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                     REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
             moderated group rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

This is the formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
a world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated.
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Procedural details are below.

Newsgroup line(s):
rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated   Discussion of Formula One racing.  (Moderated)

RATIONALE: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Formula One racing has been the subject of Usenet discussion for many
years.  The existing newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1 (RASF1) gets at
least two hundred messages a day during the off-season, with the
volume doubling during the season and peaking at even higher rates
immediately following a race.  Much of this traffic is relevant and
of high quality, but there is also a significant amount of driver and
team abuse, attacks aimed at other posters to the newsgroup, and
discussion on topics not related to Formula One.  Many former posters
to the group have left because of these conditions.

The situation has been discussed extensively in RASF1, and the
discussions have shown that there are now two quite distinct groups
of subscribers: those who value the present culture, and who do not
wish to jeopardize the sense of community in RASF1 by attempting to
enforce the charter more stringently; and those who would prefer a
lower volume, less combative and more focused group.

Rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated is intended to be a forum where all
topics related to Formula One racing can be discussed without
distractions. Questions and answers about the sport will be welcomed
and a FAQ will be made available.

CHARTER: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Contents

1.      Preamble

2.      Acceptable Posts

3.      Unacceptable Posts
        3.1     Binaries
        3.2     Posts in formats other than plain text
        3.3     Commercial and money-making posts
        3.4     Crossposts
        3.5     Flames/bashing/racial slurs
        3.6     Trolls
        3.7     Profanity
        3.8     Posts with indecipherable email addresses
        3.9     Copyrighted material
        3.10    Repeated advertisements for the poster's website
        3.11    Forged posts
        3.12    Race results or discussion within 48 hours with the "SPOILER"
                tag
        3.13    Posts in languages other than English
        3.14    Signatures over six lines
        3.15    Text lines longer than 70 original characters
        3.16    Questions answered completely in the FAQ
        3.17    "Me too" posts

4.      Registration Procedure

5.      Moderation Procedure
        5.1     Automated moderation
        5.2     Human moderation
        5.3     Posting of off-charter material
        5.4     Administration

6.      Charter Revisions

7.      General

8       Disclaimer


1.      Preamble

The goal of rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated (RASF1M) is to provide its
participants with a forum for the discussion of Formula One racing
that provides a degree of free expression approaching that found in
unmoderated groups while maintaining an environment free of the spam,
commercial posts, personal harassment, vulgarity and blatantly off-
charter material found in most unmoderated forums.

The philosophy of RASF1M is that the moderation is to be light-handed
and as non-intrusive as possible.  All posters will initially be
accorded auto-approve status, which will enable their articles to be
posted directly to the newsgroup without the involvement of a human
moderator.  They will retain auto-approve status unless they
demonstrate cause for its revocation.  Moderators will deal with
problems as they occur, and will offer help by email to new
participants who may be unfamiliar with Internet and Usenet
conventions.


2.      Acceptable posts

Acceptable posts are ones that discuss, request information or
provide information on any topic related to Formula One, including
but not limited to:

        Races (results, discussions, first-hand accounts)
        Practice/testing results
        Drivers (former, present and potential future F1 drivers)
        Teams
        Circuits
        Requests for advice on attending races (prices, seating, equipment,
                etc)
        "Silly season" rumours and news
        Events involving former and/or present F1 cars and personalities
                (eg: historic car meets, celebrity kart races, Le Mans,
                promotional/media appearances)
        News stories involving present and former F1 personalities
        Sponsorship in F1
        Rules
        Safety
        Requests for, and information on, scheduled TV viewing times
        Announcements and queries concerning RASF1/RASF1M gatherings,
                meetings and reunions

Posts about other types of motorsports should be directed to the
appropriate newsgroup (CART/Champcar and IRL to rec.autos.sport.indy,
NASCAR to rec.autos.sport.nascar or rec.autos.sport.nascar.moderated,
Sportscar racing to rec.autos.sport.misc, Rally to
rec.autos.sport.rally), unless they are comparing Formula One racing
to the other motorsport.  For example, a comparison of the point
systems of F1 and CART, and how using the CART system would change
the F1 championship standings, is on-charter.

Posters to this newsgroup are expected to conform as much as possible
to the requirement that articles are on-charter, as described above.
It is acknowledged that threads will sometimes tend to drift off-
charter; if this occurs, the participants will be expected take the
discussion to a more appropriate forum as soon as possible.  If an
off-charter thread is not removed promptly, a reminder will be posted
by one of the moderators, and subsequent articles posted to that
thread will be rejected.

Any poster who commences a new thread with a blatantly off-charter
post will be contacted by one of the moderators, and may have his/her
auto-approve status suspended or withdrawn.


3.      Unacceptable posts

The following are unacceptable:

3.1     Binaries
3.2     Posts in formats other than plain text
3.3     Commercial and money-making posts
3.4     Crossposts
3.5     Flames/bashing/racial slurs
3.6     Trolls
3.7     Profanity
3.8     Posts with indecipherable email addresses
3.9     Copyrighted material
3.10    Repeated advertisements for the poster's web site
3.11    Forged posts
3.12    Results or discussion of a race within 48 hours without the "SPOILER"
        tag


The following are discouraged, but will not be rejected outright:

3.13    Posts in languages other than English
3.14    Signatures over six lines
3.15    Text lines longer than 70 original characters
3.16    Questions answered completely in the FAQ
3.17    "Me too" posts


3.1     Binaries - binary posts are defined as posts that include
UUencoded, MIME-encoded, or any other form of binary message in the
body or signature other than public key encryption signatures such
as those used by Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).  This includes, but is
not limited to, pictures, audio files, executables, and HTML.
Binaries should be posted to an appropriate binaries newsgroup or a
web page, with a brief informative notice posted to RASF1M.


3.2     Posts in formats other than plain text - with the arrival of
Usenet-reading capable World Wide Web browsers like Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft Explorer the number of posts in HTML format
and other formats other than plain text has increased.  As this takes
up more bandwidth and is not readable by all users, such posts will
be rejected.  A brief informative notice will be sent automatically
to the poster with instructions on how to re-configure his/her
browser or newsreader to send plain text.


3.3     Commercial and money-making posts are defined as posts whose
primary purpose is to solicit a benefit for the poster.  This
includes, but is not limited to:

- money-making schemes;
- chain letters;
- promotion of business opportunities;
- advertisements for businesses;
- direct advertisements of goods or services for sale, other than in
  response to a direct request from another poster.

The use of a signature that contains a business name, address, phone
number or URL, or reference to a product or service, is considered
acceptable, provided that the signature does not otherwise contravene
the requirements of this charter (eg: maximum length, use of profanity).

Posts promoting newsgroup-related activities are not considered
commercial or money-making posts since there is no financial benefit
to any of the individuals involved.

Posts advising the group of charitable racing-related events, or
offering race tickets at or below face value, are also permitted.


3.4     Crossposts - defined as posts also directed to any other
newsgroup in addition to RASF1M.  Because of the way moderation
software works, an article posted to an unmoderated newsgroup and
crossposted to a moderated one would be directed first to the
moderation software and, if rejected, would not be posted to the
unmoderated group either.  In order to ensure continuity of
discussions in RASF1M and other groups, and to avoid
misunderstandings with members of unmoderated groups who do not wish
to subscribe to RASF1M, all crossposts will therefore be rejected.

Exceptions to this restriction are made for Usenet Administrative
purposes (as from news.announce.newgroups) and for posts from
rec.autos.sport.info.


3.5     Flames/bashing/racial slurs - defined as verbal attacks on
drivers, other people associated with the sport or other posters, or
statements that refer to them  in an offensive or malicious manner.
This does NOT mean that negative comments are discouraged, or will be
moderated out, but that they must be reasonably expressed without
resorting to name-calling and personal abuse.


3.6     Trolls - posts that do not have substance to their content, and
that are primarily meant to incite disruptive threads or distract
posters from the main intent of the newsgroup.


3.7     Profanity - posters should view RASF1M as polite company and
watch their language accordingly.  A very short list of words will be
disallowed completely, and another list will cause a post to be
kicked out for human moderation.  Posters are advised and encouraged
to use the same standards that apply in the Sunday comics -
specifically, changing all letters in profanity to special characters
like !@#$%, although when quoting material such as interviews, the
first letter of the word may be left in place so that readers can
deduce what was actually said.  Deliberate mis-spellings of profanity
will still be considered profanity.

Subscribers should be aware that individual tolerances on this issue
vary widely, and that some posts may include words which they
personally find offensive.  The moderators will strive to maintain a
balanced environment that is acceptable to the majority of readers.


3.8     Posts with indecipherable email addresses.  All posters are
required to post using an email address that is either  valid (eg:
username@domain.com) or decipherable (eg: username@nospam.domain.com).

An author's first post to RASF1M must contain a valid or decipherable
email address in order for the registration process to work (see
section 4).  Posters are required to continue to include a valid or
decipherable address so that they can be contacted by a moderator if
necessary.  If a poster changes his/her email address, s/he will be
identified by the moderation software as a new poster, and will be
required to go through the registration process again.


3.9     Copyrighted material - quoting a line or two of copyrighted
material is permissible.  However, quoting entire articles is a
copyright violation and is against the law, unless the poster has
permission from the copyright holder.  If articles are available on
the web, a short summary of the article with a URL is the accepted
method of posting.  Proper credit must be given to all copyrighted
material.


3.10    Repeated advertisements for the poster's web site - posters may
of course include the URL of their web site in their signatures, and
those with sites that are updated periodically (eg: with race reports
or pictures) are welcome to notify the newsgroup when new content is
available.  However, repeated messages having no content other than
an invitation to visit the author's site are considered spam.


3.11    Forged posts - messages purporting to come from someone other
than the person who actually posted them.  Any individual who
impersonates another poster will be placed on auto-reject status for
a minimum of one year.


3.12    Results or discussion of a race within 48 hours without the
"SPOILER" tag - a great many people are not able to watch races live,
but still need to consult the newsgroup for qualifying information,
last-minute changes to broadcast times, and so on.  Posters are
therefore required  to include the word SPOILER in the subject of
posts about races less than 48 hours old, leaving details out of the
header.


3.13    Posts in languages other than English - English is strongly
recommended as the posting language of choice for RASF1M.  Posts in
languages other than English will be examined for approval if any of
the moderators can read the language in question.  There is no
guarantee of approval for posts in any language other than English.


3.14    Signatures over six lines - Usenet netiquette limits signatures
to four lines.  For RASF1M, posters are encouraged to keep their
signatures to six lines or less.  PGP signature data and additional
lines automatically added by services such as DejaNews are not
included in the count, but all other text, including boxes around the
signature, is included.


3.15    Text lines longer than 70 original characters  - Usenet
netiquette says that for everyone's enjoyment, all posts should have
right margins in the 60-70 range.  The range from 60 to 70 is for
unquoted text.  Quoted text may continue to expand to the right.


3.16    Questions answered completely in the FAQ - articles asking
questions that are covered completely in the FAQ will be posted, but
the poster will be sent a copy of the FAQ so that other subscribers
need not feel obliged to respond.


3.17    "Me too" posts - articles containing large amounts of quoted
text with very little new input.  Posters are encouraged to snip
appropriately when responding to newsgroup articles, and not to
include any more of the quoted article than is necessary to preserve
the context.


4.      Registration procedure

When the moderation software detects an article from a first time
poster, an auto-response containing the charter, FAQ and instructions
for completing the registration is returned to the author.

