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soc.history.war.us-civil-war is a moderated group which passed its vote for
creation by 141:37, as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 11 Jul 1995.

Group submission address:   art-sub@access1.digex.net
Moderator contact address:  cw-mod@gmu.edu
                                (Mike Furlan, Lynn Berkowitz, Barbara Obrien, 
                                 James F. Epperson, Mike Marshall, 
                                 Andrew Mcmichael, & Gary Charbonneau)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.history.war.us-civil-war	Aspects of the U.S. Civil War.

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

        The range of discussion for soc.history.war.us-civil-war will be
        necessarily broad, ranging from the Revolutionary War, and the
        philosophies and limitations of the Constitution, up to the New
        South era and beyond. Discussion in the group will be limited to
        military, economic, political, technological, demographic, and
        historical aspects of the US Civil War.

        Discussion might include, but are certainly not limited to:

        *Specific battles
        *Slavery as it relates to the Civil War
        *Causes of the Civil War
        *The concepts of States Rights
        *Individuals who affected and were affected by the war
        *Diplomatic efforts by both sides
        *Court cases affecting the war
        *Reconstruction
        *Prison camps
        *Reenacting
        *The right to seceed
        *Participation by various ethnic groups.
        *European reaction to the war
        *Immigration, how the war affected potential emigrants
        *Technological developments caused by the war
        *Media coverage (print journalism & photography)
        *etc.


        Moderation will be lenient, rather than broad, with s.h.w.us-civil
        being a forum for open, serious discussion of the events of the
        Civil War.  Moderation is in place not to limit discussion, but to
        prevent the endless flame wars which currently plague
        alt.war.civil.usa. The idea is to raise the level of discussion to
        the point where the more serious scholar will see the forum as a
        serious place of information, instead of an ongoing combat between
        Southern and Northern sympathizers.



Moderation Policy for soc.history.war.us-civil-war


1) Broad Policy-

    * Articles which discuss the American Civil War and its events will be
      approved for posting.

    * Artilces which try to lay blame for events at the feet of a single
      race, religion or ethnic group will not be approved for posting.

    * Articles must contain original thought.  Lengthy quoting (more than
      30 lines) of source material must be accompanied by commentary or by
      other text which ties it to on-going discussions.  Articles which
      quote substantially the same source material repetitively will not be
      approved.  Articles consisting of materials which are available
      on-line at ftp or WWW sites will not be approved, rather pointers to
      sites may be given.  Moderators may waive this rule at their
      discretion.

    * Articles which contain personal attacks of any sort will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Blank messages, test messages, advertisements, MAKE.MONEY.FAST,
      binaries, uuencoded messages, and so forth, will not be approved
      posting.

    * Moderators may, at their discretion, change the Subject: lines for
      threads which have strayed from the initial subject.

    * Articles which include excessive quoting (e.g. an article which quotes
      an entire other article in order to add a few comments at the end)
      will be trimmed down by the moderator in question.

    * An article MUST have a valid reply-to address or it will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Individuals with civil-war related items for sale or swap may
      submit messages for approval to the moderators. Posting is not
      guaranteed.

    * Rejected articles will be shared with the other moderators for group
      consideration.

    QUOTED TEXT:

    Any article that contains more than fifty percent quoted material (and
    the author's signature shall not count as original material for purposes
    of determining the proportion) may be trimmed or rejected at the
    discretion of the moderator. In exercising this discretion, the
    moderator shall take readability considerations into account, such as
    the amount of quoted material at the beginning of the message, and the
    size of the blocks of quoted material. If the entire length of the
    article (excluding header and signature) is less than 24 lines of
    80 characters, then the requirement of 50% original material _may_
    be waived at the moderator's discretion.


    SIGNATURE LENGTH:

    In keeping with Usenet netiquette conventions, signatures should be
    restricted to four lines. Moderators may, at their discretion, trim
    .sigs to four lines before posting articles.



