Changes to How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup
David C Lawrence
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by sp...@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 17 Sep 1993 by ta...@uunet.uu.net
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Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by sp...@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
! Last-change: 23 Sep 1992 by sp...@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION
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Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by sp...@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
! Last-change: 17 Sep 1993 by ta...@uunet.uu.net
+ [[ Special note: a proposal for major updates to this document should
+ be out in the not very distant future. In the meantime a major
+ change has been made in this document with regard to handling of
+ the vote. ]]
+
GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION
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moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups
! to announce-...@uunet.uu.net.
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moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups
! to newg...@uunet.uu.net.
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The Vote
+
+ Currently, the use of the Usenet Volunteer Votetakers (UVV) is strongly
+ advocated for all newsgroup proposals. Ron Dippold <rdip...@qualcomm.com>
+ co-ordinates this group. Contact him to arrange the handling of the vote.
+ The mechanics of vote will be handled in accord with the paragraphs below.