As with everything else, this was all Mike Gleeson's fault. A motion was made to not change the structure of this list, but this motion was overruled by Kyle. The policy is currently enforced entirely through self-regulation, which is apparently unsuccessful. Too many disadvantages. Motion is made to have two unmoderated lists.
Motion is made to delay discussion of the definition of proper content for the announcement list.
The vote fails to reach a clear majority and discussion continues. Motion is made to remove newsgroup and web-site options from the discussion. Chaos reins for several minutes and then is beaten into submission. It was very chaotic, with a lot of confusion and misunderstanding. In the meantime, I'm going to summarize.