RFD: uk.rec.motorsport.misc
Graham Drabble
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the following changes
in the uk.* Usenet hierarchy:
delete newsgroup uk.rec.motorsport.misc
Newsgroup line:
uk.rec.motorsport.misc UK Motorsports, primarily from those involved
*** ALL DISCUSSION MUST TAKE PLACE IN UK.NET.NEWS.CONFIG ***
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Further procedural details are given below.
RATIONALE: uk.rec.motorsport.misc
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.rec.motorsport.misc from 2009-07-01 to
2010-04-30 has shown that there there were 6 posts in that period,
details of which are shown below.
1950 "Rest and be Thankful" hillclimb
"Neil McD." <nores...@nowhere.com>
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:26:32 -0000
Re: 1950 "Rest and be Thankful" hillclimb
Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid>
21 Nov 2009 09:52:02 GMT
Bernie's Game : Inside the Formula One World of Bernie Ecc
George Orwell <nob...@mixmaster.it>
Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:26:32 +0100 (CET)
Re: 1950 "Rest and be Thankful" hillclimb
"Mike Dean" <mike...@mickeysmagicalarsey.com>
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:07:17 -0000
MLB jerseys china supplier
jersey-2009 <nices...@163.com>
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 19:16:44 -0700 (PDT)
Is this group being used?
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>
Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:48:51 +0100
CHARTER:
uk.rec.motorsport.misc
This group is for the discussion of any aspect of motorsports in the UK,
or peculiar to the UK, on either two or four (or even three ?) wheels.
Primarily topics should be those applicable to involvement/participation
in UK Motorsports. Although discussion would be allowed on World
Championship issues (eg F1/WRC) these should really take place on a world
wide group eg rec.auto.sport.f1., unless it is the UK round in question.
(eg British Grand Prix)
Language
The language of the newsgroup will be English
Advertising
Some advertising postings will be allowed, provided they are related to
motorsports and not just general car/bike interest, kept to a minimum
length and subject to these additional qualifications:-
* Any announcement from a non-profit organisation is allowed
* Any announcement from a motor club, motoring organisation, RACMSA,
motorsports venues is allowed
* Announcements from commercial organisations (only those in the
motorsports industry), such as changes of premises, new service or
facility are allowed.
* Follow ups to postings requesting information, are allowed from any
organisation provided it is motorsport related.
* For sale/wanted adverts are restricted to competition cars or parts,
or people eg 'Mechanic needed for weekend of....'. Motor clubs are
kindly requested not to post 'Marshals needed...' type postings, but
to limit the posting to an announcement of the event (mentioning
marshal requirements), because marshals are *always* needed. The only
exception here is if there is a particularly urgent need for trained
or otherwise specialised marshals. eg radio, firefighting, first aid.
Anything not fitting these criteria and repeated unsolicited
'information' postings of essentially the same content are not allowed.
Binaries
Binaries are not allowed. Anybody wishing to post publically a binary
(for instance a photograph) should post it to a recognised newsgroup for
binaries and post a pointer to it within uk.rec.motorsport.misc
END CHARTER
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase of
the process, any potential problems with the proposal should be raised
and resolved. The discussion period will continue for a minimum of 10
days, starting from when this RFD is posted to uk.net.news.announce
(i.e. until May 11th) after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be
posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it.
Alternatively, the proposal may proceed by the fast-track method. Please
do not attempt to vote until this happens.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the "Guidelines for Group Creation
within the UK Hierarchy" as published regularly in uk.net.news.announce
and is available from http://www.usenet.org.uk/guidelines.html (the UK
Usenet website). Please refer to this document if you have any questions
about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
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Proponent:
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>
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