2) Moderators List. Add/del policy. Setup

    LIST OF MODERATORS:
    ___________________

        MIKE.FURLAN@BNB.COM                              Mike Furlan
        LYNNBERK@IX.NETCOM.COM                           Lynn Berkowitz
        MAHABABS@IOS.COM                                 Barbara Obrien
        EPPERSON@MATH.UAH.EDU                            James F. Epperson
        HUBCAP@HUBCAP.CLEMSON.EDU                        Mike Marshall
        AMCMICHA@OSF1.GMU.EDU                            Andrew Mcmichael
        CHARBONN@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU                  Gary Charbonneau


    ADD/DEL POLICY FOR MODERATORS:
    _____________________________

    Moderators will be added by majority vote of the existing moderators and
    moderators will be removed by 2/3 vote in the event that a moderator is
    shown to be failing to do the job (i.e. not posting anything).

    MODERATION SETUP/APARATUS
    _________________________

    This group will be group-moderated using a Majordomo
    listserver. It has been configured so that each article received
    will be sent to the next moderator in turn, using a list of
    subscribed moderators.

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soc.history.war.us-civil-war is a moderated group which passed its vote for
creation by 141:37, as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 11 Jul 1995.

Group submission address:   art-sub@access1.digex.net
Moderator contact address:  cw-mod@gmu.edu
                                (Mike Furlan, Lynn Berkowitz, Barbara Obrien, 
                                 James F. Epperson, Mike Marshall, 
                                 Andrew Mcmichael, & Gary Charbonneau)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.history.war.us-civil-war	Aspects of the U.S. Civil War.

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

        The range of discussion for soc.history.war.us-civil-war will be
        necessarily broad, ranging from the Revolutionary War, and the
        philosophies and limitations of the Constitution, up to the New
        South era and beyond. Discussion in the group will be limited to
        military, economic, political, technological, demographic, and
        historical aspects of the US Civil War.

        Discussion might include, but are certainly not limited to:

        *Specific battles
        *Slavery as it relates to the Civil War
        *Causes of the Civil War
        *The concepts of States Rights
        *Individuals who affected and were affected by the war
        *Diplomatic efforts by both sides
        *Court cases affecting the war
        *Reconstruction
        *Prison camps
        *Reenacting
        *The right to seceed
        *Participation by various ethnic groups.
        *European reaction to the war
        *Immigration, how the war affected potential emigrants
        *Technological developments caused by the war
        *Media coverage (print journalism & photography)
        *etc.


        Moderation will be lenient, rather than broad, with s.h.w.us-civil
        being a forum for open, serious discussion of the events of the
        Civil War.  Moderation is in place not to limit discussion, but to
        prevent the endless flame wars which currently plague
        alt.war.civil.usa. The idea is to raise the level of discussion to
        the point where the more serious scholar will see the forum as a
        serious place of information, instead of an ongoing combat between
        Southern and Northern sympathizers.



Moderation Policy for soc.history.war.us-civil-war


1) Broad Policy-

    * Articles which discuss the American Civil War and its events will be
      approved for posting.

    * Artilces which try to lay blame for events at the feet of a single
      race, religion or ethnic group will not be approved for posting.

    * Articles must contain original thought.  Lengthy quoting (more than
      30 lines) of source material must be accompanied by commentary or by
      other text which ties it to on-going discussions.  Articles which
      quote substantially the same source material repetitively will not be
      approved.  Articles consisting of materials which are available
      on-line at ftp or WWW sites will not be approved, rather pointers to
      sites may be given.  Moderators may waive this rule at their
      discretion.

    * Articles which contain personal attacks of any sort will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Blank messages, test messages, advertisements, MAKE.MONEY.FAST,
      binaries, uuencoded messages, and so forth, will not be approved
      posting.

    * Moderators may, at their discretion, change the Subject: lines for
      threads which have strayed from the initial subject.

    * Articles which include excessive quoting (e.g. an article which quotes
      an entire other article in order to add a few comments at the end)
      will be trimmed down by the moderator in question.

    * An article MUST have a valid reply-to address or it will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Individuals with civil-war related items for sale or swap may
      submit messages for approval to the moderators. Posting is not
      guaranteed.

    * Rejected articles will be shared with the other moderators for group
      consideration.

    QUOTED TEXT:

    Any article that contains more than fifty percent quoted material (and
    the author's signature shall not count as original material for purposes
    of determining the proportion) may be trimmed or rejected at the
    discretion of the moderator. In exercising this discretion, the
    moderator shall take readability considerations into account, such as
    the amount of quoted material at the beginning of the message, and the
    size of the blocks of quoted material. If the entire length of the
    article (excluding header and signature) is less than 24 lines of
    80 characters, then the requirement of 50% original material _may_
    be waived at the moderator's discretion.


