[META] Boundaries of the topic area -- was Re: Chrysler acquired by Cerberus

On Sun, 20 May 2007 07:46:32 CST, "DollarBill" <nospambillgean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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"Head Shot" <HeadShot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I sure hope they do something to stop these unions from destroying the
car industry.

Besides being off-topic, I think this might be a flame post but I'll bite
anyway. The unions only build what the designers and engineers give them.
Why does it take the Japanese to successfully market a hybrid? Why are US
automakers selling Japanese cars just rebadged (Pontiac Vibe=Toyota Matrix,
one of many)?

AND, by the way, the Cerberus deal was endorsed by the UAW!!

Without getting into the explosive questions raised here,
let me comment on the boundaries of our topic area.

Because the group is about stock-car racing (such as it is),
it is pretty natural for us to get into the state of the
automobile industry--and the NASCAR industry!--as we
ruminate about the fates of our heroes.

Feeling free to talk about our personal lives and issues
tangential to racing (LIKE THE SABRES LOSING YESTERDAY
IN OVERTIME) is part of cultivating a nice community
environment. The thread about where people live is an
example of that kind of topic-stretching.

On the other hand, the group was designed to prevent long
excursions into political theory and social justice,
except insofar as they are part of the NASCAR scene.

Chrysler's condition is of interest to us, I think.
The factors that may or may not make Chrysler (and Dodge)
a success are kind of caught up in that concern--but
they can also easily lead us astray, since undoubtedly
we have representatives from the whole social and political
spectrum in the group.

Here are the first four paragraphs of the charter for
your consideration. You may find the whole charter
and other information about the group at <http://rasnm.carracing.com/>,
a site provided FREE OF CHARGE for us by Bill D for 9 years and
counting (thanks, Bill!).

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The unmoderated newsgroup rec.autos.sport.nascar has always been fairly
relaxed about what is on-topic. The moderated newsgroup will be the same
way. Basically anything related to NASCAR or stock car racing will be
considered on-topic.

Posts about other types of motorsports (Indycar, F1, etc.) should be
directed to the appropriate newsgroup, unless they are comparing stockcar
racing to the other motorsport. For example, a comparison of the point
systems of F1 and Winston Cup, and how using the F1 system would change
the Winston Cup championship standings, is on-topic.

The goal of rec.autos.sport.nascar.moderated (r.a.s.n.m) is to provide its
participants with a degree of free expression approaching that found in
unmoderated groups while maintaining an environment free of the spam,
commercial and money-making posts, personal harassment, vulgarity and
blatantly off topic material found in most unmoderated forums.

The philosophy of r.a.s.n.m is that responsible people should be trusted
to post like responsible adults. Therefore, the moderation effort will
focus primarily on dealing with problems as they occur, not on screening
every post. All posters will be initially trusted with auto-approve
status, which will enable their subsequent articles to be posted
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They will retain auto-approve status unless they demonstrate cause for its
revocation.

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