FAST-TRACK of remove uk.transport.ferry

[Tony Evans as Control]

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FAST TRACK ANNOUNCEMENT remove uk.transport.ferry
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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.transport.ferry

This proposal will be activated no earlier than five days from the posting
of this notice (i.e. not before December 27th), 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.transport.ferry UK ferry news and discussion


RATIONALE: uk.transport.ferry

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.transport.ferry from 2013-11-29 to
2014-11-29 has shown that there were no posts in this period.

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.transport.ferry

This newsgroup is intended to give ferry enthusiasts, users and people
who work in the industry alike latest news on what is happening around
the UK. This news is otherwise hard to come across, and the newsgroup
would allow people to communicate developments with each other in an
efficient way

As well as direct news, discussion topics on the subject of past, present
or possible future operations or ferries would be welcome.


Discussion topics

Discussion topics should be limited to ferry services serving the United
Kingdom, both within the British Isles and also continental Europe.

The following are considered off-topic:

* matters of general transport interest without reference to ferries -
this should be posted in uk.transport

* matters relating to shipping other than ferries

* matters relating to 'fixed-link' traffic without reference to ferry
services

* posts in languages other than English without translation

* personal abuse/ flames

* cross-posting to more than two other newsgroups


Binary Files

Only plain text is permitted. No binary files, HTML text or similar are
permitted.


Advertising Policy

All commercial advertisements (including those advertising for jobs) are
not permitted. However personal advertisements for goods or services
related to ferries are allowed providing they are no greater than 20
lines.

END CHARTER

Proponent:
Graham Drabble <usen...@drabble.me.uk>

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Tony Evans | Email: con...@usenet.org.uk
Control | Web: http://www.usenet.org.uk

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