Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (peter da silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: CfD: Interest Group Surveys (was: STV new group proposal in 25 lines) Keywords: single transferrable votes STV newsgroup creation interest group Message-ID: <03S1E-1xds13@ficc.uu.net> Date: 15 Feb 90 13:39:43 GMT References: <1990Feb7.224449.8453@diku.dk> <96250@looking.on.ca> Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 11 In article <96250@looking.on.ca>, brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes: > Sometimes I think it would be a good idea to remove the "discussion phase" > from the guidelines. Yes, sometimes the discussion causes people to > change their minds, ... But that's not what the discussion phase is for. It's to firm up the group name and charter. There have been instances where the name of a group was changed during the discussion phase (and, admitedly, there have been cases where the discussion phase clearly indicated a name change was in order and no such change was made). It also provides a way to *quickly* weed out things like the Depeche Mode newsgroup. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'