From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Apr  4 00:59:13 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <856633736.156268@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 11:11:11 GMT
Lines: 6
Xref: uunet control.newgroup:9897

For your newsgroups file:
soc.culture.belarus	The culture of Belarus

Anyone can create a newsgroup in the alt, biz, comp, earth, humanities,
misc, news, rec, sci, soc, talk, us, or any other Usenet hierarchy.
New newsgroup proposals may optionally be discussed in news.groups.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Apr  4 10:35:48 1996
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <828630991.1943@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:16:31 GMT
Lines: 5
Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3513

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Fri Apr  5 11:11:53 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <828719903.20978@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 15:58:24 GMT
Lines: 5
Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3676

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Apr  8 10:41:21 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <828973969.7678@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 14:32:49 GMT
Lines: 5
Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3846

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Apr 11 10:30:33 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <829232881.6913@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:28:01 GMT
Lines: 5
Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:3949

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Fri Apr 12 11:10:26 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <829321621.22744@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:07:01 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: PGP auth is being tested; announcements will be made when it is ready.
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Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4082

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Apr 15 10:51:39 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <829579742.13136@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:49:02 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: PGP auth is being tested; announcements will be made when it is ready.
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Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4277

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Sat May  4 10:31:05 1996
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <831220082.17882@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 14:28:02 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html
	ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README
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	b/kZ4IJ1P3g=
	=XCUH
Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4562

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From ellisd@netcom.com Sat May  4 16:24:03 1996
Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus
Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!blackbush.xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netcom.net.uk!netcom.com!ellisd
From: ellisd@netcom.com
Subject: The culture of Belarus
Message-ID: <ellisdDqw4nz.1Jq@netcom.com>
Sender: ellisd@netcom11.netcom.com
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 17:02:23 GMT
Approved: ellisd@netcom.com
Lines: 4
Xref: uunet control.newgroup:11941

For your newsgroups file:
soc.culture.belarus	The culture of Belarus

Please note that I'm not David Lawrence

From ellisd@netcom.com Sat May  4 20:47:36 1996
Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus
Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!peer.news.xara.net!xara.net!news.insnet.net!netcom.net.uk!netcom.com!ellisd
From: ellisd@netcom.com
Subject: The culture of Belarus
Message-ID: <ellisdDqv7Bp.6Ex@netcom.com>
Sender: ellisd@netcom21.netcom.com
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 05:02:13 GMT
Approved: ellisd@netcom.com
Lines: 2
Xref: uunet control.newgroup:12057

For your newsgroups file:
soc.culture.belarus	The culture of Belarus

From tale@uunet.uu.net Sun May  5 11:10:42 1996
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <831308821.16254@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 15:07:01 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html
	ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README
X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender
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	Db4iFl5Jki4=
	=qZ1F
Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4700

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From ellisd@netcom.com Sun May  5 12:58:33 1996
Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus
Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.culture.belarus
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!salliemae!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netcom.net.uk!netcom.com!ellisd
From: ellisd@netcom.com
Subject: The culture of Belarus
Message-ID: <ellisdDqxqLt.EM@netcom.com>
Sender: ellisd@netcom5.netcom.com
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 13:53:52 GMT
Approved: ellisd@netcom.com
Lines: 16
Xref: uunet control.newgroup:12507

For your newsgroups file:
soc.culture.belarus	The culture of Belarus

Dead SA, if you're reading this then your Usenet software may be misconfigured.
Please consider changing your /usr/lib/news/control.ctl file as follows:

##	NEWGROUP MESSAGES
## honor them all and log in ${LOG}/newgroup.log
newgroup:*:*:doit=newgroup

##	RMGROUP MESSAGES
## drop them all and don't log
rmgroup:*:*:drop

and no other rules for newgroup or rmgroup). This way you'll save a lot of time
and eliminate these annoying little e-mails. Thank you and have a nice day!!!

