RFD: Remove rec.travel.resorts.all-inclusive moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)
Big-8 Management Board
moderated newsgroup rec.travel.resorts.all-inclusive.
Newsgroups Line:
rec.travel.resorts.all-inclusive All-inclusive resorts. (Moderated)
Distribution:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
rec.travel.resorts.all-inclusive
rec.travel.resorts
Proponent: David E. Bath <david...@bigfoot.com>
Charter:
To discuss and compare all-inclusive resorts. This includes Club
Med and Club Med's competitors, where all lodging, meals, sports
instruction, and entertainment are included in the package
price. The only common exceptions to the everything-included-
in-one-price plan are alcoholic drinks and side-trips outside the
resort. Some resorts include these and some do not.
In the travel and hotel field, the generally accepted 3-part
definition of an "all-inclusive resort" is one that (1) includes
lodging, all meals, and entertainment, (2) includes all tips and
taxes, and (3) includes all the guests at the resort as part of
the all-inclusive plan. Thus, a resort that offers an optional
meal plan would not be considered an all-inclusive resort.
The 100+ location Club Med chain is the originator of the
all-inclusive resort concept, and there are now approximately 70
additional resorts that also meet the definition. A complete list
of these resorts would be posted. Articles and comments would be
welcome from people who have visited the resorts with their
opinions, and from people who are interested in visiting resorts
with their questions about each one. Advertising or solicitation
would not be allowed.
Rationale for removal:
The number of posts has fallen to 2 posts this year and only 19
were received last year. Recently the question was asked whether
or not to end the group and there were no replies.
History of the Group:
The group passed its vote on 22 Jun 1996. Hal Segal moderated the
group until 6 Mar 2004 when I took it over after he wanted to end
the group when the number of posts had slowed. After I took it,
the number of posts grew to an acceptable number, but now it is
hardly used and gets mostly spam.
Procedure:
Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should
subscribe to news:news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant threads in
that newsgroup.
To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to
news.groups.proposals.
All discussion of active proposals should be posted to
news.groups.proposals.
If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion may be
crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure that all
discussion appears in news.groups.proposals as well.
For more information on the newsgroup removal process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup
History of this RFD:
2009-04-02 Draft submitted by moderator
2009-04-04 Posted by board