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From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield)
Subject: Re: CFD: Creation of comp.archives.d
In-Reply-To: kent@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM's message of 18 Mar 91 22:17:02 GMT
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Summary: there's no demonstrated need!
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In article <1991Mar18.221702.11225@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM> kent@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM (Kent Landfield) writes:
   During the [first Archivists] BOF [at the Dallas USENIX] it was
   decided that a mailing list or newsgroup should be setup so that
   discussions about archive management could continue.  Several
   complained that their mailboxes were too full already so let's do
   it in a newsgroup... :-)

The forum is a good idea, and the proposed content is a good idea.  I
look forward to participating.  I expect some lively "discussions" (is
that a nice way to put it? :-)

However, the level of traffic is yet unknown, as is the number of
participants (both posters and listeners).  Please establish a mailing
list first, to demonstrate the need.  If the traffic does indeed
overwhelm our mailboxes, and if there are plenty of subscribers, then
we'll have a strong case for a Usenet newsgroup.