    SIGNATURE LENGTH:

    In keeping with Usenet netiquette conventions, signatures should be
    restricted to four lines. Moderators may, at their discretion, trim
    .sigs to four lines before posting articles.



2) Moderators List. Add/del policy. Setup

    LIST OF MODERATORS:
    ___________________

        MIKE.FURLAN@BNB.COM                              Mike Furlan
        LYNNBERK@IX.NETCOM.COM                           Lynn Berkowitz
        MAHABABS@IOS.COM                                 Barbara Obrien
        EPPERSON@MATH.UAH.EDU                            James F. Epperson
        HUBCAP@HUBCAP.CLEMSON.EDU                        Mike Marshall
        AMCMICHA@OSF1.GMU.EDU                            Andrew Mcmichael
        CHARBONN@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU                  Gary Charbonneau


    ADD/DEL POLICY FOR MODERATORS:
    _____________________________

    Moderators will be added by majority vote of the existing moderators and
    moderators will be removed by 2/3 vote in the event that a moderator is
    shown to be failing to do the job (i.e. not posting anything).

    MODERATION SETUP/APARATUS
    _________________________

    This group will be group-moderated using a Majordomo
    listserver. It has been configured so that each article received
    will be sent to the next moderator in turn, using a list of
    subscribed moderators.

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soc.history.war.us-civil-war is a moderated group which passed its vote for
creation by 141:37, as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 11 Jul 1995.

Group submission address:   art-sub@access1.digex.net
Moderator contact address:  cw-mod@gmu.edu
                                (Mike Furlan, Lynn Berkowitz, Barbara Obrien, 
                                 James F. Epperson, Mike Marshall, 
                                 Andrew Mcmichael, & Gary Charbonneau)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.history.war.us-civil-war	Aspects of the U.S. Civil War.

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

        The range of discussion for soc.history.war.us-civil-war will be
        necessarily broad, ranging from the Revolutionary War, and the
        philosophies and limitations of the Constitution, up to the New
        South era and beyond. Discussion in the group will be limited to
        military, economic, political, technological, demographic, and
        historical aspects of the US Civil War.

        Discussion might include, but are certainly not limited to:

        *Specific battles
        *Slavery as it relates to the Civil War
        *Causes of the Civil War
        *The concepts of States Rights
        *Individuals who affected and were affected by the war
        *Diplomatic efforts by both sides
        *Court cases affecting the war
        *Reconstruction
        *Prison camps
        *Reenacting
        *The right to seceed
        *Participation by various ethnic groups.
        *European reaction to the war
        *Immigration, how the war affected potential emigrants
        *Technological developments caused by the war
        *Media coverage (print journalism & photography)
        *etc.


        Moderation will be lenient, rather than broad, with s.h.w.us-civil
        being a forum for open, serious discussion of the events of the
        Civil War.  Moderation is in place not to limit discussion, but to
        prevent the endless flame wars which currently plague
        alt.war.civil.usa. The idea is to raise the level of discussion to
        the point where the more serious scholar will see the forum as a
        serious place of information, instead of an ongoing combat between
        Southern and Northern sympathizers.



Moderation Policy for soc.history.war.us-civil-war


1) Broad Policy-

    * Articles which discuss the American Civil War and its events will be
      approved for posting.

    * Artilces which try to lay blame for events at the feet of a single
      race, religion or ethnic group will not be approved for posting.

    * Articles must contain original thought.  Lengthy quoting (more than
      30 lines) of source material must be accompanied by commentary or by
      other text which ties it to on-going discussions.  Articles which
      quote substantially the same source material repetitively will not be
      approved.  Articles consisting of materials which are available
      on-line at ftp or WWW sites will not be approved, rather pointers to
      sites may be given.  Moderators may waive this rule at their
      discretion.

    * Articles which contain personal attacks of any sort will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Blank messages, test messages, advertisements, MAKE.MONEY.FAST,
      binaries, uuencoded messages, and so forth, will not be approved
      posting.

    * Moderators may, at their discretion, change the Subject: lines for
      threads which have strayed from the initial subject.