From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon May  6 15:56:42 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <831411846.28250@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 19:44:06 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html
	ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README
X-PGP-Sig: 2.7 Subject,Control,Message-ID,Date,From,Sender
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	=UYTh
Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:4900

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Wed May  8 10:56:00 1996
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <831567005.10347@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 14:50:04 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html
	ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README
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Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:5019

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Wed May 15 13:05:05 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <832179365.7455@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 16:56:05 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html
	ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README
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Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:5383

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Jun  6 15:45:48 1996
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Control: rmgroup soc.culture.belarus
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <834090241.1346@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 19:44:01 GMT
Lines: 5
X-Info: ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README.html
	ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README
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Xref: uunet control.rmgroup:5835

The recent newgroup for this group in my name was a forgery.

soc.culture.belarus is widely considered a bogus newsgroup given that
it has not been approved by accepted USENET group creation procedures.
Please remove the group from your active file.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Jun 24 10:35:09 1996
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated
Control: newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated
Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
Message-ID: <835626636.19548@uunet.uu.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:30:36 GMT
Lines: 165
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	ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/news/misc/pgpcontrol/README
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Xref: uunet control.newgroup:14020

soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 164:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 17 Jun 1996.

Group submission address:  scb@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Moderator contact address: scb-request@solar.rtd.utk.edu
                        (Peter Kasaty, Alex Artsyukhovich, Matvey Nemenman,
                         Irena Slage, Dmitry Zelenko)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.culture.belarus	All things about Belarus. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our
understanding of the official spelling.  We use this spelling out of
a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan"
should be the spelling in English.  Possibly, efforts will be
initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan."

Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of
information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history,
economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus.

Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not
restricted to the following aspects of Belarus:
     Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc.
     Language issues related to Belarusian
     Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues
     Discussion of politics, elections, etc.
     Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as
        discussion remains relevant to Belarus
     Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them
     Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora
     Questions and information about genealogy within the
        historical territory that has been Belarus
     Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus
     Belarusian cuisine
     The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment
     Discussion of minority issues, including language, within
        Belarus
     Job opportunities within Belarus

Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and
who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite
human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this
charter.  There is no test or requirement as to how much of a
Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate.
Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to
keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict
anyone's expression of opinions.  Free speech exists within the
context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter.  If the
topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are
more appropriate.

Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian.  If in
Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8
(RFC-1489).  There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8
in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i".
This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on
this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ.  Visual
approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly
discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially
indecipherable.  Use in signatures or other short usage is
acceptable.

Format of submissions shall be as follows:
Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and
                concisely as possible

Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60
               characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for
               legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up
               posting)

Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred
           Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal
           e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others).  Meets
           conditions of this charter, including netiquette.

Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very
              long signatures and "handles" are discouraged;
              real names preferred

Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including
               soc.culture.belarus), if any at all

Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected.  Commercial
advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal
ads shall be rejected.

Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt
any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be
rejected.  Personal attacks on individual posters will also be
rejected.

When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an
announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested
people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review
discussion group.  Any discussions of changes will be made within
this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for
review by the general readership.  (Should the committee continue for
longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence
and status will be repeated once per month.)

Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and
a CFV.

Moderation Policy:

The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter
are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus.  The moderators
recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is
humanly possible.  Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1)
they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate
for the group membership as a group (rather than something that
belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other
submission standards as defined in the charter.  The forwarding of
the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in
a timely manner.  The total number of moderators shall be a minimum
of 4 and a maximum of 7.

Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete
submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the
submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours).  All of the
other moderators shall be included in the "cc."  Should the
moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a
submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override
it.  Other details will be refined during the initial existence of
soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate
all of the details of moderation in advance.

Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer
nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the
server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether
or not a post was made in a timely way.

The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator"
software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to
soc.culture.belarus.  Developments in using such software will be
posted to soc.culture.belarus for review.

The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details
of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many
moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with
threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus.

Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from
the readership as demand warrants.  If a moderator wants to retire
>from  the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement
at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement
moderator may be found.

Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of
at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators.  Moderators
also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel.
Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time.

E-Mail Addresses:

Two e-mail addresses will be established.  One which will receive the
submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism);
the other for contacting the group of moderators.  A home page will
also be established as a repository for the charter and other
relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator
policy updates, etc.).

From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Jul  1 10:34:40 1996
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
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soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 164:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 17 Jun 1996.

Group submission address:  scb@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Moderator contact address: scb-request@solar.rtd.utk.edu
                        (Peter Kasaty, Alex Artsyukhovich, Matvey Nemenman,
                         Irena Slage, Dmitry Zelenko)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.culture.belarus	All things about Belarus. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our
understanding of the official spelling.  We use this spelling out of
a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan"
should be the spelling in English.  Possibly, efforts will be
initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan."

Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of
information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history,
economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus.

Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not
restricted to the following aspects of Belarus:
     Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc.
     Language issues related to Belarusian
     Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues
     Discussion of politics, elections, etc.
     Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as
        discussion remains relevant to Belarus
     Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them
     Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora
     Questions and information about genealogy within the
        historical territory that has been Belarus
     Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus
     Belarusian cuisine
     The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment
     Discussion of minority issues, including language, within
        Belarus
     Job opportunities within Belarus

Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and
who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite
human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this
charter.  There is no test or requirement as to how much of a
Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate.
Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to
keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict
anyone's expression of opinions.  Free speech exists within the
context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter.  If the
topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are
more appropriate.

Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian.  If in
Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8
(RFC-1489).  There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8
in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i".
This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on
this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ.  Visual
approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly
discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially
indecipherable.  Use in signatures or other short usage is
acceptable.

Format of submissions shall be as follows:
Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and
                concisely as possible

Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60
               characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for
               legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up
               posting)

Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred
           Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal
           e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others).  Meets
           conditions of this charter, including netiquette.

Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very
              long signatures and "handles" are discouraged;
              real names preferred

Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including
               soc.culture.belarus), if any at all

Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected.  Commercial
advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal
ads shall be rejected.

Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt
any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be
rejected.  Personal attacks on individual posters will also be
rejected.

When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an
announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested
people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review
discussion group.  Any discussions of changes will be made within
this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for
review by the general readership.  (Should the committee continue for
longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence
and status will be repeated once per month.)

Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and
a CFV.

Moderation Policy:

The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter
are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus.  The moderators
recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is
humanly possible.  Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1)
they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate
for the group membership as a group (rather than something that
belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other
submission standards as defined in the charter.  The forwarding of
the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in
a timely manner.  The total number of moderators shall be a minimum
of 4 and a maximum of 7.

Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete
submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the
submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours).  All of the
other moderators shall be included in the "cc."  Should the
moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a
submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override
it.  Other details will be refined during the initial existence of
soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate
all of the details of moderation in advance.

Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer
nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the
server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether
or not a post was made in a timely way.

The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator"
software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to
soc.culture.belarus.  Developments in using such software will be
posted to soc.culture.belarus for review.

The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details
of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many
moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with
threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus.

Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from
the readership as demand warrants.  If a moderator wants to retire
>from  the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement
at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement
moderator may be found.

Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of
at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators.  Moderators
also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel.
Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time.

E-Mail Addresses:

Two e-mail addresses will be established.  One which will receive the
submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism);
the other for contacting the group of moderators.  A home page will
also be established as a repository for the charter and other
relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator
policy updates, etc.).

From tale@uunet.uu.net Wed Jul 24 11:08:52 1996
Path: uunet!in3.uu.net!bounce-back
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.belarus
Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.culture.belarus moderated
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soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 164:19 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 17 Jun 1996.

Group submission address:  scb@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Moderator contact address: scb-request@solar.rtd.utk.edu
                        (Peter Kasaty, Alex Artsyukhovich, Matvey Nemenman,
                         Irena Slage, Dmitry Zelenko)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.culture.belarus	All things about Belarus. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the vote result announcement:

The spelling of "Belarusian" in this document conforms to our
understanding of the official spelling.  We use this spelling out of
a expression of solidarity, even though some of us feel "Belarusan"
should be the spelling in English.  Possibly, efforts will be
initiated to change the spelling to "Belarusan."

Soc.culture.belarus is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of
information and opinions on Belarusian culture, language, history,
economics, science, and other topics related to Belarus.

Posts appropriate for soc.culture.belarus include, but are not
restricted to the following aspects of Belarus:
     Informational posts about Belarus culture, history, etc.
     Language issues related to Belarusian
     Discussion of education, health, environment, etc., issues
     Discussion of politics, elections, etc.
     Relations between Belarus and other countries as long as
        discussion remains relevant to Belarus
     Discussion of economic conditions and gov't policies toward them
     Issues related to members of the Belarusian Diaspora
     Questions and information about genealogy within the
        historical territory that has been Belarus
     Discussion of (new) books, articles, movies, etc., about Belarus
     Belarusian cuisine
     The effects of Chornobyl on Belarusians and the environment
     Discussion of minority issues, including language, within
        Belarus
     Job opportunities within Belarus

Soc.culture.belarus is for anyone who is interested in Belarus and
who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite
human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this
charter.  There is no test or requirement as to how much of a
Belarusian a person is who wants to make a submission and participate.
Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to
keep to the topic of Belarus, and are not intended to restrict
anyone's expression of opinions.  Free speech exists within the
context of Belarus as a topic as defined in this charter.  If the
topic is not about Belarus, forums other than soc.culture.belarus are
more appropriate.

