RESULT: soc.org.freemasonry moderated passes 171:56
Rebecca McQuitty
RESULT
moderated group soc.org.freemasonry passes 171:56
There were 171 YES votes and 56 NO votes, for a total of 227 valid
votes. There were 5 abstains and 5 invalid ballots.
For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES
and NO) votes. There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO
votes.
There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted.
If no serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.
Newsgroups line:
soc.org.freemasonry Discussion group for the Fraternity "Freemasonry". (Moderated)
Voting ended at 23:59:59 UTC, 20 Jun 1997.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party. Questions about the
proposed group should be directed to the proponents.
Proponent: Scotty Fitzgerald <sf...@computer.net>
Proponent: Chris Gillmore <loup...@communique.net>
Mentor: John Pimentel <pime...@roots.ultranet.com>
Votetaker: Rebecca G. McQuitty <m...@wco.com>
RATIONALE: soc.org.freemasonry
This newsgroups is meant to meet the needs for discussion of the
fraternity "Freemasonry" world-wide. The two current main vehicles
for this discussion are the news groups "alt.freemasonry" and the
automated email list "freemaso...@masonic.org." The new forum is
needed not to replace but to supplement these vehicles. The newsgroup
"alt.freemasonry" has degenerated into a "flame pit". The presence of
individuals bent on attacking our beliefs has been a great cause of
concern for many masons wishing to carry on a meaningful discussion
with those that wish to sincerely learn our beliefs.
The proposers of this newsgroups are also seeking the greater
stability and propagation of a Usenet group as opposed to an "alt"
hierarchy group. As many institutional users of newsgroups do not
receive the "alt" hierarchy, and freemasonry is a world-wide
fraternity of over 5 million members, Usenet will be an ideal medium
for us.
CHARTER: soc.org.freemasonry
The purpose of this newsgroup is to provide a world wide Usenet forum
for the discussion of Freemasonry, the oldest fraternity in the world
with a membership of over five million world-wide which derive their
charters from Grand Lodges on their continent.
The newsgroup is not a vehicle for official pronouncements for any
Masonic body, but a means to facilitate the interaction and promote
the brotherhood of members of Masonic bodies.
The newsgroup is meant to supplement, not replace, any already
existing Internet or Usenet or newsgroup system devoted to members of
Freemasonry.
The purpose of the panel of arbitrators is to supervise the panel of
moderators and facilitate any concerns the readers may have with the
moderation.
The purpose of the panel of moderators is to supervise and manage the
Usenet newsgroup for Freemasonry, in order to provide a reasonable
and responsible forum for discussion about and news for freemasonry.
The following are the editorial policies:
General Usenet "netiquette" guidelines as posted in
news.announce.newusers and news.answers shall apply to this news
group. In particular, participants are asked to show courtesy and
respect for other participants, and to avoid the use of offensive
language, excessive quoting, or long (defined as "over four lines")
signature blocks. Participants are encouraged to use descriptive
subjects. Examples are "New York Metro area:I seek sponsorship into a
lodge," rather than "Help me join;" "Royal Arch Questions on
Traditional Bible Passages," rather than "Royal Arch questions;"
"Should felons be allowed to join," rather than "a question on Masonic
qualifications."
The following posts are strictly prohibited in this newsgroup:
+ Posts consisting of copyrighted materials, except portions used
under fair quote provisions of copyright law
+ Excessively long posts (over 25kB.)
+ Messages cross posted to other newsgroups.
+ Material unrelated to Speculative Masonry (off topic).
+ Make money fast or other chain or fraudulent schemes or
anything else defined as an illegal communication by majority of
the governments where Usenet carries this news group.
+ Work at home or other off-topic scams.
+ Commercial advertisements, infomercials, or announcements with
the exception of one-line pointers to off-newsgroup cyberspace of
interest to Freemasons.
+ Binaries or other encoded/encrypted material.
+ Posts in a language the moderators cannot read. For the most
part posts should be limited to English, however posts containing
a language other than English with English translation are the
exception to this rule.
+ Forged posts (anonymous posts allowed.)
+ Personal insults or written attacks on specific Masons or
Masons in general.
+ Personal insults or written attacks upon anyone and/or any
organization.
