From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,da61dbede39ca9bd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-12 03:33:46 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news1.cableinet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tony Gair Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada os newsgroup Message-ID: <20010912113250.44723fb9.tonygair@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <20010911092548.6a773b75.tonygair@nospam.blueyonder.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.5.3 (GTK+ 1.2.9; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:34:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.31.154.215 X-Complaints-To: http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/abuse X-Trace: news1.cableinet.net 1000290860 62.31.154.215 (Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:34:20 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:34:20 BST Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13052 Date: 2001-09-12T10:34:20+00:00 List-Id: Does anyone understand this, > In article news:20010911092548.6a773b75.tonygair@nospam.blueyonder.co.uk > Tsony Gair asked about setting up an Ada OS newsgroup. > > Usual guidelines for a new group go as follows... > > Kicked off with an RFD (REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION) a discussion period > is entered which is to last thirty days on net news. If the discussion has > to go on for longer it is to be continued off net news. Before these > thirty days are up, discussion posts must be sent to > news:news.announce.newgroups (if NNTP to this group does not work for > particular people they may email newgroups@isc.org ) and it is allowed for > these posts to be sent to other news groups simultaneously. The mandatory > newsgroup is moderated (therefore posts may take some time to appear) and > one should not post the same message to news:news.announce.newgroups and > e.g. news:comp.lang.ada as separate posts ... they are to be crossposted > simultaneously which would delay appearance on the unmoderated groups too. > > After discussion if the proposal is still going ahead there would be a > Call For Votes (CFV). Voting should take 21-31 days. Voting is only via > email. > > So the process will take at least about two months. > > See "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" from > news:news.announce.newgroups etc. > (e.g. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl1012195284d&hl=en&rnum=84&selm=nan.962619304.25162%40isc.org > ) > and "Usenet Newsgroup Creation Companion" from news:news.answers etc. > (e.g. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&rnum=2&selm=6cv4qi%24cf3%241%40news.ncal.verio.com > ) > and so on. > > A fairly recent botched RFD is "RFD comp.os.ose" (see criticisms from > people who would not have used the group anyway at > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=82eaa443.0106071629.5239414e%40posting.google.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dproposed%2Bnewsgroup%2Bgroup:comp.realtime%26hl%3Den%26as_qdr%3Dy%26rnum%3D1%26selm%3D82eaa443.0106071629.5239414e%2540posting.google.com > ) and a fairly recent RFD which actually yielded discussion is > "RFD: comp.software.patterns" which is archived at > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=9lba0p%24jv1%241%40panix2.panix.com&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fas_oq%3Dcomp%26as_ugroup%3Dnews.groups%26as_usubject%3DRFD%26as_drrb%3Dq%26as_qdr%3Dm > and has been followed by a CFV: "CFV: comp.software.patterns" at > news:1000139646.12349@isc.org and > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=news.groups&selm=1000139646.12349%40isc.org