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Jan Isley  
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 More options May 24 1996, 3:00 am
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From: Jan Isley <j...@bagend.atl.ga.us>
Date: 1996/05/24
Subject: CFV: soc.culture.belarus moderated

                     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                 moderated group soc.culture.belarus

Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.belarus     All things about Belarus. (Moderated)

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 14 Jun 1996.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
Votetaker: Jan Isley <j...@bagend.atl.ga.us>

RATIONALE: soc.culture.belarus

The topic of Belarus is a topic that needs the platform of a Usenet
newsgroup.  There are over 10 million Belarusians in the Republic of
Belarus, plus an additional 3.5 million that are members of the
Belarusian Diaspora.  There is no current Usenet newsgroup that
addresses this topic.  Soc.culture.soviet is the only possibility,
but at best, it is a very, very broad forum.

The need for a moderated group is best explained by a taking a casual
look at the many off-topic postings in other, non-moderated Usenet
soc.culture.* groups.  We would like to avoid such problems from
the start.

CHARTER: soc.culture.belarus

The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our
understanding of the official spelling.  We use this spelling out of
a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan"
should be the spelling in English.  Possibly, efforts will be
initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan."

Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of
information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history,
economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus.

Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not
restricted to the following aspects of Belarus:
     Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc.
     Language issues related to Belarusian
     Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues
     Discussion of politics, elections, etc.
     Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as
        discussion remains relevant to Belarus
     Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them
     Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora
     Questions and information about genealogy within the
        historical territory that has been Belarus
     Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus
     Belarusian cuisine
     The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment
     Discussion of minority issues, including language, within
        Belarus
     Job opportunities within Belarus

Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and
who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite
human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this
charter.  There is no test or requirement as to how much of a
Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate.
Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to
keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict
anyone's expression of opinions.  Free speech exists within the
context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter.  If the
topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are
more appropriate.

Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian.  If in
Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8
(RFC-1489).  There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8
in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i".
This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on
this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ.  Visual
approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly
discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially
indecipherable.  Use in signatures or other short usage is
acceptable.

Format of submissions shall be as follows:
Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and
                concisely as possible

Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60
               characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for
               legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up
               posting)

Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred
           Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal
           e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others).  Meets
           conditions of this charter, including netiquette.

Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very
              long signatures and "handles" are discouraged;
              real names preferred

Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including
               soc.culture.belarus), if any at all

Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected.  Commercial
advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal
ads shall be rejected.

Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt
any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be
rejected.  Personal attacks on individual posters will also be
rejected.

When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an
announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested
people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review
discussion group.  Any discussions of changes will be made within
this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for
review by the general readership.  (Should the committee continue for
longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence
and status will be repeated once per month.)

Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and
a CFV.

Moderation Policy:

The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter
are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus.  The moderators
recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is
humanly possible.  Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1)
they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate
for the group membership as a group (rather than something that
belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other
submission standards as defined in the charter.  The forwarding of
the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in
a timely manner.  The total number of moderators shall be a minimum
of 4 and a maximum of 7.

Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete
submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the
submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours).  All of the
other moderators shall be included in the "cc."  Should the
moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a
submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override
it.  Other details will be refined during the initial existence of
soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate
all of the details of moderation in advance.

Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer
nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the
server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether
or not a post was made in a timely way.

The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator"
software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to
soc.culture.belarus.  Developments in using such software will be
posted to soc.culture.belarus for review.

The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details
of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many
moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with
threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus.

Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from
the readership as demand warrants.  If a moderator wants to retire
from the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement
at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement
moderator may be found.

Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of
at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators.  Moderators
also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel.
Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time.

E-Mail Addresses:

Two e-mail addresses will be established.  One which will receive the
submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism);
the other for contacting the group of moderators.  A home page will
also be established as a repository for the charter and other
relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator
policy updates, etc.).

