Xref: utzoo comp.sources.d:6005 alt.sources.d:1064 news.admin:11253 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!well!jef From: jef@well.sf.ca.us (Jef Poskanzer) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,alt.sources.d,news.admin Subject: Re: Rich $alz is still alive ??!!!??!! Message-ID: <21867@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 29 Nov 90 17:27:49 GMT References: <15169@cs.utexas.edu> Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal Lines: 39 In the referenced message, werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) wrote: } yes, I see a symptom of the problem that we have not instituted } a methodology of having multiple moderators share the load and } to guarantee "continuity and reliability of service". Heh heh heh. "Suggestion: every moderated group should be required to have at least two moderators." -- me, 02nov88. By the way, that discussion thread was titled "Re: comp.sources.unix". What I was talking about was having a designated backup moderator ready to take over should anything (e.g. boredom) happen to the primary. This suggestion was met with outrage amazingly similar to what is currently being posted: "If Jef is so certain that he can do it better, he's welcome to move over to news.groups and start a vote to become moderator." -- Brandon Allbery "Mr. Poskanzer, Shut your yap." -- T. William Wells So nothing has changed in two years, even though the solution has been sitting there waiting for someone to implement it. The problem is that the someone who has to implement it is the moderator himself, so it will never happen. By the way, Rich $alz asked me specifically to send him the next release of pbmplus for distribution via comp.sources.unix. As it stands now, I will not be doing this. It will go to alt.sources, since that is currently the only reliable channel for general-purpose sources. I'm sure this will provoke screams from those who don't get alt.sources. I'll be forwarding those screams to Rich $alz's mailbox. Anyone who wants to moderate comp.sources.unix2, please step forward. I'll certainly vote for such a group. But until then, I'll continue to use alt.sources. I suggest that anyone who has a package in the comp.sources.unix queue do likewise. --- Jef Jef Poskanzer jef@well.sf.ca.us {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!jef "I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself."