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Re: SRH: Is Improvement of Hindu Newsgroups the Goal?
In article <4d2a2t$6oi@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Ajay Shah <editor@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu> wrote:
>If improvement of the presentation of the Hindu newsgroups is the only
>goal that the proponents of SRH re-organization espouse, then the
>solution is very simple.
That is one of several goals, the other important ones to be the
de-politicization of SRH, the improved response time. If you are
willing to discuss these other issues as well, I have no objection to
a compromise solution.
>From the SRH Reorg FAQ: http://www-ece.rice.edu/~vijaypai/srh-faq.html
I.1 What is the purpose of the proposal?
An excerpt from the Rationale section of the RFD:
" There exists at present a moderated newsgroup soc.religion.hindu,
which unfortunately has several shortcomings in its existing
setup. These have recently been apparent, and this proposal seeks to
fill in a number of such oversights in SRH's construction, by making:
i> - provisions for multiple moderators to ensure quick response and
fairness;
ii> - provisions for replacement of moderators;
iii> - clear definitions of moderation guidelines;
iv> - provisions for handling disputes between an author and a
moderator;
v> - clarifications regarding what constitutes unacceptable behavior
by a moderator."
>I am surprised that the proponents have shown no aptitude to such broad
>minded expansion of Hindu dharma on the net.
Just a little while ago, Raj Bhatnagar was claiming that the traffic
did not even warrant a separate info group. Are you now going to
convince him that it does, or is this new charge to create 5 or 6
other groups a red herring? In any case, I'm willing to talk.
>It is their lack of will on this account that makes on suspecious of
>their ultimate motive of control over the Hindu newsgroups originating
from the SRH Reorg FAQ: http://www-ece.rice.edu/~vijaypai/srh-faq.html
IV.2 What about the claim that this is an attempt to control the
content of SRH?
This is totally without merit. Ajay Shah, the current moderator of
soc.religion.hindu, was contacted about being a moderator for the
proposed groups. He declined. Had this been an attempt to control SRH
in some manner, does it make sense that Ajay would have been asked to
be moderator? This offer was made through several channels, including
publicly on news.groups, directly to Ajay, and also indirectly through
Ajay's friend, Vijay Pallod. There was no attempt to oust Ajay.
and
II.3 Who are the proponents, and what do they do?
As listed in the RFD, the proponents are:
Mani Varadarajan <mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com>
Henry Groover <HGroover@Qualitas.com>
Vijay Sadananda Pai <vijaypai@ece.rice.edu>
Vivek Sadananda Pai <vivek@cs.rice.edu>
Shrisha Rao <shrao@nyx.cs.du.edu>
The proponents are the ones responsible for the administrative details
concerning the RFD _only_. They are the ones responsible for writing
the RFD, contacting moderators, etc., but they will have no say in the
newsgroup once it is created. In some sense, the proponents are like
the "sponsors" of the RFD - they handle administrative issues _only_
regarding the RFD. Once the newsgroup is created, the role of the
proponents is over.
-Vivek
(Thu Jan 11 12:01:49 CST 1996)
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