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From: jsq@im4u.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: Stargate Questions
Message-ID: <1005@im4u.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Jul-86 18:12:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  8 18:12:40 1986
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Summary: USENIX is looking into it; nothing to report yet

There have been a couple of recent questions about what is going on
with Stargate and some curiousity as to what the involvement of USENIX is.
I can make a few comments as a USENIX Board member, though this isn't
a position statement on the part of the whole board.

In April, USENIX posted in their ;login: newsletter and on several
USENET newsgroups a request for proposals on how to improve UUCP mail
service and USENET news service.  A few comments were received in
return, but no detailed proposals.  In particular, no one submitted
a business plan for an organization to handle the improvements.

Due to this lack of response, the Board decided to become more involved.
Several board members are currently working directly with Lauren
and with other well-known USENET and UUCP community members.
There is nothing to report yet because our efforts are all
directed at producing a plan, and because this involves some
rather delicate negotiations with several other organizations.

We hope to have a plan put together by the October board meeting,
after which a brief report to the public should be possible.


The request for proposals is still open.  If you have an actual
plan for how to improve service on UUCP or USENET, you can still
submit it.  I can post the request again if there is interest.


Meanwhile, some board members are watching this newsgroup,
and opinions of the community are being considered.
-- 
John Quarterman, UUCP:  {gatech,harvard,ihnp4,pyramid,seismo}!ut-sally!im4u!jsq
ARPA Internet and CSNET:  jsq@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU, jsq@sally.UTEXAS.EDU