sdnet.resources.health has been proposed and discussed in sdnet.config. No objections were raised by the proposal and creation of sdnet.resources.health. sdnet.resources.health was given the following charter;
sdnet.resources.health - proposed by: Henry Eisenson
On-Topic Articles can range from but not limited to:
+ Discussions related to San Diego Health Resource Issues.
+ Various opinions people have in repect to a given health provider in San
Diego.
+ Please note that sdnet.resources.health is NOT a place for a medical
diagnosis.
Off-Topic Articles and subjected to possible cancellation:
+ Spam (as defined by current usenet standards, see;
http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html)
+ Spam (as defined by sdnet.* policy) see;
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~wk/sdnet/spamp.html
+ Binary/image files of any kind (as they do not belong in non-binary
newsgroups).
+ MIME/HTML posts, and in particular any posting using a content- encoding
other than 7bit, 8bit, or quoted-printable. Most users reading
Usenet do not use a Web browser, and HTML is difficult or impossible to
read to interpret the content. Some posters who post HTML also include a
plain-text version of the message. This is redundant and wasteful. HTML
also consumes much more bandwidth.
+ Make Money Fast (MMF) articles.
+ Commercial Advertisements not related to San Diego (Health Issues), i.e.
ads for adult porn web sites, personal items forsale, etc.
+ Cross posted articles outside of sdnet.*
sdnet.resources.health, is a forum for discussion of LOCAL health resources, including physicians, dentists, clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, research programs, clinical trials, audiologists, health insurance, legislation, etc. etc.
The participants will be those with an inquiry, problem, suggestion, complaint, or ax to grind. The beneficiaries will be those who are "shopping" for a health service and seek referrals, assistance, etc. The group might also serve those groups conducting clinical trials, and seeking participants from the community. It's possible that some medically-oriented job opportunities, or medical professionals seeking jobs, will also post on the proposed newsgroup.
Participants may occasionally post important news from the medical world in general, though that is not the principle reason for the group. There are already very competent and useful newsgroups focusing on conditions and specific medical problems (alt.support.u-name-it), and plenty of groups talking about various therapeutic approaches, both conventional and "alternative" (misc.placebo-effect). This group will be geographically focused upon San Diego County's Internet-savvy citizens, and the local world of medical/dental resources.
The discussion group will try to restrict itself to a discussion of _resources_, and not specific medical problems or diagnoses. Good-faith information and referrals on physicians, health insurance, dentists, hospitals, etc. would be useful to all of us.
If and when a group FAQ is written for sdnet.resources.health, sdnet.resources.health will be subjected to the groups policies.
Send comments to: William Kronert