RFD: Removal of moderated newsgroups without moderators

[Steve Hayes]

The following has been posted in news.groups, which affects some
genealogy groups:

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)

This is a formal Request for Discussion (RFD) to remove the following
101 moderated newsgroups.


RATIONALE:

Currently, those groups cannot be used for discussion because of the
lack of a moderator. Most of those groups haven't had a moderator for
a long time and have been unused for years. We consider it unlikely
that they will ever be revived with a new moderator. Nonetheless,
anyone interested in becoming a moderator for a group listed in this
RFD is invited to contact the Big-8 Management Board.


DISTRIBUTION:

news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
news.groups

Because of the magnitude of the group list, this proposal is not
cross-posted to target groups. In the course of these proceedings the
Board will post pointers to this announcement to appropriate
groups. Readers are encouraged to take the initiative and spread the
message.


PROCEDURE:

The procedure shall take at least 8 weeks, with announcements posted
every 4 weeks: 1st RFD, 2nd RFD, and Last Call for Comments (LCC). The
group lists may be revised during this stage and additional RFDs
posted as necessary. Discussion about candidate groups should take
place in the moderated group news.groups.proposals. After publication
of the LCC, the Board will vote. If there are specific reasons to vote
individually for some groups, the Board will do, but the default will
be a ballot covering all groups.

More details can be found here:

https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Mass_removal_of_groups


NEWSGROUP LINES:

(only the geneaslogy newsgroups are listed here)

soc.genealogy.african Genealogy of Africa and the African Diaspora.
(Moderated)
soc.genealogy.surnames.britain Surnames queries - Great Britain.
(Moderated)
soc.genealogy.surnames.canada Surnames queries - Canada. (Moderated)
soc.genealogy.surnames.german Surnames queries - German speaking
countries. (Moderated)
soc.genealogy.surnames.global Surnames queries central database.
(Moderated)
soc.genealogy.surnames.misc Surnames - regions not covered
elsewhere. (Moderated)
soc.genealogy.surnames.usa Surnames queries - USA. (Moderated)

If you have any objections, please make them heard in moderated group
news.groups.proposals. The "Followup-To:" header is set on this
message,
so simply replying to this post should do the right thing.
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[r***@yahoo.co.uk]

Post by Steve Hayes
soc.genealogy.surnames.britain Surnames queries - Great Britain.
(Moderated)

Would be interested in taking this one on, if a better quilified person does
not wish it

[Steve Hayes]

Post by r***@yahoo.co.uk

Post by Steve Hayes
soc.genealogy.surnames.britain Surnames queries - Great Britain.
(Moderated)

Would be interested in taking this one on, if a better quilified person does
not wish it

anyone interested in becoming a moderator for a group listed in this
RFD is invited to contact the Big-8 Management Board.