Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!jsq From: overby@plains.uucp (Glen Overby) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: USENIX Standards Funding Decisions Summary: volunteer moderator! Message-ID: <13181@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 4 Oct 90 02:55:05 GMT References: <106937@uunet.UU.NET> <13100@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: jsq@cs.utexas.edu Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 23 Approved: jsq@cs.utexas.edu (Moderator, John S. Quarterman) X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net Submitted-by: overby@plains.uucp (Glen Overby) In article <13100@cs.utexas.edu> Don_Lewine@dgc.ceo.dg.com writes: [on the cancellation of Usenix support for moderation of comp.std.unix] >This is a terrible idea! comp.std.unix is one of the best newsgroups >on the net. The moderation seems to help a great deal. The overall >signal/noise ratio is very high and the group is not flooded with >flame wars. I agree with Don that this group is high quality, and I appreciate the work that the snitches and others have done to create all the quality information we see here on a very timely basis. I would like to see this continue, even if Usenix does not want to pay for supporting it. If John is willing to continue as moderator on a volunteer basis, I applaud him. If not, I would like to see him call for a volunteer moderator before turning the group into an unmoderated zoo and flame fest. -- Glen Overby uunet!plains!overby (UUCP) overby@plains (Bitnet) Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 180