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                     REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)     
          unmoderated group rec.scouting.misc   (renames rec.scouting) 
    
                     unmoderated group rec.scouting.politics     
                     CREATE rec.scouting.* hierarchy     
     
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the  
reorganization of the rec.scouting group into a rec.scouting.*  
hierarchy.  This is not   a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot  
vote at this time.   Procedural details are below.     
     
RATIONALE: all groups     
     
Rec.scouting is read by scouts and guides world-wide.    
It has become a central source of program information for them.   
The original charter for rec.scouting specified rec.scouting as  
a place to go for program information and over the years a  
great interest has emerged in discussing political issues  
related to scouting and guiding.  
  
It is time for a new group concentrating on political issues in  
scouting and guiding.  This new group will be read and written  
to by a great many people as shown by the large percentage of  
such posts in rec.scouting.  On some days this percentage  
reaches close to 50%.  
  
The appropriate place to put such a group would be in a  
rec.scouting.* hierarchy.  This hierarchy does not, presently,  
exist.  This change would create this hierarchy and a  
convient place for future expansion of rec.scouting.*  
groups. 
  
The proposed rec.scouting.misc renames the rec.scouting group  
and is necessary to avoid confusion with the hierarchy. The  
charter is the same as the previous charter, except for the  
addition that political posts will be directed to  
rec.scouting.politics.  
     
CHARTER: rec.scouting.misc     
     
Rec.scouting.misc is an unmoderated group for boy and girl  
scouts and guides, cub scouts, venturers, rovers, scout leaders  
and all people interested in scouting and guiding, worldwide.  
This group discusses issues relevant to scouting activities,  
and the administration of scout units.  It allows for the  
solicitation of advice from other netters on what to do in  
certain situations, and generally seek and provide support and  
encouragement with respect to scouting.  
    
CHARTER: rec.scouting.politics     
     
Rec.scouting.politics is an unmoderated group for discussion of   
political and controversial issues related to scouting and  
guiding programs world-wide. Postings not related to scouting  
or guiding are discouraged.     
      
END CHARTER.     
     
PROCEDURE:     
     
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In   
this phase of the process, any potential problems with the   
proposed newsgroups should raised and resolved.  The discussion   
period will continue for a minimum of 21 days (starting from   
when the first RFD for this proposal is posted to   
news.announce.newgroups).  All discussion should     
be posted to news.groups.     
     
At the end of the discussion period, a Call for Votes (CFV)   
will be posted by a neutral vote taker.     
     
This RFD attempts to fully comply with Usenet newsgroup   
creation guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet   
Newsgroup" and "Writing an RFD".  Please refer to these   
documents if you have questions about the process.     
     
DISTRIBUTION:     
     
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:     
     
  news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,rec.scouting,rec.backcountry 
...and to the mailing list SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU    
    
Discussion will take place in news.groups ONLY.  Please post   
follow-ups to news.groups only.    
     
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Proponents:    
Bill Nelson <nelsonb@aztec.asu.edu>    
James A Lindberg <jal@cray.com>