Responsible criticisms are welcome. E.g., "all you masons are a bunch
of lying, devil-worshipping fools." is not allowed. "According to
book (title, author, publication year) your ritual is identical to the
ritual of organized satanist's (particularly :x,y,z). Since I find
this book to be credible I believe your fraternity to be
misrepresenting itself," is allowed.
The following posts are allowed, but not encouraged.
+ "Classified" style ads with descriptive subject.
Examples are "WTB:Masonic memorabilia related to the freeing of
debt of the NYGL building in Manhattan," or "FS:second-hand books
on masonry," or "WTB:tobacco pipe with Masonic design."
+ Moderators will use their discretion concerning posts that may
contain Masonic secrets. Posts purporting to reveal Masonic
secrets will be rejected outright, regardless of whether or not
the fact of revelation of secrets be explicit or implied.
ARBITRATION/MODERATION POLICIES
Arbitration Structure/Procedures:
1) There will be a panel of three arbitrators to provide checks
against the moderators.
2) Arbitrators may not serve as moderators.
3) In the event between a dispute of moderators, or in the event of
moderators being accused of censorship by participants, a single
arbitrator will collect all sides of the event and present it to
the other two arbitrators. A simple majority vote will decide
the issue. If an arbitrator's panel vote comes out against a
moderator's actions, the arbitrators panel will remedy a
participant's complaint by requiring the posting of the original
article, however, this will not be construed as restricting the
arbitrator's panel from pursuing other remedies as it sees fit.
4) Quorum shall be the entirety of the panel of arbitrators.
Physical presence will not be required to vote, electronic
delivery of vote is acceptable for all purposes.
5) An arbitrator may be impeached and removed by moderators.
In order to do this the moderators will need to establish a
2/3 quorum and a 2/3 majority vote.
6) To qualify to be an arbitrator, a person must be a Mason in good
standing with his lodge which is defined as a lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons or a lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
which is chartered under the provisions of a grand body of masons
considered to have regular jurisdiction in the volunteer's
geographical location.
Moderation Structure/Procedures:
1) There will always be a minimum of two moderators in case illness
or absence of one moderator.
2) Prior to becoming a moderator, the moderator agrees to abide by
the rulings of the arbitrators' panel.
3) To qualify to be a moderator, a person must be a Mason in good
standing with his lodge which is defined as a lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons or a lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
which is chartered under the provisions of a grand body of masons
considered to have regular jurisdiction in the volunteer's
geographical location.
4) The arbitrators' panel reserves the right to verify this with the
lodge secretary of the volunteer by means of telephone, snail
mail, fax, or computerized message.
5) Moderators may not serve as Arbitrators.
6) Moderators may ban a participant if a participant attempts to
violate editorial policy three or more times. In order to do this
the moderators need to establish a simple majority quorum with a
simple majority vote.
7) A moderator may be impeached and removed by the arbitrators. The
arbitrators need to show cause, establish a unanimous quorum with
a simple majority vote to do this. In events of legal charge a
single arbitrator may suspend a moderator for a period not
exceeding one month in order to facilitate a investigation.
Amendments:
Any part of this charter may be amended or the charter may be added to
by a 2/3 quorum with a 2/3 majority vote of all officers which is
defined as the arbitrators and moderators.
END CHARTER.
MODERATOR INFO: soc.org.freemasonry
Moderator: Chris Gillmore <loup...@communique.net>
Moderator: Scott Fitzgerald <sf...@computer.net>
Moderator: Roy Feltner <rfel...@ozarks.net>
Moderator: Ted Morgenthaler <tmo...@worldnet.att.net>
Administrative contact address: sof-mod...@webcom.com.au
Article submission address: sof-mod...@webcom.com.au
END MODERATOR INFO.
ARBITRATOR INFO: soc.org.freemasonry
Arbitrator: Tim Morgan <ve...@eskimo.com >
Arbitrator: Jim Bennie <jgbe...@vcn.bc.ca>
Arbitrator: Allen R. Perry <alp...@ekx.infi.net>
END ARBITRATOR INFO.
soc.org.freemasonry Final Vote Ack
Voted Yes
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aff...@rpi.edu Jason Affourtit
alde...@netcom.com Richard M. Alderson, III
alp...@ekx.infi.net Allen Perry
amo...@vcomm.net Alan J. Morgan
arm...@tir.com Kevin Francart
b...@utah.uswest.net Diana Newman
bes...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca Brian E. Smith
blak...@unm.edu J. Mark Leonard
BRI...@burke.com David Bridges
bsg...@vnet3.vub.ac.be Arnold J. M. Korvers
b...@bconnex.net Sid Woods
by...@acm.org Jim Byrd
can...@hotmail.com Nathan Schlinke
capt...@starnetinc.com David H. Mewhinney
cba...@ix.netcom.com Charles L. Basso Jr.