Should the auto-response bounce back to a moderator because the
author's email address is not valid, the moderator will attempt
to decipher the author's email address and forward the registration
information manually.  If the email address is not decipherable and
the moderator cannot contact the author, the article will not be
posted, regardless of its content.


5.      Moderation overview

5.1     Automated moderation

To expedite the posting of articles to the group, and to reduce their
workload, the moderation team will employ automated moderation
software (robo-moderation).  As much of the work as possible will
be turned over to the moderation software.  This software will scan
each incoming article, then either post it directly to the group
without human review, return it to the author with an appropriate
explanation, or forward it to a human moderator.  Posts will either
be accepted in whole, or rejected.  The moderators will NEVER modify
them at all.

All rejected posts will be returned to the originating email address
with an explanation for the rejection and instructions for appealing
the rejection.  The moderators cannot be held accountable for Internet
failures or undeliverable email.  Should the auto-response bounce back
to a moderator because the author's email address is invalid, the
moderator will attempt to decipher the author's email address and
forward the rejected post and accompanying message manually.  If the
email address is not decipherable,  the moderator will be unable to
contact the author.


5.2     Human moderation

With respect to articles that are kicked out by the software for
human moderation, individual moderators will have the authority to
reject articles that are clearly off-charter and to accept articles
that are clearly on-charter.  Should there be any question about an
article, it will be forwarded to another moderator for a second
opinion.  If the first two moderators to review an article agree, it
will be accepted or rejected accordingly.  If the first two
moderators to review an article disagree, the article will be
forwarded to a third moderator for a deciding vote.

Moderators will execute the above procedure as rapidly as possible
in order to minimize the delay in getting human moderated articles
posted.

Key to the moderation philosophy, articles will not be rejected
because of the author's opinion or position on an issue, nor will
any human moderated post be rejected because of the author of the
post.  Moderators' opinions will be expressed only within their own
posts, not within their moderation activities.  Anyone who is willing
to follow the Charter guidelines is welcome to post to RASF1M, and
their posts will be accepted if they have followed the Charter
criteria.  Posts will never be edited by moderators.


5.3     Posting of off-charter material

Because of the way RASF1M is moderated, off-charter material will
sometimes appear.  If a moderator discovers off-charter material
posted in the group, s/he has three options:

1.      Ignore it if it isn't blatant;
2.      Send an email reminder of charter guidelines to the poster;
3.      Temporarily revoke  the poster's auto-approve status.

The response to the off-charter post will be determined on a case-by-
case basis, but the moderator should use restraint whenever possible
and use revocation of auto-approve status only as a last resort.  In
the event that the moderator feels the situation is severe enough to
warrant temporarily suspending the author's auto-approve privilege,
the moderator must immediately notify the other moderators and
forward a copy of the post to the rest of the moderation team.  The
moderation team must then decide within one week whether to restore
the author to the auto-approve list or continue the suspension.  A
two-thirds majority is required to maintain the suspension.  Posters
suspended from auto-approve may continue to post, but all their
articles will be subject to human moderation while the suspension is
in effect.  Auto-approve status may be restored at any time by a
two-thirds majority vote of the moderators.

A poster who consistently submits off-charter material may be placed
on the auto-reject list by a two-thirds majority vote of the
moderators.  Posters placed on auto-reject for this reason will be
sent a copy of the charter and instructions on how to petition for
reinstatement.

A poster who feels that an article has been unfairly rejected can
appeal to the moderation team.  If a two-thirds majority of the
moderators agree that the post should be approved, it will be posted
as usual.  If the poster's auto-approve status was suspended as a
result of an article that is successfully appealed, auto-approve
status will be restored.

Complaints or compliments about moderator judgments, and other
matters related to the running of the newsgroup, are welcome on the
administrative list, but not on the newsgroup.  No post relating to
such discussions will be approved for the newsgroup.  Any decision
made about action to take (or not to take) is final.  Posters who
persist in pressing the issue will be subject to auto-rejection.

Individuals who engage in threatening or abusive behaviour toward a
moderator, or who attempt to interfere with the normal operation of
the newsgroup or the Internet accounts supporting the newsgroup or
its members, other than reporting net-abuse, will be placed on auto-
reject status for a minimum of one year.


5.4     Administration

The moderation team will initially plan to include between five and
10 moderators.  They will be responsible for maintaining the
moderation software and reviewing articles that are kicked out for
human moderation.

New moderators may be added as required.  If the moderation team feels
it is necessary to increase its number, or to replace a member who has
resigned or has been removed, they will post a call for volunteers on
the newsgroup.  Anyone who has been on the auto-approve list for a
minimum of three months will be eligible to volunteer.  The moderators
will select one or more names from among the volunteers and post the
selection to the newsgroup, inviting comment.  If there is no
significant opposition, the selected volunteer[s] will be appointed
to the moderation team.

There will be an administrative mailing list, on which the moderators
can discuss the enforcement and modification of the guidelines given
here.

Moderators who are unwilling or unable to uphold the charter in their
personal posts or moderation activities may be removed by a two-
thirds majority vote of the other moderators.


6.      Charter revisions

Any discussion on revision of the charter must include "CHARTER:" at
the beginning of the subject line, so that those who wish to ignore
such messages can skip the threads or set their killfiles/filters.
After discussion in the newsgroup, the moderators will judge the group
consensus and let the group know if any charter changes take place.
Any changes must pass with a two-thirds majority  of the moderators
agreeing on what the group is requesting.  This is not a vote of the
opinions of the moderators, but rather to ensure that the moderators
have a clear understanding of what the members of the newsgroup want.
If the moderators are not sure of the consensus of the group, or if
members of the group challenge the moderators' decision, an actual
vote will be taken.  Votes will require a two-thirds majority to
modify the charter.  The moderators will post all results of charter
modification votes to the group after the voting is completed.


7.      General

The newsgroup FAQ, together with a message welcoming new posters and
explaining how to register, will be posted every Friday.

Third party cancels ('retro-moderation') of any article that has been
approved in accordance with this charter, is strictly against
newsgroup policy.


8.      Disclaimer

The moderators of this newsgroup are not responsible for the
accuracy, truthfulness or legality of any of the posts.

The majority of posts to this newsgroup will be automatically accepted
without moderator intervention.  However, it should be emphasized that
the publication of copyrighted material is not acceptable, and the
moderators and their service providers are not responsible for any
material posted in violation of a copyright.

The approval of a post by a moderator is NOT an endorsement by
the moderator or moderation team.

Posters assume full responsibility for the content of their posts.

Readers using information that appears in the newsgroup do so at
their own risk.

Posters agree that by posting items to this newsgroup they indemnify
and hold harmless the moderation team and service providers.

This charter may be updated from time to time, and  can be found at http://www.vollans.demon.co.uk/rasf1m.

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Article submission address: rasf1m@motorsport.org.uk
Administrative contact address: rasf1m-admin@motorsport.org.uk

Moderator: "Stephen M Baines" <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>
Moderator: "David Betts" <David_Betts@email.msn.com>
Moderator: "Andrea Cocchiglia" <aco@dgs.monash.edu.au>
Moderator: "Tom Cosgrave" <tpc@indigo.ie>
Moderator: "Thomas Gmuer" <thomas@pitlane.com>
Moderator: "Paul Ian Harman" <paul_harman@pa.press.net>
Moderator: "Julie Miles" <jmiles@unibase.com>
Moderator: "James Robson" <jamie@indexsystems.co.uk>
Moderator: "Glenys Williams-Hesse" <glenys@dynamic.co.za>

END MODERATOR INFO.

PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In this
phase of the process, any potential problems with the proposed
newsgroups should be raised and resolved.  The discussion period will
continue for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD
for this proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which
a Call For Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the
discussion warrants it.  Please do not attempt to vote until this
happens.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and
"How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal".  Please refer to
these documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have
any questions about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:

news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, rec.autos.sport.f1,
rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport.misc.

Following acceptance of this RFD by the moderator of
news.announce.newgroups, a pointer will be posted to:

rec.autos.sport.indy, rec.autos.sport.nascar,
rec.autos.sport.nascar.moderated, rec.autos.sport.rally,
rec.autos.sport.tech (crossposted to these five groups);

brasil.esportes.formula1 (in Portuguese), de.rec.sport.motor (in
German), it.sport.formula1, it.sport.formula1.moderato (in Italian);

alt.damonhill, viwa.formula.one, msn.uk.forums.motorsport.f1,
rasf1m@motorsport.org.uk.

Lead Proponent: "Thomas Gmuer" <thomas@pitlane.com>

Proponent: "Stephen M Baines" <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>
Proponent: "David Betts" <David_Betts@email.msn.com
Proponent: "Andrea Cocchiglia" <aco@dgs.monash.edu.au>
Proponent: "Tom Cosgrave" <tpc@indigo.ie>
Proponent: "Paul Cronin" <caneda@email.msn.com>
Proponent: "Paul Ian Harman" <paul_harman@pa.press.net>
Proponent: "Julie Miles" <jmiles@unibase.com>
Proponent: "James Robson" <jamie@indexsystems.co.uk>
Proponent: "Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro" <rps@mat.uc.pt>
Proponent: "Geoffrey Webber" <Geoff@pertinent.demon.co.uk>
Proponent: "Glenys Williams-Hesse" <glenys@dynamic.co.za>
Proponent: "Gerard Stutje" <gerard@costabrava.net>

From stephen@motorsport.org.uk Thu May 20 01:14:22 1999
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From: Stephen M Baines <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>
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                     REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
             moderated group rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

This is the formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
a world-wide moderated Usenet newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated.
This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Procedural details are below.

Newsgroup line(s):
rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated   Discussion of Formula One racing. (Moderated)

CHANGES from 1st RFD:

1.  The Charter has been shortened so that it now includes only the
basic rationale and ground rules for the group.  All administrative
detail pertaining to the moderators and moderation activities has
been removed and placed in a Moderation Policy, which is appended to
the Charter.

2.  The clauses referring to trolls and to profanity have been
removed from the list of unacceptable posts.

3.  The clauses referring to types of post that would be discouraged
have been removed.  They will be included in a posting guide that is
published periodically on the newsgroup, similar to the one that is
posted regularly on RASF1.

4.  The detailed information on moderation activities has been
removed.

RATIONALE: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Formula One racing has been the subject of Usenet discussion for many
years.  The existing newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1 (RASF1) gets at
least two hundred messages a day during the off-season, with the
volume doubling during the season and peaking at even higher rates
immediately following a race.  Much of this traffic is relevant and
of high quality, but there is also a significant amount of driver and
team abuse, attacks aimed at other posters to the newsgroup, and
discussion on topics not related to Formula One.  Many former posters
to the group have left because of these conditions.

The situation has been discussed extensively in RASF1, and the
discussions have shown that there are now two quite distinct groups
of subscribers: those who value the present culture, and who do not
wish to jeopardize the sense of community in RASF1 by attempting to
enforce the charter more stringently; and those who would prefer a
lower volume, less combative and more focused group.

Rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated is intended to be a forum where all
topics related to Formula One racing can be discussed without
distractions. Questions and answers about the sport will be welcomed
and a FAQ will be made available.

CHARTER: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Note: This Charter is intended to be read in conjunction with the
Moderation Policy which is appended.

(a)  Rationale

     The goal of rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated (hereafter RASF1M) is
     to provide a forum for the discussion of Formula One racing.  It
     differs from the existing English language newsgroups for F1
     (eg: rec.autos.sport.f1) in that it is moderated: the intention
     of this is to retain the opportunities for discussing Formula
     One currently found in other groups while preventing the spam,
     commercial posts, abuse directed towards F1 personalities and
     teams, participant abuse and postings completely unrelated to F1
     racing which can also be found there.

