FAST-TRACK of uk.tech.home-automation

[Matthew Vernon as Control]

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FAST TRACK ANNOUNCEMENT uk.tech.home-automation
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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.tech.home-automation

This proposal will be activated no earlier than five days from the posting
of this notice (i.e. not before January 16th), 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 line:
uk.tech.home-automation Home Automation in the UK


RATIONALE: uk.tech.home-automation

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.tech.home-automation from 2014-18-10 to
2018-12-27 has shown that there were *three* posts, one of which was a
"Dr death" prompt, and one a response.

It is not the intention to remove any groups that are, or people
believe will be, useful going forward. If you are a user of the group
and feel it should remain then please reply to this and join the debate
on uk.net.news.config so I know not to press ahead with this.


CHARTER:
uk.tech.home-automation

Charter of uk.tech.home-automation (Not Moderated)

uk.tech.home-automation is for the discussion of all aspects of Home
Automation within the UK.

Advertising

Advertising is forbidden, with these exceptions:
Suppliers of goods and services relevant to UK specification home
automation related products may post an invitation to visit their special
offers, web site or request details. It should be of six lines or fewer
and not posted more than once every month. 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.

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Proponent:
Paul Cummins <paulc...@tiscali.co.uk>

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Matthew Vernon as Control

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