Xref: utzoo news.groups:19662 comp.misc:8674 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.misc Subject: Re: call for discussion: comp.newgroups (moderated) Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 90 07:13:54 GMT References: Sender: news@math.lsa.umich.edu Followup-To: news.groups,comp.misc Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 26 In-reply-to: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu's message of 29 Mar 90 16:27:26 GMT In article emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: This is a call for discussion for a new group, "comp.newgroups", which will be a moderated forum for the orderly discussion and proposal of new groups within the "comp.all" name space. It will also be a repository for newsgroup charters, information on newsgroup archives, and other matters regarding comp groups. Forget it, there's not enough interest to slug this one out, too many problems with a "newsgroups" name in comp.* space, etc. Most of the good things that this group could accomplish could also be accomplished by a regular or semi-regular posting to the traditional news.* groups. In particular, I have a list of which sites archive which groups, which I'd be happy to pass around once it fills out some. Send me mail for details. "orderly discussion and proposal of new groups" appears to be an unattainable goal for the short term, so I'll quit tilting at windmills for now. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept. emv@math.lsa.umich.edu "Usenet is a slow-moving parody of itself."