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: soc.culture.belarus

Moderator: Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
Moderator: Alex Artsyukhovich <an...@faraday.clas.virginia.edu>
Moderator: Matvey Nemenman <ma...@menem.com>
Moderator: Dmitry Zelenko <zele...@cs.uiuc.edu>
Administrative contact address: scb-requ...@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Article submission address: s...@solar.rtd.utk.edu

Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~kasaty/miscellany.html
Peter Kasaty is a Belarusian-American born in Germany and works as a
technical writer, editor, and English instructor near Seattle,
Washington, USA.  He is the primary list-owner of the Belarus e-mail
list and maintainer of a web page dedicated to collecting information
about Belarus both on and off the net.  Most of his relatives live in
Belarus.  He is especially interested in Belarusian literature,
English teaching, the Internet in Belarus, and environmental issues.

Alex Artsyukhovich <an...@faraday.clas.virginia.edu>
http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~ana4a/Belarus.html
Alex Artsyukhovich is a professor in the Applied Optics Department at
Hrodna State University, currently on leave at the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.  He was born and grew up
in Hrodna, Belarus.  Alex maintains part of the "Virtual Guide to
Belarus" on the web.  Alex's main
...

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Discussion subject changed to "2nd CFV: soc.culture.belarus moderated" by Jan Isley
Jan Isley  
View profile  
 More options Jun 3 1996, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.polish, soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.soviet, soc.culture.ukrainian, soc.genealogy.slavic
Followup-To: poster
From: Jan Isley <j...@bagend.atl.ga.us>
Date: 1996/06/03
Subject: 2nd CFV: soc.culture.belarus moderated

                      LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
                 moderated group soc.culture.belarus

Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.belarus     All things about Belarus. (Moderated)

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 14 Jun 1996.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
Votetaker: Jan Isley <j...@bagend.atl.ga.us>

RATIONALE: soc.culture.belarus

The topic of Belarus is a topic that needs the platform of a Usenet
newsgroup.  There are over 10 million Belarusians in the Republic of
Belarus, plus an additional 3.5 million that are members of the
Belarusian Diaspora.  There is no current Usenet newsgroup that
addresses this topic.  Soc.culture.soviet is the only possibility,
but at best, it is a very, very broad forum.

The need for a moderated group is best explained by a taking a casual
look at the many off-topic postings in other, non-moderated Usenet
soc.culture.* groups.  We would like to avoid such problems from
the start.

CHARTER: soc.culture.belarus

The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our
understanding of the official spelling.  We use this spelling out of
a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan"
should be the spelling in English.  Possibly, efforts will be
initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan."

Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of
information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history,
economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus.

Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not
restricted to the following aspects of Belarus:
     Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc.
     Language issues related to Belarusian
     Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues
     Discussion of politics, elections, etc.
     Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as
        discussion remains relevant to Belarus
     Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them
     Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora
     Questions and information about genealogy within the
        historical territory that has been Belarus
     Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus
     Belarusian cuisine
     The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment
     Discussion of minority issues, including language, within
        Belarus
     Job opportunities within Belarus

Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and
who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite
human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this
charter.  There is no test or requirement as to how much of a
Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate.
Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to
keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict
anyone's expression of opinions.  Free speech exists within the
context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter.  If the
topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are
more appropriate.

Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian.  If in
Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8
(RFC-1489).  There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8
in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i".
This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on
this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ.  Visual
approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly
discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially
indecipherable.  Use in signatures or other short usage is
acceptable.

Format of submissions shall be as follows:
Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and
                concisely as possible

Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60
               characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for
               legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up
               posting)

Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred
           Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal
           e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others).  Meets
           conditions of this charter, including netiquette.

Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very
              long signatures and "handles" are discouraged;
              real names preferred

Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including
               soc.culture.belarus), if any at all

Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected.  Commercial
advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal
ads shall be rejected.

Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt
any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be
rejected.  Personal attacks on individual posters will also be
rejected.

