charter for comp.sys.att.3b1, 2nd draft

[jeffrey templon]

To the unix-pc crowd:  this is my second draft at the charter.  I got only
a couple of responses to the last draft (interest is dropping, eh?) So
I went back and did a scan of all the articles still on disk here to make
sure I judged the consensus.  I got

	6	for comp.sys.*.3b1	(did not feel strongly about att)
	3	for comp.sys.3b1	(either said please not att or
						did not indicate that the
						precise name was unimportant)
	4	for comp.sys.att.3b1	(did want att in name)
	1	forget the whole thing

	7	sources should be moderated
	1	unmoderated sources

I based my charter draft on these numbers.  I have to say I feel funny
about having the att in the group but not in the sources, it seems
inconsistent, but almost everybody specifically said comp.sources.3b1.

--------------------comp.sys.att.3b1, charter, second draft------------------

Pardon me if this is not in standard charter format.  I've never done one
before and did not see any guidelines.

CHARTER: newsgroups comp.sys.att.3b1   and   comp.sources.3b1

1) Purpose: discussion and support of the AT&T 7300 / 3B1 / UNIXPC, and
	related Convergent Technologies (S/50, etc.), computer systems.
	These groups are to replace unix-pc.* which will be removed after
	a six-month transition period.  The newsgroup is being moved into
	the comp hierarchy to solve problems with spotty distribution
	in North America and almost nonexistent distribution on other
	continents.  The name change will also alleviate the present and
	growing confusion associated with the name 'unix-pc'.

2) groups to be created:  	comp.sys.att.3b1	(unmoderated)
				comp.sources.att.3b1	(moderated)

	These names have been carefully chosen for a number of reasons.
	There are three possible obvious strings to place in the last
	part, which are '7300', '3b1', and 'unixpc'.  These are the three
	names under which the machine was sold by AT&T.  'unixpc' is not
	good since many people confuse this with IBM-PC clones running
	some unix flavor.  '7300' is close to the names of several other
	systems, one of which is made by AT&T.  This leaves us with '3b1'.

	The group will be placed under the comp.sys.att tree since there
	has been some interest expressed in reorganizing comp.sys.att
	along lines:
			comp.sys.att.63xx
			comp.sys.att.3b1
			comp.sys.att.3b2		etc.

	The proposal is constructed so as to have this group be compatible
	with any future reorganization of comp.sys.att.  Please note, this
	proposal is NOT intended to ENCOMPASS reorganization of
	comp.sys.att, only to be compatible with it, should it happen in
	the future.

	Groups exist with leading digits in some fields (comp.bugs.4bsd,
	comp.sys.nsc.32k, etc.) - there is no problem with the leading
	3 in 3b1, contrary to myth.
	
	comp.sys.att.3b1 is for general discussions and replaces the groups
	unix-pc.general and unix-pc.uucp (which has little traffic.)

	comp.sources.3b1 is for posting of sources and official patches
	to these sources.  it is moderated so that it will be in a form
	suitable for archiving at those sites which do this.
	dave at galaxia.Newport.RI.US has volunteered to be the moderator for
	this group and there are plans to have more than one moderator
	so as to speed posting of sources received.

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	We still need a volunteer to post the call for votes.

					Jeff