Xref: utzoo news.groups:18538 comp.sys.mac:50180 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!ziggy!usfvax2!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Do not reorganize comp.sys.mac.* Keywords: multiple creation renaming crossposting Message-ID: <25F6D310.5483@tct.uucp> Date: 8 Mar 90 21:48:00 GMT References: <1990Mar7.195114.1077@diku.dk> Organization: ComDev/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 26 According to stodol@diku.dk (David Stodolsky): >There are no guidelines for creating more than one group at a time (this was >pointed out to me strongly, see enclosed below), and none for renaming. It is >very hard to predict the outcome of multiple changes. The most needed new >group should be created. After a few months of heavy cross-posting the actual >character of the new group, and thereby, the remainder of c.s.m, will become >obvious. Then further changes can be considered. The man has a point. Mr. Stodolsky was roundly criticized for trying to piggyback the group comp.groupware.f onto the back of the comp.groupware vote. Admirably, he took his medicine and didn't make a stink. Now we have Chuq trying to do the same thing he criticized earlier. Although I do not doubt that Chuq is trying to fill a need, I cannot believe that the world will come to an end if we have to wait through several votes. And if a hurry is required, we'll just have to run them concurrently. Chuq, well known or not, should follow the same guidelines as the rest of us. If we make an exception, then the guidelines really are a sham, and should be repealed without delay. -- Chip Salzenberg at ComDev/TCT , "The Usenet, in a very real sense, does not exist."