REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
remove misc.news.internet.announce

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup misc.news.internet.announce.

RATIONALE: remove misc.news.internet.announce

The newsgroup has not had any approvals since September 1997. The
group was active for less than 2 years (November 1995 to September
1997). There were roughly 80%% fewer approvals in the last 12 months
than in the first 12 months.

It is unlikely that a revival as a moderated group could fulfill its
charter as a source of information for the conventional media about
the Internet.

The removal of misc.news.internet.announce would have NO effect on
misc.news.internet.discuss.

HISTORY:

The newsgroup misc.news.internet.announce was created in November
1995, along with the companion group misc.news.internet.discuss.