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From: al@infoswx.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A proposal for a modified voting ru
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Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 22:14:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 26 22:14:00 1985
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I agree with all that has been said, but I also believe there can be some 
problems.  For example, at the Denver AT&T IS and the Holmdel Bell Labs,
the computer centers are autonomous organizations.  Many times these
organizations do not have the insight to understand the needs and desires
of their user community, nor is it practical for them to poll there user
community.  The Holmdel computer center probably has greater than several
thousand UNIX users (my guess).

I do not mean to put down these people, but to support this many users is a
tremendous job.

I guess I really like the idea of a benevolent dictator, or committee, combined
with automatic newsgroup deletion.  Maybe we should allow anyone to create a
newsgroup for a 3-4 probation period.  Automatic deletion would occur unless
it is "blessed" by the dictator or committee.  The dictator would also be
able to delete a newsgroup immediately, in the event a newsgroup like
net.slander&defame ( :-) ) was started.

Al Gettier


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