Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!vax135!timeinc!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.news.group Subject: Re: HELP! New news group about handicapped Message-ID: <431@phri.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 10:23:00 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.431 Posted: Fri Aug 30 10:23:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 4-Sep-85 05:54:57 EDT References: <964@bunker.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.med:2287 net.kids:1849 net.news.group:3621 > Almost all of the mail has been in favor of the new group [...] > I am asking everyone who has sent me mail or who has an opinion on the > subject, please post an article on the net stating your opinion. > Bill McGarry I just don't see the need for it. In an article a couple of weeks back somebody (I don't remember who) said we needed net.handicap because articles by/for/about handicapped people were flooding net.med. A a regular net.med reader, I don't understand how you reached that conclusion. I can't remember the last such an article I saw. I'm not interested so I don't read them. If the volume hasn't been enough for me to even notice, I don't think you could call it a flood. Rather then starting a new group, why not just go ahead and talk about it in net.med. When the volume of articles I have to skip becomes high enough that I notice (let alone be seriously bothered) I'll let you know. I quite agree with "--Lauren--"; the net needs a higher S/N, not more newsgroups. -- Roy Smith System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016