From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Apr 4 00:59:13 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <856633736.156268@uunet.uu.net> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 11:11:11 GMT Lines: 6 Xref: uunet control.newgroup:9897 For your newsgroups file: soc.culture.belarus The culture of Belarus Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities, misc, news, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy. New newsgroup proposals may optionally be discussed in news.groups. From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Apr 4 10:35:48 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <828630991.1943@uunet.uu.net> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:16:31 GMT Lines: 5 Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3513 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Fri Apr 5 11:11:53 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <828719903.20978@uunet.uu.net> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 15:58:24 GMT Lines: 5 Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3676 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Apr 8 10:41:21 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <828973969.7678@uunet.uu.net> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 14:32:49 GMT Lines: 5 Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3846 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Apr 11 10:30:33 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <829232881.6913@uunet.uu.net> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:28:01 GMT Lines: 5 Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3949 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Fri Apr 12 11:10:26 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <829321621.22744@uunet.uu.net> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:07:01 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: PGP auth is being tested; announcements will be made when it is ready. X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMW5xlsJdOtO4janBAQGLQgP+M2DUpiFq/aYTeJDhExI0FJKK46ynwfv/ yYdAexxxhdo0N7xD1BFZVZeaRUkDjoaAIll6Ehx1FMw6I1RNit/q/hCVmDoqsSkD sf1pWG7GKeDMPtRGZZGOZUHFAr1dLc9tuoPZTXP2h+8k/DaRMqfSk93WyV7f13F6 kqBm1hq8oIk= =GAwG Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4082 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Apr 15 10:51:39 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <829579742.13136@uunet.uu.net> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:49:02 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: PGP auth is being tested; announcements will be made when it is ready. X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMXJh38JdOtO4janBAQGS6QP+IzfUvcQsulqbn4cXmoTxgiJVPHNSPlVl rUw2E0WiexmymN+ybBhH0IDvcPH9T0KYymyKpu7Jc376iYwq/jnsAry+zcXHEF/B MRDrojhN92aiRl/JDMI+Z8ng1hTeeBMbe9pGJfgbVOnlz1kKpNYzuUml0zE2RlgM bGl6H9+mgBg= =qxcH Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4277 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Sat May 4 10:31:05 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <831220082.17882@uunet.uu.net> Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 14:28:02 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMYtpcsJdOtO4janBAQGb8QP/ebfu+HEpzplAoYGk50B3WEi1gzdHSwhx 7fzwqRIyU17KZilYUEGT1W4jl9BTDV57es/341wK8z89F6ZhAuae8mnZI/01a/pS u5Mt8Obe2d5QXDBgpKnWJVf6/sn3SgSMqNafpqzxt4/4pY2fymzU+Wdgh1mvBFFE b/kZ4IJ1P3g= =XCUH Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4562 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From ellisd@netcom.com Sat May 4 16:24:03 1996 Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!blackbush.xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netcom.net.uk!netcom.com!ellisd From: ellisd@netcom.com Subject: The culture of Belarus Message-ID: Sender: ellisd@netcom11.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 17:02:23 GMT Approved: ellisd@netcom.com Lines: 4 Xref: uunet control.newgroup:11941 For your newsgroups file: soc.culture.belarus The culture of Belarus Please note that I'm not David Lawrence From ellisd@netcom.com Sat May 4 20:47:36 1996 Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!peer.news.xara.net!xara.net!news.insnet.net!netcom.net.uk!netcom.com!ellisd From: ellisd@netcom.com Subject: The culture of Belarus Message-ID: Sender: ellisd@netcom21.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 05:02:13 GMT Approved: ellisd@netcom.com Lines: 2 Xref: uunet control.newgroup:12057 For your newsgroups file: soc.culture.belarus The culture of Belarus From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun May 5 11:10:42 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <831308821.16254@uunet.uu.net> Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 15:07:01 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMYzEFcJdOtO4janBAQEPnAP9ESd86yVWGX5LkZ2/x+0wiuYVtuxVHh5I c23CfQHHOQcnkdokv/Hg0FoHRMT1l+FXD/h/frnikXDLLBzafRYZWy+duEHUXICs uJsnaAMQ7hJiEnAcdkLhsvysl9/L6K4jQXG2cZ+23cQoz3GsN4QMuNiSalEOtVMK Db4iFl5Jki4= =qZ1F Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4700 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From ellisd@netcom.com Sun May 5 12:58:33 1996 Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!salliemae!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netcom.net.uk!netcom.com!ellisd From: ellisd@netcom.com Subject: The culture of Belarus Message-ID: Sender: ellisd@netcom5.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 13:53:52 GMT Approved: ellisd@netcom.com Lines: 16 Xref: uunet control.newgroup:12507 For your newsgroups file: soc.culture.belarus The culture of Belarus Dead SA, if you're reading this then your Usenet software may be misconfigured. Please consider changing your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl file as follows: ## NEWGROUP MESSAGES ## honor them all and log in ${LOG}/newgroup.log newgroup:*:*:doit=newgroup ## RMGROUP MESSAGES ## drop them all and don't log rmgroup:*:*:drop and no other rules for newgroup or rmgroup). This way you'll save a lot of time and eliminate these annoying little e-mails. Thank you and have a nice day!!! From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon May 6 15:56:42 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <831411846.28250@uunet.uu.net> Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 19:44:06 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMY5Wh8JdOtO4janBAQGswgP+Ocb43JqIP/pvka1EEUsd7d7vkV/4cFlr DrhC6xsq191OdN/fR/amw1kGTT0sMkb56T+HnQTzgFYAT8bhTOomnQQ912D/SJ7Y JMBC3R3H4G5NREDpRc3kr+pai6TNHxnEA6iIzyAkEDo9aGJ39gB3wHXTLYHXluQi pG8EA38c6HY= =UYTh Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4900 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Wed May 8 10:56:00 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <831567005.10347@uunet.uu.net> Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 14:50:04 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMZC0ncJdOtO4janBAQFsegP+IgXmZEhQM9Xl6MiaUu3AyM8goeJuwm0j