    * Articles which include excessive quoting (e.g. an article which quotes
      an entire other article in order to add a few comments at the end)
      will be trimmed down by the moderator in question.

    * An article MUST have a valid reply-to address or it will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Individuals with civil-war related items for sale or swap may
      submit messages for approval to the moderators. Posting is not
      guaranteed.

    * Rejected articles will be shared with the other moderators for group
      consideration.

    QUOTED TEXT:

    Any article that contains more than fifty percent quoted material (and
    the author's signature shall not count as original material for purposes
    of determining the proportion) may be trimmed or rejected at the
    discretion of the moderator. In exercising this discretion, the
    moderator shall take readability considerations into account, such as
    the amount of quoted material at the beginning of the message, and the
    size of the blocks of quoted material. If the entire length of the
    article (excluding header and signature) is less than 24 lines of
    80 characters, then the requirement of 50% original material _may_
    be waived at the moderator's discretion.


    SIGNATURE LENGTH:

    In keeping with Usenet netiquette conventions, signatures should be
    restricted to four lines. Moderators may, at their discretion, trim
    .sigs to four lines before posting articles.



2) Moderators List. Add/del policy. Setup

    LIST OF MODERATORS:
    ___________________

        MIKE.FURLAN@BNB.COM                              Mike Furlan
        LYNNBERK@IX.NETCOM.COM                           Lynn Berkowitz
        MAHABABS@IOS.COM                                 Barbara Obrien
        EPPERSON@MATH.UAH.EDU                            James F. Epperson
        HUBCAP@HUBCAP.CLEMSON.EDU                        Mike Marshall
        AMCMICHA@OSF1.GMU.EDU                            Andrew Mcmichael
        CHARBONN@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU                  Gary Charbonneau


    ADD/DEL POLICY FOR MODERATORS:
    _____________________________

    Moderators will be added by majority vote of the existing moderators and
    moderators will be removed by 2/3 vote in the event that a moderator is
    shown to be failing to do the job (i.e. not posting anything).

    MODERATION SETUP/APARATUS
    _________________________

    This group will be group-moderated using a Majordomo
    listserver. It has been configured so that each article received
    will be sent to the next moderator in turn, using a list of
    subscribed moderators.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Thu Jul 27 13:05:47 1995
Path: uunet!in1.uu.net!tale
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.history.war.us-civil-war
Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.history.war.us-civil-war moderated
Control: newgroup soc.history.war.us-civil-war moderated
Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net
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soc.history.war.us-civil-war is a moderated group which passed its vote for
creation by 141:37, as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 11 Jul 1995.

Group submission address:   art-sub@access1.digex.net
Moderator contact address:  cw-mod@gmu.edu
                                (Mike Furlan, Lynn Berkowitz, Barbara Obrien, 
                                 James F. Epperson, Mike Marshall, 
                                 Andrew Mcmichael, & Gary Charbonneau)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.history.war.us-civil-war	Aspects of the U.S. Civil War.

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

        The range of discussion for soc.history.war.us-civil-war will be
        necessarily broad, ranging from the Revolutionary War, and the
        philosophies and limitations of the Constitution, up to the New
        South era and beyond. Discussion in the group will be limited to
        military, economic, political, technological, demographic, and
        historical aspects of the US Civil War.

        Discussion might include, but are certainly not limited to:

        *Specific battles
        *Slavery as it relates to the Civil War
        *Causes of the Civil War
        *The concepts of States Rights
        *Individuals who affected and were affected by the war
        *Diplomatic efforts by both sides
        *Court cases affecting the war
        *Reconstruction
        *Prison camps
        *Reenacting
        *The right to seceed
        *Participation by various ethnic groups.
        *European reaction to the war
        *Immigration, how the war affected potential emigrants
        *Technological developments caused by the war
        *Media coverage (print journalism & photography)
        *etc.


        Moderation will be lenient, rather than broad, with s.h.w.us-civil
        being a forum for open, serious discussion of the events of the
        Civil War.  Moderation is in place not to limit discussion, but to
        prevent the endless flame wars which currently plague
        alt.war.civil.usa. The idea is to raise the level of discussion to
        the point where the more serious scholar will see the forum as a
        serious place of information, instead of an ongoing combat between
        Southern and Northern sympathizers.



