rec.autos.sport.nascar.moderated, or "rasnm".

The rationale for the creation of this new USENET newsgroup was stated in
the RFD and CFV as follows:

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"NASCAR and stockcar racing, as well as other motorsports, have been the
subjects of Usenet discussion for many years. The existing
rec.autos.sport.nascar newsgroup (rasn) gets a total of well over a hundred
messages a day during the off-season and that number can increase to two to
four times that figure during the season, peaking at over 1000 a day during
speedweeks. Much of this traffic is relevant and of high- quality, but
there are also significant problems with spam, advertisements,
Driver/Team/Sponsor/Car-Make/Media abuse, and attacks aimed at other
posters to the newsgroup. Many former posters to RASN have left because of
this situation.

Rec.autos.sport.nascar.moderated is intended to be a forum where all topics
related to NASCAR and stockcar racing can be discussed without these
distractions. The primary focus of the group will be NASCAR’s top 3 series:
Winston Cup, Busch Grand National, and Craftsman Trucks.

Questions and answers about this sport will be welcomed and a FAQ will be
maintained."

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For more information on rasnm and other related topics, visit our web page
at http://rasnm.carracing.com

The moderators and charter committee would like to thank carracing.com
(http://www.carracing.com) for the equipment and connectivity they provide
that runs this newsgroup.

Now, instead of having to register an agreement to abide by the charter, new
posters simply have to post an article like they would to any other USENET
newsgroup.  The first post from any given e-mail address kicks out to one of the
moderators for review.

If the post is on-charter, the e-mail address from which it was posted is added
to the robomoderator’s preapproved list.  Future posts from that address will be
reviewed by a human moderator only if it contains a word on the "bad words
list".  Otherwise, the robomoderator will automatically post it to the
newsgroup.

Posters who wish to post from more than one e-mail address can either submit an
article from each address, or request that the additional addresses be added to
the preapproved list.

You may post from a spam-proofed address, but understand that if you do, it may
be difficult or impossible for the robomoderator and/or the human moderation
team to communicate with you.

New posters are still encouraged to read the charter which is available at
http://rasnm.carracing.com.

Please note the following if you are unfamiliar with how moderated groups work
in general.

When a post is made to a moderated group, it is sent to the group’s moderation
address.  It is not posted immediately to your news server as is the case with
unmoderated groups.  Therefore, it can take up to 12-24 hours for your post to
appear in the group.

Unfortunately, things can happen along the way and posts do occasionally fail to
reach the moderation address.  If your post doesn’t show up after 24 hours,
please contact the moderation team.

Per the charter, questions and comments about moderation decisions or procedures
are off-topic for the group and should be directed to the moderators privately.
A separate public e-mail list exists for the open discussion of these issues
should the need for such a discussion arise.

Occasionally, a poster on preapprove will post something that wouldn’t make it
past a human review.  If you see something in the group that you think is
inappropriate, please do not respond in the newsgroup.  Contact the moderators
directly.

The moderation team can be reached at rasnm-m…@carracing.com.

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For more information on rasnm and other related topics, visit our web page
at http://rasnm.carracing.com

The moderators and charter committee would like to thank carracing.com
(http://www.carracing.com) for the equipment and connectivity they provide
that runs this newsgroup.