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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:

    create unmoderated newsgroup uk.business.agriculture.pig-breeding

Newsgroup line:
uk.business.agriculture.pig-breeding	For pig breeders in the UK


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

RATIONALE: uk.business.agriculture.pig-breeding

The majority of our UK traditional native breed pigs require our support in
order to ensure their survival.

Many traditional pig breeders have small herd numbers and seek the advice
and support of other breeder's experience.

With a growing number of smallholders in the UK seeking diversification in
farming, traditional pig breeding is a hot topic for discussion.

CHARTER: uk.business.agriculture.pig-breeding

uk.business.agriculture.pig-breeding is for the discussion of pedigree
pigs in the UK.

Relevant advertising is permitted, providing that such advertisements
are short (ie under 10 lines) and not reposted more frequently than
once every three months.

All posts must be in plain text. Attachments, HTML and other types of
formatted text are not permitted, however short (under four-line)
references to relevant FTP-able material and web URLs are welcome.

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 April 3rd) 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.config
        uk.business.agriculture

Proponent:
        Julie Dronfield 

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