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From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION Revision 2: Split the c.s.a group more?
Summary: Want suggestions on draft charter for c.s.a.announce
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Date: 30 Oct 90 21:08:07 GMT
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In article <1990Oct30.022453.2043@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
   xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>Also, I have been reminded I seem to need to come  up  with  full  blown
>charters for each subgroup. Volunteer authors,  don't  ask,  just  email
>your effort to me for any subgroup you want to describe and I'll cut and
>paste the results and write the ones myself for which  I  get  no  input
>within  a  week  or  so.

This is a draft charter.  If you have suggestions for revisions,
please E-MAIL them to ME.  When I feel happy with the revisions, I'll
send it to Kent for the official Call For Discussion.  Here you go:
_____________________________________________________________________

Draft Charter For Comp.Sys.Amiga.Announce

Name:		comp.sys.amiga.announce

Moderated:	yes

Purpose:	The "news" group of the Amiga computer newsgroups. 
		Announcements concerning new products and releases
		of hardware and software, meetings, and events. 
		Also, brief news reports of general interest to
		the Amiga community.

General comments:

This is the group that everybody can read quickly to keep up with
developments in the Amiga computing community.  The traffic is
purposely kept low so that users can quickly find important
information without wading through an excessive amount of traffic
on other issues.

This is not an advertising forum.  Product announcements should
list only the features or improvements of a product, with no
sales hype, comments about competing products, or instructions on
how to buy.  They may list a telephone number or postal address
to contact for further information.  Any product announcements
should include an availability date.  Subsequent announcements
about any product or event may only include corrections to
earlier errors.

It is preferred that announcements be from official
representatives.  Quotes from magazines or newspapers are
copyrighted and are not acceptable.  Questionable sources are
verified and confirmed before posting.

No discussion of announcements is permitted, as this group is
intended to be short and easy to read.  Followups for discussion
are redirected to the appropriate other groups.  For example,
followups to an announcement of a new memory card are directed to
comp.sys.amiga.hardware.

Rejected postings are returned by the moderator with an
explanation of the problem and possible suggestions on how to fix
it.
_________________________________________________________________

I think this is pretty good, but I want to make sure that nobody out
there has some brilliant idea that I should throw in.  One thing I'm
not sure on:  should companies be permitted to give the list price of
their products, or should that be given over the phone?  Also, are
e-mail addresses permissible sources of "other information"?
Something tells me we shouldn't use the Internet for blatant
commercialism, but e-mail is so nice....

Again, please E-MAIL your suggestions to ME.

             Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
           Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.