[ONAG] ott.politics charter
Gordon Dewis
Original date: 25 April 1997
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Charter for ott.politics
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This newsgroup is a place for Ottawa-Carleton residents to
discuss political issues and upcoming elections with a focus on the areas
of interest to local residents. During previous election campaigns,
the National Capital FreeNet has hosted on-line "All Candidates' Meetings"
for the discussion of such issues, and as a forum for local
candidates. For the upcoming federal, provincial and municipal
elections, a broader participation within the community is desired.
For the federal election we would also encourage debate in the
can.politics newsgroup, but local residents need a place to discuss local
issues, and we hope that local candidates will use this forum to respond
to local concerns.
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The nature of this newsgroup may lend itself to large debates
cross-posted to other newsgroups, losing the LOCAL flavor of the
discussion. If you wish to participate in a political discussion with
people outside of Ottawa, we recommend that you make use of the
ont.politics (Provincial) and can.politics (Federal) newsgroups.
Cross-posting in ott.politics will not be allowed. Any message that is
cross-posted between ott.politics and another newsgroup will be cancelled
automatically.
Posting of advertisements should be understood as inappropriate.
This includes campaign ads as they might need to be counted as part of
the campaign costs, and no 'costing' is available for Newsgroup
postings (Hundreds of sites pay for each message). Candidates are
strongly invited to participate in the debates, identifying a campaign
WEB site, but not posting any 'vote for me' type articles.
As specified in the ott.business.ads charter, commercial
postings will also be canceled from this newsgroup.
More information about the Ottawa News Administration Group, including
complete newsgroup charters, can be found at:
http://www.pinetree.org/ONAG
ftp://ftp.onag.pinetree.org/ONAG
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