What happened to the Call for Votes (CFV)?
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:44:27 GMT, Jim Riley wrote in Lb3Cg.1481$Qf.79@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: In the beginning of Usenet time, what became the CFV was the first step (“I’m thinking about creating a newsgroup, send me e-mail if you think it is a good idea or bad idea.”). If the feedback was generally favorable the proponent would create the group. Later the RFD and a discussion was added, and the CFV step became more formalized. Often the proposal that was voted on was quite different than the original RFD. The RFD might simply propose a general concept for a group, and the discussion would actually determine the name of the group, its charter, and whether the group was moderated (just like the Guidelines used to say should happen). Later, the RFD began to resemble the CFV, and over time, an understanding was developed that the CFV should not be substantively different than the last RFD; and eventually this became literally identical. If a proponent wanted to make a few minor
