Minutes/2026-09-17
From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
Present: RL, TM
- Administration
- comp.ai.chatgpt: RL contacted the proponent again on 2026-09-17; awaiting response.
- rec.arts.anime.creative
: Prospective moderator has responded with technical details. TM to reply asking about website and charter compliance. - soc.sexuality.general
: TM posted LCC on 2026-09-17. Board to vote from 2026-09-22 to 2026-09-28. - talk.origins
: David Greig responded on 2026-09-10, indicating that he determined the problem with bouncing submissions to be a TLS certificate issue, which he has now fixed.
- Infrastructure
- Website is currently being DDoS'd by AI scraper botnets. TM to apply mitigations after the meeting.
- E-mail from domain registrar asking us to confirm details. Agreed to defer until JE responds.
- Misc
- RL updated Web-to-news gateways in response to an e-mail from UsenetRewind.