Moderator Vacancy Investigation: sci.med.obgyn
Steve Bonine
moderated group sci.med.obgyn
This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup sci.med.obgyn 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:
sci.med.obgyn Obstetrics & gynecology. (Moderated)
RATIONALE:
Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces in September 2010. Recent
attempts to submit to the group resulted in no response.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
sci.med.obgyn
sci.med
CHARTER
sci.med.obgyn will be a moderated discussion group on all aspects of the
practice of obstetrics and gyhecology. This can include, but is not
limited to case consultation, distribution of new information in the
specialty, and discussion of the practice environment. This newsgroup
is NOT for patients seeking profesional advice. There are already other
newsgroups for this type of discussion. (ie, sci.med and
misc.kids.pregnancy)
The intended audience for this proposed group would be the physician who
practices obstetrics and gynecology and the ancillary personnel who
provide health care for women.
HISTORY OF THE GROUP: The newsgroup was active from August 1996
through September 1999. History information at ftp.isc.org is incomplete.
PROPONENT: Steve Bonine <s...@pobox.com>
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/wiki/Moderator_Vacancy_Investigations
CHANGE HISTORY:
29 May 2011: Moderator Vacancy Investigation