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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
     * Newsgroup charters (rules)
          + sbay.education charter
          + sbay.forsale charter
          + sbay.general charter
          + sbay.hams charter
          + sbay.health charter
          + sbay.housing charter
          + sbay.linux charter
          + sbay.networking charter
          + sbay.news.config charter
          + sbay.news.group charter
          + sbay.news.stats charter
          + sbay.politics charter
          + sbay.sports charter
          + sbay.test charter
          + sbay.transportation charter
     * sbay.hams Periodic Information
     * sbay.linux Periodic Information
     * sbay.networking Periodic Information
     * sbay.transportation Periodic Information
       
   
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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.

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

   The following newsgroups were added in December 2000:

sbay.education          K-12, college and other training in the South Bay.
sbay.health             Medical/dental/etc health care and services in the Sout
h Bay.
sbay.housing            Rentals, sales, roommates and other residential issues
in the South Bay.
sbay.networking         Networking technical projects and development in the So
uth Bay.
sbay.politics           Local politics in the South Bay.
sbay.transportation     Transit, road, bicycle, pedestrian and air transportati
on in the South Bay.

   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
sbay.waffle     removed, superseded by sbay.general in Dec 2000 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 December 09, 2003
   
   
    webmaster@sbay.org
    
   


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Posting Schedule for sbay.org Information Articles
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These periodic articles are posted on a staggered schedule on the days
of the month shown below.
  2,9,16,23 SBAY Newsgroups          3,10,17,24 SBAY Newsgroup Policies
  1st,15th  SBAY.ORG Introduction    4th,18th   HOWTO: sbay Newsgroup Access
  8th,22nd  SBAY.ORG Social Events   12th,26th  SBAY.ORG Domain Park
  16th,30th SBAY Wireless Network    6th,20th   sbay.transportation Info
  12th,26th sbay.hams Info           7th,21st   sbay.networking Info
  11th,25th sbay.linux Info

Newsgroup charters are each posted weekly on these days of the week:
  sbay.education on Fridays          sbay.forsale on Thursdays
  sbay.general on Wednesdays         sbay.hams on Saturdays
  sbay.health on Sundays             sbay.housing on Tuesdays
  sbay.linux on Sundays              sbay.networking on Wednesdays
  sbay.news.config on Tuesdays       sbay.news.group on Mondays
  sbay.news.stats on Mondays         sbay.politics on Thursdays
  sbay.sports on Fridays             sbay.test on Saturdays
  sbay.transportation on Mondays

All of these files are also available any time from http://www.sbay.org/

About the sbay.* Newsgroups
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The sbay.* newsgroups are only for articles at least partly specific to
the South Bay Area, which is Santa Clara County, California (Silicon Valley)
and vicinity in Northern and Central California.  These are intended for
use by local residents only.  Articles from outside Northern and Central
California are violations of the newsgroup charters.  We regret that due
to years of abuse, violations are subject to cancellation and a report of
abuse to the poster's Internet Service Provider.

About sbay.org
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sbay.org is an informal association of electronic communications hobbyists
and professionals in Silicon Valley.  Among numerous volunteer activities,
our community operates the "sbay" newsgroups, a domain park (Internet
subdomain registry) and a metropolitan-area wireless network in the
South Bay/Silicon Valley area.  There are also monthly social events
including pizza get-togethers and bicycle rides, where all sorts of
technical topics in electronic communications are discussed.