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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
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Subject: Re: Call for Discussion:  rec.radio.misc
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Date: 9 Feb 90 16:52:36 GMT
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In article <662@halley.UUCP>, William Watson writes: 
*In response to a post by welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty), it was
*pointed out that this might be too narrow a group to merit it's own newsgroup.
*However, it seems to me that we've almost figured out what we want.  I suspect
*that richard simply wanted to make the discussion a bit more widely known,
*and draw more folks into the discussion.  He seems to have succeeded.

*Shall we continue?

first of all, i am not a big fan of creating niche groups when
we don't yet have the more generic .misc group in place; this is
a problem i had with rec.radio.shortwave (although i didn't
protest very loudly, not wishing to stand in front of a very
large steamroller; i can tell a lost cause when i see one), and
a problem that i have with any new rec.radio.* proposal.  this
is why i suggested rec.radio.misc at this time.  there is clearly
volume on broadcast radio (buried in rec.audio, i'm told) and on
scanners (currently in rec.radio.shortwave, with occasional
appearances in rec.autos.sport); by themselves they may not justify
groups, but certainly they are enough to suggest that a .misc group
would be a generally good thing to have at this point.

i would probably abstain from a vote on a `non-comm' group in
rec.radio.  i would be willing to bet that such a group won't
get enough yes votes to pass; i think a .misc group has a much
better chance, and better justification right at this point.
i'm willing to run a rec.radio.misc vote, starting in two or so
weeks; i really don't want to get into a pointless fight over
preempting a `non-comm' vote.  if someone wants to run a vote
on a `non-comm' group, that's fine with me; i'll defer the
rec.radio.misc vote until after the `non-comm' vote comes to a
conclusion.

richard
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