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Path: wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!news.une.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash. edu.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.pcug.org.au!usenet From: sbaker@pcug.org.au (Shane Baker) Newsgroups: aus.pets,aus.net.announce,aus.net.news,rec.pets.dogs,rec.pets.cats Subject: Revised Charter for aus.pets Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 11:21:34 GMT Organization: AUUG Inc. (Canberra) & PCUG (ACT) Inc. Lines: 66 Message-ID: <481tdj$pca@supreme.pcug.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts102.pcug.org.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au aus.pets:352 aus.net.announce:204 aus.net.news:2566 rec.pets.cats:77796 After considerable discussion and a vote (counted by me), the following revised charter for aus.pets has been endorsed. There was one (1) negative vote. ---8<-------------------------------------- Newsgroup: aus.pets Revised: 11 November 1995 Status: unmoderated Distribution: Australia and New Zealand The aims of the newsgroup are: 1. To provide a forum for the discussion of topics of general interest to people in Australia and New Zealand who have, or are interested in pets of any kind. 2. The newsgroup will serve as a forum for people in Australasia who are interested in the care, breeding, training and showing of domestic animals, including, but not limited to, the following: a. locating suitable show or breeding stock; b. finding suitable owners for young (which may include non-commercial advertising of puppies, kittens, etc.); c. notification of last minute changes to and initial results of shows, trials, etc; d. animal nutrition; e. veterinary matters; f. training; g. developing a pro-pet lobby within Australasia (including attempting to ensure people understand the benefits both of pet ownership and interaction with other species in general); h. the use of computers in regard to domestic animals; i. using the Internet to further animal rescue services and organisations; and, j. promoting responsible pet ownership. 3. To promote activities which promote the welfare of animals, and domestic animals in particular. 4. To promote the rational laws allowing and the responsible keeping of native animals as pets; both as an alternative to exotic animals, and as a means of conserving species. Comments Due to geography, a common history and culture, and perhaps most significantly, freedom from scourges such as rabies and canine brucellosis, there's a community of interest from New Zealand to Perth and from Darwin to Hobart. Computers offer one way to spread news and views easily across this large geographic area. ---8<---------------------------------------------------------------------- For your information Shane _______________________________________________________________ Shane Baker - sbaker@pcug.org.au Read aus.pets - for an Aussie perspective on pet ownership Australian Dog Page: http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm Canberra - Australia's National Capital. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The above graph is a moving average of the number of articles posted into aus.pets per day. The top of the green area counts the number of articles posted in the last 24 hours, whereas the blue line counts the number of articles posted in the last 2 hours, times 12.