     The guiding principle for all moderators will be to interfere as
     little as possible with the discussions, whilst maintaining
     adherence to the Charter and Policy.

(b)  On- and off-charter postings

     This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
     Formula One. This can be assumed to cover topics such as races,
     results, drivers, teams, circuits, trips to races, gossip,
     rumours, sponsorship, reports of comments made by F1 personnel,
     careers of former F1 drivers, news items, rules, safety and
     upcoming events involving F1 personnel.

     It would be inappropriate and indeed impossible for a newsgroup
     charter to give an exhaustive list of what is and isn't
     acceptable.  However, postings which have no connection at all
     to Formula One are unlikely to qualify.  The final arbiter of
     this will be the moderators, working within the guidelines of
     the Policy as appended.

     Any submission which is relevant, civil and not in violation of
     the moderation policy will be accepted for posting.

(c)  Moderation Policy

     This is appended to the Charter and is divided into three
     sections:

     1.  Restrictions on Articles
     2.  Moderators' Role
     3.  General Administration

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Article submission address: rasf1m@motorsport.org.uk
Administrative contact address: rasf1m-admin@motorsport.org.uk

Moderator: "Stephen M Baines" <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>
Moderator: "David Betts" <David_Betts@email.msn.com>
Moderator: "Andrea Cocchiglia" <aco@dgs.monash.edu.au>
Moderator: "Tom Cosgrave" <tpc@indigo.ie>
Moderator: "Thomas Gmuer" <thomas@pitlane.com>
Moderator: "Paul Ian Harman" <paul_harman@pa.press.net>
Moderator: "Julie Miles" <jmiles@unibase.com>
Moderator: "James Robson" <jamie@indexsystems.co.uk>

END MODERATOR INFO.


MODERATION POLICY:

Appendix: Moderation Policy for RASF1M

1.  Restrictions on Articles
    1.1  Acceptable topics
    1.2  On-charter threads
    1.3  Spoilers
    1.4  Unacceptable posts
    1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

2.  Moderators' Role
    2.1  Posts not modified
    2.2  Rejected posts
    2.3  Basis for rejection
    2.4  Undeliverable email
    2.5  Moderators' opinions
    2.6  Off-charter posts
    2.7  Removal of auto-approve status
    2.8  No retromoderation
    2.9  Administrative mailing list

3.  General Administration
    3.1  New moderators
    3.2  Removal of moderators
    3.3  Revisions to this policy
    3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ
    3.5  Disclaimer
    3.6  Approval of posts
    3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy


1.  Restrictions on Articles

The Moderation Policy for RASF1M is guided by the statement laid out
in its Charter, namely that

     "the intention of this is to retain the opportunities for
     discussing Formula One currently found in other groups while
     preventing the spam, commercial posts, abuse directed
     towards F1 personalities and teams, participant abuse and
     posts completely unrelated to F1 racing which can also be
     found there."


1.1  Acceptable topics

This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
Formula One motor racing.  Any article about F1 which does not
contravene the guidelines set out here will be posted.

Potential topics might include the following:

     Races (results, discussions, first-hand accounts)
     Practice/testing results
     Drivers (former, present and potential future F1 drivers)
     Teams
     Circuits
     Requests for advice on attending races (prices, seating,
          equipment, etc)
     "Silly season" rumours and news
     Events involving former and/or present F1 cars and personalities
          (eg: historic car meets, celebrity kart races, Le Mans,
          promotional/media appearances)
     News stories involving present and former F1 personalities
     Sponsorship in F1
     Rules
     Safety
     Requests for, and information on, scheduled TV viewing times
     Announcements concerning RASF1/RASF1M gatherings, meetings
          and reunions


1.2  On-charter threads

Posters to this newsgroup are expected to conform as much as possible
to the requirement that articles are on-charter, as described above.
It is acknowledged that threads will sometimes tend to drift off-
charter; if this occurs, the participants will be expected to take
the discussion to a more appropriate forum as soon as possible.  If
required, a moderator will post a reminder to the thread in question.
Articles which attempt to begin a new thread with an off-charter post
are not acceptable.


1.3  Spoilers

Posts which mention or discuss a race result within 48 hours of the
chequered flag should make use of Spoiler conventions.  A lot of
people cannot watch races live, but still need to consult the
newsgroup for qualifying information, last-minute changes to
broadcast times, and so on.  Posters are therefore expected to
include the word "[SPOILER]" in the subject of posts about races less
than 48 hours old, and to omit details of the result from the Subject
header.


1.4  Unacceptable posts

     1.4.1  Posts which are solely about other types of motorsport
     and do not mention F1 should be directed to the appropriate
     group for that race series. (e.g. NASCAR posts go to
     rec.autos.sport.nascar (moderated).)

     1.4.2  Binaries will not be accepted.  Posts which contain a URL
     for a binary placed on a web page are acceptable.

     1.4.3  Posts in formats other than plain text, such as HTML,
     will not be accepted.  The moderators will send a short note to
     the poster explaining how s/he can set the newsreader to post in
     plain text.

     1.4.4  Posts which advertise a commercial service or product
     will not be accepted. However, the use of a signature that
     contains a business name, address, phone number or URL, or
     reference to a product or service, is considered acceptable
     provided the signature is otherwise compliant.

     Posts advising the group of charitable racing-related events, or
     offering race tickets at or below face value, are also permitted.

     1.4.5  Crossposts are not accepted for technical reasons.  The
     sole exceptions are posts from rec.autos.sport.info and Usenet
     Administrative crossposts, such as those from
     news.announce.newsgroups.

     1.4.6  Posts containing racial abuse, or offensive and malicious
     statements about drivers, other people associated with the
     sport, or other posters, are not acceptable.

     1.4.7  All posts must have a return address which is valid
     (eg: username@domain.com) or decipherable (eg:
     username@domain.nospam.com).  If email addresses are 'spam-
     proofed' (ie: deliberately altered to prevent them from being
     retrieved by a spam-catching bot) it must be obvious to the
     moderator which alterations to make.

     1.4.8  Posts which contain extensive quoting of copyrighted
     material will not be accepted unless the poster has permission
     from the copyright holder.  It is acceptable to post URLs
     pointing to F1 articles on the web with a brief summary of the
     content. Authors of copyrighted material must be credited.

     The moderators and their service providers are not responsible
     for any material posted in violation of a copyright.

     1.4.9  Forged posts - defined as posts which purport to come
     from someone other than the actual poster - will not be
     accepted.  Forgers may be subject to further action.

     1.4.10  Repeated advertisements for a poster's website are not
     acceptable. Notifications of new content are welcome, but
     repeated posts which contain nothing but an invitation to visit
     the poster's site will not be accepted.


1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

Action may be taken against individual posters who repeatedly engage
in threatening or abusive behaviour toward a moderator or another
poster.  Similarly, any poster who attempts to interfere with the
normal operation of the newsgroup or with any account involved in its
administration or propagation, other than reporting net-abuse, may be
prevented from posting for a limited period, and/or be subject to
further action.


2.  Moderators' Role

2.1  Posts not modified

Posts will either be accepted as a whole, or rejected.  The
moderators will NEVER modify them at all.


2.2  Rejected posts

The moderators will return a rejected post to the originating
email address with an explanation for the rejection.  If applicable,
he or she will include suggestions on how to make the post
acceptable.

Should there be any question about whether or not a post is
acceptable, it will be forwarded to another  moderator for a second
opinion.  If the first two moderators to review an article agree, it
will be accepted or rejected accordingly.  If the first two
moderators to review an article disagree, the article will be
forwarded to a third moderator for a deciding vote.


2.3  Basis for rejection

No article will be rejected because of the author's opinion or
position on an issue, nor will any post be rejected because of its
author's personality rather than its content.


2.4  Undeliverable email

The moderators cannot be held accountable for Internet failures
or undeliverable email.


2.5  Moderators' opinions

Moderators' opinions will be expressed only within their own
posts, not within their moderation activities.  All posts made by
moderators as part of their moderation activities will have the word
"[ANNOUNCE]" in their subject line.


2.6   Off-charter posts

As recognised in Section 1.2, discussions can and do veer off-
charter.  Moderators will have the right to email participants in
such discussions privately to remind them of the group's charter and
ask them to comply.  If they do not do so, further action may be
taken at the discretion of the moderators.


2.7  Removal of auto-approve status

All decisions concerning the removal of a poster's auto-approve
status require a two-thirds majority of moderators to be enforced.


2.8  No retromoderation

No moderator will issue a third party cancel on
('retromoderate') any article that has been approved in accordance
with this policy.


2.9  Administrative mailing list

Complaints or discussions about moderator judgments, and other
matters related to the running of the newsgroup, will be handled
through a separate administrative mailing list open to any and all
participants in RASF1M. Messages from this list will not be posted
to the newsgroup.

The administrative list for the newsgroup is an open one, and all
users of RASF1M are welcome to join it. The list is solely to discuss
administrative issues of the group. It may be joined by sending a
message to:

        listserv@motorsport.org.uk

with the following in the body:

        subscribe rasf1m-admin <subscriber name>

Alternatively, the subscriber could fill in the form at
http://wso.net/cgi-bin/miva?~vollansport/admin.mv.

The subscriber must use a valid email address, with no spam blocks
in place, as all commands are processed automatically and there is no
human intervention.


3.  General Administration

3.1  New moderators

The moderation team will periodically need new members.  Posters
interested in joining the team are encouraged to express their
interest to the moderators.


3.2  Removal of moderators

Moderators who do not observe the charter in their personal posts or
moderation activities, or who act outside this policy, may be
removed by a two-thirds majority vote of the other moderators.


3.3  Revisions to this policy

     3.3.1  Any discussion of revision of this moderation policy must
     include "[MODPOL]" at the beginning of the subject line.

     3.3.2  After discussion in the newsgroup, the moderators will
     accept or reject the change based on their judgment as to the
     group's collective opinion.

     3.3.3  Any changes require a two-thirds majority of the
     moderators.

     3.3.4  The moderators will post all results of modification
     votes to the group within 24 hours of the decision.


3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ

A Posting Guide will be published at regular intervals, together with
a message welcoming new posters and the URL for the newsgroup FAQ.
The Guide will contain information on basic Netiquette, and reminders
of some of the requirements of the Moderation Policy.  Posters will
be expected to comply with these guidelines.


3.5  Disclaimer

The moderators will not be held responsible for the accuracy, truth
or legality of any of the posts. Posters must assume full
responsibility for the content of their own posts.


3.6  Approval of posts

The approval of a post by a moderator is NOT an endorsement of its
content by the moderator or moderation team.


3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

The charter and this moderation policy will be maintained on the Web
at <http://www.vollans.demon.co.uk/rasf1m.>  Changes to its location
will be posted to the group.

END MODERATION POLICY.


PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In this
phase of the process, any potential problems with the proposed
newsgroups should be raised and resolved.  The discussion period will
continue for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD
for this proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which
a Call For Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the
discussion warrants it.  Please do not attempt to vote until this
happens.

All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and
"How to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal".  Please refer to
these documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have
any questions about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:

news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, rec.autos.sport.f1,
rec.autos.sport.info, rec.autos.sport.misc.

Following acceptance of this RFD by the moderator of
news.announce.newgroups, a pointer will be posted to:

rec.autos.sport.indy, rec.autos.sport.nascar,
rec.autos.sport.nascar.moderated, rec.autos.sport.rally,
rec.autos.sport.tech (crossposted to these five groups);

brasil.esportes.formula1 (in Portuguese), de.rec.sport.motor (in
German), it.sport.formula1, it.sport.formula1.moderato (in Italian);

alt.damonhill, viwa.formula.one, msn.uk.forums.motorsport.f1,
rasf1m@motorsport.org.uk.

