RFD:rec.games.chess.play-by-mail

From: rpowell@uoguelph.ca (Reid Powell)

Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 22:29:31 +0000

To: group-advice@uunet.uu.net
Subject: RFD for rec.games.chess.play-by-email

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION

This RFD is being posted in accordance with the Guidelines for Newsgroup
Creation.  Its language is based on previously submitted RFDs. The RFD is
being cross-posted to the following relevant news groups:
rec.games.chess, news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, and rec.games.pbm

Group Name : rec.games.chess.play-by-email

Status:         moderated: Lisa Powell - moderator
                            Doug Attig - co-moderator
                            Chuck Schulien - co-moderator
                            Mats Larsson - co-moderator
 Distribution:   world-wide
 Proposer:       rpowell@uoguelph.ca (Lisa Powell)
 Purpose:        discussion and exchange of information regarding
                 play-by-email chess; particularly [but not limited to]
                 two organizations:
                 International Email Chess Group [IECG] [existing]
                 International Email Chess Club [IECC]  [existing]

=== CHARTER

The rec.games.chess.play-by-email newsgroup will provide a place
to disseminate news regarding the largest international organization of
free correspondence chess activity; to post information regarding
competition, ratings, and the teaching of chess to players new to
chess-via-email. It will also provide a place to disseminate news and
information about what is rapidly becoming the busy spin-off of IECG:
the International Email Chess Club [IECC]. Anticipated messages per day
from these two organizations: 40-60

=== BACKGROUND

The unmoderated newsgroup rec.games.chess has been the paramount forum
for news and discussion related to the game of chess; to both
international and national organizations of chess players; to results of
national and international tournaments and matches; to chess books and
periodicals; and to all aspects of the impacts of computers and computer
programs, developments and competition.

The creation of this specialized newsgroup will relieve the existing
rec.games.chess newsgroup of clutter by the anticipated volume of
postings by IECC, necessary now that another play-by-email organization
[IECC] is using the root group until IECC can switch its message traffic
to rec.games.chess.play-by-email.

=== CROSS POSTINGS

This RFD is being posted to rec.games.chess, news.announce.newgroups,
news.groups, and rec.games.pbm. When Call For Votes (CFV) are issued, it
will also be cross-posted in these groups.

=== FUTURE CALL FOR VOTES

After a discussion period of 21-30 days, if there are no overwhelming
objections to the proposed group, there will be a Call For Votes (CFV)
posted to the same groups as this RFD.  The voting period will be at least
21 days.  If the group passes by receiving 100 more YES votes than NO
votes, and (at least) twice as many YES votes as NO votes, it will be
created.

Respectfully submitted by Lisa Powell <rpowell@uoguelph.ca>