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From: griffith@con.Berkeley.EDU (Jim "The Big Dweeb" Griffith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek,news.groups
Subject: rec.arts.startrek.info - a moderator proposal and then some
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Date: 17 Dec 89 02:11:15 GMT
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First off, I'd like to propose that the group be joint moderated by
Mike Brown (Vidiot) and myself.  Mike's posting are generally of a
nature where they'd be posted to the group anyways.  Between the
two of us, I think we'd do a pretty good job.

Second, whether or not I am a moderator, I'd like to outline what *I* see
to be the criteria for articles in this group.  Due to the one-week
expiration date of news articles at my site (due to space limitations -
we receive *all* groups), I missed the original proposal.  This is based
on what people have said since the original proposal.

	1) Announcement of upcoming conventions, appearances, televised
	   interviews, or anything of similar nature.

	2) Post-convention summaries, primarily consisting of summaries
	   of guest speakers' talks.

	3) Word-for-word copies of newspaper articles.  Said articles should
	   deal with specific Star Trek news, such as news about upcoming
	   movies, episodes, interviews with Star Trek people.  Articles
	   expressing opinions, such as movie reviews, would not generally
	   be accepted.

	4) Advertisements for Star Trek related offers, such as the Franklin
	   Mint Enterprise replicas.

	5) Any other information which comes *first-hand* from a Star Trek
	   source (writers, production people, cast members).

	6) Official Paramount press releases and information.

Of these, items 1 and 4 are probably the most difficult to moderate.  Many
conventions are not specifically Star Trek oriented.  Any such conventions
must have some obvious connection to Star Trek in order to warrant being
posted.

Advertisements are also somewhat difficult, as there are a lot of hucksters
out there.  My initial reaction is that any advertisement that qualifies
must be from a source that does not normally or regularly promote or market
Star Trek goods.  This would allow advertisements for the Kraft Marshmallow
Dispenser, but not for advertisements from Lincoln Enterprises, etc.

Anyways, this is just my impression of how the group would be run.  Assuming
that this basic outline is followed, then "rec.arts.startrek.info" is more
appropriate than "rec.arts.startrek.announce", as items in group 2 aren't
announcements per se.  I'm proposing all of this for general discussion, so
please comment on the appropriateness (or inappropriateness) of what I'm
proposing.

				    Jim

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