Xref: utzoo news.groups:8952 news.admin:5609 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Re: OFFICIAL Guidelines (2nd try) Message-ID: <1989Apr14.130718.1398@ateng.ateng.com> Date: 14 Apr 89 17:07:18 GMT References: <2961@ncar.ucar.edu> <13561@steinmetz.ge.com> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 16 According to davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (Wm. E. Davidsen Jr): > As I have mentioned before, in the cause of reducing the cost to the >net *any* list which has some number of readers (200 maybe) should be >allowed to become a group by having the moderator post the names of the >readers as yes votes. And as I have mentioned before, such a policy would run counter to the purpose of the survey. The question is not, "Is this topic interesting?" The question is, "Should there be a newsgroup with this name?" I may subscribe to the info-turnips mailing list. Nevertheless, I may oppose the creation of soc.turnips. -- Chip Salzenberg or A T Engineering Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest! "It's no good. They're tapping the lines."