Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!hc!lll-winken!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Cabal and news group creation etc. Keywords: newgroup, vote, control Message-ID: <1989Apr6.113431.27370@ateng.ateng.com> Date: 6 Apr 89 15:34:30 GMT References: <290@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> <291@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> <4873@xyzzy.UUCP> <1307@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> <52217@uunet.UU.NET> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 16 According to rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams): >1) pick some people (at most 5). Any one of them can decide to immediately > create a group. They can also immediately decide to reject a group. >2) anyone not liking the above choice can vote to override their decision. >3) should there be a conflict [...] immediately nullified and go to 2) Wonderfully simple and workable. I say yea. As to the selection: I suggest that some trustworthy person (Rick? Henry? Eric Raymond?) declare himself ineligible and use a pseudo-random selection of five ("major"?) sites; the five admins of those sites form the Cabal. Replacement to be handled the same way. -- Chip Salzenberg or A T Engineering Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest! "It's no good. They're tapping the lines."