From: mark@ve6mgs.ampr.org (Mark G. Salyzyn, VE6MGS)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.amateur.packet,rec.radio.noncomm,rec.radio.cb,alt.radio.scanner
Subject: CFV: rec.radio.info moderated
Followup-To: poster
Date: 23 Nov 1992 18:06:39 -0500
Organization: ampr.org
NNTP-Posting-Host: news.uu.net

This is a CALL FOR VOTES for the creation of the rec.radio.info newsgroup.  The
RFD was first posted on 2 November 1992. It is decided that since discussion
has stopped, showing support by acquiescence, that we will post the CFV
prematurely with respect to the 30 days, typically, after the RFD group
creation guidelines. The guidelines, however, state that the vote should
be taken shortly after the end of discussion.

Voting will start on publication of this article and end on December 23,
1992 at 23:59 GMT.  Votes should be mailed as follows(*):

Yes (create rec.radio.info, as proposed): QSL@unomaha.edu or qsl@unomaha.edu

No (do not create):			  QRT@unomaha.edu or qrt@unomaha.edu

Case is not important (at least on the receiving end). 

(* Voting mailboxes are amateur radio Q-codes for mnemonic purposes.
QSL = acknowledged, also loosely yes or affirmative.  QRT = cease transmission,
also loosely no, "nix" or "86").

Votes that are posted or mailed to me will not be counted.  Message bodies will
be ignored for tallying purposes.

Moderator at creation will be mark@ve6mgs.ampr.org (Mark Gregory Salyzyn).
Regular posters to this group will be deputized to moderator status to
provide timeliness, reliability and to keep the load down on the chief
moderator. There is no archive site arranged at the moment, however,
Lyndon.Nerenberg@unbc.edu has offered a site once installed in the coming
month. Any offers to help moderate or archive this new group, if passed, can be
made to mark@ve6mgs.ampr.org, adec23.UUCP!mark or pschleck@cwis.unomaha.edu.

Votes will be acknowledged in followup CFVs in the newsgroups this CFV is
posted to. I must thank pschleck@cwis.unomaha.edu (Paul W. Schleck) for taking
on the task of being an independent vote taker and for his advice throughout
this process.

Please see the pertinent postings in news.answers and news.announce.newgroups
for the rules that will be followed in creating a newsgroup.

Newsgroup:
	rec.radio.info (moderated)

/usr/lib/news/newsgroups entry:
	rec.radio.info	Informational postings related to radio.

Charter:
	To provide high quality, informational postings about radio.  This
	group will take cross-postings, or moderated postings from the regular
	discussion streams to alleviate the traffic, over expensive links, in
	these groups by allowing the news transfer mechanism to drop articles
	cross posted to rec.radio.info. Postings in the entire rec.radio.*
	hierarchy that the moderator(s) feel as informational, however, are
	likely candidates for cross posting or re-posting. Also by placing the
	informational postings in this group, make it easier for many to find
	radio related information.

	By maintaining a high level of quality in the postings, it is hoped
	that these postings may end up, at least more conveniently, in various
	archive sites, or possibly over the Amateur Radio Packet BBS network
	as well.

	By using a self-moderator scheme, the hopes are that many of the
	postings will maintain timeliness, and good propagation through the
	computer networks.

Ciao, 73 de VE6MGS/Mark -sk-
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