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From: fred@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: restructuring and idea for group coordinators
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Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 16:34:12 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 12 16:34:12 1984
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	From: alb@alice.UUCP

	Moderators for each group is a no-no.  It ruins the whole
	purpose of USENET as a bulletin board.  . . .  We can have
	moderated groups, like net.announce and mod.ber, but only
	by special name.  The software cannot currently support
	other moderated groups.

Liz didn't propose a moderator for each group, but a ``coordinator''
for individual groups, or families of newsgroups. This wouldn't
require different software, just a shift in policy which would
distribute some of the responsibility for administering the net.
Individuals would still be free to post what they want to such
newsgroups. The coordinator wouldn't review each article, but would
act as spokesperson for the group both within the group and in
representing the group to the rest of the net, when new subgroups
or mergers are being discussed. The coordinator wouldn't even have
to be an active participant in the newsgroup. (Liz: forgive me if
I'm reading something wrong into your proposal.)

					- Fred