XPost: rec.photo.digital, rec.photo.equipment.35mm 
  
 In news.groups Steve Young  wrote: 
 > wrote in message 
 >news:chl2rl$b9n$2@tribune.usask.ca... 
 >> In news.groups Alan Browne  wrote: 
 >>>Steve Young wrote: 
 >>>> Will this be addressing new charters for the 2 original groups (rpd & 
 >>>> rpe35mm) which are impacted by the new group(s)? 
  
 >>>no. 
  
 >> I highly doubt there is a way to address those charters with the 
 >> existing process that won't be majorly disruptive on those groups 
 >> (e.g. renaming the existing groups which is actually performed 
 >> by removing the old group and creating a new one with the new name 
 >> - all postings in the existing queue are removed and the "renamed" 
 >> group begins anew).  It would be unfair to demand proponents even 
 >> consider the idea unless the readers of the affected groups are 
 >> willing to accept such disruptions. 
  
 >I don't understand why anything physically needs to be done to the groups. 
 >Why not just ride 2 new charters through with this new one? 
  
 Because the process has no provisions for such an action.  The process 
 is strictly for the actions the guidelines stipulate: 
  
    "Create a new newsgroup, remove an existing newsgroup (by subsuming 
    it into an existing group), change the moderation status of an 
    existing newsgroup, or rename a newsgroup." 
  
 That's it.  No provisions for only changing the charter of an existing 
 group.  The NAN moderators, UVVs and news.groups regulars currently 
 are not in the business of dealing with the functioning of a newsgroup 
 at such an internal level. 
  
 ru 
  
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