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WUN Charter - 7 November 1998
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- The Worldwide UTE News Club (WUN) was established in January 1995.
The purpose of the club is to further the exchange of information concerning
the hobby of monitoring "utility" radio transmissions and stations that
appear in the radio spectrum below 30 MHz. Broadly defined, "utility"
stations are non-broadcast stations, other than those in the amateur radio
service.
- WUN uses three primary methods to accomplish this purpose:
- The Worldwide UTE News Newsletter (WUN Newsletter):
The WUN
Newsletter is the monthly electronic journal of the Worldwide UTE News Club.
- The Worldwide UTE News Listserver:
The listserver enables members with access to Internet e-mail to exchange
utility monitoring information in near real-time. E-mail messages sent to
the listserver e-mail address are "reflected" to all members who have
registered with the administrator of the listserver. The WUN listserver
provides the membership with a dynamic and powerful medium for the
exchange of information.
- Publications:
- The Worldwide UTE News CD-ROM.
- The WUN Newsletter on computer disk.
- Membership Requirements:
- No dues will be assessed for membership in the Worldwide Utility News
Club.
- To cover the costs associated with maintaining the WUN website
and listserver, and producing the publications, the publications
will be available at a moderate charge.
- Membership is granted through registration through the following
methods:
- Registration via the WUN Listserver; or
- Registration forwarded to a member of the WUN Executive Board by an
individual using a non-Email equipped BBS, or other electronic system.
Such registration shall include members name, city, state/province and
country, and the name of the system upon which he receives the WUN
Newsletter.
- Standards of Conduct:
- As the WUN Listserver provides an extremely powerful tool for
worldwide communications, members are requested to exercise this power with
caution. Members using this resource must, therefore, accept responsibility
for maintaining reasonable standards of conduct when posting messages for
distribution to the general membership. Common courtesy and common sense
should prevail.
- Membership in the Worldwide UTE News Club is truly world-wide, open
to individuals of varying political and religious beliefs (as well as to
minors). Accordingly, when posting to the WUN Listserver, members shall
avoid the use of profanity and messages with offensive political, religious,
or ethnic content. Members shall not engage in personal attacks or post
other inflammatory messages.
- In consideration of those members whose Internet service providers
charges are based on the quantity of e-mail received, messages posted to the
WUN Listserver should remain consistent with the stated purpose of the club.
While occasional "off-topic" postings are not of great concern, excessive
postings/discussions of questionable relevance shall be avoided. Similarly,
in lieu of posting extremely lengthy messages or encoded files (e.g., using
uuencode, BinHex, PGP, Mime and similar encoded files not in plain, clear
text ASCII) members are encouraged to post a brief message describing the
availability of the item, soliciting members' interest. Private email
amongst interested members should then be used to distribute the file(s).
- List administrative matters, including mediation responsibilities in
the event of minor disputes, or the issuance of disciplinary warnings in
the event of blatant violation of the WUN Standards of Conduct will be
handled by members of the WUN Executive Board.
- Any member who consistently violates the few rules, as stated in the
WUN Standards of Conduct, may be subject to removal from the club. A
maximum of three disciplinary warnings will be sent to a member. The WUN
Executive Board shall then determine the appropriate disciplinary action,
to include expulsion from the club and it's listserver.
- It is strictly prohibited to submit e-mail addresses and/or
names of WUN members to any type of organization for commercial
use or otherwise, without permission of the individual concerned.
Any member who violates this rule is subject to removal from the club.
- Members of the WUN Staff and WUN Executive Board may be removed from
the Staff at any time as a result of failure to adequately carry out the
duties of their club position based on a vote of the other Staff members.
- As processing time and connectivity on the computer system housing the
WUN Listserver may be donated, decisions as to the propriety of message
traffic reflected by the Listserver (and individual members' access to the
system) ultimately rest with the system administrator.
- Administration:
- Club administrative matters are handled by the WUN Staff
which consists of:
- President
- Newsletter Editor
- Listserver System Administrator
- World Wide Web Page Administrator
- Secretary-Treasurer
- Publications Officer
- Membership Director
- Newsletter column editors/co-editors
Duties of the Staff Members:
- President
Chairman of the Executive Board. He or she will help guide
WUN policy as described in this Charter.
- Newsletter Editor
He or she will gather, review, and edit respective columns
that make up the WUN Newsletter with final decision as to the
content. He/she will assure the delivery of the newsletter
via electonic e-mail.
- Listserver System Administrator
He/she serves as a liason between WUN and the mailing list
provider. To provide a point of contact for those having
problems subscribing, unsubscribing, or any other problems
dealing with the WUN mailing list. A decent understanding of
e-mail and the way it works on the WWW is essential.
- World Wide Web Page Administrator
He/she maintains the WUN website.
- Secretary-Treasurer
The Secretary-Treasurer shall deposit all monies acquired by
the club and pay such invoices, bills or expenses as required.
He or she shall maintain a separate account for the purpose
of depositing monies and issuing writs on behalf of WUN. He
or she may sign such writs on behalf of the club, and upon
any other required documents that do not specifically require
other Officers signatures.
- Publications Officer
The Publications Officer is in charge of WUN's publications.
This includes also the handling and shipping of orders.
- Membership Director
He/she maintains the voluntary database of the WUN membership,
from time-to-time provide the members with reports as to the
number of members, and to help promote the club and recruit
new members.
- Newsletter column editor/co-editor
Column (co-)editors are responsible for their columns. The
contents should tally the rules as described in section 4
of the Charter: 'Standards of Conduct'.
- Club policy matters will be decided by a simple majority vote of the
WUN Executive Board. In the event of tie votes, the President shall
cast a second, deciding vote. The Executive Board consists of three
senior Staff Members plus the President.
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