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From: peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus)
Newsgroups: comp.std.unix
Subject: Re: call for volunteer moderator
Message-ID: <17632@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 4 Feb 91 16:01:20 GMT
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Submitted-by: peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus)

In article <17525@cs.utexas.edu> std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net writes:
>Submitted-by: std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net (John S. Quarterman)
>
>Since the end of October 1990, there has been no funding for moderation
>of the newsgroup comp.std.unix and its associated mailing list
>std-unix@uunet.uu.net.  Since that time, I have sought such funding
>from several user groups, the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE/CS), the
>IEEE/CS Technical Committee on Operating Systems Standards Subcommittee
>(TCOS-SS), and various private companies.  No funding is forthcoming.
>As I remarked three months ago, I cannot afford to moderate the newsgroup
>as a volunteer.  I have solicited volunteers, but no one has thus far
>come forward.
>
>So, this is a final call for a volunteer moderator, responses to be
>received at std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net by 15 February 1991.
>

As .stc.c and .std.internat are unmoderated and have not 
gone berzerk, could someone (perhaps jsq) explain why .std.unix
needs to be moderated?

Peter

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