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Subject: Administrivia
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Date: Tue, 1-Jul-86 23:14:01 EDT
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Hi!  Several people have sent me mail asking for more information about
one thing or another that has been announced in mod.newprod.  This was,
in this case probably due to mod.newprod material being re-posted to an
MS-DOS interest group without the full signature info that reminds people
that I am just the moderator.  I don't represent the products being announced
in any way.  So, please, if you are including mod.newprod material in another
forum, please be sure that people know to send their requests for
more information to the contact listed in the BODY of the message.

While we're "chatting", I've been getting some rather longer submissions
than I had planned on (>15 screen lines).  I bounced one that I thought was
mostly fluff, and it came back much meatier.  Others (about to be posted)
don't contain very much fluff.  So, I'm changing guideline A to modify
the length guideline.  Also, I'm changing guideline C to give myself more
lattitude.  Guideline F is new.  Let me know if you don't like the changes.
Thanks.

	A) Announcements should (within about 15 screen lines) present
	   enough information that the reader can make an intelligent
	   decision on whether or not to view the entire announcement.
	   "To the point" Subject lines are very important, too.
	B) There must be a name and address (electronic and postal) for
	   receiving more information.  (A phone number is suggested.)
	C) Announcements that look as though they contain advertising
	   hype (or other fluff) to the moderator will be edited.  They
	   may be returned to the submitter for approval before posting.
	D) Announcements should happen no more than once.
	E) Certain "events" happen more than once, like UniForum, seminars,
	   and training courses.  Announcements of this nature may repeat
	   if there is real value to the community in doing so.
	F) Between mailer delays and my working on my real job, there may
	   be a lag of as much as a couple of weeks between the time you
	   submit your announcement and the time it gets posted.  I am
	   sorry that the delay exists.  Please plan ahead with any postings
	   of a time-critical nature, to be sure the posting happens in
	   time.  (Also, although I try to send mod.newprod directly to
	   several backbone sites, some areas of the net are apt to experience
	   an additional week of delay after I post an aritcle.)

I am open to further suggestions on modifications to the guidelines.

Conflict-of-Interest Policy:  My position on AT&T products is that I will
not generate an announcement for any products and that AT&T products must
meet the same guidelines as other products.

Submissions should be sent to newprod@cbosgd.ATT.COM and comments/questions
to newprod-request@cbosgd.ATT.COM.  Thanks.
-- 
Ron Heiby {NAC|ihnp4}!cuae2!usenet   Moderator: mod.newprod & mod.os.unix
AT&T-IS, /app/eng, Lisle, IL	(312) 810-6109
Submissions should go to newprod@cbosgd.uucp.
Comments to the moderator should go to newprod-request@cbosgd.uucp.
Requests for information should go to the author of the message.