Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: UNLAB: Brad's proposal.
Message-ID: <3017@looking.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 89 06:54:38 GMT
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Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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In article <3588@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Way to go, Brad. This sure sounds like a great way to reduce the bureaucracy
>on the net... by creating a commitee.

You've described the problem with news.groups very well.  Right now when
we discuss & create groups, we have a committee of about 5,000, of which
about 300 participate in any given issue.

So yes, defining a committee of 5 *is* a way to reduce bureaucracy, because
it replaces a committee of 300.

And it is somewhat elitist, but let's face it:  Creating and deleting
newsgroups, for all the noise we make about it, is really not that
difficult or complex a question.  Why do we need a debate among 500
to answer the question?

It's not perfectly simple, or I would suggest that one person do it.
There is enough controversy on certain issues to merit 5 people.
There is not enough to merit 500 under any circumstances.

Usenet sometimes acts like the ultimate committee.  A committee of the
whole community.  This is not always a good thing folks.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd.  --  Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473