FAST-TRACK of uk.org.student.compsoc-remove
Chris Croughton as Control
FAST TRACK ANNOUNCEMENT uk.org.student.compsoc-remove
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In the procedures established for maintaining the uk.* hierarchy
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/guidelines.html> there are provisions, where
there is a consensus and the proposal is straightforward and
non-controversial, to proceed by the "fast-track" method, so as to avoid
the necessity for holding a full vote.
I have now received a request to fast-track the following proposal:
delete newsgroup uk.org.student.compsoc
This proposal will be activated no earlier than five days from the posting
of this notice (i.e. not before January 4th), unless there are
objections (of which six or more, or any one which seems to the Committee
to be well founded, shall suffice to halt the process).
Objections should be emailed directly to Control at
<con...@usenet.org.uk>.
Objections will be resolved by the committee (comm...@usenet.org.uk)
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Newsgroup lines:
uk.org.student.compsoc Discussion and announcements re the Compsoc UK project
RATIONALE
It has long been custom within uk.* to check for groups that are not
being used and then to remove them. By doing this we keep the number of
dead groups down increasing the chances that someone stumbling across a
group will find it useful.
An analysis of the posts to uk.org.student.compsoc from 2009-07-01 to
2009-10-31 has shown that there there were 2 posts in that period,
details of which are shown below.
Is this group being used?
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:38:24 +0100
Re: Is this group being used?
Dominic Hargreaves <d...@earth.li>
Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:10:47 +0000 (UTC)
CHARTER
This group is intended for discussion and announcements relating to the
Compsoc UK project (http://www.compsoc.org.uk/), a collection of student
computer societies.
Advertising
Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions:
Suppliers of goods and services relevant to uk.org.student.compsoc in
the UK may post, not more than once every 3 months, an invitation of
four lines or fewer, to visit their web site or request details. 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 plaintext. HTML, RTF and similarly formatted
messages are prohibited. To see how to make your newsreader comply with
this, read <http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.
Warning
Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their
"postmaster" and/or Service Provider.
END CHARTER
Proponent:
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>
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