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From: taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber)
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Subject: Re: RFD:  comp.sys.handhelds.hp48 and comp.sources.hp48 moderated
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Date: 10 May 91 12:10:18 GMT
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In article <1991May9.164919.19132@roundup.crhc.uiuc.edu>,
conte@crest.crhc.uiuc.edu (Tom Conte) writes:
|>Again, the issue is why split at all?  This newsgroup is just not
|>that
|>trafficy to warrent such a split.  The danger of creating
|>cross-posting
|>wars and evil self-appointed posting police are too great in my mind
|>to
|>justify a split.  When the traffic in comp.sys.handhelds reaches the
|>hights of the famous comp.sys.amiga of five years ago, *then* lets
|>talk
|>about splitting.
|>
|>Learn to use the J key, read up on kill files.
|>

If enough people would stand up and say this, we could kill the split in
the discussion stage.  (If enough people voted this way the last time,
we wouldn't be goign trough it again now.)    If you think the idea is
no good, SAY SO. If it gets to a vote, VOTE AGAINST IT.

In the last "discussion" stage, there was damn little discussion.  Jeff
Mandel claims that he got a lot of private correspondance and shaped the
proposal based on that.  But there was very little PUBLIC discussion,
and certainly the proposal that got voted on was as little discussed as
the alternate plan I offered.  

If you want to see the split happen or not happen or happen some other
way, POST A RESPONSE.  If this is going to reflect the will of the
readership, the readership has to speak up.  And the reason for
discussion periods is to have the readership speak in public where ideas
can be formed into something that (with luck) will satisfy the majority
of the readership.

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                                             >>>==>PStJTT
                                     Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber, KC1TD

Speak if ye will be heard