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From: peter@ontmoh.UUCP (Peter Renzland)
Newsgroups: news.groups,usrgroup.technical,comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Creation of comp.org.usrgroup (replacing usrgroup.all)
Summary: Vote to reduce the number of newsgroups by combining nine
Message-ID: <880221.06.9482@ontmoh.UUCP>
Date: Sun Feb 21 06:11:41 EST 1988
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				Background

Last fall a set of nine newsgroups ("usrgroup.*") were set up for
discussion with and announcements from the subcommittees of the
/usr/group Technical Committee.

I have suggested that it might be even better to create a single,
conventional newsgroup ("comp.org.usrgroup") with expanded scope,
and the Technical Committee has agreed.

Since comp.org.usrgroup would be a part of the standard news hierarchy,
I must follo