cbos...@blackhole.dimensional.com Christopher P. Boscarino
ch...@strupp-photodesign.com Christian Strupp
chu...@pinn.net Charles S. Feinstein
chuc...@hhs.net Chuck
cjoh...@ncia.com Carl Johnson
Cleb...@aol.com W.E."Bill" Cleghorn
cl...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu David S. Petron
c...@netins.net Craig Olson
Cora...@aol.com Coralie J. Allen
cpap...@wyoming.com Carl Pappert
cra...@ihug.co.nz Rodney Harries
cr...@frwaters.demon.co.uk Stephen Waters
d-wil...@ti.com Diane Wilson
daniel....@euronet.be Daniel Rybowski
dap...@xtalwind.net David Aponte
dbo...@sas.upenn.edu David Bowie
ddir...@sungardams.com David M. Director
derm...@nethotel.dk Lars Erik Bryld
dhi...@pophost.com Donald Hiron
dh...@fullnet.net David Holinsworth
dht...@fox.nstn.ca Dave Thompson
dlro...@ia.frontiercomm.net Dan L. Rogers
dmag...@access.digex.net Dennis W. Maggard
dmou...@ausnetinfo.com.au Dennis Mountain
dr-col...@mail.geocities.com Dr Colin Tan
Drew....@btinternet.com Drew Grant
drus...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca Don Russell
dst...@ocsonline.com Richard H. Stein
dwe...@Atcon.com Doug Welsh
es...@ix.netcom.com Christopher Estep
etr...@rpg.net Shawn Althouse
fbde...@mindspring.com Floyd Dennis
fldr...@ix.netcom.com David Madara
fowl...@pinkinc.com R W Fowler
fowl...@TSO.Cin.IX.Net Virgil Ernest Fowler
free...@sprintmail.com Bill Maddox
gail...@panix.com Ed Gaillard
gel...@intrepid.net Gus J. Elbert
Geoffrey...@BusEco.Monash.edu.au Geoffrey Joseph Transom
ghe...@planet.eon.net George Helmer
gib...@ll.mit.edu Margaret Gibbs
Gilbert...@mail.vcsu.nodak.edu Gilbert Kuipers
Glen...@aol.com Glen A. Cook
GLoF...@aol.com Patrice D.[Fr]
gor...@ll.mit.edu Gordon N. Matheson
gru...@earthling.net Ralph Jones
gwhi...@ix.netcom.com Gary Whicker
hen...@sacto.mp.usbr.gov Henry W. Miller
hno...@Bigfoot.com Harold Nolde
hub...@hksys.com Hubert B. Hickman
hu...@canadamail.com Hugh Young
hvoe...@ix.netcom.com Hank Voegtle
HWall...@aol.com Howard L. Waller
hypn...@pacbell.net Eugene Goldman
jam...@idacom.hp.com A. James Edwards
ja...@aransas.houst.sgi.com James Allen Wheeler
jba...@connecti.com Joseph V. Barth
jde...@pulsenet.com Jon DePoe
j...@but-i-dont-like-spam.boxmail.com John David Galt
jdga...@worldnet.att.net James David Gattis
je...@interaccess.com Joseph Jamen
je...@intercable.net Jesus Eugenio Sanchez
jessica...@prodigy.com Jessica Maddox
jew...@us1.channel1.com Russell Bonchu, III
jgbe...@vcn.bc.ca Jim Bennie
jha...@ix.netcom.com James R. Hannum
jha...@cdc.net Judie Harper
jmar...@ACDM.RDC.AB.CA John G. Marshall
joe1...@aol.com joseph herman
jo...@broondog.demon.co.uk john dobson
jol...@netcom.com Joe Morris
j...@technologist.com J. Porter Clark
jpfe...@ampsc.com Jim Ferguson
jtki...@nicoh.com John Kihara SD Mt. Kimport #95 AF&AM of Idaho
jwint...@ids2.idsonline.com Janet Wintermute
jwsh...@caller.infi.net John Shultzabarger
K-G.Hu...@DXISoft.se Karl-Gunnar Hultland
kaes...@library2.websteruniv.edu Rick Kaeser
kch...@BIX.com Kevin J. Cheek
kd...@pobox.com Kevin Dye
lbe...@BellAtlantic.net Leo Bellew
lil...@fyi.net Debbie Sykuta
Linda_C...@brown.edu Lin Collette
list-...@dream.hb.north.de Martin Schr"oder
loup...@COMMUNIQUE.NET Christopher L. Gillmore
mad...@radix.net Andrew F. Maddox
