FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
unmoderated group soc.culture.catalan
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soc.culture.catalan The Catalan language and the lands where it is spoken.
Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 22 Nov 1995.
This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. Please address any
questions about the proposal to the proponent.
Proponent: Jordi Iparraguirre i Vilarrasa
Votetaker: Michael Handler
RATIONALE: soc.culture.catalan
There is already a well established mailing list for Catalan speakers and
friends of the Catalan-spoking countries called .
However, there has been an increasing number of people looking for
information and discussions on the Catalan language and the countries in
which it is spoken (i.e. Paisos Catalans) in the soc. hierarchy of the
newsgroups. It would therefore be advantageous to create soc.culture.catalan
in order to make discussions on those topics more accessible to the entire
network community.
In addition, the mailing list is getting around 25 messages/day (average
during September 1995), so quite difficult to manage if you are getting
it by email. We feel that the number of articles seems to justify the
creation of this newsgroup.
Some discussions related to Catalan issues are usually carried out in
soc.culture.spain. However, there are a number of issues that are
relevant to the Catalan-speaking countries that are not relevant to
soc.culture.spain.
The name, soc.culture.catalan, is proposed because other soc.culture.*
newsgroups take the name on the languages and cultures and not on the country
where thay are speaked (i.e. soc.culture.french soc.culture.welsh).
The proposed newsgroup is intended to generally provide a medium for those
interested to express, share, and exchange their views, ideas, and feelings
about the Catalan language and culture.
Possible discussion issues include aspects of Catalan-spoking countries:
- culture, history, philosophy, ideology, geography;
- societies, traditions, customs;
- politics;
- literature, poetry, art, folklore;
- language, books;
- science, technology;
- local events, news, programs, economy;
- communities abroad, problems, needs; and
- *things* normally discussed in the "soc.culture" newsgroups.
CHARTER: soc.culture.catalan
An unmoderated newsgroup which would provide a world wide forum for
the discussion of the culture and all other issues of interest
to catalan-speakers worldwide and all those people with an interest in
the Catalan countries (Paisos Catalans) and its language.
END CHARTER.
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