Xref: utzoo news.groups:24629 comp.unix.internals:778 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!ccad.uiowa.edu!emcguire From: emcguire@ccad.uiowa.edu (Ed McGuire) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: VOTE: voting continues on comp.unix.wizards Message-ID: <1990Oct23.000952.1343@ccad.uiowa.edu> Date: 23 Oct 90 00:09:52 GMT References: <18613@rpp386.cactus.org> Organization: CAD-Research, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Lines: 25 In article , lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot Lear) writes: > [Haugh's newsgroup proposal fails to follow the guidelines because] > Mr. Haugh failed to send a call for discussion of any sort to > news.announce.newgroups, nor did he send one to news.groups. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In article <18613@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) responds: > the discussion of the newsgroup existed in comp.unix.wizards for several > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > weeks prior to any discussion to recreate the newsgroup. in fact, it was > the single loudest topic of discussion in comp.unix.internals. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You have demanded that Eliot explain how your newgroup proposal fails to follow the guidelines. He has done that. The guidelines suggest posting a CfD to news.announce.newgroups, not comp.unix.wizards or comp.unix.internals. Your claims, while possibly true, are irrelevant; they fail to show how Eliot is wrong. In fact, Eliot is right. -- peace. -- Ed "Vote. Because it's the Right Thing."