MAGIC...@aol.com David A. Libby
marty...@aol.com MartyW3818
mathias....@alcatel.ch Mathias Woringer
ma...@mludi.pp.fi Mauri Tikka
mce...@worldnet.att.net Michael C. Ebert
mik...@earthlink.net Michael P. Higgins
msy...@pop.pitt.edu Michael Sykuta
MThom...@aol.com Michael S. Thomas
mtn...@epix.net Emil T. Banks
mtp...@powerup.com.au Graham Cairns
n8...@ibm.net Ken Chamberlain
na...@mips.rhein-neckar.de Christian Weisgerber
nk...@onramp.ca Nelson King, FPS
par...@post.cis.smu.edu Michael J. 'Mikey' Paroski
past...@ix.netcom.com Randy Clark
patrick_...@sfu.ca Patrick D. O'Sullivan
pa...@anomaly.u-net.com Paul Gledhill
pa...@inorth.on.ca Trevor Tymchuk
pb1...@cus.cam.ac.uk Paul Bolchover
p...@comten.com Philip B. English
pe...@taronga.com Peter da Silva
p...@hksys.com Paul H. Kenyon
pm...@geocities.com Scott Williams
post...@psnw.com Brian J. Pardy
psbur...@lia.co.za Michael Stephen Burgoyne
ra...@panache.demon.co.uk Raphael Mankin
rat...@lily.org Christian Ratliff
rcar...@yesic.com Richard George Carveth
reg...@idir.net Regina Townsend
rich...@vcn.bc.ca Richard Songhurst
ri...@bcm.tmc.edu Richard Miller
ric...@worldnet.att.net Rick Reade
ri...@cs.umn.edu Keith Rieck
rik...@aol.com Richard L. Vesperman
rlaf...@earthlink.net Richard F. La Flame
rosm...@pinkinc.com H. A. Rosman
royfr...@worldnet.att.net Roy J. Fralick
RREYNOL...@webtv.net Dr. Robert A.\"Rob\" Reynolds, P.M.
sbr...@erols.com Stephen Brent Morris
Set...@aol.com Seth Zolot
sf...@computer.net Scotty Fitzgerald
she...@comm-plus.NET Sheldon I. Rappeport
sidec...@pipeline.com Kelly Davis
smi...@art.com.br Antony Faulkner Smith
SMSh...@compuserve.com Wor. Scott M. Sherman
sno...@netcom.com Scott Norton
s...@vnet3.vub.ac.be Raf Devos
ste...@cup.hp.com Steve Witten
tba...@icrossroads.com Tom Anstruther
tfg0015%cc...@co.honolulu.hi.us Roy T. OTA
t...@psp.co.uk T Lee
theh...@elite.net Michael J. Hall, MM
Thomson....@mx.valmet.com Thomson McFarlane
tmo...@worldnet.att.net Ted Morgenthaler
tob1...@4u.net Hartley Odom
to...@null.net Tony Basoglu
troy....@tip.nl Ab. Goedhals
up...@cheerful.com Jon
ve...@eskimo.com Tim P. Morgan
vem...@comsource.net Victor Moore
vic...@primenet.com Victor Nardo
v...@direct.ca Victor Griffithd
vita...@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in P.Venkatraman
vpd...@hiwaay.net Victor P. Dura
wal...@wbriscoe.demon.co.uk Walter Briscoe
wand...@adan.kingston.net Wayne D. Anderson
wba...@ems.jsc.nasa.gov Ray Banks
WDN...@aol.com Walter D. Nicol, Senior Steward, Mount Moriah #28, Bordent
we...@southeast.net Donald W. West
z...@ampersand.com Mark Atwood
Voted No
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a...@netins.net D. J. Koehler
a...@contract.co.uk Alan Fleming
alco...@eclipse.co.uk Alex Cockell
bill....@daltile.com Bill Burns
bo...@datasync.com Martin H. Booda
ch...@rrnet.com Chris Christianson
chr...@nortel.ca Chris Ebenezer
col...@leland.Stanford.EDU Michele Coleman
da...@work.net.nz David Farrar
dbal...@cs.com Don Ballard
d...@panix.com David W. Crawford
dev...@sd.aonix.com Olivier Devuns
d...@ivu-berlin.de
dha...@hal-pc.org David L. Hanson
dimm...@aston.ac.uk Michael Dimmick
DLan...@aol.com Don A. Landhill
dput...@teleport.com David M. Putzolu
eut...@siam.muc.de Ekkehard Uthke
gpr9...@uconnvm.uconn.edu G.P. Ryan
