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Re: Proposed Charter for ca.earthquakes

From: jbuck@synopsys.com (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: ca.earthquakes,ca.news.group
Subject: Re: Proposed Charter for ca.earthquakes
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Date: 3 Sep 1996 20:35:54 GMT
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ikluft@thunder.sbay.org (Ian Kluft) writes:
>ca.earthquakes is an unmoderated newsgroup for discussion about
>earthquakes in or near California, or other topics that relate to both
>earthquakes and California.

This charter, it seems, would forbid many valuable postings in which
seismologists educate readers about earthquakes in general -- such
postings wouldn't be California-specific.  You should make sure that
such postings are permitted (rather, welcomed) in ca.earthquakes.
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