UPDATED NEWSGROUP CHARTERS

For alt.astrology related newsgroups:

alt.astrology metapsych

and

alt.astrology.marketplace

Here, we have updated charters for certain newsgroups on Usenet.

The charters that were sent with the original control message upon

creation were unworkable and overly restrictive, especially in light

of their status as unmoderated alt.newsgroups. The previous rules

could only be policed by a moderator, and in the abscence of an official

moderator, soon became onerous and unenforceable. Because there

are many negative and censorious persons ("wannabe moderators")

who are bigoted against free speech, and who abuse and corrupt the

charter by insisting that others follow it (and making dramatic, false,

and harmful complaints to service providers), all while violating the

charter themselves, updating and modifying the language of this charter

was necessary.The resultant changes provide for a freer, more mature,

and balanced forum of discussion, and still restrict the topic,while

maintaining a more workable, enforceable, and less easily misused and

corrupted set of rules.Indeed, periodic updating of the charter is seen as

a healthy way to grow a vibrant, relevant, and usable newsgroup.

This updated charter  supersedes the original and has the blessings of

usenet news and policy administrators and experts and is made official

by announcement in the appropriate control, bulletin, and config groups

and storage at ftp.uu.net, ftp.isc.org, and the website at:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/9009/

Usenet posters insistent on control issues concerning this topic are free

to create an alt.astrology.metapsych.moderated group and may post there.

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                            alt.astrology.metapsych

    Created: November 24, 1996, 2:05 am, California, USA

    Superseding Charter version 1.1 modified September 6, 1998, 2:10 a.m., California, USA

    This unmoderated newsgroup was proposed and created for

    discussion of the psychological/metaphysical/spiritual aspects of

    astrology and its applications.

    For your newsgroups file:

    alt.astrology.metapsych Discussion of astrology

    metaphysically/psychologically/skeptically/spiritually.

    =========Charter for alt.astrology.metapsych=========

    Charter: This group is for astrologers and students and critics of astrology or

    practicing therapists and psychologists to discuss aspects of astrology

    primarily-but not limited to psychological/metaphysical/spiritual

    approaches of counsel and practice. This includes;

    1) Personal analysis of horoscopes based on full data and information.

    2) Psychological approaches and remediation methods in counsel.

    3) Psychological fields of approach.

    4) Metaphysical and/or spiritual approaches and their connections.

    5) Humanistic, holistic or other modern or otherwise defined as new age

    approaches.

    6) The testability and validity of astrological and psychological systems

    Since this group is proposed on the basis of ethical and respectable

    service oriented counsel and astrological application and discussion,

    the following classes of posts are not welcome;

    1) Advertisements of any sort .

    2) JPEG's, GIF's, Animations, ASCII art, or other still, or motion based images.

    3) Posting of notice of complaints of off-topicness simply because of disagreement.

    4) Those containing URL's to commercial websites.

    5) Posts containing more than five discussion groups in their to: headers

    6) Posts following up to more than five crosspostings in their followup to: headers

    7) Posts containing follow-ups set only to sender.

    8) Posts containing follow-ups set only outside of this newsgroup.

    9) Canned screeds or boilerplate copy cannot be posted more than once every six months.

    There are no restrictions regarding methods, systems, criticisms, or philosophies

    regarding application techniques. All astrological applications are

    welcome and/or services employing such as a part of their service.

    Skeptical posts and posts containing discussion of testing and validity of

    astrological, psychological, and metaphysical methods are welcome.

    Only by discarding the unworkable and revising theories to contain what "works" can science

    succeed. As astrology is an art/science it must adhere to the rigors of the scientific method.

    Innovative techniques and the integration of related cross disciplines

    to the subject matter are also welcome. Flame wars and disagreements are a natural

    consequence of this type of combination of unmoderated, free-speech protected

    electronic medium, and it is acknowleged that no newsgroup will ever be completely flame-free.

    Flame wars which spill over into private email, however, are discouraged and alt.astrology.metapsych

    posters are asked to use maturity and good judgement in these matters.

                           alt.astrology.marketplace

(Modified charter for a.a.marketplace is under construction)