It’s had bugger all response on
the uk.net.news.config group. Why weren’t we told
here?
M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Quinten Uijldert
[mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 December 2001
13:02
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] UK
Newsgroups
When can we vote?
Definately
a good group to have (won't leave this list
though :-) ).
Q.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark McCall
To: ukha_d Egroup
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:51
PM
Subject: [ukha_d] UK
Newsgroups
Just noticed this was posted again on
20/11/01
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD)
for
the following changes
in the uk.* Usenet hierarchy:
create unmoderated newsgroup uk.tech.home-automation
Newsgroup line:
uk.tech.home-automation
Home Automation in the UK
*** ALL
DISCUSSION
MUST TAKE PLACE IN UK.NET.NEWS.CONFIG ***
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot
vote at this time.
Further procedural details are given
below.
RATIONALE:
uk.tech.home-automation
Home Automation, whilst widespread in the USA,
is
a new and fast
emerging technology in the UK.
Whilst the comp.home.automation newsgroup
already
exists for global
discussion on this subject, due to differing
international electrical
and telecom standards, much of the information
discussed here is not
relevant to the UK and is dominated by US
discussions, causing a lot
of UK questions to go unanswered, thus making
this
group desirable.
This proposal was originally raised on 8th
January
2001 by Lyndon
Watkins. The ensuing discussion got
bogged
down in more general
matters of whether uk.* groups should cover
the
same subject matter as
Big8 groups and whether people should just use
a
mailing list instead.
The proponent was interested in the group then
and
still is now.
Duplication of Big8 groups but with a local
focus
has never been an
issue within uk.*, it happens a lot and it
usually
works. Mailing
lists are not usenet and while they have their
place, this area is not
specialised nor the interested parties
identifiable enough to make it
a useful alternative.
Therefore the proponent would like to reissue
the
proposal with the
hope of gaining an indication of how many
people
would be actually
genuinely interested in using the group.
If
this number is greater
than the 12 required for creation, then that
alone
should be
sufficient to warrant the creation of this
well
placed, well specified
group. Preferably before the proponent
starts placing large orders
for X10 gear...
END RATIONALE
CHARTER:
uk.tech.home-automation
uk.tech.home-automation is for the discussion
of
all aspects of Home
Automation within the UK.
Advertising
Advertising is forbidden, with these
exceptions:
Suppliers of goods and services relevant to UK
specification home
automation related products may post an
invitation
to visit their
special offers, web site or request
details.
It should be of six
lines or fewer and not posted more than once
every
month. The subject
line should begin "ADVERT: ", except
for
vacancy adverts, when it
should begin "JOB:
".
Binaries & Formatting
Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed
files,
etc.) are
forbidden. Such material belongs on a web or
FTP
site to which a
pointer may be posted. Cryptographic
signatures
(e.g. PGP) may be used
where authentication is important and should
be as
short as possible.
Posts must be readable as plaintext. HTML, RTF
and
similarly formatted
messages are prohibited. To see how to make
your
newsreader comply
with this, read <http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.
Warning
Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be
reported to their
"postmaster" and/or Service
Provider.
END CHARTER
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call
for
votes. In this phase of
the process, any potential problems with the
proposal should be raised
and resolved. The discussion period will
continue for a minimum of 10
days, starting from when this RFD is posted to
uk.net.news.announce
(i.e. until December 1st) after which a Call
For
Votes (CFV) may be
posted by a neutral vote taker if the
discussion
warrants it.
Alternatively, the proposal may proceed by the
fast-track method. Please
do not attempt to vote until this
happens.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the
"Guidelines for Group Creation
within the UK Hierarchy" as published
regularly in uk.net.news.announce.
Please refer to this document if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following
newsgroups:
uk.net.news.announce
uk.net.news.config
uk.tech.electronic-security
uk.tech.misc
uk.comp.misc
uk.comp.home-networking
comp.home.automation
Proponent:
Claire
Speed <perdita@xxxxxxx>
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