Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
Alexander Bartolich
moderated group comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce is not functioning,
and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).
This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function,
and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and instal-
lation of a new moderator. In practice, the Big-8 Management Board
considers the third alternative--changing the status of the group from
moderated to unmoderated--as likely to cause more harm than good.
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces.
<comp-unix-bsd-f...@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.switch.ch[130.59.10.10] said: 550 Unrouteable address (in reply
to RCPT TO command)
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce Announcements pertaining to FreeBSD. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
CHARTER OF COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.ANNOUNCE
Moderated by Jordan Hubbard <j...@freefall.cdrom.com>
This newsgroup is for announcements relating to the FreeBSD
operating system. Things appropriate for the .announce group
would include announcements of new versions of FreeBSD,
announcements of major software releases (both commercial
and freely redistributable) for FreeBSD (e.g. new version of
X11 for FreeBSD), announcements of fixes for major bugs, and
the like. FAQs relating to FreeBSD should also be cross-posted
to this group.
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote
for creation by 338:69 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 22 Feb 1995.
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander...@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
Those who wish to comment on this moderator vacancy investigation should
subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant
threads in that newsgroup.
To this end, the followup header of this MVI has been set to
news.groups.proposals.
For more information on the MVI process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:mvi
CHANGE HISTORY:
2009-10-29 Probe post bounced
2009-11-29 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
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Alexander Bartolich
moderated group comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
Philip Paeps and Giorgos Keramidas were appointed by Jordan Hubbard
to be the new moderators of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce.
A probe post has shown that the new submission address is working.
CHANGE HISTORY:
2009-10-29 Probe post bounced
2009-11-29 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
2009-12-13 Probe post was answered
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