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From: csu@alembic.UUCP (Dave Mack)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Scrap the current NG creation procedure, invent a new one
Message-ID: <3155@alembic.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 89 03:12:56 GMT
References: <3010@looking.UUCP> <445@flatline.UUCP> <4907@inco.UUCP> <2967@ncar.ucar.edu>
Reply-To: csu@alembic.UUCP (Dave Mack)
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In article <2967@ncar.ucar.edu> woods@handies.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods) writes:
>In article <4907@inco.UUCP> mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) writes:
>>Perhaps my question wasn't sufficiently clearly stated. You have proposed
>>yourself as the new keeper of the newsgroup list - the list that most
>>admins use (in conjunction with the checkgroups messages, of which, I
>>assume, you will also be the keeper) to determine which newsgroups are
>>legitimate, still alive, moderated, etc.
>
>   Perhaps it was my original proposal that was not clearly stated. The ONLY
>duty which I will take over is maintaining the GUIDELINES. The official list
>of groups will still be maintained and periodically posted by Gene Spafford. 
>In fact, assuming Gene is willing to live with the guidelines I come up with
>(I know he's on vacation right now which is why we haven't heard much from him
>in this discussion) it is probably better for the net that the guidelines and
>the list would NOT be maintained by the same person.

I misunderstood your proposal. My apologies.

-- 
Dave Mack