When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an
announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested
people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review
discussion group.  Any discussions of changes will be made within
this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for
review by the general readership.  (Should the committee continue for
longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence
and status will be repeated once per month.)

Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and
a CFV.

Moderation Policy:

The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter
are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus.  The moderators
recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is
humanly possible.  Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1)
they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate
for the group membership as a group (rather than something that
belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other
submission standards as defined in the charter.  The forwarding of
the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in
a timely manner.  The total number of moderators shall be a minimum
of 4 and a maximum of 7.

Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete
submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the
submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours).  All of the
other moderators shall be included in the "cc."  Should the
moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a
submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override
it.  Other details will be refined during the initial existence of
soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate
all of the details of moderation in advance.

Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer
nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the
server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether
or not a post was made in a timely way.

The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator"
software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to
soc.culture.belarus.  Developments in using such software will be
posted to soc.culture.belarus for review.

The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details
of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many
moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with
threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus.

Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from
the readership as demand warrants.  If a moderator wants to retire

>from  the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement

at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement
moderator may be found.

Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of
at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators.  Moderators
also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel.
Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time.

E-Mail Addresses:

Two e-mail addresses will be established.  One which will receive the
submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism);
the other for contacting the group of moderators.  A home page will
also be established as a repository for the charter and other
relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator
policy updates, etc.).

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: soc.culture.belarus

Moderator: Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
Moderator: Alex Artsyukhovich <an...@faraday.clas.virginia.edu>
Moderator: Matvey Nemenman <ma...@menem.com>
Moderator: Dmitry Zelenko <zele...@cs.uiuc.edu>
Administrative contact address: scb-requ...@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Article submission address: s...@solar.rtd.utk.edu

Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~kasaty/miscellany.html
Peter Kasaty is a Belarusian-American born in Germany and works as a
technical writer, editor, and English instructor near Seattle,
Washington, USA.  He is the primary list-owner of the Belarus e-mail
list and maintainer of a web page dedicated to collecting information
about Belarus both on and off the net.  Most of his relatives live in
Belarus.  He is especially interested in Belarusian literature,
English teaching, the Internet in Belarus, and environmental issues.

Alex Artsyukhovich <an...@faraday.clas.virginia.edu>
http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~ana4a/Belarus.html
Alex Artsyukhovich is a professor in the Applied Optics Department at
Hrodna State University, currently on leave at the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.  He was born and grew up
in Hrodna, Belarus.  Alex maintains part of the "Virtual Guide to
Belarus" on the web.  Alex's
...

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Discussion subject changed to "RESULT: soc.culture.belarus moderated passes 164:19" by Jan Isley
Jan Isley  
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 More options Jun 17 1996, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.polish, soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.soviet, soc.culture.ukrainian, soc.genealogy.slavic
Followup-To: news.groups
From: Jan Isley <j...@bagend.atl.ga.us>
Date: 1996/06/17
Subject: RESULT: soc.culture.belarus moderated passes 164:19

                                RESULT
          moderated group soc.culture.belarus passes 164:19

soc.culture.belarus results - 183 valid votes

 Yes  No  | 2/3 >100 | Pass | Group
---- ---- | --- ---- | ---- | -------------------------------------------
 164   19 | Yes  Yes |  Yes | soc.culture.belarus
  44 invalid votes

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

Newsgroups line:
soc.culture.belarus     All things about Belarus. (Moderated)

Votes closed on 23:59:59 UTC, 14 Jun 1996.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
Votetaker: Jan Isley <j...@bagend.atl.ga.us>

RATIONALE: soc.culture.belarus

The topic of Belarus is a topic that needs the platform of a Usenet
newsgroup.  There are over 10 million Belarusians in the Republic of
Belarus, plus an additional 3.5 million that are members of the
Belarusian Diaspora.  There is no current Usenet newsgroup that
addresses this topic.  Soc.culture.soviet is the only possibility,
but at best, it is a very, very broad forum.