Lead Proponent: "Stephen M Baines" <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>

Proponent: "Thomas Gmuer" <thomas@pitlane.com>
Proponent: "David Betts" <David_Betts@email.msn.com
Proponent: "Andrea Cocchiglia" <aco@dgs.monash.edu.au>
Proponent: "Tom Cosgrave" <tpc@indigo.ie>
Proponent: "Paul Cronin" <caneda@email.msn.com>
Proponent: "Paul Ian Harman" <paul_harman@pa.press.net>
Proponent: "Julie Miles" <jmiles@unibase.com>
Proponent: "James Robson" <jamie@indexsystems.co.uk>
Proponent: "Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro" <rps@mat.uc.pt>
Proponent: "Geoffrey Webber" <Geoff@pertinent.demon.co.uk>
Proponent: "Glenys Williams-Hesse" <glenys@tgis.co.uk>
Proponent: "Gerard Stutje" <gerard@costabrava.net>

From neilc@wallaby.cc Thu Jun 17 21:30:06 1999
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>
Reply-To: voting@uvv.wallaby.cc
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.autos.sport.f1,rec.autos.sport.misc,rec.autos.sport.info
Subject: CFV: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated moderated
Followup-To: poster
Message-ID: <929679532.8369@isc.org>
References: <927187211.5061@isc.org>
Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers
Approved: newgroups-request@isc.org
Expires: 10 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Archive-Name: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 04:18:53 GMT
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                     FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
             moderated group rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

This CFV is to be distributed only by the votetaker.  It is not to be
posted to newsgroups, or mailed to mailing lists or individuals, except by
the votetaker.  Ballots or CFVs provided by anyone else will be invalid.

Newsgroups line:
rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated	Discussion of Formula One racing. (Moderated)

Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Jul 1999.

This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Stephen M Baines <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>
Proponent: David Betts <davidb@dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk>
Proponent: Andrea Cocchiglia <aco@dgs.monash.edu.au>
Proponent: Tom Cosgrave <tpc@indigo.ie>
Proponent: Paul Cronin <caneda@email.msn.com>
Proponent: Thomas Gmuer <thomas@pitlane.com>
Proponent: Paul Ian Harman <paul_harman@pa.press.net>
Proponent: Julie Miles <jmiles@unibase.com>
Proponent: James Robson <jamie@indexsystems.co.uk>
Proponent: Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro <rps@mat.uc.pt>
Proponent: Gerard Stutje <gerard@costabrava.net>
Proponent: Geoffrey Webber <Geoff@pertinent.demon.co.uk>
Proponent: Glenys Williams-Hesse <glenys@tgis.co.uk>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Formula One racing has been the subject of Usenet discussion for many
years.  The existing newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1 (RASF1) gets at
least two hundred messages a day during the off-season, with the
volume doubling during the season and peaking at even higher rates
immediately following a race.  Much of this traffic is relevant and
of high quality, but there is also a significant amount of driver and
team abuse, attacks aimed at other posters to the newsgroup, and
discussion on topics not related to Formula One.  Many former posters
to the group have left because of these conditions.

The situation has been discussed extensively in RASF1, and the
discussions have shown that there are now two quite distinct groups
of subscribers: those who value the present culture, and who do not
wish to jeopardize the sense of community in RASF1 by attempting to
enforce the charter more stringently; and those who would prefer a
lower volume, less combative and more focused group.

Rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated is intended to be a forum where all
topics related to Formula One racing can be discussed without
distractions. Questions and answers about the sport will be welcomed
and a FAQ will be made available.

CHARTER: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Note: This Charter is intended to be read in conjunction with the
Moderation Policy which is appended.

(a)  Rationale

     The goal of rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated (hereafter RASF1M) is
     to provide a forum for the discussion of Formula One racing.  It
     differs from the existing English language newsgroups for F1
     (eg: rec.autos.sport.f1) in that it is moderated: the intention
     of this is to retain the opportunities for discussing Formula
     One currently found in other groups while preventing the spam,
     commercial posts, abuse directed towards F1 personalities and
     teams, participant abuse and postings completely unrelated to F1
     racing which can also be found there.

     The guiding principle for all moderators will be to interfere as
     little as possible with the discussions, whilst maintaining
     adherence to the Charter and Policy.

(b)  On- and off-charter postings

     This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
     Formula One. This can be assumed to cover topics such as races,
     results, drivers, teams, circuits, trips to races, gossip,
     rumours, sponsorship, reports of comments made by F1 personnel,
     careers of former F1 drivers, news items, rules, safety and
     upcoming events involving F1 personnel.

     It would be inappropriate and indeed impossible for a newsgroup
     charter to give an exhaustive list of what is and isn't
     acceptable.  However, postings which have no connection at all
     to Formula One are unlikely to qualify.  The final arbiter of
     this will be the moderators, working within the guidelines of
     the Policy as appended.

     Any submission which is relevant, civil and not in violation of
     the moderation policy will be accepted for posting.

(c)  Moderation Policy

     This is appended to the Charter and is divided into three
     sections:

     1.  Restrictions on Articles
     2.  Moderators' Role
     3.  General Administration

Moderation Policy:

Appendix: Moderation Policy for RASF1M

1.  Restrictions on Articles
    1.1  Acceptable topics
    1.2  On-charter threads
    1.3  Spoilers
    1.4  Unacceptable posts
    1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

2.  Moderator's Role
    2.1  Posts not modified
    2.2  Rejected posts
    2.3  Basis for rejection
    2.4  Undeliverable email
    2.5  Moderators' opinions
    2.6  Off-charter posts
    2.7  Removal of auto-approve status
    2.8  No retromoderation
    2.9  Administrative mailing list

3.  General Administration
    3.1  New moderators
    3.2  Removal of moderators
    3.3  Revisions to this policy
    3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ
    3.5  Disclaimer
    3.6  Approval of posts
    3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

1.  Restrictions on Articles

The Moderation Policy for RASF1M is guided by the statement laid out
in its Charter, namely that

     "the intention of this is to retain the opportunities for
     discussing Formula One currently found in other groups while
     preventing the spam, commercial posts, abuse directed
     towards F1 personalities and teams, participant abuse and
     posts completely unrelated to F1 racing which can also be
     found there."

1.1  Acceptable topics

This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
Formula One motor racing.  Any article about F1 which does not
contravene the guidelines set out here will be posted.

Potential topics might include the following:

     Races (results, discussions, first-hand accounts)
     Practice/testing results
     Drivers (former, present and potential future F1 drivers)
     Teams
     Circuits
     Requests for advice on attending races (prices, seating,
     equipment, etc)
     "Silly season" rumours and news
     Events involving former and/or present F1 cars and personalities
     (eg: historic car meets, celebrity kart races, Le Mans,
     promotional/media appearances)
     News stories involving present and former F1 personalities
     Sponsorship in F1
     Rules
     Safety
     Requests for, and information on, scheduled TV viewing times
     Announcements concerning RASF1/RASF1M gatherings, meetings
     and reunions

1.2  On-charter threads

Posters to this newsgroup are expected to conform as much as possible
to the requirement that articles are on-charter, as described above.
It is acknowledged that threads will sometimes tend to drift off-
charter; if this occurs, the participants will be expected to take
the discussion to a more appropriate forum as soon as possible.  If
required, a moderator will post a reminder to the thread in question.
Articles which attempt to begin a new thread with an off-charter post
are not acceptable.

1.3  Spoilers

Posts which mention or discuss a race result within 48 hours of the
chequered flag should make use of Spoiler conventions.  A lot of
people cannot watch races live, but still need to consult the
newsgroup for qualifying information, last-minute changes to
broadcast times, and so on.  Posters are therefore expected to
include the word "[SPOILER]" in the subject of posts about races less
than 48 hours old, and to omit details of the result from the Subject
header.

1.4  Unacceptable posts

     1.4.1  Posts which are solely about other types of motorsport
     and do not mention F1 should be directed to the appropriate
     group for that race series. (e.g. NASCAR posts go to
     rec.autos.sport.nascar (moderated).)

     1.4.2  Binaries will not be accepted.  Posts which contain a URL
     for a binary placed on a web page are acceptable.

     1.4.3  Posts in formats other than plain text, such as HTML,
     will not be accepted.  The moderators will send a short note to
     the poster explaining how s/he can set the newsreader to post in
     plain text.

     1.4.4  Posts which advertise a commercial service or product
     will not be accepted. However, the use of a signature that
     contains a business name, address, phone number or URL, or
     reference to a product or service, is considered acceptable
     provided the signature is otherwise compliant.

     Posts advising the group of charitable racing-related events, or
     offering race tickets at or below face value, are also permitted.

     1.4.5  Crossposts are not accepted for technical reasons.  The
     sole exceptions are posts from rec.autos.sport.info and Usenet
     Administrative crossposts, such as those from
     news.announce.newsgroups.

     1.4.6  Posts that are intended or likely to provoke abuse from
     other readers of the group are not acceptable.  This category
     includes messages containing racial abuse, or offensive and
     malicious statements about drivers, other people associated with
     the sport, or other posters.  It also includes fulsome,
     excessive and unsubstantiated praise of a driver, team, or any
     other person.

     1.4.7  All posts must have a return address which is valid
     (eg: username@domain.com) or decipherable (eg:
     username@domain.nospam.com).  If email addresses are 'spam-
     proofed' (ie: deliberately altered to prevent them from being
     retrieved by a spam-catching bot) it must be obvious to the
     moderator which alterations to make.

     1.4.8  Posts which contain extensive quoting of copyrighted
     material will not be accepted unless the poster has permission
     from the copyright holder.  It is acceptable to post URLs
     pointing to F1 articles on the web with a brief summary of the
     content. Authors of copyrighted material must be credited.

     The moderators and their service providers are not responsible
     for any material posted in violation of a copyright.

     1.4.9  Forged posts - defined as posts which purport to come
     from someone other than the actual poster - will not be
     accepted.  Forgers may be subject to further action.

     1.4.10  Repeated advertisements for a poster's website are not
     acceptable. Notifications of new content are welcome, but
     repeated posts which contain nothing but an invitation to visit
     the poster's site will not be accepted.

1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

Action may be taken against individual posters who repeatedly engage
in threatening or abusive behaviour toward a moderator or another
poster.  Similarly, any poster who attempts to interfere with the
normal operation of the newsgroup or with any account involved in its
administration or propagation, other than reporting net-abuse, may be
prevented from posting for a limited period, and/or be subject to
further action.

2.  Moderator's Role

2.1  Posts not modified

Posts will either be accepted as a whole, or rejected.  The
moderators will NEVER modify them at all.

2.2  Rejected posts

The moderators will return a rejected post to the originating
email address with an explanation for the rejection.  If applicable,
he or she will include suggestions on how to make the post
acceptable.

Should there be any question about whether or not a post is
acceptable, it will be forwarded to another  moderator for a second
opinion.  If the first two moderators to review an article agree, it
will be accepted or rejected accordingly.  If the first two
moderators to review an article disagree, the article will be
forwarded to a third moderator for a deciding vote.

2.3  Basis for rejection

No article will be rejected because of the author's opinion or
position on an issue, nor will any post be rejected because of its
author's personality rather than its content.

2.4  Undeliverable email

The moderators cannot be held accountable for Internet failures
or undeliverable email.

2.5  Moderator's opinions

Moderator's opinions will be expressed only within their own
posts, not within their moderation activities.  All posts made by
moderators as part of their moderation activities will have the word
"[ANNOUNCE]" in their subject line.