Moderation Policy for soc.history.war.us-civil-war


1) Broad Policy-

    * Articles which discuss the American Civil War and its events will be
      approved for posting.

    * Artilces which try to lay blame for events at the feet of a single
      race, religion or ethnic group will not be approved for posting.

    * Articles must contain original thought.  Lengthy quoting (more than
      30 lines) of source material must be accompanied by commentary or by
      other text which ties it to on-going discussions.  Articles which
      quote substantially the same source material repetitively will not be
      approved.  Articles consisting of materials which are available
      on-line at ftp or WWW sites will not be approved, rather pointers to
      sites may be given.  Moderators may waive this rule at their
      discretion.

    * Articles which contain personal attacks of any sort will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Blank messages, test messages, advertisements, MAKE.MONEY.FAST,
      binaries, uuencoded messages, and so forth, will not be approved
      posting.

    * Moderators may, at their discretion, change the Subject: lines for
      threads which have strayed from the initial subject.

    * Articles which include excessive quoting (e.g. an article which quotes
      an entire other article in order to add a few comments at the end)
      will be trimmed down by the moderator in question.

    * An article MUST have a valid reply-to address or it will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Individuals with civil-war related items for sale or swap may
      submit messages for approval to the moderators. Posting is not
      guaranteed.

    * Rejected articles will be shared with the other moderators for group
      consideration.

    QUOTED TEXT:

    Any article that contains more than fifty percent quoted material (and
    the author's signature shall not count as original material for purposes
    of determining the proportion) may be trimmed or rejected at the
    discretion of the moderator. In exercising this discretion, the
    moderator shall take readability considerations into account, such as
    the amount of quoted material at the beginning of the message, and the
    size of the blocks of quoted material. If the entire length of the
    article (excluding header and signature) is less than 24 lines of
    80 characters, then the requirement of 50% original material _may_
    be waived at the moderator's discretion.


    SIGNATURE LENGTH:

    In keeping with Usenet netiquette conventions, signatures should be
    restricted to four lines. Moderators may, at their discretion, trim
    .sigs to four lines before posting articles.



2) Moderators List. Add/del policy. Setup

    LIST OF MODERATORS:
    ___________________

        MIKE.FURLAN@BNB.COM                              Mike Furlan
        LYNNBERK@IX.NETCOM.COM                           Lynn Berkowitz
        MAHABABS@IOS.COM                                 Barbara Obrien
        EPPERSON@MATH.UAH.EDU                            James F. Epperson
        HUBCAP@HUBCAP.CLEMSON.EDU                        Mike Marshall
        AMCMICHA@OSF1.GMU.EDU                            Andrew Mcmichael
        CHARBONN@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU                  Gary Charbonneau


    ADD/DEL POLICY FOR MODERATORS:
    _____________________________

    Moderators will be added by majority vote of the existing moderators and
    moderators will be removed by 2/3 vote in the event that a moderator is
    shown to be failing to do the job (i.e. not posting anything).

    MODERATION SETUP/APARATUS
    _________________________

    This group will be group-moderated using a Majordomo
    listserver. It has been configured so that each article received
    will be sent to the next moderator in turn, using a list of
    subscribed moderators.

From tale@uunet.uu.net Mon Aug 21 10:25:10 1995
Path: uunet!in2.uu.net!tale
From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: soc.history.war.us-civil-war
Subject: cmsg newgroup soc.history.war.us-civil-war moderated
Control: newgroup soc.history.war.us-civil-war moderated
Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net
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soc.history.war.us-civil-war is a moderated group which passed its vote for
creation by 141:37, as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 11 Jul 1995.

Group submission address:   art-sub@access1.digex.net
Moderator contact address:  cw-mod@gmu.edu
                                (Mike Furlan, Lynn Berkowitz, Barbara Obrien, 
                                 James F. Epperson, Mike Marshall, 
                                 Andrew Mcmichael, & Gary Charbonneau)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.history.war.us-civil-war	Aspects of the U.S. Civil War.

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

        The range of discussion for soc.history.war.us-civil-war will be
        necessarily broad, ranging from the Revolutionary War, and the
        philosophies and limitations of the Constitution, up to the New
        South era and beyond. Discussion in the group will be limited to
        military, economic, political, technological, demographic, and
        historical aspects of the US Civil War.