gsc...@interact.net.au Sean Case
gwe...@ucsd.edu Greg Welty
har...@eskimo.com Harry E. Barnett
hou...@cs.umn.edu Dean Hougen
Jamie.L.Re...@tc.umn.edu Jamie Lyn Miller Reinschmidt
jas...@fl.net.au Jasmine Taylor
jen...@interlog.com Allan Jenoff
jkra...@swarthmore.edu Joshua Kramer
jkro...@students.wisc.edu Jason Roberts
jo...@world.std.com Fred Cherry
j...@visi.com J.Otto Tennant
ke...@cowtown.demon.co.uk Keith Willoughby
krue...@agcs.com Ted Krueger
lbr...@trintech.com Larry Brophy
l...@zk3.dec.com Larry Smith
leg...@lusta.latrobe.edu.au Jason King
LSEA...@MU3.MILLERSV.EDU Lynne Seamans
mar...@pacbell.net Aaron Marquez
mbc...@afs.mcc.ac.uk Martyn Foster
mdec...@bbn.com Mike Decerbo
m...@iberia.cca.rockwell.com Michael Cook
m...@mich.com John C. Mozena
mso...@mistik.express.net Mustafa Soysal MS57
nat...@col.hp.com Natalie Ramsey
ni...@cimio.co.uk Nick Waterman
ol...@viking.mv.com Olav Nieuwejaar
pa...@lcs.mit.edu Patrick J. LoPresti
peter....@swipnet.se Peter Quiding
ph...@panix.com Phil Gustafson
pin0...@ping.be Stephane Dohet
Sky...@RocketMail.com Killie Da Spammer
stai...@bga.com Dwight Brown
sta...@stamper.com Chris Stamper
syl...@ix.netcom.com Nicholas Sylvain
T.Bo...@Queens-Belfast.AC.UK Tony Bowden
tjy...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Timothy J. Young
top...@chesco.com Tom Albrecht
Abstained
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em...@Kanpai.Stanford.EDU Emma Pease
guym...@deltanet.com Guy Macon
jil...@grfn.org Jill Gillham
j...@sfbooks.com Joe Bernstein
pime...@roots.ultranet.com John Pimentel
Votes in error
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bsch...@execpc.com Brian K. Schantz
! Invalid ballot
dave...@aol.com DaveTarot
! No ballot
jwy...@aloha.net Jim Wyatt
! No ballot
omegi...@aol.com OMEGIMASON
! No ballot
stu...@fuse.net Robert Boyington
! No ballot
--
Rebecca Graham McQuitty
Paul W. Schleck
moderated group soc.org.freemasonry
This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup soc.org.freemasonry 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
installation 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.
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
Probe posts to this group result in bounces:
<soc-org-f...@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification
failed: 550-550 5.1.1 <s...@mail.cybermango.org>: Recipient address
rejected: 550 User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO
command)
The last article approved by the moderators, with Message ID
<004f195b-0f15-4c81...@googlegroups.com>, appeared in
December of 2012, over two years ago.
One of the last articles posted to the newsgroup, in March of 2012, was
from moderator Alan Schwartz, with Message ID
<lsSdnZX80NVkNPvS...@supernews.com>, announcing that the
members of the moderation team were planning to quit moderating the
newsgroup. Volunteers were solicited to take over the moderation of the
newsgroup. The possibility of a Moderator Vacancy Investigation was
also mentioned.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
soc.org.freemasonry
CHARTER:
moderated group soc.org.freemasonry passes 171:56
There were 171 YES votes and 56 NO votes, for a total of 227 valid
votes. There were 5 abstains and 5 invalid ballots.
