Moderator Vacancy Investigation: comp.os.plan9

This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun
because the moderated newsgroup comp.os.plan9 is not functioning,
and has been abandoned by its moderator.  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.
RATIONALE:
The previous moderator, Dennis Davis, announced his retirement on the
newsgroup in <news:alpine.BSO.2.10.1307151422130.30121@bath.ac.uk>,
also available from the 9fans mailing list archive at
<https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T006c21482b03b016-M919ff8a9206abb04947cd41a>.
This post also contains technical information about how the newsgroup
was administered.
comp.os.plan9 stopped receiving posts shortly after the above
announcement, and the group currently has no moderation address on
file with the ISC.
It is therefore clear that the group currently has no moderator and
cannot be used.
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
comp.os.plan9 Plan 9 from Bell Labs. (Moderated)
ORIGINAL CHARTER:
comp.os.plan9 is a moderated newsgroup for discussion of the Plan 9
operating system from Bell Labs.  It's a forum to ask questions and
share information about installing, administering, and using Plan 9
systems.  The newsgroup will be bidirectionally gatewayed with the
Plan 9 mailing list <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
ORIGINAL MODERATION POLICY:
Icarus Sparry <ccsis@bath.ac.uk> has volunteered to be moderator; Tim
Goodwin <tim@pipex.net> has volunteered to be backup moderator.  Both
are participants on the Plan 9 mailing list.  Moderation is intended
to keep discussion on charter topics, which we hope will encourage the
Plan 9 developers to participate.
DISTRIBUTION:
comp.os.plan9
news.groups.proposals
news.announce.newgroups
PROPONENT:
Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de>
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
<https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Moderator_Vacancy_Investigations>.
For more information on moderated newsgroups, including a list of
moderation software and considerations for prospective moderators,
please see <https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Moderated_Newsgroups>.
CHANGE HISTORY:
2024-10-28 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
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