FAQ - Charter for Soc.Culture.Hawaii

For more details, please see the complete FAQ at http://www.lava.net/~sch/

This newsgroup is of interest to all people of Hawai'i (current,
former and prospective residents, Native Hawaiians, locals, kama'aina
and malihini) as well as those fascinated by Hawai'i's unique history,
music, culture and lifestyle.

Suggested topics of discussion will include:

Cultures and lifestyles of Hawaii
Music and food of Hawai'i
Hawaiian language and pidgin
History of Hawai'i
Hawaiian sovereignty
News and politics of Hawai'i
Favorite sights, amusements, restaurants
Fond reminiscences of times and things past

Hawaiian Translation of Charter:
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He hoihoi keia 'aha kuka nuhou no ka po'e a pau i noho ma Hawai'i nei ma
       _    _                                   _      _      _
mua a keia wa paha, a i 'ole i kekahi mua aku, na kama'aina, na malihini,
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a me na kanaka 'oiwi pu kekahi, 'o ia ho'i na po'e a pau loa e hoihoi
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nui ana i ka mo'aukala, ka puolo, ka mo'omeheu, a me ka nohona ma

Hawai'i nei.

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Eia kekahi o na kumuhana e kukakuka ai:

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Na mo'omeheu a me ka nohona ma Hawai'i

Ka puolo a me ka mea'ai o Hawai'i
    _
Ka 'olelo Hawai'i a me ka 'olelo pa'i 'ai
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Ka mo'aukala o Hawai'i
            _
Ke ea o ka 'aina o Hawai'i
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Ka nuhou a me ke kalai'aina o Hawai'i
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Na wahi maka'ikai, na hana le'ale'a, a me na hale 'aina

Ka hali'a 'ana i ke au i hala

An' if  you jus' like talk story ... eh, no shame, brah ... Geev'um!

Provisions of this charter may be changed by vote.  A proposal for a
revised charter must be posted and discussed for at least three weeks.
The proposal may be revised and reposted as necessary.  Votes will be
taken by a neutral votetaker.  The revision will pass if at least 2/3
of the voters vote YES, and if there are 100 more YES votes than NO
votes.

END CHARTER.

MODERATION:

Soc.culture.hawaii is a moderated group.

THE FUNCTION OF THE MODERATORS IS TO KEEP ARTICLES ON TOPIC ACCORDING TO
THE CHARTER OF THE NEWSGROUP.  MODERATORS DO NOT PASS JUDGEMENT ON THE
CONTENT OF A POST.  RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF A POST LIES SOLELY
WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE POST.

There will be five moderators:

Moderator: Kevin Chung       <kch...@simplex.com>
Moderator: Susan Jaworowski  <sus...@lava.net>
Moderator: Lani Teshima      <l...@lava.net>
Moderator: Sharon Westfall   <west...@lava.net>
Moderator: Michael J. Wise   <mjw...@kapu.net>

Moderators will serve until they resign or are asked to step down by a
unanimous vote of the other moderators.  New moderators will be
appointed by the remaining moderators upon the advice of the
readership of soc.culture.hawaii.

Articles submitted to s.c.h should be posted daily.  The moderators
shall consult with Chris Payne (facilitator) to arrange the details of
moderation.

Moderators will be guided by the prevailing sentiments of the group
in their decisions to permit or refuse articles.  In general,
moderators are to refuse:

1) off-topic articles
2) gross profanity and indecency
3) binaries
4) advertising
      However, brief, factual announcements of concerts, hula
      competitions, luaus and other such events will be accepted as
      long as readers of the newsgroup find these announcements
      useful.

END MODERATION.