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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: .aquaria
Message-ID: <35873@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 Oct 89 15:30:27 GMT
References: <35836@apple.Apple.COM> <622c.25439802@ibmpcug.co.uk>
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>	"Sci.aquaria must go.  This is not negotiable"
>-- 
>Ronald.Khoo@ibmpcug.CO.UK (The IBM PC User Group, PO Box 360, Harrow HA1 4LQ)

No, Ronald, *everything* is negotiable. (Richard take note). I think
sci.aquaria is a stupid, *wrong* name -- but if the will of the net is that
they *want* a stupid, *wrong* name, I, for one, am not going to stand in
front of the net and try to force something down their throats. That's 
also stupid -- it's like standing in front of a herd of stampeding elephants
and yelling "Stop! It's stupid to stampede!" -- it's also stupid to get
stomped on.

This is why I've suggested, more than once, a formal vote on the name of the
group (not these informal, hidden in the corner surveys). I think it should
be a rec group. Richard disagrees. Neither of us are the ultimate authority
here -- the net is. Let the net speak, and no matter what my *personal*
feelings on the name are, I'll abide by the answer. 

I know, that's being too reasonable. Fortunately, Richard has ignored this
from day 1, giving us lots and lots of chances to sit and argue and flame
when it could have been settled early on like rational humans.

chuq (on the other hand, the rumor I've heard is the vote isn't going well.
     Somewhere about 200 yes, 200 no, so it's unlikely sci.aquaria will fly)


-- 

Chuq Von Rospach <+> Editor,OtherRealms <+> Member SFWA/ASFA
chuq@apple.com <+> CI$: 73317,635 <+> [This is myself speaking]

Trust Mama Nature to remind us just how important things like sci.aquaria's
name really is in the scheme of things.