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From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: net.gay/net.motss--summary of votes
Message-ID: <18724@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 02:52:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: wivax.18724
Posted: Thu Sep 29 02:52:29 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Sep-83 01:23:00 EDT
Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma.  01879
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30 people voted favorably for the formation of a news group to discuss
gay issues.  There were no dissenting votes, but my earlier message
indicated that that discussion should remain in 'net.news.group'.
I'll attempt to summarize the weight of opinion.  Respondents felt
that the news group:

	-- should NOT be moderated/anonymous--speaking out on USENET
	   should always entail some sense of personal responsibility.
	-- should be open to everyone, regardless of sexual preference.
	-- should be called 'net.gay' instead of 'net.motss'.
	   Net.motss adds, you might say, an extra level of indirection,
	   which could only cause confusion to new news readers.

Some peoples' responses weren't exactly along this axis, but I think
I've characterized the majority pretty well.

Where do we go from here?

/Steve
decvax!wivax!dyer