Xref: utzoo news.admin:11495 comp.sources.d:6136 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!tm2b+ From: tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Todd L. Masco) Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: The responsibilities of volunteers Message-ID: Date: 10 Dec 90 19:32:59 GMT References: <1990Nov27.075737.16836@vicom.com> <10820@rayssd.ssd.ray.com> <1990Nov28.214659.26551@looking.on.ca> <2756A27D.5D54@tct.uucp> <1842@utodaycom>, <1990Dec9.225810.10838@athena.mit.edu> Organization: Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: <1990Dec9.225810.10838@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: > Incidentally, I am very, very tired of the old accusation that "students" > don't contribute to the Usenet, but "professionals" do; that "students" don't > know enough for their postings to be relevant, but "professionals" do; that > people who haven't been around the Usenet since its creation don't have a say > in anything that happens on it, but that the old-timers always do. Give me a > break. Heh. An example: I'm an undergraduate Physics major, and for the last year and a half have been maintaining and (when necessary) moderating the SPACE Digest, the non-USENET side of the newsgroup sci.space; When Ted Anderson (a professional) left CMU, he asked for volunteers from the set of CMU subscribers to the Digest and its companion "best-of" magazine (which I and another undergraduate, Jon Bennett (jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu), now moderate). It's foolish to generalize about *any* group, except about the definitions of said group. Happening to be taking classes and working towards a degree (and probably young -- I'm 20, 19 when I took over the Digest and Magazine) does not imply that a person will be irresponsible and/or immature. And, as DDMI has recently dramatically illustrated, being a professional does not guarantee that one will not be a bozo. -- Todd L. Masco | tm2b+@{andrew.cmu.edu,andrew.bitnet} | "Boxes."