From: zerkle@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce
Subject: Instructions for submissions to comp.sys.amiga.announce
Keywords: administrivia
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:49:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucdavis.12043
Expires: 5 Jun 92 07:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Computer Science


                Instructions for Submissions

                   as of October 6, 1991.



This file gives instructions on how to make submissions to
the comp.sys.amiga.announce newsgroup.  Possibly revised
editions are posted monthly.

This group distributes announcements of import to people
using the Commodore brand Amiga computers.  Announcements
may contain any important information, but most likely will
deal with new products, disk library releases, software
updates, uploads to archives, reports of major bugs or
dangerous viruses, notices of meetings or upcoming events,
and so on.

Information should come from reliable sources.  The most
favored source is an official representative of the company
discussed in the announcement.  Please do not submit
something you read in a magazine or newspaper.  Instead, ask
the company or individual mentioned in the publication to
submit an announcement, or submit something directly from
them.

This group is not an advertising forum.  Product
announcements may not contain hype or denigrating
comparisons with competing products.  Announcements of
products should contain only a straightforward description.
A look at the "news" or "new products" section of a computer
magazine should give an idea of the proper presentation.

This group is moderated.  You can not post directly to a
moderated group.  Instead, you need to send your submission
to the moderator of the group, and the moderator will post
your submission for you.  The preferred way to send the
submission is through electronic mail, but other methods are
possible.  More on this later.

Product announcements should include at least the following
information:

1. Short description of product.
   a. Overview
   b. List of features/specifications

2. Compatibility with:
   a. Amiga 3000
   b. Workbench/Kickstart 2.0

3  System requirements

4. Price.

5. Release date.

6. Method to contact the company.  This can be a phone/FAX
   number, e-mail address, or paper mail address.

Software announcements should also include the following
information:

1. Special hardware/peripherals required (if any).

2. Workbench/Kickstart versions required.

3. Usable RAM required.

4. Copy protection (Is it HD installable?  Does it multitask
   politely?).

Hardware announcements should include the following
information as appropriate:

1. Power requirements.

2. Which models the product works with:  500/1000/2000/3000,
   NTSC/PAL.

3. Software required/included.

Announcements may include additional information.

If you are announcing something that is available via FTP or
some other public archive systems, please read a document
posted with this one about FTP upload announcements.

If you are announcing a meeting or convention, make sure you
list what will happen at the meeting, with names, times,
topics, and so on.  Give detailed travel directions to the
meeting place so that anybody can find it.

Once you have your announcement ready, you should submit it
to the moderator.  The primary moderator is Dan Zerkle.  The
preferred method for submitting announcements is via
electronic mail.  Send your submissions to
announce@cs.ucdavis.edu.  Note that the e-mail in the
Division of Computer Science is currently in a chaotic
state.  If you have trouble getting mail through, please
call the phone number listed below.

Please do NOT make submissions by simply posting them.  Some
systems will forward these to the moderator, but often the
return address will get mangled, and this will foul up any
forwarding mechanism if a backup moderator is serving.

You may send paper mail to

  Dan Zerkle
  Division of Computer Science
  University of California
  Davis, CA  95616

Other methods of submission are possible.  For instance, if
your company mails out press kits, the moderator can
transcribe them.  Please contact Dan at the e-mail address
shown above or call (916) 754-0240 to make other
arrangements.

Assuming you send your announcement through electronic mail,
an acknowledgement will be sent within two days.  This may
take longer to reach you due to the slowness of certain mail
distribution systems such as UUCP.  If you receive no
acknowledgement after a reasonable wait, send the
announcement again.  This time, you should include your
telephone number in case there is some trouble getting e-
mail to you.  If you still get no acknowledgement, either
call the number above or use the backup moderator (see
below).

If there are no problems with the announcement, it will be
posted immediately.  The moderator may make minor edits for
spelling, grammar, or clarity, but their presence will be
noted.  If there is some problem with the announcement, it
will be returned with a note about the problem, so you can
fix it.  Likely reasons for rejection are inappropriateness
for this group, incomplete information about a product, much
too much information (listing every single scrap of
information), or too much selling hype.

There is a backup moderator.  He serves as the moderator
when the primary moderator can not, due to absence or
technical difficulties.  Also, if you have a dispute with
the primary moderator (He refuses to post something you
think is ok), you can submit it to the backup moderator.
The backup moderator is Mike Meyer.  His e-mail address is
mwm@decwrl.dec.com.

There is a file containing warnings and disclaimers about
this group.  It is posted separately.  One thing mentioned
in that file is that by submitting announcements to the
moderator, you implicitly release them into the public
domain.  This is so the moderators or other people can use
the information in other ways, such as compiling or
summarizing it.  If you don't want your announcements to be
released into the public domain, you should attach a section
to them stating that the information is copyrighted, and
what uses of the information are permissible.

Finally, if you have any questions about this group or
making submissions you may contact the moderator at his
personal e-mail box.  The address is
zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu.  Do not send submissions to this
address, or they will be returned unposted.
--
Please see monthly postings for the disclaimer, the introduction, the charter,
and submission instructions.  Comments to zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu.
MAIL ALL SUBMISSIONS TO announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (don't auto-post).