2.6   Off-charter posts

As recognised in Section 1.2, discussions can and do veer off-
charter.  Moderators will have the right to email participants in
such discussions privately to remind them of the group's charter and
ask them to comply.  If they do not do so, further action may be
taken at the discretion of the moderators.

2.7  Removal of auto-approve status

All decisions concerning the removal of a poster's auto-approve
status require a two-thirds majority of moderators to be enforced.

2.8  No retromoderation

No moderator will issue a third party cancel on
('retromoderate') any article that has been approved in accordance
with this policy.

2.9  Administrative mailing list

Complaints or discussions about moderator judgements, and other
matters related to the running of the newsgroup, will be handled
through a separate administrative mailing list open to any and all
participants in RASF1M. Messages from this list will not be posted
to the newsgroup.

The administrative list for the newsgroup is an open one, and all
users of RASF1M are welcome to join it. The list is solely to discuss
administrative issues of the group. It may be joined by sending a
message to:

        listserv@motorsport.org.uk

with the following in the body:

        subscribe rasf1m-admin <subscriber name>

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http://wso.net/cgi-bin/miva?~vollansport/admin.mv.

The subscriber must use a valid email address, with no spam blocks
in place, as all commands are processed automatically and there is no
human intervention.

3.  General Administration

3.1  New moderators

The moderation team will periodically need new members.  Posters
interested in joining the team are encouraged to express their
interest to the moderators.

3.2  Removal of moderators

Moderators who do not observe the charter in their personal posts or
moderation activities, or who act outside this policy, may be
removed by a two-thirds majority vote of the other moderators.

3.3  Revisions to this policy

     3.3.1  Any discussion of revision of this moderation policy must
     include "[MODPOL]" at the beginning of the subject line.

     3.3.2  After discussion in the newsgroup, the moderators will
     accept or reject the change based on their judgement as to the
     group's collective opinion.

     3.3.3  Any changes require a two-thirds majority of the
     moderators.

     3.3.4  The moderators will post all results of modification
     votes to the group within 24 hours of the decision.

3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ

A Posting Guide will be published at regular intervals, together with
a message welcoming new posters and the URL for the newsgroup FAQ.
The Guide will contain information on basic Netiquette, and reminders
of some of the requirements of the Moderation Policy.  Posters will
be expected to comply with these guidelines.

3.5  Disclaimer

The moderators will not be held responsible for the accuracy, truth
or legality of any of the posts. Posters must assume full
responsibility for the content of their own posts.

3.6  Approval of posts

The approval of a post by a moderator is NOT an endorsement of its
content by the moderator or moderation team.

3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

The charter and this moderation policy will be maintained on the Web
at <http://www.vollans.demon.co.uk/rasf1m.>  Changes to its location
will be posted to the group.

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Moderator: stephen@motorsport.org.uk (Stephen M Baines)
Moderator: davidb@dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk (David Betts)
Moderator: aco@dgs.monash.edu.au (Andrea Cocchiglia)
Moderator: tpc@indigo.ie (Tom Cosgrave)
Moderator: thomas@pitlane.com (Thomas Gmuer)
Moderator: paul_harman@pa.press.net (Paul Ian Harman)
Moderator: jmiles@unibase.com (Julie Miles)
Moderator: jamie@indexsystems.co.uk (James Robson)
Administrative contact address: rasf1m-admin@motorsport.org.uk
Article submission address: rasf1m@motorsport.org.uk

END MODERATOR INFO.

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Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Jul 1999.

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Proponent: Stephen M Baines <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>
Proponent: David Betts <davidb@dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk>
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Proponent: Julie Miles <jmiles@unibase.com>
Proponent: James Robson <jamie@indexsystems.co.uk>
Proponent: Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro <rps@mat.uc.pt>
Proponent: Gerard Stutje <gerard@costabrava.net>
Proponent: Geoffrey Webber <Geoff@pertinent.demon.co.uk>
Proponent: Glenys Williams-Hesse <glenys@tgis.co.uk>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Formula One racing has been the subject of Usenet discussion for many
years.  The existing newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1 (RASF1) gets at
least two hundred messages a day during the off-season, with the
volume doubling during the season and peaking at even higher rates
immediately following a race.  Much of this traffic is relevant and
of high quality, but there is also a significant amount of driver and
team abuse, attacks aimed at other posters to the newsgroup, and
discussion on topics not related to Formula One.  Many former posters
to the group have left because of these conditions.

The situation has been discussed extensively in RASF1, and the
discussions have shown that there are now two quite distinct groups
of subscribers: those who value the present culture, and who do not
wish to jeopardize the sense of community in RASF1 by attempting to
enforce the charter more stringently; and those who would prefer a
lower volume, less combative and more focused group.

Rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated is intended to be a forum where all
topics related to Formula One racing can be discussed without
distractions. Questions and answers about the sport will be welcomed
and a FAQ will be made available.

CHARTER: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Note: This Charter is intended to be read in conjunction with the
Moderation Policy which is appended.

(a)  Rationale

     The goal of rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated (hereafter RASF1M) is
     to provide a forum for the discussion of Formula One racing.  It
     differs from the existing English language newsgroups for F1
     (eg: rec.autos.sport.f1) in that it is moderated: the intention
     of this is to retain the opportunities for discussing Formula
     One currently found in other groups while preventing the spam,
     commercial posts, abuse directed towards F1 personalities and
     teams, participant abuse and postings completely unrelated to F1
     racing which can also be found there.

     The guiding principle for all moderators will be to interfere as
     little as possible with the discussions, whilst maintaining
     adherence to the Charter and Policy.

(b)  On- and off-charter postings

     This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
     Formula One. This can be assumed to cover topics such as races,
     results, drivers, teams, circuits, trips to races, gossip,
     rumours, sponsorship, reports of comments made by F1 personnel,
     careers of former F1 drivers, news items, rules, safety and
     upcoming events involving F1 personnel.

     It would be inappropriate and indeed impossible for a newsgroup
     charter to give an exhaustive list of what is and isn't
     acceptable.  However, postings which have no connection at all
     to Formula One are unlikely to qualify.  The final arbiter of
     this will be the moderators, working within the guidelines of
     the Policy as appended.

     Any submission which is relevant, civil and not in violation of
     the moderation policy will be accepted for posting.

(c)  Moderation Policy

     This is appended to the Charter and is divided into three
     sections:

     1.  Restrictions on Articles
     2.  Moderators' Role
     3.  General Administration

Moderation Policy:

Appendix: Moderation Policy for RASF1M

1.  Restrictions on Articles
    1.1  Acceptable topics
    1.2  On-charter threads
    1.3  Spoilers
    1.4  Unacceptable posts
    1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

2.  Moderator's Role
    2.1  Posts not modified
    2.2  Rejected posts
    2.3  Basis for rejection
    2.4  Undeliverable email
    2.5  Moderators' opinions
    2.6  Off-charter posts
    2.7  Removal of auto-approve status
    2.8  No retromoderation
    2.9  Administrative mailing list

3.  General Administration
    3.1  New moderators
    3.2  Removal of moderators
    3.3  Revisions to this policy
    3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ
    3.5  Disclaimer
    3.6  Approval of posts
    3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

1.  Restrictions on Articles

The Moderation Policy for RASF1M is guided by the statement laid out
in its Charter, namely that

     "the intention of this is to retain the opportunities for
     discussing Formula One currently found in other groups while
     preventing the spam, commercial posts, abuse directed
     towards F1 personalities and teams, participant abuse and
     posts completely unrelated to F1 racing which can also be
     found there."

1.1  Acceptable topics

This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
Formula One motor racing.  Any article about F1 which does not
contravene the guidelines set out here will be posted.

Potential topics might include the following:

     Races (results, discussions, first-hand accounts)
     Practice/testing results
     Drivers (former, present and potential future F1 drivers)
     Teams
     Circuits
     Requests for advice on attending races (prices, seating,
     equipment, etc)
     "Silly season" rumours and news
     Events involving former and/or present F1 cars and personalities
     (eg: historic car meets, celebrity kart races, Le Mans,
     promotional/media appearances)
     News stories involving present and former F1 personalities
     Sponsorship in F1
     Rules
     Safety
     Requests for, and information on, scheduled TV viewing times
     Announcements concerning RASF1/RASF1M gatherings, meetings
     and reunions

1.2  On-charter threads

Posters to this newsgroup are expected to conform as much as possible
to the requirement that articles are on-charter, as described above.
It is acknowledged that threads will sometimes tend to drift off-
charter; if this occurs, the participants will be expected to take
the discussion to a more appropriate forum as soon as possible.  If
required, a moderator will post a reminder to the thread in question.
Articles which attempt to begin a new thread with an off-charter post
are not acceptable.

1.3  Spoilers

Posts which mention or discuss a race result within 48 hours of the
chequered flag should make use of Spoiler conventions.  A lot of
people cannot watch races live, but still need to consult the
newsgroup for qualifying information, last-minute changes to
broadcast times, and so on.  Posters are therefore expected to
include the word "[SPOILER]" in the subject of posts about races less
than 48 hours old, and to omit details of the result from the Subject
header.

1.4  Unacceptable posts

     1.4.1  Posts which are solely about other types of motorsport
     and do not mention F1 should be directed to the appropriate
     group for that race series. (e.g. NASCAR posts go to
     rec.autos.sport.nascar (moderated).)

     1.4.2  Binaries will not be accepted.  Posts which contain a URL
     for a binary placed on a web page are acceptable.

     1.4.3  Posts in formats other than plain text, such as HTML,
     will not be accepted.  The moderators will send a short note to
     the poster explaining how s/he can set the newsreader to post in
     plain text.

     1.4.4  Posts which advertise a commercial service or product
     will not be accepted. However, the use of a signature that
     contains a business name, address, phone number or URL, or
     reference to a product or service, is considered acceptable
     provided the signature is otherwise compliant.

     Posts advising the group of charitable racing-related events, or
     offering race tickets at or below face value, are also permitted.

     1.4.5  Crossposts are not accepted for technical reasons.  The
     sole exceptions are posts from rec.autos.sport.info and Usenet
     Administrative crossposts, such as those from
     news.announce.newsgroups.

     1.4.6  Posts that are intended or likely to provoke abuse from
     other readers of the group are not acceptable.  This category
     includes messages containing racial abuse, or offensive and
     malicious statements about drivers, other people associated with
     the sport, or other posters.  It also includes fulsome,
     excessive and unsubstantiated praise of a driver, team, or any
     other person.

     1.4.7  All posts must have a return address which is valid
     (eg: username@domain.com) or decipherable (eg:
     username@domain.nospam.com).  If email addresses are 'spam-
     proofed' (ie: deliberately altered to prevent them from being
     retrieved by a spam-catching bot) it must be obvious to the
     moderator which alterations to make.

     1.4.8  Posts which contain extensive quoting of copyrighted
     material will not be accepted unless the poster has permission
     from the copyright holder.  It is acceptable to post URLs
     pointing to F1 articles on the web with a brief summary of the
     content. Authors of copyrighted material must be credited.

     The moderators and their service providers are not responsible
     for any material posted in violation of a copyright.

     1.4.9  Forged posts - defined as posts which purport to come
     from someone other than the actual poster - will not be
     accepted.  Forgers may be subject to further action.

     1.4.10  Repeated advertisements for a poster's website are not
     acceptable. Notifications of new content are welcome, but
     repeated posts which contain nothing but an invitation to visit
     the poster's site will not be accepted.

