REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)create unmoderated newsgroup uk.net.news.walking

allen

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Jan 25, 2002, 3:06:07 PM1/25/02

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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
create unmoderated newsgroup uk.net.news.walking

Newsgroups line
uk.net.news.walking walking for the mashes

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
UK-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup uk.net.news.walking

*** ALL DISCUSSION MUST TAKE PLACE IN UK.NET.NEWS.CONFIG or
uk.net.news.management***

This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Further procedural details are given below.

Posted to
uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.management, uiuc.rha.allen, uk.misc

Follow ups to
uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.management

Rationale uk.net.news.porkpies

To make the public more aware of walking variety and content.
to stimulate debate on unhealthy walking

Charter uk.net.news.walking

walking, past present and future

Advertising

Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions:

Suppliers of goods and services relevant to amateur walking
manufacturers in the UK
may post an invitation to visit their web site or request details.
It should be of four lines or fewer and not posted more than once
every 3 months. The subject line should begin "ADVERT: ",
except for vacancy adverts, when it should begin "JOB: ".

Binaries & Formatting

Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) are
forbidden. Such material belongs on a web or FTP site to which
a pointer may be posted. Cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP)
may be used where authentication is important and should be as
short as possible.

Posts must be readable as plain text. HTML, RTF and similarly
formatted messages are prohibited. To see how to make some
common newsreaders comply with this, read
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.

Warning

Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to the
public health inspectors and/or Service Provider.

Proponent
allen <al...@allen.as>

Distribution

This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
uk.net.news.config, uk.net.news.management, uiuc.rha.allen, uk.misc
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Allen
If you observe a really happy man, you will find he is happy in the
course of living life twenty-four crowded hours of each day.
~W. Beran Wolfe~

Sweely

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Jan 25, 2002, 3:46:52 PM1/25/02

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"allen" <al...@allen.as> wrote in message news:3C51BAAF...@allen.as...

Another top idea for a group. One suggestion, though, would be to lose the
porkpies on this one. They're not as healthy for you as you might expect.

allen

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Jan 25, 2002, 4:34:24 PM1/25/02

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Au contraire mon ami.

When walking a porkpie is a good snack.

I shall take note and the second RFD will take account of this,

Allen

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Sweely

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Jan 25, 2002, 5:14:51 PM1/25/02

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"allen" <al...@allen.as> wrote in message news:3C51CF60...@allen.as...

> Au contraire mon ami.
>
> When walking a porkpie is a good snack.
>
> I shall take note and the second RFD will take account of this,
>
> Allen

I see your point. I seemed to have missed the part about "unhealthy
walking" the first time through. Carry on.

Cheers,
Sweely