The need for a moderated group is best explained by a taking a casual
look at the many off-topic postings in other, non-moderated Usenet
soc.culture.* groups.  We would like to avoid such problems from
the start.

CHARTER: soc.culture.belarus

The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our
understanding of the official spelling.  We use this spelling out of
a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan"
should be the spelling in English.  Possibly, efforts will be
initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan."

Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of
information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history,
economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus.

Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not
restricted to the following aspects of Belarus:
     Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc.
     Language issues related to Belarusian
     Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues
     Discussion of politics, elections, etc.
     Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as
        discussion remains relevant to Belarus
     Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them
     Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora
     Questions and information about genealogy within the
        historical territory that has been Belarus
     Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus
     Belarusian cuisine
     The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment
     Discussion of minority issues, including language, within
        Belarus
     Job opportunities within Belarus

Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and
who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite
human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this
charter.  There is no test or requirement as to how much of a
Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate.
Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to
keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict
anyone's expression of opinions.  Free speech exists within the
context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter.  If the
topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are
more appropriate.

Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian.  If in
Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8
(RFC-1489).  There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8
in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i".
This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on
this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ.  Visual
approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly
discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially
indecipherable.  Use in signatures or other short usage is
acceptable.

Format of submissions shall be as follows:
Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and
                concisely as possible

Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60
               characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for
               legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up
               posting)

Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred
           Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal
           e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others).  Meets
           conditions of this charter, including netiquette.

Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very
              long signatures and "handles" are discouraged;
              real names preferred

Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including
               soc.culture.belarus), if any at all

Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected.  Commercial
advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal
ads shall be rejected.

Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt
any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be
rejected.  Personal attacks on individual posters will also be
rejected.

When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an
announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested
people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review
discussion group.  Any discussions of changes will be made within
this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for
review by the general readership.  (Should the committee continue for
longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence
and status will be repeated once per month.)

Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and
a CFV.

Moderation Policy:

The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter
are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus.  The moderators
recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is
humanly possible.  Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1)
they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate
for the group membership as a group (rather than something that
belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other
submission standards as defined in the charter.  The forwarding of
the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in
a timely manner.  The total number of moderators shall be a minimum
of 4 and a maximum of 7.

Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete
submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the
submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours).  All of the
other moderators shall be included in the "cc."  Should the
moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a
submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override
it.  Other details will be refined during the initial existence of
soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate
all of the details of moderation in advance.

Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer
nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the
server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether
or not a post was made in a timely way.

The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator"
software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to
soc.culture.belarus.  Developments in using such software will be
posted to soc.culture.belarus for review.

The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details
of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many
moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with
threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus.

Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from
the readership as demand warrants.  If a moderator wants to retire

>from  the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement

at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement
moderator may be found.

Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of
at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators.  Moderators
also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel.
Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time.

E-Mail Addresses:

Two e-mail addresses will be established.  One which will receive the
submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism);
the other for contacting the group of moderators.  A home page will
also be established as a repository for the charter and other
relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator
policy updates, etc.).

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: soc.culture.belarus

Moderator: Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
Moderator: Alex Artsyukhovich <an...@faraday.clas.virginia.edu>
Moderator: Matvey Nemenman <ma...@menem.com>
Moderator: Dmitry Zelenko <zele...@cs.uiuc.edu>
Administrative contact address: scb-requ...@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Article submission address: s...@solar.rtd.utk.edu

Peter Kasaty <kas...@seanet.com>
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~kasaty/miscellany.html
Peter Kasaty is a Belarusian-American born in Germany and works as a
technical writer, editor, and English instructor near Seattle,
Washington, USA.  He is the primary list-owner of the Belarus e-mail
list and maintainer of a web page dedicated to collecting information
about Belarus both on and off the net.  Most of his relatives live in
Belarus.  He is especially interested in Belarusian literature,
English teaching, the Internet in Belarus, and environmental issues.
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Discussion subject changed to "New Votetakers (Re: Voting fraud is obvious )" by J Durbin
J Durbin  
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From: sloth...@poisson.com (J Durbin)
Date: 1996/06/19
Subject: New Votetakers (Re: Voting fraud is obvious )

vladi...@iceonline.com wrote:
>I agree with Michael. Voting fraud is obvious in both cases of creating
>moderated groups. Netizens, if you want honest voting process, pick
>up someone else to count votes or have two or three vote collectors.

