Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:41:56 +1100 From: John Marshall <john.marshall@riverwillow.com.au> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Future of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce Newsgroup Message-ID: <20091204054155.GV1388@rwpc12.mby.riverwillow.net.au>
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--p8PhoBjPxaQXD0vg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gentlemen, Sorry if this topic is inappropriate for this mailing list - please point me in the right direction if so, or pass this on to the appropriate hat. Readers of the FreeBSD web site and handbook are directed to the the comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce newsgroup. This newsgroup, created in 1995 and moderated by Jordan Hubbard, is inactive and under threat of extinction. The newsgroup folks have started their "Moderator Vacancy Investigation" (MVI) process for this newsgroup and unless a replacement moderator is appointed the group will probably be removed. I suggest that the FreeBSD Project: 1. Respond to the MVI proposing a new moderator for the newsgroup; 2. Arrange for the freebsd-announce mailing list to be gated to the newsgroup (since that fits the newsgroup's charter). Extract from the MVI... ---------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER OF COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.ANNOUNCE Moderated by Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> This newsgroup is for announcements relating to the FreeBSD operating system. Things appropriate for the .announce group would include announcements of new versions of FreeBSD, announcements of major software releases (both commercial and freely redistributable) for FreeBSD (e.g. new version of X11 for FreeBSD), announcements of fixes for major bugs, and the like. FAQs relating to FreeBSD should also be cross-posted to this group. =20 HISTORY OF THE GROUP: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 338:69 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 22 Feb 1995. ---------------------------------------------------------------- I am happy to help if necessary but somebody like the -announce mailing list moderator is probably more appropriate. I have never done any mail-to-news stuff but I could learn. - I mailed jkh@ on 30-Nov and got no response. - I mailed freebsd-www@ on 01-Dec and got no response. Thank you. Regards, --=20 John Marshall --p8PhoBjPxaQXD0vg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksYoSMACgkQw/tAaKKahKKp/QCfSC5VszkWBnGSqtVaVPzcunTm omYAnR63Raz2PlTtLrxTWziZZpoDgOkc =3HZS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p8PhoBjPxaQXD0vg--
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