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MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.arts.anime.info

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because moderated newsgroup rec.arts.anime.info is not functioning, and may have
been abandoned by its moderator(s).

This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function,
and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and
installation of a new moderator. In practice, the Big-8 Management
Board considers the third alternative -- changing the status of the
group from moderated to unmoderated -- as likely to cause more harm than
good.

NEWSGROUPS LINE:
rec.arts.anime.info Announcements about Japanese animation. (Moderated)

RATIONALE:

Probe posts to this group resulted in bounces. The last on-topic
article dates from 2004.

DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
rec.arts.anime.info
rec.arts.anime.fandom
rec.arts.anime.marketplace

CHARTER:

REC.ARTS.ANIME.INFO [Moderated]
The following kinds of postings will be allowed:
- FAQs (natch)
- Lists (voice actor list, CD list, subbed/dubbed anime list, etc...)
- Informational postings ("How to take care of your cels", etc...)
- Summary reviews of magazines like Animedia, Animage, NewType, Advance Comics, etc.
- Anime Reviews
- Industry, con, and club announcements
- Any significant anime-related news ("Mamoru does DIRTY PAIR movie!")

Any follow-ups to postings in rec.arts.anime.info will be sent to rec.arts.anime.misc.

HISTORY OF THE GROUP:

The group was created in a split of rec.arts.anime in 1993. It passed
its vote on 27 April 1993, 166:31. The group was active between August
1993 and December 1999.

The group was mentioned in a reorg of rec.arts.anime in 2008: orec.arts.anime.info is a moderated newsgroup that had an unhealthy
moderator that recently passed away, hence the low traffic. Furthermore,
there is some desire to retain the newsgroup, with the addition of a new moderator(s) at a later date.o

PROPONENT: Steve Bonine <spb@pobox.com>

PROCEDURE:

Those who wish to comment on this moderator vacancy investigation should subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant
threads in that newsgroup. To this end, the followup header of this MVI
has been set to news.groups.proposals.

For more information on the MVI process, please see http://www.big-8.org/wiki/Moderator_Vacancy_Investigations

CHANGE HISTORY:
5 June 2011: Moderator Vacancy Investigation

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