OK, consider youself and your cronies volunteered.

That's right folks. Send all your votes for any usenet newsgroup to:

vladi...@iceonline.com
d...@bwalk.dm.com
ma...@manus.org
bou...@world.std.com

No limit on how many times you can vote. Send all questions you have
about newsgroup creation to these email addresses as well. They have
volunteered to help 24/7. If you do not receive a reply or a vote
acknowledgement within one hour, please repeat your request until you
recieve a reply from one the volunteers above.

If the newsgroup you vote for is not created, all complaints should go
to the same address above.

[Note: any future questions about the failed rec.music.white-power
newsgroup should be sent to the addresses above.]

;-?
"The thing remembered is not the thing." --Korzybsky


 
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Discussion subject changed to "Voting fraud is obvious (Re: RESULT: soc.culture.belarus moderated passes)" by Peter Kasaty
Peter Kasaty  
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From: kas...@seanet.com (Peter Kasaty)
Date: 1996/06/20
Subject: Re: Voting fraud is obvious (Re: RESULT: soc.culture.belarus moderated passes)

<<  snip  >>

*IF* the "both cases" in the previous paragraph somehow refers to the
situation for the vote for s.c.b (moderated), I would like some details
explaining this viewpoint.  If it doesn't, ignore the rest of this
message.  :-)

I have no connection with the people at algebra.com and have no idea how
they voted concerning s.c.b, pro or con.  All of the proposed
co-moderators for s.c.b are new to newsgroup creation.  What we share is
a sincere interest and concern for Belarus in its VERY difficult current
situation.  That interest in our ethnic identity, homeland, relatives,
friends, etc., is what drives us--not usenet politics, etc.

*If* we have made errors in working toward the creation of s.c.b, they
came from our honest enthusiasm for what we feel is a very worthwhile
cause and need and an unfamiliarity with every nuance of usenet
guidelines--not due to some intentional misrepresentation, etc.  There
is a world of difference between such things, IMHO.  We are not usenet
lawyers, nor do we spend most of our lives living on the 'net.  I
personally read through every usenet document I could find concerning
new group creation, worked with a usenet mentor, and tried to follow
those guidelines to the best of my ability.

Back to the actual topic of s.c.b and the need for it:  Go to the
existing usenet newsgroups and browse thru the messages with "belarus"
in their titles, and count how many follow ups actually have anything at
all to do with Belarus.  That's the issue for s.c.b.

Peace,

-- Peter Kasaty   kas...@seanet.com
      proponent for soc.culture.belarus (moderated)


 
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Discussion subject changed to "New Votetakers (Re: Voting fraud is obvious )" by Mikhail Teterin
Mikhail Teterin  
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From: m...@zipnet.net (Mikhail Teterin)
Date: 1996/06/21
Subject: Re: New Votetakers (Re: Voting fraud is obvious )

[non-existing news-groups removed]

20 Jun Stephen Boursy
       написал в <Dt9zJ8....@world.std.com>  

=       But you didn't even address his concerns about the voting
=fraud--a point you seem to be conceding.

Ha! Mr. Boursy speaks about addressing concerns! Sooner Dunaj-river
will start flowing back then this as   anus will start practicing
what he preaches. Tell us Bursi, is it you on the right?

        -mi
--
        ┬Хороший, свежий кефир сегодня...


 
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