Newsgroups: ott.online,ott.config
Subject: [ONAG] ott.online charter
Followup-to: poster
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Charter -- ott.online
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Original author: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
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:
<URL>http://onag.pinetree.org/ONAG</URL>
<URL>ftp://onag.pinetree.org/ONAG</URL>

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