1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

Action may be taken against individual posters who repeatedly engage
in threatening or abusive behaviour toward a moderator or another
poster.  Similarly, any poster who attempts to interfere with the
normal operation of the newsgroup or with any account involved in its
administration or propagation, other than reporting net-abuse, may be
prevented from posting for a limited period, and/or be subject to
further action.

2.  Moderator's Role

2.1  Posts not modified

Posts will either be accepted as a whole, or rejected.  The
moderators will NEVER modify them at all.

2.2  Rejected posts

The moderators will return a rejected post to the originating
email address with an explanation for the rejection.  If applicable,
he or she will include suggestions on how to make the post
acceptable.

Should there be any question about whether or not a post is
acceptable, it will be forwarded to another  moderator for a second
opinion.  If the first two moderators to review an article agree, it
will be accepted or rejected accordingly.  If the first two
moderators to review an article disagree, the article will be
forwarded to a third moderator for a deciding vote.

2.3  Basis for rejection

No article will be rejected because of the author's opinion or
position on an issue, nor will any post be rejected because of its
author's personality rather than its content.

2.4  Undeliverable email

The moderators cannot be held accountable for Internet failures
or undeliverable email.

2.5  Moderator's opinions

Moderator's opinions will be expressed only within their own
posts, not within their moderation activities.  All posts made by
moderators as part of their moderation activities will have the word
"[ANNOUNCE]" in their subject line.

2.6   Off-charter posts

As recognised in Section 1.2, discussions can and do veer off-
charter.  Moderators will have the right to email participants in
such discussions privately to remind them of the group's charter and
ask them to comply.  If they do not do so, further action may be
taken at the discretion of the moderators.

2.7  Removal of auto-approve status

All decisions concerning the removal of a poster's auto-approve
status require a two-thirds majority of moderators to be enforced.

2.8  No retromoderation

No moderator will issue a third party cancel on
('retromoderate') any article that has been approved in accordance
with this policy.

2.9  Administrative mailing list

Complaints or discussions about moderator judgements, and other
matters related to the running of the newsgroup, will be handled
through a separate administrative mailing list open to any and all
participants in RASF1M. Messages from this list will not be posted
to the newsgroup.

The administrative list for the newsgroup is an open one, and all
users of RASF1M are welcome to join it. The list is solely to discuss
administrative issues of the group. It may be joined by sending a
message to:

        listserv@motorsport.org.uk

with the following in the body:

        subscribe rasf1m-admin <subscriber name>

Alternatively, the subscriber could fill in the form at
http://wso.net/cgi-bin/miva?~vollansport/admin.mv.

The subscriber must use a valid email address, with no spam blocks
in place, as all commands are processed automatically and there is no
human intervention.

3.  General Administration

3.1  New moderators

The moderation team will periodically need new members.  Posters
interested in joining the team are encouraged to express their
interest to the moderators.

3.2  Removal of moderators

Moderators who do not observe the charter in their personal posts or
moderation activities, or who act outside this policy, may be
removed by a two-thirds majority vote of the other moderators.

3.3  Revisions to this policy

     3.3.1  Any discussion of revision of this moderation policy must
     include "[MODPOL]" at the beginning of the subject line.

     3.3.2  After discussion in the newsgroup, the moderators will
     accept or reject the change based on their judgement as to the
     group's collective opinion.

     3.3.3  Any changes require a two-thirds majority of the
     moderators.

     3.3.4  The moderators will post all results of modification
     votes to the group within 24 hours of the decision.

3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ

A Posting Guide will be published at regular intervals, together with
a message welcoming new posters and the URL for the newsgroup FAQ.
The Guide will contain information on basic Netiquette, and reminders
of some of the requirements of the Moderation Policy.  Posters will
be expected to comply with these guidelines.

3.5  Disclaimer

The moderators will not be held responsible for the accuracy, truth
or legality of any of the posts. Posters must assume full
responsibility for the content of their own posts.

3.6  Approval of posts

The approval of a post by a moderator is NOT an endorsement of its
content by the moderator or moderation team.

3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

The charter and this moderation policy will be maintained on the Web
at <http://www.vollans.demon.co.uk/rasf1m.>  Changes to its location
will be posted to the group.

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Moderator: stephen@motorsport.org.uk (Stephen M Baines)
Moderator: davidb@dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk (David Betts)
Moderator: aco@dgs.monash.edu.au (Andrea Cocchiglia)
Moderator: tpc@indigo.ie (Tom Cosgrave)
Moderator: thomas@pitlane.com (Thomas Gmuer)
Moderator: paul_harman@pa.press.net (Paul Ian Harman)
Moderator: jmiles@unibase.com (Julie Miles)
Moderator: jamie@indexsystems.co.uk (James Robson)
Administrative contact address: rasf1m-admin@motorsport.org.uk
Article submission address: rasf1m@motorsport.org.uk

END MODERATOR INFO.

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cwaruck_ais@qlo.com                                               Corey Wawruck
horning_ais@qlo.com                                               Tammy Horning
simon@nospamforme.cmcuk.demon.co.uk                                Simon Cossar

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From neilc@wallaby.cc Mon Jul 12 12:58:40 1999
Path: news.isc.org!bounce-back
From: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.autos.sport.f1,rec.autos.sport.info,rec.autos.sport.misc
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                                RESULT
      moderated group rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated passes 183:48

There were 183 YES votes and 48 NO votes, for a total of 231 valid
votes.  There were 7 abstentions and 3 invalid ballots.

For a group to pass, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid
(YES and NO) votes.  There must also be at least 100 more YES votes
than NO votes.

A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
thereafter.

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rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated	Discussion of Formula One racing. (Moderated)

The voting period closed at 23:59:59 UTC, 9 Jul 1999.

This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.

Proponent: Stephen M Baines <stephen@motorsport.org.uk>
Proponent: David Betts <davidb@dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk>
Proponent: Andrea Cocchiglia <aco@dgs.monash.edu.au>
Proponent: Tom Cosgrave <tpc@indigo.ie>
Proponent: Paul Cronin <caneda@email.msn.com>
Proponent: Thomas Gmuer <thomas@pitlane.com>
Proponent: Paul Ian Harman <paul_harman@pa.press.net>
Proponent: Julie Miles <jmiles@unibase.com>
Proponent: James Robson <jamie@indexsystems.co.uk>
Proponent: Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro <rps@mat.uc.pt>
Proponent: Gerard Stutje <gerard@costabrava.net>
Proponent: Geoffrey Webber <Geoff@pertinent.demon.co.uk>
Proponent: Glenys Williams-Hesse <glenys@tgis.co.uk>
Votetaker: Neil Crellin <neilc@wallaby.cc>

RATIONALE: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Formula One racing has been the subject of Usenet discussion for many
years.  The existing newsgroup rec.autos.sport.f1 (RASF1) gets at
least two hundred messages a day during the off-season, with the
volume doubling during the season and peaking at even higher rates
immediately following a race.  Much of this traffic is relevant and
of high quality, but there is also a significant amount of driver and
team abuse, attacks aimed at other posters to the newsgroup, and
discussion on topics not related to Formula One.  Many former posters
to the group have left because of these conditions.

The situation has been discussed extensively in RASF1, and the
discussions have shown that there are now two quite distinct groups
of subscribers: those who value the present culture, and who do not
wish to jeopardize the sense of community in RASF1 by attempting to
enforce the charter more stringently; and those who would prefer a
lower volume, less combative and more focused group.

Rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated is intended to be a forum where all
topics related to Formula One racing can be discussed without
distractions. Questions and answers about the sport will be welcomed
and a FAQ will be made available.

CHARTER: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Note: This Charter is intended to be read in conjunction with the
Moderation Policy which is appended.

(a)  Rationale

     The goal of rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated (hereafter RASF1M) is
     to provide a forum for the discussion of Formula One racing.  It
     differs from the existing English language newsgroups for F1
     (eg: rec.autos.sport.f1) in that it is moderated: the intention
     of this is to retain the opportunities for discussing Formula
     One currently found in other groups while preventing the spam,
     commercial posts, abuse directed towards F1 personalities and
     teams, participant abuse and postings completely unrelated to F1
     racing which can also be found there.

     The guiding principle for all moderators will be to interfere as
     little as possible with the discussions, whilst maintaining
     adherence to the Charter and Policy.

(b)  On- and off-charter postings

     This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
     Formula One. This can be assumed to cover topics such as races,
     results, drivers, teams, circuits, trips to races, gossip,
     rumours, sponsorship, reports of comments made by F1 personnel,
     careers of former F1 drivers, news items, rules, safety and
     upcoming events involving F1 personnel.

     It would be inappropriate and indeed impossible for a newsgroup
     charter to give an exhaustive list of what is and isn't
     acceptable.  However, postings which have no connection at all
     to Formula One are unlikely to qualify.  The final arbiter of
     this will be the moderators, working within the guidelines of
     the Policy as appended.

     Any submission which is relevant, civil and not in violation of
     the moderation policy will be accepted for posting.

(c)  Moderation Policy

     This is appended to the Charter and is divided into three
     sections:

     1.  Restrictions on Articles
     2.  Moderators' Role
     3.  General Administration

Moderation policy:

Appendix: Moderation Policy for RASF1M

1.  Restrictions on Articles
    1.1  Acceptable topics
    1.2  On-charter threads
    1.3  Spoilers
    1.4  Unacceptable posts
    1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

2.  Moderator's Role
    2.1  Posts not modified
    2.2  Rejected posts
    2.3  Basis for rejection
    2.4  Undeliverable email
    2.5  Moderators' opinions
    2.6  Off-charter posts
    2.7  Removal of auto-approve status
    2.8  No retromoderation
    2.9  Administrative mailing list

3.  General Administration
    3.1  New moderators
    3.2  Removal of moderators
    3.3  Revisions to this policy
    3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ
    3.5  Disclaimer
    3.6  Approval of posts
    3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

1.  Restrictions on Articles

The Moderation Policy for RASF1M is guided by the statement laid out
in its Charter, namely that

     "the intention of this is to retain the opportunities for
     discussing Formula One currently found in other groups while
     preventing the spam, commercial posts, abuse directed
     towards F1 personalities and teams, participant abuse and
     posts completely unrelated to F1 racing which can also be
     found there."

1.1  Acceptable topics

This group exists to provide opportunities for discussion about
Formula One motor racing.  Any article about F1 which does not
contravene the guidelines set out here will be posted.

Potential topics might include the following:

     Races (results, discussions, first-hand accounts)
     Practice/testing results
     Drivers (former, present and potential future F1 drivers)
     Teams
     Circuits
     Requests for advice on attending races (prices, seating,
     equipment, etc)
     "Silly season" rumours and news
     Events involving former and/or present F1 cars and personalities
     (eg: historic car meets, celebrity kart races, Le Mans,
     promotional/media appearances)
     News stories involving present and former F1 personalities
     Sponsorship in F1
     Rules
     Safety
     Requests for, and information on, scheduled TV viewing times
     Announcements concerning RASF1/RASF1M gatherings, meetings
     and reunions

1.2  On-charter threads

Posters to this newsgroup are expected to conform as much as possible
to the requirement that articles are on-charter, as described above.
It is acknowledged that threads will sometimes tend to drift off-
charter; if this occurs, the participants will be expected to take
the discussion to a more appropriate forum as soon as possible.  If
required, a moderator will post a reminder to the thread in question.
Articles which attempt to begin a new thread with an off-charter post
are not acceptable.

1.3  Spoilers

Posts which mention or discuss a race result within 48 hours of the
chequered flag should make use of Spoiler conventions.  A lot of
people cannot watch races live, but still need to consult the
newsgroup for qualifying information, last-minute changes to
broadcast times, and so on.  Posters are therefore expected to
include the word "[SPOILER]" in the subject of posts about races less
than 48 hours old, and to omit details of the result from the Subject
header.

