Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!escher
From: escher@Apple.COM (Michael Crawford)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Vote for/against "comp.protocols.iso.migration"
Message-ID: <8689@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 90 19:03:51 GMT
References: <4488@infmx.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <4488@infmx.UUCP> kwang@infmx.UUCP (Kwang Sung) writes:
>
>	Now I would like to finalize my proposal on creation of a new
>newsgroup "comp.protocols.iso.migration".
>

It is not clear to me that the proper procedure for proposing a new
group, allowing a month or so for discussion, then a month or so for
voting, has been followed.

Please review the policies on this in the groups "news.groups" and
"news.announce.newusers".

It sure seems to me that it is not the proper thing to do to up and
announce a new group for what might more properly be a thread
of discussion in an existing group.

Personally, I would vote against this group until the traffic in the
existing groups on the thread has become enough that it is obnoxious
to filter out by those who are not interested in it.  Also, I would
like to see the discussion exist long enough to be sure it will not
die out after a few weeks.

Please don't be offended, but there has been quite a rash of new groups
lately, like psu.passwd.ne.security.  I would like to see this reigned
in a little.

>	So, could you create a new newsgroup "comp.protocols.iso.migration"
>as soon as possible so that we can discuss seriously and aggressively,
>and nobody can bother either "comp.protocols.iso" or "comp.protocols.tcp-ip"
>any more ??

You do this yourself by asking the news administrator at your site to
issue a "newgroup" command.

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