Submissions must be in English, Belarusian, or Russian.  If in
Belarusian or Russian, they should be transliterated or in KOI-8
(RFC-1489).  There is a problem with posts in Belarusian in KOI-8
in that there is no agreed to mapping for "y neskladovae" and "i".
This issue will be addressed and resolved through discussions on
this newsgroup and will be included in the forthcoming FAQ.  Visual
approximations of Cyrillic Belarusian and Russian are strongly
discouraged for the body of the message as they are essentially
indecipherable.  Use in signatures or other short usage is
acceptable.

Format of submissions shall be as follows:
Subject Line -- Clearly identifies the content as explicitly and
                concisely as possible

Line length -- No more than 72 characters/line; most lines 60
               characters or more, with hard carriage returns; (for
               legibility, especially when quoted in a follow-up
               posting)

Content -- At least 1/3 original (unquoted) text preferred
           Appropriate to the group readership, not for personal
           e-mail (i.e., for one or only several others).  Meets
           conditions of this charter, including netiquette.

Signatures -- separated from the body by "-- " (note space) very
              long signatures and "handles" are discouraged;
              real names preferred

Cross-posts -- to no more than 4 newsgroups (total, including
               soc.culture.belarus), if any at all

Submissions unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected.  Commercial
advertisements unrelated to Belarus shall be rejected; all personal
ads shall be rejected.

Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt
any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be
rejected.  Personal attacks on individual posters will also be
rejected.

When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an
announcement will be made on soc.culture.belarus inviting interested
people to respond and thus participate in an e-mail charter review
discussion group.  Any discussions of changes will be made within
this group, and the results will be posted to soc.culture.belarus for
review by the general readership.  (Should the committee continue for
longer than one month, periodic postings of the committee's existence
and status will be repeated once per month.)

Proposed major changes to the charter will be preceded by an RFD and
a CFV.

Moderation Policy:

The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter
are met by any submission to soc.culture.belarus.  The moderators
recognize that they should be as un-biased and objective as is
humanly possible.  Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1)
they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate
for the group membership as a group (rather than something that
belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other
submission standards as defined in the charter.  The forwarding of
the submissions to soc.culture.belarus by the moderators should be in
a timely manner.  The total number of moderators shall be a minimum
of 4 and a maximum of 7.

Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will send the complete
submission together with an explanation for the rejection to the
submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours).  All of the
other moderators shall be included in the "cc."  Should the
moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a
submission, a minimum of a 2/3rd's majority is required to override
it.  Other details will be refined during the initial existence of
soc.culture.belarus, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate
all of the details of moderation in advance.

Submitters to soc.culture.belarus should recognize the volunteer
nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the
server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether
or not a post was made in a timely way.

The moderators will explore the possibility of using "robomoderator"
software to increase the efficiency of posting new submissions to
soc.culture.belarus.  Developments in using such software will be
posted to soc.culture.belarus for review.

The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details
of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many
moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with
threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of Belarus.

Additional moderators to the initial four may be recruited from
the readership as demand warrants.  If a moderator wants to retire
>from  the moderation panel, he or she must make a public statement
at least one month prior to retirement so that a replacement
moderator may be found.

Anyone may volunteer to join the moderation panel with the consent of
at least a 2/3rd's majority of the current moderators.  Moderators
also may be removed by a 2/3rd's majority of the moderation panel.
Of course, moderators may resign of their own volition at any time.

E-Mail Addresses:

Two e-mail addresses will be established.  One which will receive the
submissions to soc.culture.belarus (through a forwarding mechanism);
the other for contacting the group of moderators.  A home page will
also be established as a repository for the charter and other
relevant materials that may be required in the future (FAQ, moderator
policy updates, etc.).