1.4  Unacceptable posts

     1.4.1  Posts which are solely about other types of motorsport
     and do not mention F1 should be directed to the appropriate
     group for that race series. (e.g. NASCAR posts go to
     rec.autos.sport.nascar (moderated).)

     1.4.2  Binaries will not be accepted.  Posts which contain a URL
     for a binary placed on a web page are acceptable.

     1.4.3  Posts in formats other than plain text, such as HTML,
     will not be accepted.  The moderators will send a short note to
     the poster explaining how s/he can set the newsreader to post in
     plain text.

     1.4.4  Posts which advertise a commercial service or product
     will not be accepted. However, the use of a signature that
     contains a business name, address, phone number or URL, or
     reference to a product or service, is considered acceptable
     provided the signature is otherwise compliant.

     Posts advising the group of charitable racing-related events, or
     offering race tickets at or below face value, are also permitted.

     1.4.5  Crossposts are not accepted for technical reasons.  The
     sole exceptions are posts from rec.autos.sport.info and Usenet
     Administrative crossposts, such as those from
     news.announce.newsgroups.

     1.4.6  Posts that are intended or likely to provoke abuse from
     other readers of the group are not acceptable.  This category
     includes messages containing racial abuse, or offensive and
     malicious statements about drivers, other people associated with
     the sport, or other posters.  It also includes fulsome,
     excessive and unsubstantiated praise of a driver, team, or any
     other person.

     1.4.7  All posts must have a return address which is valid
     (eg: username@domain.com) or decipherable (eg:
     username@domain.nospam.com).  If email addresses are 'spam-
     proofed' (ie: deliberately altered to prevent them from being
     retrieved by a spam-catching bot) it must be obvious to the
     moderator which alterations to make.

     1.4.8  Posts which contain extensive quoting of copyrighted
     material will not be accepted unless the poster has permission
     from the copyright holder.  It is acceptable to post URLs
     pointing to F1 articles on the web with a brief summary of the
     content. Authors of copyrighted material must be credited.

     The moderators and their service providers are not responsible
     for any material posted in violation of a copyright.

     1.4.9  Forged posts - defined as posts which purport to come
     from someone other than the actual poster - will not be
     accepted.  Forgers may be subject to further action.

     1.4.10  Repeated advertisements for a poster's website are not
     acceptable. Notifications of new content are welcome, but
     repeated posts which contain nothing but an invitation to visit
     the poster's site will not be accepted.

1.5  Unacceptable behaviour

Action may be taken against individual posters who repeatedly engage
in threatening or abusive behaviour toward a moderator or another
poster.  Similarly, any poster who attempts to interfere with the
normal operation of the newsgroup or with any account involved in its
administration or propagation, other than reporting net-abuse, may be
prevented from posting for a limited period, and/or be subject to
further action.

2.  Moderator's Role

2.1  Posts not modified

Posts will either be accepted as a whole, or rejected.  The
moderators will NEVER modify them at all.

2.2  Rejected posts

The moderators will return a rejected post to the originating
email address with an explanation for the rejection.  If applicable,
he or she will include suggestions on how to make the post
acceptable.

Should there be any question about whether or not a post is
acceptable, it will be forwarded to another  moderator for a second
opinion.  If the first two moderators to review an article agree, it
will be accepted or rejected accordingly.  If the first two
moderators to review an article disagree, the article will be
forwarded to a third moderator for a deciding vote.

2.3  Basis for rejection

No article will be rejected because of the author's opinion or
position on an issue, nor will any post be rejected because of its
author's personality rather than its content.

2.4  Undeliverable email

The moderators cannot be held accountable for Internet failures
or undeliverable email.

2.5  Moderator's opinions

Moderator's opinions will be expressed only within their own
posts, not within their moderation activities.  All posts made by
moderators as part of their moderation activities will have the word
"[ANNOUNCE]" in their subject line.

2.6   Off-charter posts

As recognised in Section 1.2, discussions can and do veer off-
charter.  Moderators will have the right to email participants in
such discussions privately to remind them of the group's charter and
ask them to comply.  If they do not do so, further action may be
taken at the discretion of the moderators.

2.7  Removal of auto-approve status

All decisions concerning the removal of a poster's auto-approve
status require a two-thirds majority of moderators to be enforced.

2.8  No retromoderation

No moderator will issue a third party cancel on
('retromoderate') any article that has been approved in accordance
with this policy.

2.9  Administrative mailing list

Complaints or discussions about moderator judgements, and other
matters related to the running of the newsgroup, will be handled
through a separate administrative mailing list open to any and all
participants in RASF1M. Messages from this list will not be posted
to the newsgroup.

The administrative list for the newsgroup is an open one, and all
users of RASF1M are welcome to join it. The list is solely to discuss
administrative issues of the group. It may be joined by sending a
message to:

        listserv@motorsport.org.uk

with the following in the body:

        subscribe rasf1m-admin <subscriber name>

Alternatively, the subscriber could fill in the form at
http://wso.net/cgi-bin/miva?~vollansport/admin.mv.

The subscriber must use a valid email address, with no spam blocks
in place, as all commands are processed automatically and there is no
human intervention.

3.  General Administration

3.1  New moderators

The moderation team will periodically need new members.  Posters
interested in joining the team are encouraged to express their
interest to the moderators.

3.2  Removal of moderators

Moderators who do not observe the charter in their personal posts or
moderation activities, or who act outside this policy, may be
removed by a two-thirds majority vote of the other moderators.

3.3  Revisions to this policy

     3.3.1  Any discussion of revision of this moderation policy must
     include "[MODPOL]" at the beginning of the subject line.

     3.3.2  After discussion in the newsgroup, the moderators will
     accept or reject the change based on their judgement as to the
     group's collective opinion.

     3.3.3  Any changes require a two-thirds majority of the
     moderators.

     3.3.4  The moderators will post all results of modification
     votes to the group within 24 hours of the decision.

3.4  Posting Guide and Newsgroup FAQ

A Posting Guide will be published at regular intervals, together with
a message welcoming new posters and the URL for the newsgroup FAQ.
The Guide will contain information on basic Netiquette, and reminders
of some of the requirements of the Moderation Policy.  Posters will
be expected to comply with these guidelines.

3.5  Disclaimer

The moderators will not be held responsible for the accuracy, truth
or legality of any of the posts. Posters must assume full
responsibility for the content of their own posts.

3.6  Approval of posts

The approval of a post by a moderator is NOT an endorsement of its
content by the moderator or moderation team.

3.7  Location of Charter and Moderation Policy

The charter and this moderation policy will be maintained on the Web
at <http://www.vollans.demon.co.uk/rasf1m.>  Changes to its location
will be posted to the group.

END CHARTER.

MODERATOR INFO: rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated

Moderator: stephen@motorsport.org.uk (Stephen M Baines)
Moderator: davidb@dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk (David Betts)
Moderator: aco@dgs.monash.edu.au (Andrea Cocchiglia)
Moderator: tpc@indigo.ie (Tom Cosgrave)
Moderator: thomas@pitlane.com (Thomas Gmuer)
Moderator: paul_harman@pa.press.net (Paul Ian Harman)
Moderator: jmiles@unibase.com (Julie Miles)
Moderator: jamie@indexsystems.co.uk (James Robson)
Administrative contact address: rasf1m-admin@motorsport.org.uk
Article submission address: rasf1m@motorsport.org.uk

END MODERATOR INFO.



rec.autos.sport.f1.moderated Final Voter list

NOTE:  This is not [to be used as] a mailing list.  The email addresses
are posted only to help verify the interest poll.  Thank you.

