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http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/sd050608.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20080506-1338-bn06sdsu2.html

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http://www.FortressMail.net/fortress_sms.htm
http://groups.google.com/group/sms-salama/web/introduction
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RESULT
rec.aviation.questions will be removed

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 09 Mar 2007 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8
Management board has decided by consensus to remove the newsgroup
rec.aviation.questions.

This group will be removed on 21 Mar 2007.

RATIONALE: remove rec.aviation.questions

The last approved message was in June 1994. The group was created in
April 1994, and had less than 30 articles posted in its 3-month period
of activity. It has been inactive the past 13 years.

Over the next few years, there were occasional comments by a poster
that they had attempted to post to rec.aviation.questions, but their
question had not appeared.

The original moderation scheme called for persons to submit their
question to rec.aviation.questions. After a question was received, it
would be directed to an "answer-maven", who would prepare an answer to
the question, possibly after additional research.

RESULT
rec.aviation.answers will be removed

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 09 Mar 2007 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8
Management board has decided by consensus to remove the newsgroup
rec.aviation.answers.

This group will be removed on 21 Mar 2007.

RATIONALE: remove rec.aviation.answers

The last approved articles were in February 2002. Most of the FAQ's
in the group had not been updated from periods ranging from about 3 to
6 years.

5 of the 8 FAQ's posted to the group were associated with single
groups in the rec.aviation.hierarchy: ra.aerobatic; ra.homebuilt;
ra.hang-gliding; ra.simulators; and ra.ultralight. FAQ's for those
groups could be posted directly to the groups. If there was interest
in updating and posting the other FAQ's, they could be posted to
rec.answers and news.answers (note: at present, such postings may
require self-approvals).

RESULT
rec.aviation.announce will be removed

The Last Call for Comments (LCC) on 09 Mar 2007 initiated a five-day
period for final comments. Following the comment period, the Big-8
Management board has decided by consensus to remove the newsgroup
rec.aviation.announce.

This group will be removed on 21 Mar 2007.

RATIONALE: remove rec.aviation.announce

The last approved article was in January 1999. In the prior two years
traffic had greatly declined, with two periods of 6-months with no
approvals. With such a light volume, any announcements of fly-ins,
etc. can be made directly in unmoderated rec.aviation.* groups.

An an announcement group it would be inappropriate to convert the
group to an unmoderated status.

HISTORY:

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
remove rec.aviation.questions

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup rec.aviation.questions.

PROCEDURE:

The B8MB plans to begin voting on this proposal after five days. Please
offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting
period. Voting may take up to one week (7 days); a result will be posted
following the end of the voting period.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.proposals.

The full group removal procedure is documented here:

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:

No comments were received. There was a parody RFD posted proposing
removal of several unmoderated rec.aviation.newsgroups.

RATIONALE: remove rec.aviation.questions

The last approved message was in June 1994. The group was created in
April 1994, and had less than 30 articles posted in its 3-month period
of activity. It has been inactive the past 13 years.

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
remove rec.aviation.announce

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup rec.aviation.announce.

PROCEDURE:

The B8MB plans to begin voting on this proposal after five days. Please
offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting
period. Voting may take up to one week (7 days); a result will be posted
following the end of the voting period.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.proposals.

The full group removal procedure is documented here:

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:

No discussion offered

RATIONALE: remove rec.aviation.announce

The last approved article was in January 1999. In the prior two years
traffic had greatly declined, with two periods of 6-months with no
approvals. With such a light volume, any announcements of fly-ins,
etc. can be made directly in unmoderated rec.aviation.* groups.

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
remove rec.aviation.answers

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup rec.aviation.answers.

PROCEDURE:

The B8MB plans to begin voting on this proposal after five days. Please
offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting
period. Voting may take up to one week (7 days); a result will be posted
following the end of the voting period.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.proposals.

The full group removal procedure is documented here:

http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:

No comments were received.

RATIONALE: remove rec.aviation.answers

The last approved articles were in February 2002. Most of the FAQ's
in the group had not been updated from periods ranging from about 3 to
6 years.