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From: revc@gwsd.UUCP (Bob Van Cleef)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: proposed destruction of net.bizarre
Message-ID: <198@gwsd.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 16:41:49 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 22 16:41:49 1985
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> Keywords: The hell you say
> 
> Sort of an open letter to Gene Spafford:
> 
> YOU HAVE NO MORE RIGHT TO DESTROY A NEWSGROUP WITHOUT POLLING PEOPLE
> THAN I DO TO CREATE ONE WITHOUT ASKING YOU.
> 
> Glenn Reid {backbone | backbone | decwrl | glacier}!adobe!greid

I personally would support giving Gene that right under the
guidelines that he is using.  I would rather have a net 
controlled by concensus of a few, then NO net at all.  

Maybe we need to set up a USENET Council, consisting of 'elected' 
representatives of the users.  Any net user can run/participate 
electronically.  Annual nominations and elections in 
net.news.council.elections, with the 13 net users with
the highest number of votes becoming the dictators of the net
for one year.  They could discuss proposed changes in 
net.news.council.  You wouldn't need the finacial support
to go to USENIX, you wouldn't even have to be 36 years old,
you would only need to prove net participation for over one year.

Bob
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