Voted YES
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gott [at] xover.mud.at                                          Andreas Kroell
gjerram [at] onaustralia.com.au                                    Gary Jerram
sirion [at] ozemail.com.au                                     Clive Nicholson
aco [at] ElectricMonk.dgs.monash.edu.au                      Andrea Cocchiglia
rjh [at] qdot.qld.gov.au                                        Robert Howlett
rbw [at] iinet.net.au                                          Russell Worsley
roryg [at] mail.iweb.net.au                                        Rory Gordon
pbh [at] netspace.net.au                                       Peter Bain-Hogg
danny.uten [at] bwk.kuleuven.ac.be                                  Danny Uten
dany.steyaert [at] ping.be                                       Dany Steyaert
argusml [at] istar.ca                                          Elizabeth Argus
moonpeg [at] istar.ca                                               Morgan Dhu
quadrant [at] istar.ca                                             C. W. Clark
trevort [at] inorth.on.ca                                       Trevor Tymchuk
travis [at] SEDSystems.ca                                   Shane H. W. Travis
rcthomson [at] ns.sympatico.ca                               Robert C. Thomson
mgm.arch [at] sk.sympatico.ca                                       Mike Adams
sk1406 [at] sk.sympatico.ca                                    Josh McClinchey
sk1412 [at] sk.sympatico.ca                                        Leif Handle
tech.support [at] sk.sympatico.ca                                 Chad Walbaum
Folco.Banfi [at] unifr.ch                                                Folco
igor [at] Algebra.Com                                              Igor Chudov
timo.marin [at] atbusiness.com                                      Timo Marin
esprit [at] best.com                                                Alan Perry
kimdv [at] best.com                                               Kim DeVaughn
mccomb [at] best.com                                        Todd Michel McComb
davidbath [at] bigfoot.com                                       David E. Bath
philip.hill@bt.comPhil Hill&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT>
pete.sherratt [at] bt.com                                        PETE SHERRATT
p.c.s [at] btinternet.com                                         Paul Simeons
charlie.turner [at] btinternet.com                              Charlie Turner
Ian.Haycox [at] compaq.com                                          Ian Haycox
CW_Clark [at] compuserve.com                                        Jon Morton
adewey [at] cwix.com                                                Alan Dewey
eridani [at] databasix.com                                             Belinda
han [at] uto.dec.com                                              Han Pilmeyer
winalski [at] lspace.zko.dec.com                                 Paul Winalski
julesd [at] erols.com                                             Jules Dubois
lovelimo [at] erols.com                                             G Stafford
mcclenon [at] erols.com                                           Bob McClenon
gkerley [at] execpc.com                                          Gillam Kerley
milbrath [at] execpc.com                                    W.B. Milbrath, Jr.
silvery [at] freeuk.com                                                Silvery
lakes [at] gpo.com                                                   Tony Lake
Douglas_B_Farrow [at] graco.com                                    Doug Farrow
mmcguigan [at] home.com                                    Michael J. McGuigan
rendar [at] home.com                                              Steve Tincup
phatchman [at] hotmail.com                                       Paul Hatchman
walletboy [at] hotmail.com                                          Phil Bours
dking [at] sid.hp.com                                         dking@sid.hp.com
prener [at] watson.ibm.com                                          Dan Prener
monson [at] idirect.com                                          Trevor Monson
ronnie.grant [at] iname.com                                       Ronnie Grant
tensai [at] interaccess.com                                       Frank Sewald
stacia [at] io.com                                              Stacia Kissick
zephyn [at] io.com                                                Keith Peyton
e585187 [at] mip9.mar.lmco.com                                    Scott Kester
kimes [at] ans.ih.lucent.com                                         Kit Kimes
cwells [at] marshill.com                                         charles wells
runnyhunny [at] mindless.com                                    Richard Walker
cipher [at] mindspring.com                                              Cipher
gerryha [at] mindspring.com                                       Gerry Harris
Brian_W_Lawrence [at] email.msn.com                             Brian Lawrence
caneda [at] email.msn.com                                          Paul Cronin
bobt [at] abasin.mv.com                                             Bob Taylor
rbenn [at] ix.netcom.com                                         Randy Bennett
antti.kuosmanen [at] nokia.com                                     A Kuosmanen
jclarke [at] nortelnetworks.com                                    John Clarke
lukeward [at] nortelnetworks.com                                     Luke Ward
dc [at] panix.com                                            David W. Crawford
pmross [at] dial.pipex.com                                      Pauline M Ross
thomas [at] pitlane.com                                           Thomas Gmuer
dougf [at] pobox.com                                                Doug Finch
bposner [at] powersurfr.com                                       Barry Posner
mjbjr [at] primenet.com                                           Martin Brown
Len_Ashburn [at] prodigy.com                                LEONARD T. ASHBURN
mwall_ais [at] qlo.com                                               Mike Wall
andrem [at] Central.Sun.COM                                     Andre Molyneux
PerdueK [at] tce.com                                              Perdue Kelly
dougob [at] the-spa.com                                           Doug O'Brien
saturdaynight [at] theraces.com                                 Brian Merriman
jmiles [at] unibase.com                                            Julie Miles
ruddell [at] unibase.com                                        Dennis Ruddell
cyarnell [at] wwiv.com                                           Chris Yarnell
plosher [at] wwiv.com                                             Peter Losher
david [at] xara.com                                           David Matthewman
mjackson [at] wc.eso.mc.xerox.com                                 Mark Jackson
wkring [at] yahoo.com                                             Warren Kring
stefan [at] badtaste.dinoco.de                               Stefan Thielscher
antsfz00 [at] fht-esslingen.de                          Anastasios Tsitlakidis
nhoffm [at] in-kiel.de                                        Norbert Hoffmann
naddy [at] mips.rhein-neckar.de                           Christian Weisgerber
vote-big8 [at] kholdan.snafu.de                                    tobias erle
bouvin [at] daimi.au.dk                                      Niels Olof Bouvin
moleski [at] canisius.edu                                    Martin X. Moleski
hh299 [at] cleveland.Freenet.Edu                                Jim Baranovich
jac [at] scri.fsu.edu                                                 Jim Carr
harvey [at] iupui.edu                                             James Harvey
J.C.Ray [at] jhuapl.edu                                        J. Courtney Ray
greensha [at] musc.edu                                     Andrew Greenshields
davis.34 [at] osu.edu                                               Mark Davis
rick [at] bcm.tmc.edu                                           Richard Miller
tim [at] eecg.toronto.edu                                            Tim Trant
hougen [at] cs.umn.edu                                             Dean Hougen
drojo [at] utmb.edu                                                Daniel Rojo
Jim_Hill [at] chsra.wisc.edu                                     JAMES R. HILL
rufinus [at] mbe.ece.wisc.edu                                        J Rufinus
jesnellm [at] cs.Helsinki.FI                                     Juho Snellman
kalle.silfverberg [at] helsinki.fi                           Kalle Silfverberg
akuosman [at] cc.hut.fi                                        Antti Kuosmanen
akuosman [at] niksula.hut.fi                                   Olavi Kuosmanen
kvapaaok [at] niksula.hut.fi                                  Kaarlo Vapaaoksa
jmt80 [at] iki.fi                                                Jani Tuominen
vegarus [at] co.inet.fi                                         Jarmo Huhtanen
jaana.rinkinen [at] pp.inet.fi                                  Jaana Rinkinen
Leif.Snellman [at] kolumbus.fi                                   Leif Snellman
jcpret [at] club-internet.fr                              Jean-Christophe Pret
nodet [at] ilog.fr                                                Xavier Nodet
dbsprod [at] worldnet.fr                                        Gilles BERNIER
porter.clark [at] msfc.nasa.gov                                J. Porter Clark
tpc [at] indigo.ie                                                Tom Cosgrave
websters [at] cedar.alberni.net                                 Calvin Webster
gerard [at] costabrava.net                                       Gerard Stutje
sawitt [at] earthlink.net                                      Stephen A. Witt
fred [at] eatel.net                                  Frederick J. Barnett Jr.
ike [at] fast.net                                                  Tim Eichman
etroll [at] flash.net                                         Eric O. Troldahl
andrew [at] woodward2.force9.net                               Andrew Woodward
kcrossle [at] frontiernet.net                                   Keith Crossley
trauttf [at] globalserve.net                         Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff
swende [at] gmx.net                                               Stefan Wende
tjwestdorp [at] ibm.net                                        Thomas Westdorp
jausbury [at] fortwayne.infi.net                                  Jill Ausbury
dickp [at] lineone.net                                         Richard Parr=20
frosted [at] mediaone.net                                        David Roberts
jadutton [at] mail1.nai.net                                  Jeffrey A. Dutton
kneecap [at] netnet.net                                                 Newton
wakelyn [at] pinn.net                                            N. T. Wakelyn
a.dawson [at] pmail.net                                            Alex Dawson
paul_harman [at] pa.press.net                                  Paul Ian Harman
jdg [at] rahul.net                                             John David Galt
martin [at] freedom.screaming.net                              Martin Matthews
groupb [at] softhome.net                                                  Alan
TeamLotus [at] softhome.net                                     David Rupilius
yourlawyer [at] SoftHome.net                                  Brian P. Sweeney
chris.van.engelen [at] gironet.nl                            Chris van Engelen
ben [at] stuyts.nl                                                  Ben Stuyts
philip [at] cs.vu.nl                                            Philip Homburg
euan [at] waikato.ac.nz                                           Euan Kilgour
ronbryce [at] ihug.co.nz                                          Ron Thornton
JeremyB [at] clear.net.nz                                         Jeremy Bowen
nick [at] thales.dhs.org                                           Nick Boalch
p.texier [at] genindre.org                                      Patrick Texier
ashley.martin [at] ieee.org                                      Ashley Martin
NScully [at] mediaport.org                                         Neil Scully
borons [at] zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl                               Sergiusz Boron
lfarrolas [at] mail.telepac.pt                                   Luis Farrolas
nmsb [at] noe.ubi.pt                              Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
pmelo [at] fe.uc.pt                                                 Paulo Melo
rps [at] rena.mat.uc.pt                             Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro
paul.martin [at] nuffield.ox.ac.uk                                 Paul Martin
R.P.Clement [at] westminster.ac.uk                                Ross Clement
kf7 [at] york.ac.uk                                               Kriss Fearon
jhaines [at] argonet.co.uk                                         John Haines
astrang [at] dcthomson.co.uk                                       Alan Strang
chris [at] aimless.demon.co.uk                                      Chris Keen
pete [at] d-mf.demon.co.uk                                        Pete Collins
chris [at] dickson.demon.co.uk                                Chris M. Dickson
Emma [at] excalvehs.demon.co.uk                                   Emma Crawley
jkirk [at] ionstream.demon.co.uk                                 John Kirkland
phil [at] nicheltd.demon.co.uk                                      Phil Grace
darryl [at] origma.demon.co.uk                                Darryl E Collins
Geoff [at] pertinent.demon.co.uk                               Geoffrey Webber
jimsteel [at] jimsteel.eurobell.co.uk                                Jim Steel
kim [at] foca.co.uk                                                Kim Andrews
davidb [at] dbassoc.freeserve.co.uk                                David Betts
jim_norton [at] rager.freeserve.co.uk                               Jim Norton
fhs [at] globalnet.co.uk                                           Fred Stacey
jamie [at] indexsystems.co.uk                                     James Robson
andrew.parsons [at] pipemedia.co.uk                             Andrew Parsons
jeff [at] telergy.co.uk                                              Jeff York
glenys [at] tgis.co.uk                                         Glenys Williams
stephen [at] motorsport.org.uk                                Stephen M Baines

Voted NO
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mcwells [at] chat.carleton.ca                                       Mike Wells
Gunter.Roland [at] cern.ch                                      Gunther Roland
ACollingri [at] aol.com                                      Alex Collingridge
jeremymcm1 [at] aol.com                                        Jeremy McMillan
PaulSturm [at] aol.com
valeriepg [at] aol.com                                          Valerie Romano
stainles [at] bga.com                                             Dwight Brown
Marriott [at] campbell-lutyens.com                              Chris Marriott
ahk [at] chinet.chinet.com                                      Adam H. Kerman
ferret [at] enteract.com                                            Karl Meyer
tjmc [at] enteract.com                                                    tjmc
frankh [at] execpc.com                                              Frank Holt
celticwiccan [at] hotmail.com                                      Peter Byron
geoffschuler [at] hotmail.com                                    Geoff Schuler
jesp [at] hotmail.com                                          Eugenio Sanchez
suzieflame [at] hotmail.com                                        Suzie Flame
gprrspw [at] mindspring.com                                          G.P. Ryan
stuartsmith1 [at] mindspring.com                                  Stuart Smith
whooleym [at] cork.cig.mot.com                                    Mike Whooley
ian.rae [at] motorola.com                                              Ian Rae
foxy_lady [at] msn.com                                            Fiona Vallis
olav [at] viking.mv.com                                        Olav Nieuwejaar
pgeorgeu [at] newsguy.com                                        Peter Georgeu
ferrari [at] pipeline.com                                   Mark J. Frusciante
James.Long [at] respironics.com                                     James Long
Bill.Pickering [at] respironics.com                             Bill Pickering
pfenelon [at] ssx5.com                                            Pete Fenelon
pimentel [at] ultranet.com                                       John Pimentel
sdijkstra [at] AWI-Bremerhaven.DE                               Semme Dijkstra
Ekkehard.Uthke [at] gmx.de                                      Ekkehard Uthke
Claudia.Scharbert [at] t-online.de                           Claudia Scharbert
manspeaker [at] psu.edu                                        Matt Manspeaker
insure [at] airmail.net                                        Irwin A. Sabath
tov [at] altavista.net                                              Mike Craig
ellis [at] ftel.net                                                 Rick Ellis
Ikarus280 [at] gmx.net                                          Martin Schmidt
bhelland [at] gte.net                                              Bob Helland
Jon.Abbott [at] nationwideisp.net                                   Jon Abbott
zonk [at] teletubbies.net                                       Paul Rushworth
j.f.smits [at] hccnet.nl                                             J.F Smits
ali [at] avrc.city.ac.uk                                         J. Ali Harlow
dzone [at] dircon.co.uk                                               A Watson
fionav [at] dircon.co.uk                                         Julian Vallis
max [at] meiji.dircon.co.uk                                         Max Galvin
paul [at] thunderbird-sport.freeserve.co.uk                        Paul Brewer
lgalway [at] stbni.co.uk                                            Leo Galway
diannem [at] chiark.greenend.org.uk                              Dianne Millen
DDahms [at] nbs.co.za                                             Dallas Dahms

Abstained
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sforsell [at] aol.com                                            Scott Forsell
chris [at] kzim.com                                Christopher Robin Zimmerman
mr.wong [at] lunatech.com                                              mr.wong
sbaumer [at] informatik.uni-ulm.de                                 Sven Baumer
nero [at] rock-off.net                                       David Wheelwright
merlin [at] A470.demon.co.uk                                   Darren Wyn Rees
simon [at] cmcuk.demon.co.uk                                      Simon Cossar

Invalid votes
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JConnors [at] calcna.ab                                          James Connors
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cwaruck_ais [at] qlo.com                                         Corey Wawruck
    ! Undeliverable address: Host qlo.com not found
horning_ais [at] qlo.com                                         Tammy Horning
    ! Undeliverable address: Host qlo.com not found


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