kUeiaqbxh3xvXPhtH8ijYjAXOcrr4TPK2yPGlRlGUCQIAeAUNeWdMZ0skwi3K+qX Y3pDMeQjCpAh6sN+GjxYFNEJEthT8idjAORjkdrNLgE80mlBbTaz4crsWAc8vPH4 quovOOPcDkA= =7jLf Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:5019 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Wed May 15 13:05:05 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <832179365.7455@uunet.uu.net> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 16:56:05 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMZoMpsJdOtO4janBAQGtwQP/b6ZpBlBjDcdaJztoFK8tb4ZTClG4il2X jVKViat3PwM4VAfJ2Zt0M4Fc4TpXXDpe6FfqrHSoA3OsuMlkpi6senn/z/BjWIfG Pr9eEfvTEn0UhP8yDDF6Rtn4M+pMe0adfMEHgGA3Xj2xFhptiQqDKbtDjhNEyyAz E5oYW+gyxIU= =KSXe Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:5383 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Jun 6 15:45:48 1996 Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <834090241.1346@uunet.uu.net> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 19:44:01 GMT Lines: 5 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMbc1AsJdOtO4janBAQEkUAP+NVIb+w85gExqaTnlwvtMI/wfu9hfYqvs 9aGM6xU9qOY1aUqcREffx9yyJ8CpsbXbtzNBKVpRE8/jMQYTXjWQoYOoYtv9Zza2 3MiVURdxHVuU2IxuqqwSC9jtaIgWgT9doj4NKq1bTCZxa6yE5OtAxvhR8jVUfmwF irFNJ5/Buw8= =17S1 Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:5835 The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery. soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures. Please remove the group from your active file. From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Jun 24 10:35:09 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <835626636.19548@uunet.uu.net> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:30:36 GMT Lines: 165 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMc6mjcJdOtO4janBAQHQ7gP7BkyjdYC5xc02160XnemSarNUld6B29iI wo29cx7SMCFNOmV3dOdeT7gTSZ/a7IMmdl/BtvcOdnoQZumMkm416pJpskuBYcRD OTLIY7WFxEopQA9ESvp4ROqNSODdU+m7HkfChFeKURmx63pLfyfB9OLrag3wm3p7 n7LUcElcWTs= =jIJt Xref: uunet control.newgroup:14020 soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 164:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 17 Jun 1996. Group submission address: scb@solar.rtd.utk.edu Moderator contact address: scb-request@solar.rtd.utk.edu (Peter Kasaty, Alex Artsyukhovich, Matvey Nemenman, Irena Slage, Dmitry Zelenko) For your newsgroups file: soc.culture.belarus All things about Belarus. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our understanding of the official spelling. We use this spelling out of a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan" should be the spelling in English. Possibly, efforts will be initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan." Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history, economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus. Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not restricted to the following aspects of Belarus: Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc. Language issues related to Belarusian Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues Discussion of politics, elections, etc. Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as discussion remains relevant to Belarus Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora Questions and information about genealogy within the historical territory that has been Belarus Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus Belarusian cuisine The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment Discussion of minority issues, including language, within Belarus Job opportunities within Belarus Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this charter. There is no test or requirement as to how much of a Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate. Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict anyone's expression of opinions. Free speech exists within the context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter. If the topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are more appropriate. Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian. If in Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8 (RFC-1489). There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8 in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i". This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ. Visual approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially indecipherable. Use in signatures or other short usage is acceptable. Format of submissions shall be as follows: Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and concisely as possible Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60 characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up posting) Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others). Meets conditions of this charter, including netiquette. Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very long signatures and "handles" are discouraged; real names preferred Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including soc.culture.belarus), if any at all Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected. Commercial advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal ads shall be rejected. Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be rejected. Personal attacks on individual posters will also be rejected. When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review discussion group. Any discussions of changes will be made within this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for review by the general readership. (Should the committee continue for longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence and status will be repeated once per month.) Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and a CFV. Moderation Policy: The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus. The moderators recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is humanly possible. Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1) they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate for the group membership as a group (rather than something that belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other submission standards as defined in the charter. The forwarding of the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in a timely manner. The total number of moderators shall be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 7. Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours). All of the other moderators shall be included in the "cc." Should the moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override it. Other details will be refined during the initial existence of soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate all of the details of moderation in advance. Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether or not a post was made in a timely way. The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator" software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to soc.culture.belarus. Developments in using such software will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for review. The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus. Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from the readership as demand warrants. If a moderator wants to retire >from the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement moderator may be found. Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators. Moderators also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel. Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time. E-Mail Addresses: Two e-mail addresses will be established. One which will receive the submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism); the other for contacting the group of moderators. A home page will also be established as a repository for the charter and other relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator policy updates, etc.). From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Jul 1 10:34:40 1996 Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <836231460.4734@uunet.uu.net> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 14:31:00 GMT Lines: 165 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMdfhJcJdOtO4janBAQGVCwP/bVvdn/Mun6QAgEeAKbXQu9XrnAD4ly6X 0avROqB11rdXN7OGXB4s2L19jjLBgzC2o3NFxessZwUqx2TnvUp1IVOQfflWtKg9 dGqlQTMo5d9JsptpCqdLKuSPp0+I+DEDYlR+oe0rwvolm4LqDFp1/0o4YH2R7wLI QZLV5bCMjgU= =0qCd Xref: uunet control.newgroup:14310 soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 164:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 17 Jun 1996. Group submission address: scb@solar.rtd.utk.edu Moderator contact address: scb-request@solar.rtd.utk.edu (Peter Kasaty, Alex Artsyukhovich, Matvey Nemenman, Irena Slage, Dmitry Zelenko) For your newsgroups file: soc.culture.belarus All things about Belarus. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our understanding of the official spelling. We use this spelling out of a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan" should be the spelling in English. Possibly, efforts will be initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan." Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history, economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus. Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not restricted to the following aspects of Belarus: Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc. Language issues related to Belarusian Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues Discussion of politics, elections, etc. Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as discussion remains relevant to Belarus Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora Questions and information about genealogy within the historical territory that has been Belarus Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus Belarusian cuisine The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment Discussion of minority issues, including language, within Belarus Job opportunities within Belarus Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this charter. There is no test or requirement as to how much of a Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate. Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict anyone's expression of opinions. Free speech exists within the context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter. If the topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are more appropriate. Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian. If in Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8 (RFC-1489). There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8 in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i". This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ. Visual approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially indecipherable. Use in signatures or other short usage is acceptable. Format of submissions shall be as follows: Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and concisely as possible Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60 characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up posting) Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others). Meets conditions of this charter, including netiquette. Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very long signatures and "handles" are discouraged; real names preferred Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including soc.culture.belarus), if any at all Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected. Commercial advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal ads shall be rejected. Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be rejected. Personal attacks on individual posters will also be rejected. When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review discussion group. Any discussions of changes will be made within this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for review by the general readership. (Should the committee continue for longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence and status will be repeated once per month.) Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and a CFV. Moderation Policy: The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus. The moderators recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is humanly possible. Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1) they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate for the group membership as a group (rather than something that belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other submission standards as defined in the charter. The forwarding of the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in a timely manner. The total number of moderators shall be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 7. Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours). All of the other moderators shall be included in the "cc." Should the moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override it. Other details will be refined during the initial existence of soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate all of the details of moderation in advance. Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether or not a post was made in a timely way. The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator" software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to soc.culture.belarus. Developments in using such software will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for review. The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus. Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from the readership as demand warrants. If a moderator wants to retire >from the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement moderator may be found. Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators. Moderators also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel. Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time. E-Mail Addresses: Two e-mail addresses will be established. One which will receive the submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism); the other for contacting the group of moderators. A home page will also be established as a repository for the charter and other relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator policy updates, etc.). From tale@uunet.uu.net Wed Jul 24 11:08:52 1996 Path: uunet!in3.uu.net!bounce-back From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: <838218661.343@uunet.uu.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 14:31:01 GMT Lines: 165 X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender iQCVAgUBMfYzpsJdOtO4janBAQEFLgP/TA/9rHqhlb0IuUx2yKjGvP+VVhqnfMuu T0R/OGJC2gbjpo7Au2xurJVjIZm4sEyVR8Zbs8yIPPShLmfvyiEyj0t+E64YPCMy RC1oXmRizLAIGizcMDLMdgY0BA5Kft6AQA6adFKC1WNSxzoau8hoL/nzgo/GIWmA e9UsSFxcyyU= =1UQd Xref: uunet control.newgroup:14927 soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 164:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 17 Jun 1996. Group submission address: scb@solar.rtd.utk.edu Moderator contact address: scb-request@solar.rtd.utk.edu (Peter Kasaty, Alex Artsyukhovich, Matvey Nemenman, Irena Slage, Dmitry Zelenko) For your newsgroups file: soc.culture.belarus All things about Belarus. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the vote result announcement: The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our understanding of the official spelling. We use this spelling out of a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan" should be the spelling in English. Possibly, efforts will be initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan." Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history, economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus. Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not restricted to the following aspects of Belarus: Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc. Language issues related to Belarusian Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues Discussion of politics, elections, etc. Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as discussion remains relevant to Belarus Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora Questions and information about genealogy within the historical territory that has been Belarus Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus Belarusian cuisine The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment Discussion of minority issues, including language, within Belarus Job opportunities within Belarus Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this charter. There is no test or requirement as to how much of a Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate. Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict anyone's expression of opinions. Free speech exists within the context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter. If the topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are more appropriate. Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian. If in Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8 (RFC-1489). There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8 in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i". This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ. Visual approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially indecipherable. Use in signatures or other short usage is acceptable. Format of submissions shall be as follows: Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and concisely as possible Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60 characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up posting) Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others). Meets conditions of this charter, including netiquette. Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very long signatures and "handles" are discouraged; real names preferred Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including soc.culture.belarus), if any at all Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected. Commercial advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal ads shall be rejected. Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be rejected. Personal attacks on individual posters will also be rejected. When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review discussion group. Any discussions of changes will be made within this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for review by the general readership. (Should the committee continue for longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence and status will be repeated once per month.) Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and a CFV. Moderation Policy: The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus. The moderators recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is humanly possible. Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1) they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate for the group membership as a group (rather than something that belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other submission standards as defined in the charter. The forwarding of the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in a timely manner. The total number of moderators shall be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 7. Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours). All of the other moderators shall be included in the "cc." Should the moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override it. Other details will be refined during the initial existence of soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate all of the details of moderation in advance. Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether or not a post was made in a timely way. The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator" software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to soc.culture.belarus. Developments in using such software will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for review. The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus. Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from the readership as demand warrants. If a moderator wants to retire >from the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement moderator may be found. Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators. Moderators also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel. Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time. E-Mail Addresses: Two e-mail addresses will be established. One which will receive the submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism); the other for contacting the group of moderators. A home page will also be established as a repository for the charter and other relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator policy updates, etc.).