DECISION: us.issues.* namspace review

[Henrietta K Thomas]

On July 28, 2003, I posted a Call For Discussion (CFD) to review
the status of newsgroups in the us.issues.* namespace. The CFD
included statements that:

a) us.issues.abortion will remain as is,
b) us.issues.occupations.computer-programmers should be
removed for lack of traffic,
c) us.issues.statehood.upstate-ny should also be removed
for lack of traffic, but that
d) us.issues itself will not be removed until more groups are
created in the us.issues.* namespace.

I then presented a list of possible groups to be created in the
us.issues.* namespace, to wit:

>us.issues.crime
>us.issues.economics
>us.issues.education
>us.issues.environment
>us.issues.gun-control
>us.issues.health-care
>us.issues.immigration
>us.issues.national-defense
>us.issues.rights+liberties
>us.issues.trade
>etc.

See Message-ID: <4vibivk6rnikfac1a...@4ax.com>

There was no great consensus in support of any of these
particular group names. Most of the discussion centered
on crime, education, and rights+liberties, but there was no
consensus as to the best approach to take in regard to these
topics. This was particularly true in regard to creating groups
for 'crime' and 'rights+liberties'.

In the absence of a clear consensus, I cannot recommend any
new groups to be created in the us.issues.* namespace. I can,
however, proceed with the removal of the computer-programmers
and upstate-ny groups, and this I will do forthwith.

I do not intend to post any RFDs to create new groups in the
us.issues.* namespace at the present time. Others are welcome
to try, however, if they wish.

So, unless someone besides myself posts an RFD to create another
group n the us.issues.* namespace,

a) the two groups mentioned above will be removed, and
b) us.issues and us.issues.abortion will remain as is.

Thank you for your time.

Henrietta K. Thomas
us.* hierarchy coordinator
hk...@earthlink.net
www.usenetnews.us