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From: taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.news.adm
Subject: starting a mod.....
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 16:48:00 EDT
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> I am interested in starting a mod.sources.atari16 for the atari
> 520ST, i am unsure how i go about doing this. Could someone please 
> give me the protocal for starting a new mod group ?

Okay.

	Step one: DON'T JUST START A NEW GROUP!

	Step two: Instead;

		    Either have people mail "votes" to you either supporting
		    or screaming (typically) about the new group,
		
		    Start a suitable mailing list (the method I prefer) and
		    wait until the volume is suitable,

		    Start a group on your machine (after local voting) and
	    	    see how it goes.

	Step three: watch yourself...

		    As a member of HP Labs, one of the so-called backbone sites
		    on the network, I can guarantee that we'll look quite 
		    askance at lots of stuff going through our system dealing
		    with the 520 - in a nutshell, why should we pay for some-
		    thing that we can't possibly profit by?  It's also doubt-
		    full that a lot of HP engineers have STs (we're all sooo
		    rich that we have our own Bobcat 20 systems, right? :-)

		    This argument will hold true for just about any large
		    system on the network...

		    I refer you to a note posted in net.news.group about
		    the cost to major companies of large notes files...

	Step four: moderate it

		   You seem to have this covered.  Good.  Also, try to avoid
		   the infinite re-post syndrome...


	Any other thoughts and/or feedback is welcome.

							-- Dave Taylor

							taylor@hplabs