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                     REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the following changes
in the uk.* Usenet hierarchy:

             Remove unmoderated newsgroup uk.media.broadband



      *** ALL DISCUSSION MUST TAKE PLACE IN UK.NET.NEWS.MANAGEMENT ***

This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time.
Further procedural details are given below.

RATIONALE

Traffic to this group has dropped to a level indistinguishable from
zero, and the posts that are written would tend to be better served by
posting to uk.telecom.broadband anyway, being enquiries of a technical
telecoms nature. According to Cambridge University hierarchy stats,
the 2006 monthly posts to this group were:

Jan 06: 9
Feb 06: 42
Mar 06: 12
Apr 06: 10
May 06: 15
Jun 06: 16
Jul 06: 3
Aug 06: 3  (not listed in the stats, but that's what my newsreader
shows)

If this group were to be removed then the traffic could easily be
accomodated within the existing telecoms or media groups, which are
far healthier.

PROPOSAL

That the newsgroup uk.media.broadband be rmgrouped.

END PROPOSAL

CURRENT CHARTER: uk.media.broadband

The newsgroup discusses the content of media programming available
through the Internet to UK users. The scope of the newsgroup includes
both live as well as recorded content for both UK and non-UK
programming, whether Internet-specific, currently broadcast or
archived.

Also on-topic for this group is discussion of the technology
and processes used to acquire and play the programming.

The existence of this group shall not be taken as advocating
piracy or illegal distribution of copyrighted material.

Where a programme is likely at some future date to be transmitted on
UK analogue terrestrial television or radio, consideration space (or
"spoiler space") of at least 30  blank lines shall precede discussion
of any programming content. This is to protect readers of the group
who do not yet wish to see discussion of newer shows.

Appropriate tags, of a form generally recognised by users 
of the group shall also be used where consensus warrants it. The tags
shall be delimited by square brackets, and contain an agreed 
identifier, all in upper case. For example: "[24] "  or "[ALIAS] ".

Advertising

Advertising is forbidden.

Binaries & Formatting

Encoded binaries (e.g. pictures, compressed files, etc.) are 
forbidden. Such material belongs on a web or FTP site to which
a pointer may be posted. Cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP) 
may be used where authentication is important and should be as
short as possible.

Posts must be readable as plain text. HTML, RTF and similarly
formatted messages are prohibited. To see how to make some
common newsreaders comply with this, read
<http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html>.

Crossposting

Crossposting to groups with strict spoiler policies is 
forbidden due to the risk of charter breaches within those
groups. In any event, crossposting shall be limited to
one other relevant group.

Warning

Anyone posting contrary to this charter may be reported to their
"postmaster" and/or Service Provider.

Proponent: 
        Paul Harper 

END CHARTER

PROCEDURE:

This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes.  In this phase of
the process, any potential problems with the proposal should be raised
and resolved.  The discussion period will continue for a minimum of 10
days, starting from when this RFD is posted to uk.net.news.announce
(i.e. until October 4th) after which a Call For Votes (CFV) may be
posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it.
Alternatively, the proposal may proceed by the fast-track method.  Please
do not attempt to vote until this happens.

This RFD attempts to comply fully with the "Guidelines for Group Creation
within the UK Hierarchy" as published regularly in uk.net.news.announce
and is available from http://www.usenet.org.uk/guidelines.html (the UK
Usenet website).  Please refer to this document if you have any questions
about the process.

DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
        uk.net.news.announce
        uk.net.news.management
        uk.net.news.config
        uk.media.broadband
        uk.telecom.broadband

Proponent:
        Paul Harper 

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