CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Gary Malkin/Xylogics, Inc. Minutes of the Responsible Use of the Network Working Group (RUN) Agenda o Administrivia o Go over bibliography o Decide on outline for Netiquette Guide o Split the bibliography among volunteers o Summarize Once the administrative details had been taken care of, the group had to determine if the bibliography, little more than a list, should be formatted and submitted as an Internet-Draft. It was decided that there are enough bibliographies available and that this list should only be used for internal purposes (i.e., as references for the material to be included in the Netiquette Guide). Strawman Outline Sally presented a strawman outline for the guide. Many additions were made during the discussions. The current draft outline is as follows: I. General/Intro A. Intent of the document B. General guidelines for all users (don't waste other peoples time, bandwidth, disk space, etc.) C. Pointers to places where new people are welcome II. One-to-One Communication (e-mail, talk) A. General guidelines 1. respect copyrighted material 2. messages are not secure B. User Issues 1. send administrivia to -request address 2. don't shout C. Administrator Issues 1. keep the list clean (remove bouncing addresses) 2. handle requests in a timely fashion III. One-to-Many communication (newsgroup/mailing list posting, MUD, IRC) A. General guidelines 1. do not repost other peoples' messages without permission 2. lurk before you leap B. User Issues C. Administrator Issues IV. Information Services (Gopher, WAIS, WWW, Archie, anon FTP, FSP) A. General Guidelines 1. no dumping 2. don't maintain unused connections B. User Issues C. Administrator Issues 1. provide pointers to FAQs and archives 2. keep directory structures simple 3. keep filenames simple (acceptable to most file systems) Some additional issues, to be placed in the outline above, are: advertising, chain letters, abusive or unsolicited communication, prurient/harassing, accountability, inappropriate, resource abuse. Volunteers The bibliography has been divided as follows (by numbers): 1 - Steve Campbell 2 - Peter Berger 3 - Barbara Jennings 4 - Tod McQuillin 5 - jlm@ftp 6 - Gary Malkin 7 - Ed Klein 8 - Sally Hambridge 9 - Jodie 10 - dropped from list 11 - Marsha Perrott 12 - Sally Hambridge 13 - Luc 14 - Alisa Hata 15 - dropped from list 16 - dropped from list 17 - Sepi B 18 - Barbara Jennings 19 - Jodie 20 - dropped from list 21 - Sue Smith 22 - Nevil Brownlee 23 - Sue Smith 24 - Sally Hambridge 25 - Sepi B 26 - Sally Hambridge 27 - Marsha Perrott 28 - Luc 29 - Peter Berger 30 - dropped from list 31 - jlm@ftp