Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:18221 news.groups:32361 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!agate!adrianho From: adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu (Adrian J Ho) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,news.groups Subject: Re: Call for votes: comp.graphics.interesting (moderated) Message-ID: Date: 25 May 91 07:25:40 GMT References: <1991May24.221020.6321@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 46 In-Reply-To: woolstar@nntp-server.caltech.edu's message of 24 May 91 22: 10:20 GMT In article <1991May24.221020.6321@nntp-server.caltech.edu> woolstar@nntp-server.caltech.edu (John D. Woolverton) writes: > Well I've been hoping for something to happen with comp.graphics >for many years now, so I guess it's high time to do something. Since >there has been a reasonable period of discussion, that is now dwindling >off in news.groups I'm making the official call. Wait a sec, is this related to the comp.graphics.research discussion? If so: 1) It's started up again. No kidding. Really. 2) The discussion period ends Jun 16 (as I stated in my CFD). 3) Given that the name you chose was never agreed on in the discussion, I believe you're supposed to issue a new Call For Discussion. (Although I'd be more than happy to discuss a change from comp.graphics.research -- more in a later article.) 4) A Call For Votes should also go to news.announce.newgroups. Folks, some of you may be pissed at me for being such a stickler for details, but I quote the "Guidelines for Usenet Group Creation": Any group creation request which follows these guidelines to a successful result should be honored, and any request which fails to follow these procedures or to obtain a successful result from doing so should be dropped, except under extraordinary circumstances. I believe Dave Lawrence (news.announce.newgroups moderator) or someone else has the authority to veto the creation of any newsgroup that does not go through the proper formal procedure. Let's not turn this promising start into a fiasco. If any of you are interested in the Guidelines I mentioned above, you can get it via anonymous FTP: barkley.berkeley.edu:/misc/u-startgroup.txt [128.32.142.237] Again, I appeal to everyone concerned to join in the discussion. The informal vote taken by Jamie Gulden indicated that there are quite a few of you who are against moderation -- let's hear your voices now! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Ho, EECS (pronounced "eeks!") Dept. Phone: (415) 642-5563 UC Berkeley adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu