Newsgroups: ott.online,ott.config Subject: [ONAG] ott.online charter Followup-to: poster X-Revision: $Revision: 1.5 $ Charter -- ott.online ===================== Original author: Michael Richardson Original date: 1997/05/01 15:13:59 $Date: 2000/11/08 03:34:07 $ $Revision: 1.5 $ ott.online is an unmoderated newsgroup for discussion about issues relating to using and communicating with a computer in the Ottawa-Hull, Canada area. This specifically includes discussion about and critiques (both good and bad) about: o being on the Internet o Internet Service Providers that provide service to Ottawa residents o connecting to other online services located physically in the area (i.e. BBS's and other public access sites such as FreeNet's, but not to the non-ISP parts of CompuServe, Prodigy, etc.) Announcements about *NEW* *ONLINE* services, be they WWW sites, ISPs, BBSs, etc. are permitted, but are to be brief, but descriptive. A short description with a URL given for more information is preferred. Please note the emphasis on *NEW* and on the word *ONLINE*. A service can only be new *ONCE*. Ott.online is not a place to reach the general online community. The following topics are NOT permitted: sales of computers -- use ott.forsale.computing computer store ads -- use ott.business.ads.computers Commercial posts: Messages which are deemed "commercial" will be cancelled, regardless of crossposting and/or Followup-To: headers. See the ott.business.ads charter for commercial posting rules in the ott.* hierarchy. Crossposting: Messages posted to ott.online which are crossposted to other groups will be cancelled. This includes messages crossposted to other groups in the ott.* hierarchy. The only exception to this rule is the ott.online charter itself which is crossposted to ott.config. Should you have any questions about this charter, please email: onag@pinetree.org More information about the Ottawa News Administration Group, including newsgroup charters, can be found at: http://onag.pinetree.org/ONAG ftp://onag.pinetree.org/ONAG $Id: ott.online,v 1.5 2000/11/08 03:34:07 gordon Exp $