Subject: [ONAG] ott.config Charter
Newsgroups: ott.config
From: Gordon Dewis <gordon@pinetree.org>
Followup-To: poster
Summary: Charter for ott.config
Reply-to: onag@pinetree.org
Organization: Ottawa News Administrator Group

Charter for ott.config newsgroup
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Original author: Gordon Dewis <gordon@pinetree.org>
Original date: May 8, 1996
Last Revised on: $Date: 1997/07/06 21:36:57 $ by $Author: gordon $
Revision: $Revision: 1.2 $

Introduction:

ott.config was created by the Ottawa News Administrators Group (ONAG) as 
a place for discussions concerning issues related to the ott.* hierarchy 
of newsgroups.  Specifically, messages proposing, or discussing the 
proposal, to create, delete or split a newsgroup are appropriate to this 
group.  All ONAG control messages will be posted to this group as a means 
of propegation.  Also, ott.* charters and FAQ's may be posted in this group.

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Cross-posting policy:

Proposals, newsgroup charters, FAQs, ONAG control message and ONAG 
informational messages may be crossposted between ott.config and other 
ott.* groups and appropriate ncf.* groups.

Proposals for local versions of existing regional, national, or
international newsgroups may be crossposted to the relevant existing
newsgroups.

Messages discussing a proposal should only appear in ott.config.  (See the
Followup-to's section below for specifics.)

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Followup-to's:

Newsgroup proposals may be crossposted to relavent newsgroups, but they 
must have the Followup-to: header set to ott.config so that the other 
groups will not be spammed by discussions arising from the proposal.

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Proposal discussions:

The bulk of messages in ott.config will likely be related to proposals to 
change the ott.* hierarchy.  These discussion topics may include, but are 
not necessarily limited to:
	* creation of new ott.* groups
	* removal of existing ott.* groups
	* spliting existing newsgroups
	* renaming groups
	* charter modifications

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Commercial messages:

Messages which are deemed "commercial" will be cancelled, regardless of 
crossposting and/or Followup-to: headers.  (See ott.business.ads charter 
for commercial posting rules in the ott.* hierarchy.)

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Should you have any questions about this charter, please email:
	onag@pinetree.org

More information about ONAG, including newsgroup charters, can be found at:
	http://www.pinetree.org/ONAG
	ftp://ftp.onag.pinetree.org/ONAG