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From: prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Dinesh K. Prabhu)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.religion.eastern
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Date: 26 Jan 90 07:42:57 GMT
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Reply-To: prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Dinesh K. Prabhu)
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   We have entered the final week of discussion and debate about the
   proposed newsgroup talk.religion.eastern.
     
   Initially I had proposed to create the *.religion.eastern newsgroup
   in the soc hierarchy. This, I felt would be a perfect complement to
   s.r.christianity and s.r.islam (both moderated). I was informed of
   the net precedent of not having unmoderated religious/political
   newsgroups in the soc hierarchy. Because of this and the fact that
   I did not have a moderator, I decided to move the group into the
   talk hierarchy. 
     
   I am happy to say that Dr. Mukund Srinivasan (mukund@princeton.edu)
   has been kind enough to agree to moderate the proposed newsgroup. I
   now wish to move the newsgroup into the soc hierarchy (last move,
   honest!) With this in mind and with the comments that I have received
   over the past few days, I have reworked the charter.
   
                 CHARTER OF SOC.RELIGION.EASTERN (moderated)
                      
   1) The word eastern in the title of the newsgroup signifies religions
      with origins in South/South-East/Far-East Asia. For example,
      Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shintoism, Taoism, etc.
      
   2) The aim of the newsgroup is to provide a forum for the discussion
      of Eastern metaphysics/theology/logic.
      
   3) All people, irrespective of their religious background, can post
      articles in this newsgroup.
      
   4) Articles about western religious systems [Judaism/Christianity/Islam
      are also welcome if the aim is to make rational/objective comparisons
      of these systems with those discussed in this newsgroup [s.r.eastern]
      
   5) The newsgroup will be moderated to prevent inflammatory articles,
      personal attacks, and proselytizing.
      
   6) The moderator will not impose his/her personal agenda on the newsgroup.
   
   7) If an article is rejected the moderator will clearly state his reason(s)
      for doing so.
      
   8) The moderator reserves the right to end a discussion if the discussion
      has gone on for a while and no further light is being shed on the topic
      of discussion.
      
   Please let me know what you think of this reworked charter. I plan to bring
   this to a vote on Feb. 1, 1990. Thanks once again for your time.
   
   Dinesh K. Prabhu
   (prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov)
   
   
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|    Dinesh K. Prabhu               Eloret Institute, M/S 230-2               |
|    prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov     NASA ARC, Moffett Field CA-94035.         |
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