From: jimrtex@pipeline.com 
  
 On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:26:00 +0000 (UTC), Joe Bernstein 
  wrote: 
  
 >This proposal is, roughly speaking, that a removal RFD would lead to 
 >a vote in which 25 KEEP votes would retain the group, but otherwise 
 >it would be removed.  The main disputes in each iteration have been 
 >over the handling of moderated groups (sometimes they're excluded 
 >altogether, sometimes included but clumsily).  The criterion by 
 >which a group would qualify for this process is something like, have 
 >there been 50 arguably on-topic posts in the last year?  If so, it 
 >doesn't qualify.  (For moderated groups, there's sometimes a 
 >different criterion.) 
  
 The same criterion can be used for moderated and unmoderated groups. 
 The only difference would be that the moderator would have to approve 
 the RFD for a moderated group, or at least not refuse to approve it 
 (non-refusal can be done by omission).  The main problem is that 
 people keep rememebering the problem, but forgetting the solution. 
  
 -- 
 Jim Riley 
  
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