mshappe@heights.cit.cornell.edu (05/29/90)
[Note - all votes are to be sent to either Bob Mosley or Mike Shappe. Do
*not* send me votes, as I will ignore them. Replying to this article
("R" or "r") should go to the correct place - ed.]
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CALL FOR VOTES rec.arts.sf-creative, rec.arts.sf-creative.d
Whereas the members of USENET have discussed and agreed upon a charter, the
call is hereby sent out for votes on the following questions:
1) Do you approve of the charter for, and therefore the creation of, the
newsgroup rec.arts.sf-creative?
2) Do you approve of the charter for, and therefore the creation of, the
newsgroup rec.arts.sf-creative.d?
Please answer both questions.
Should question 2) fail, the charter for rec.arts.sf-creative provides for an
alternative means of discussion.
Should question 1) fail, neither group will be created.
Please MAIL your votes to Bob Mosley III (mosley@peyote.cactus.org). Mr.
Mosley will be in charge of all things vote-like, including the tallying
and the acknowledging of ballots. Each question will, of course, be tallied
separately.
If you cannot reach Bob, then MAIL votes to Mike Shappe
(mshappe@heights.cit.cornell.edu,
mshappe%biar.uucp@wrath.cs.cornell.edu, cornell!biar!mshappe,
UT6Y@CORNELLA{.bitnet}), and they will be forwarded untouched to Bob.
If you find that ALL of these addresses are "bouncing" the mail back
to you undelivered please post said problem to news.groups, and Bob or
I will attempt to hack a correct path to you.
We are not supposed to accept publically posted votes unless we absolutely
100% have to because no mail path is working--highly improbable if you can post
and it reaches us (there are very few places in the universe where you can't
find SOME E-Mail path that will work if News works). IT IS THEREFORE VITAL
THAT YOU DO NOT PUBLICALLY POST YOUR VOTE UNLESS ALL OTHER RECOURSE HAS
FAILED!
The vote will last for 21 days, from 26 May to 16 June. Reminder calls
and mass acknowledgements will be posted weekly to news.groups,
news.announce.newgroups, rec.arts.startrek, rec.arts.drwho, and
rec.arts.sf-lovers. The final tally will be posted no later than 17
June. If Question 1) or both questions pass, there will then be a
five (5) day waiting period, after which, barring serious
uproar/objection to the voting itself, the NEWGROUP for the
appropriate group(s) will be sent by Mike Shappe
(mshappe@heights.cit.cornell.edu) from Heights.
[Note - only the final results will be posted in r.a.s.i. - ed.]
The final charters for both groups follow the CTRL-L. These charters
are not ammendable at this time, as per the USENET guidelines.
^L
CHARTER (Rev Five/Release): Rec.Arts.SF-Creative
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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The group rec.arts.sf-creative shall exist for the the posting of
original, reader-created works of or about science-fiction and to
provide fans of such works with free access to them.
TYPE OF GROUP
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Moderated. The initial candidate for moderator is Mike Shappe
(mshappe@heights.cit.cornell.edu).
{Note: The initial moderation address will probably be
cornell!biar!mshappe. I am currently working on setting up my own UUCP
node, "amnesia", which will, among other things, allow me to set up aliases
for the newsgroup and not have to worry about someone else kvetching about
my using up their disk space :-) The changeover will probably happen in
late August or September)
DEFINITIONS
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APPROPRIATE MATERIAL
This group shall exist for the posting of ORIGINAL WORKS of or about
science fiction
ORIGINAL WORKS
This phrase includes but is not limited to: Original SF stories;
Original parodies of works of SF; Original graphics of SF characters,
ships, or technology; Original reports on fictional technology (NOT
random comments).
What is actually acceptable will be determined by a set of
group-modifiable guidelines.
Modifications to the guidelines will require Yes - No => 50
The classes of work mentioned in the first paragraph of this section
will not be modifiable.
ORIGINAL
For our purposes, the term "original" refers only to the work itself.
Any characters used in the work need not be original. Such articles
should include a statement to the fact that the characters are being
used without permission (unless, of course, they are :-)
An original work shall be one which is the creation of the poster or
someone for whom s/he is posting, and must not have been previously
posted on this group.
THE MODERATOR
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A moderator in any group serves to insure that entries to the group
meet the criteria of the charter and the guidelines.
The moderator shall post an initial set of guidelines based on this
charter, and repost said guidelines on a monthly basis.
A moderator has final say as to whether or not an article is posted.
In this group specifially:
The moderator shall be expected to post those articles which meet the
charter and guidelines. The moderator shall NOT be an editor, but
SHALL reserve the right to reject postings based on extreme errors in
grammar and spelling. Any article so rejected may be resubmitted
after correction.
The moderator shall reply to any rejected articles with a letter
explaining exactly why the submission was rejected
DISCUSSION
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Discussion of works posted to Rec.arts.sf-creative will follow one
of two patterns:
If the vote for Rec.arts.sf-creative.d passes, or at any other time
said group should come into creation, all discussion will be re-
directed to that group.
Otherwise, discussion will be moderated using a "letters column"
digest format.
Submitted respectfully for approval
Michael Scott Shappe
Based on the work of
Ryan D. Matthews (mathews@cs.buffalo.edu), et al
and the discussions to date.
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CHARTER (Rev One/Release): Rec.Arts.SF-Creative.D
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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The group rec.arts.sf-creative.d shall exist for the posting of commentary
and discussion about the works posted to Rec.Arts.SF-Creative, and for the
discussion of any issues pertaining to the administration of
Rec.Arts.SF-Creative.
TYPE OF GROUP
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Unmoderated.
DEFINITIONS
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APPROPRIATE MATERIAL
This group shall exist for the discussion of the works posted to RASFC
ONLY, and for the discussion and debate of points of charter and by-laws of
the main group.
Submitted respectfully for approval
Michael Scott Shappe
Based on the work of Ryan D. Mathews
And the discussions to date
--
Mike Shappe (Uncle Mikey)
Cornell Office of Information Technologies
mshappe@heights.cit.cornell.edu, mshappe%biar.uucp@wrath.cs.cornell.
"Only the beginning of what I want to feel forever..." -- Chicago
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