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Re: Does a framwork exist for the subscibers to a group to change its charter?
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:08:30 GMT
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lpieniazek@NOSPAMnovera.com
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Just as a note here, this phrasing strikes me as pejorative.

Todd Lehman wrote:

> Allowing auction spam outside of .market.auction, for example, goes against
> site principles, so that part is not up for discussion.  However, if some
> system of logical sub-groups could be devised in which auction spam could
> live both in .market.auction and in these special subgroups, that would not
> go against site principles.  This is no small challenge, however.

Calling it spam instead of "announcements and/or updates" is shorter,
but it also prejudges. It's your site and your judgement but I did want
to point it out.

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  Re: Does a framwork exist for the subscibers to a group to change its charter?
 
(...) Yah, agreed -- a better word is needed. Suggestions? "Flog" is good but probably not as well understood(?). --Todd (27 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Does a framwork exist for the subscibers to a group to change its charter?
 
(...) That's an excellent question. To some extent, yes, that framework does exist, and that is part of the role of the lugnet.admin.general newsgroup. Perhaps a more focused group (i.e., lugnet.admin.news) would better serve discussions about (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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