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From: gsk@khaki.SGI.COM (George S. Kong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Moderation of comp.binaries.ibm.pc
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Date: 10 Mar 88 23:31:00 GMT
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Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc, Mountain View, CA
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Summary: request that moderators explain what they intend to do


over the last few weeks, i've seen at least 3 people
volunteer to moderate comp.binaries.ibm.pc.
my understanding is that readers of the group are to
choose the moderator by voting.

since i don't know any of the volunteers personally,
i would vote for the one who offers to perform the
most services. the following are some of the services
a moderator could provide:

	- screening out non-binary postings
	- re-packaging submissions into a standard format
	- testing software on one or more kinds of hardware
	- screening out pirated material
	- checking for "trojan horse" and "virus" programs
	- archiving

for those who have volunteered, it would be helpful for the
rest of us to know what you intend to do as moderator.


George S. Kong,  Silicon Graphics, Inc.,  (415)962-3281
gsk@sgi.com
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