charter
     * sbay.news.group charter
     * sbay.news.stats charter
     * sbay.sports charter
     * sbay.test charter
     * sbay.waffle charter
       
   
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Charter of the sbay.* Newsgroup Hierarchy

   The sbay.* newsgroups are for local discussion in and about the South
   Bay/Silicon Valley Area. Articles in all sbay.* newsgroups must be at
   least partly specific to the South Bay Area.
   
   The list of newsgroup topics follows after the introduction.
   
Introduction

   The sbay.* newsgroup hierarchy is a regional hierachy serving the
   Silicon Valley/South Bay Area. "South Bay Area" refers to the southern
   San Francisco Bay Area, specifically including Santa Clara and Santa
   Cruz Counties along with southern Alameda County.
   
   We realize there may be other areas which refer to themselves as
   "South Bay". This newsgroup hierarchy applies to Silicon Valley in the
   southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area. For example, readers
   in the southern Santa Monica Bay area should be aware that their
   regional hierarchy is la.* (for Los Angeles).
   
   It isn't a coincidence that the sbay.org community network has a
   nearly identical name to the newsgroups. Some of the same people
   started both the sbay.* newsgroups and sbay.org. And today the same
   people are involved in coordinating both of them. But sbay.org and the
   sbay.* newsgroups aren't the same thing - any news site in the South
   Bay Area or any news site which carries multiple regional news
   hierarchies is welcome to carry the sbay.* newsgroups. (Actually, the
   sbay.* newsgroups have a wide distribution now that all major online
   providers and ISPs carry them, usually because they have customers in
   or from the South Bay.)
   
sbay.* Newsgroup List

   These are the original sbay newsgroups (minus superseded ones) dating
   back to 1992.

sbay.forsale            Items for sale in the South Bay (local articles only).
sbay.hams               South Bay amateur radio related news and events.
sbay.test               Testing area for South Bay sites.
sbay.waffle             Waffle BBS topics specific to the South Bay.

   The following newsgroups were added in February 1994:

sbay.general            Miscellaneous topics specific to the South Bay.
sbay.linux              Linux topics specific to the South Bay.
sbay.sports             South Bay sports.

   The following newsgroups were added in May 1995:

sbay.news.group         South Bay newsgroup meta-discussion.
sbay.news.config        South Bay connectivity and maps.
sbay.news.stats         South Bay automated statistics and site info.

   The following newsgroups are obsolete:

sbay.groups     superseded by sbay.news.group in May 1995 reorg
sbay.talk       superseded by sbay.general in Feb 1994 reorg

   Please encourage sites carrying obsolete newsgroups to alias them to
   the current newsgroup names. Sometimes all they need is an e-mail
   reminder.
     _________________________________________________________________
   
   Updated November 18, 1997
   
   
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