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rec.aviation.questions is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 146:30 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 1 Apr 1994.

Group submission address:   rec-aviation-questions@peck.com
Moderator contact address:  rec-aviation-questions-request@peck.com (Geoff Peck)

For your newsgroups file:
rec.aviation.questions	Aviation questions and answers. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

  The charter of rec.aviation.questions is to receive questions on
  aviation which might be answered in an simple and reasonably
  authoritative manner by one or a few of the many knowledgeable
  individuals we have on the net.  Such questions, along with their
  answers, will be posted as a single article, to rec.aviation.questions
  and will be cross-posted to the appropriate unmoderated rec.aviation
  subgroup(s).  This process will avoid having such questions answered
  many, many times by well-intentioned readers, sometimes correctly and
  sometimes incorrectly.  Interested netters will be able to follow up
  to the original question and answer posting in the normal manner;
  these follow-ups will be directed to the appropriate unmoderated
  rec.aviation subgroup(s).

  OPERATIONAL DETAILS

  The "administrator" of this group will be geoff@peck.com.  Mail addresses
  will be set up as follows:

   rec-aviation-questions@peck.com                submissions
   rec-aviation-questions@uunet.uu.net            submissions (reflector)
   rec-aviation-questions-request@peck.com        administrative requests
   rec-aviation-questions-request@uunet.uu.net    administrative req. (reflector)

  Short-names will also be available for these addresses:

   av-questions@peck.com                  submissions
   av-questions-request@peck.com          administrative requests

  The mechanics of this group work as follows.  The administrator will
  set up an automated distribution system (a "rotor") which will accept
  incoming questions and distribute them on a rotating basis to a
  designated group of volunteers ("answer-mavens").  These noble
  volunteers may:

    (a) Research and answer the question on their own, posting the question
        and its answer to rec.aviation.questions and to at least one other
        unmoderated rec.aviation.* subgroup, to which follow-ups will also
        be directed.

    (b) Forward the question to another individual for an answer.  The idea
        would be to forward the question to someone who has particular expertise
        in the area of the question, typically an individual within this
        circle of "answer-mavens", but occasionally to a known outside source.

    (c) Decide that the question shouldn't be answered by an answer-maven but
        rather an open discussion should be started, in which case it will
        be posted to the approprate unmoderated rec.aviation group(s).

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rec.aviation.questions is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 146:30 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 1 Apr 1994.

Group submission address:   rec-aviation-questions@peck.com
Moderator contact address:  rec-aviation-questions-request@peck.com (Geoff Peck)

For your newsgroups file:
rec.aviation.questions	Aviation questions and answers. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

  The charter of rec.aviation.questions is to receive questions on
  aviation which might be answered in an simple and reasonably
  authoritative manner by one or a few of the many knowledgeable
  individuals we have on the net.  Such questions, along with their
  answers, will be posted as a single article, to rec.aviation.questions
  and will be cross-posted to the appropriate unmoderated rec.aviation
  subgroup(s).  This process will avoid having such questions answered
  many, many times by well-intentioned readers, sometimes correctly and
  sometimes incorrectly.  Interested netters will be able to follow up
  to the original question and answer posting in the normal manner;
  these follow-ups will be directed to the appropriate unmoderated
  rec.aviation subgroup(s).

  OPERATIONAL DETAILS

  The "administrator" of this group will be geoff@peck.com.  Mail addresses
  will be set up as follows:

   rec-aviation-questions@peck.com                submissions
   rec-aviation-questions@uunet.uu.net            submissions (reflector)
   rec-aviation-questions-request@peck.com        administrative requests
   rec-aviation-questions-request@uunet.uu.net    administrative req. (reflector)

  Short-names will also be available for these addresses:

   av-questions@peck.com                  submissions
   av-questions-request@peck.com          administrative requests

  The mechanics of this group work as follows.  The administrator will
  set up an automated distribution system (a "rotor") which will accept
  incoming questions and distribute them on a rotating basis to a
  designated group of volunteers ("answer-mavens").  These noble
  volunteers may:

    (a) Research and answer the question on their own, posting the question
        and its answer to rec.aviation.questions and to at least one other
        unmoderated rec.aviation.* subgroup, to which follow-ups will also
        be directed.

    (b) Forward the question to another individual for an answer.  The idea
        would be to forward the question to someone who has particular expertise
        in the area of the question, typically an individual within this
        circle of "answer-mavens", but occasionally to a known outside source.

    (c) Decide that the question shouldn't be answered by an answer-maven but
        rather an open discussion should be started, in which case it will
        be posted to the approprate unmoderated rec.aviation group(s).

