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From: schinder@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Paul Schinder)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,news.groups
Subject: Re: Call of votes - sci.aquaria (sort of moderated)
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Date: 16 Oct 89 19:24:05 GMT
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In article <3248@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> BRIDGE@rcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (JOHN BRIDGE) writes:
>
>I find Chuq Von Rospach's remarks opposing Richard's proposed name for
>this group quite self serving. If he was a regular participant in the
>discussions in this group I would accept his comments as an opinion
>worth considering.  As it stands his comments are those of a kibitzer.
>                            John

But Chuq is *not* a kibitzer on the net as a whole.  The issue here is
not whether an aquarium group should exist, but whether it should be
sci or rec; this is a question of how groups are named, which has some
importance beyond this particular new group.  Unless someone can
quickly send me a list of 10 or more Ph.D. granting institutions in
"aquarium science", I will vote NO (at 12:01 tonight) to sci.aquaria.
I would not vote at all if the name were proper (rec.whatever).


-- 
Paul J. Schinder
Department of Astronomy, Cornell Univ.
schinder@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu