In article >, Nick Andrew > wrote:
>"Max Hauser" > writes:
>
>>"ausadmin" in message :
>>| REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION
>>| Creation of Unmoderated newsgroup aus.food
>
>>Wait a minute, there is a basic problem as the proposal is stated.
>>-- the charter above overlaps existing international food newsgroup
>>rec.food.cooking (RFC).
>
>aus.* is a regional hierarchy and as such its charters need to
>be consistent only within the hierarchy. Overlap between charters
>of international groups or other regional hierarchies is irrelevant.
>
>You're saying something like "you can't have an aus.computers.linux
>because there are already comp.os.linux groups". That's not the way
>regional hierarchies work.

Well, that seems clear enough. :-)

But continuing... What happens to regional proposals, such as this
one, if the good denizens of the parallel international group decide
they don't like the "competition" and vote against it in numbers?
Do you only count "local" votes, or are votes from anywhere valid?

Cheers, Phred.

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