        Discussion might include, but are certainly not limited to:

        *Specific battles
        *Slavery as it relates to the Civil War
        *Causes of the Civil War
        *The concepts of States Rights
        *Individuals who affected and were affected by the war
        *Diplomatic efforts by both sides
        *Court cases affecting the war
        *Reconstruction
        *Prison camps
        *Reenacting
        *The right to seceed
        *Participation by various ethnic groups.
        *European reaction to the war
        *Immigration, how the war affected potential emigrants
        *Technological developments caused by the war
        *Media coverage (print journalism & photography)
        *etc.


        Moderation will be lenient, rather than broad, with s.h.w.us-civil
        being a forum for open, serious discussion of the events of the
        Civil War.  Moderation is in place not to limit discussion, but to
        prevent the endless flame wars which currently plague
        alt.war.civil.usa. The idea is to raise the level of discussion to
        the point where the more serious scholar will see the forum as a
        serious place of information, instead of an ongoing combat between
        Southern and Northern sympathizers.



Moderation Policy for soc.history.war.us-civil-war


1) Broad Policy-

    * Articles which discuss the American Civil War and its events will be
      approved for posting.

    * Artilces which try to lay blame for events at the feet of a single
      race, religion or ethnic group will not be approved for posting.

    * Articles must contain original thought.  Lengthy quoting (more than
      30 lines) of source material must be accompanied by commentary or by
      other text which ties it to on-going discussions.  Articles which
      quote substantially the same source material repetitively will not be
      approved.  Articles consisting of materials which are available
      on-line at ftp or WWW sites will not be approved, rather pointers to
      sites may be given.  Moderators may waive this rule at their
      discretion.

    * Articles which contain personal attacks of any sort will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Blank messages, test messages, advertisements, MAKE.MONEY.FAST,
      binaries, uuencoded messages, and so forth, will not be approved
      posting.

    * Moderators may, at their discretion, change the Subject: lines for
      threads which have strayed from the initial subject.

    * Articles which include excessive quoting (e.g. an article which quotes
      an entire other article in order to add a few comments at the end)
      will be trimmed down by the moderator in question.

    * An article MUST have a valid reply-to address or it will not be
      approved for posting.

    * Individuals with civil-war related items for sale or swap may
      submit messages for approval to the moderators. Posting is not
      guaranteed.

    * Rejected articles will be shared with the other moderators for group
      consideration.

    QUOTED TEXT:

    Any article that contains more than fifty percent quoted material (and
    the author's signature shall not count as original material for purposes
    of determining the proportion) may be trimmed or rejected at the
    discretion of the moderator. In exercising this discretion, the
    moderator shall take readability considerations into account, such as
    the amount of quoted material at the beginning of the message, and the
    size of the blocks of quoted material. If the entire length of the
    article (excluding header and signature) is less than 24 lines of
    80 characters, then the requirement of 50% original material _may_
    be waived at the moderator's discretion.


    SIGNATURE LENGTH:

    In keeping with Usenet netiquette conventions, signatures should be
    restricted to four lines. Moderators may, at their discretion, trim
    .sigs to four lines before posting articles.



2) Moderators List. Add/del policy. Setup

    LIST OF MODERATORS:
    ___________________

        MIKE.FURLAN@BNB.COM                              Mike Furlan
        LYNNBERK@IX.NETCOM.COM                           Lynn Berkowitz
        MAHABABS@IOS.COM                                 Barbara Obrien
        EPPERSON@MATH.UAH.EDU                            James F. Epperson
        HUBCAP@HUBCAP.CLEMSON.EDU                        Mike Marshall
        AMCMICHA@OSF1.GMU.EDU                            Andrew Mcmichael
        CHARBONN@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU                  Gary Charbonneau


    ADD/DEL POLICY FOR MODERATORS:
    _____________________________

    Moderators will be added by majority vote of the existing moderators and
    moderators will be removed by 2/3 vote in the event that a moderator is
    shown to be failing to do the job (i.e. not posting anything).

    MODERATION SETUP/APARATUS
    _________________________

    This group will be group-moderated using a Majordomo
    listserver. It has been configured so that each article received
    will be sent to the next moderator in turn, using a list of
    subscribed moderators.

