Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!fuug!funic!nntp.hut.fi!nntp!Paivi.Hyvarinen From: Paivi.Hyvarinen@hut.fi (Paivi Helena Hyvarinen) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: The charter of this group (Was: Re: harassing mail) Message-ID: Date: 24 May 91 10:23:19 GMT References: <1991May22.004900.21797@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1991May22.042638.18885@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> <1991May22.123607.3430@athena.cs.uga.edu> Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id) Reply-To: Paivi.Hyvarinen@hut.fi Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: rodney@sun.ipl.rpi.edu's message of 22 May 91 17:23:01 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: vipunen.hut.fi In article rodney@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) writes: But, I'm curious about the general opinon of people here in this group. Is this going to be a place for continuous petty spouting of rules and regulations and rebuttals? ... Is there a charter somewhere? This is from news.announce.newgroups where all the new USENET groups are announced: "The charter of the group is: The purpose of comp.admin.policy is to provide a forum for the discussion of site administration policy, including but certainly not limited to: - email privacy (the administration and implementation of it) - account contracts .. what should be in them? - acceptable use policy for networks, schools, companies, etc - what constitutes abuse of a user's account - policy on breakings, attempted breakings, etc - the ethics and issues involved in the restriction/freedom of accounts - the chain of command..who does what at your site?" So, it seems we are "stuck" with rules and regulations - that and related issues is what the group was suggested, voted and created for. Personally, I find it very interesting, as I am responsible for enforcing the acceptable use rules at my university as part of my work. The discussion so far has been very enlightening and I think we have some work to do in defining with what action different types of offences should be responded to. In our rules this is a clearly fuzzy area. Paivi -- @ Paivi Hyvarinen, systems analyst (part time) @ Paivi.Hyvarinen@hut.fi @ @ User Services Section @ @ @ Computing Centre, Helsinki Univ. of Technology @ Voice: 358 + 0 - 451 4316 @ @ Otakaari 1 M, SF-02150 Espoo, Finland @ Reception: U133 Thu 10-12 @