For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES
and NO) votes. There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO
votes.
This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.
December of 2012, after which no further approved articles appeared.
PROPONENT: Paul W. Schleck <psch...@novia.net>
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/articles/m/o/d/Moderator_Vacancy_Investigations.html
CHANGE HISTORY:
3 January 2015: Moderator Vacancy Investigation
Paul W. Schleck
moderated group soc.org.freemasonry (remove)
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup soc.org.freemasonry.
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
soc.org.freemasonry Discussion group for the Fraternity "Freemasonry". (Moderated)
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group result in bounces:
<soc-org-f...@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification
failed: 550-550 5.1.1 <s...@mail.cybermango.org>: Recipient address
rejected: 550 User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO
command)
The last article approved by the moderators, with Message ID
<004f195b-0f15-4c81...@googlegroups.com>, appeared in
December of 2012, over two years ago.
One of the last articles posted to the newsgroup, in March of 2012, was
from moderator Alan Schwartz, with Message ID
<lsSdnZX80NVkNPvS...@supernews.com>, announcing that the
members of the moderation team were planning to quit moderating the
newsgroup. Volunteers were solicited to take over the moderation of the
newsgroup. The possibility of a Moderator Vacancy Investigation was
also mentioned.
In response to the original Moderator Vacancy Investigation, no followup
to news.groups.proposals has been posted after 15 days, suggesting that
no one is reading soc.org.freemasonry, no one wishes to volunteer as
moderator, or no one objects to its removal, or some combination of all
three.
relevant threads in that newsgroup. To this end, the followup header of
For more information on the newsgroup removal process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/articles/p/r/o/Procedure_to_remove_newsgroups.html
CHANGE HISTORY:
3 January 2015: Moderator Vacancy Investigation
Big 8 Management Board
moderated group soc.org.freemasonry (remove) - LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS
This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup soc.org.freemasonry.
offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting
period. Voting may take up to one week (7 days); a result will be
posted following the end of the voting period.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.proposals.
For more information on the newsgroup removal process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/articles/p/r/o/Procedure_to_remove_newsgroups.html
soc.org.freemasonry Discussion group for the Fraternity "Freemasonry". (Moderated)
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group result in bounces:
<soc-org-f...@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification
failed: 550-550 5.1.1 <s...@mail.cybermango.org>: Recipient address
rejected: 550 User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO
command)
The last article approved by the moderators, with Message ID
<004f195b-0f15-4c81...@googlegroups.com>, appeared in
December of 2012, over two years ago.
One of the last articles posted to the newsgroup, in March of 2012, was
from moderator Alan Schwartz, with Message ID
<lsSdnZX80NVkNPvS...@supernews.com>, announcing that the
members of the moderation team were planning to quit moderating the
newsgroup. Volunteers were solicited to take over the moderation of the
newsgroup. The possibility of a Moderator Vacancy Investigation was
also mentioned.
In response to the original Moderator Vacancy Investigation and the 1st
Request for Discussion, no followup to news.groups.proposals has been
posted volunteering to serve as a replacement moderator or moderators,
or inquiring about volunteering.
3 January 2015: Moderator Vacancy Investigation
Big 8 Management Board
soc.org.freemasonry will be removed
The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 5 February 2015 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following this comment period, the Big 8
Management Board has decided by consensus to remove the group
soc.org.freemasonry.
RATIONALE FOR REMOVAL:
<soc-org-f...@moderators.isc.org>: host
moderators.individual.net[130.133.4.7] said: 550-Callout verification
failed: 550-550 5.1.1 <s...@mail.cybermango.org>: Recipient address
rejected: 550 User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO
command)
The last article approved by the moderators, with Message ID
<004f195b-0f15-4c81...@googlegroups.com>, appeared in
December of 2012, over two years ago.
One of the last articles posted to the newsgroup, in March of 2012, was
from moderator Alan Schwartz, with Message ID
<lsSdnZX80NVkNPvS...@supernews.com>, announcing that the
members of the moderation team were planning to quit moderating the
newsgroup. Volunteers were solicited to take over the moderation of the
newsgroup. The possibility of a Moderator Vacancy Investigation was
also mentioned.
DISCUSSION SO FAR:
posts in support of retaining it or opposed to removal.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
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