furuta@uw-june (Richard Furuta) (01/05/85)
A posting to net.rec and net.news.adm asks for a group to talk about Pacific Northwest mountain hiking, etc. We've had a "seattle.general" set up for quite some time now with absolutely no traffic at all. (I don't think there are any Washington state Usenet sites outside of the Seattle area). I believe that we also set up a "pnw" distribution at the same time (but I don't remember if we managed to convince the Oregon sites to add it). Again, I've seen no use. Now, admittedly a group about these mountains could be of interest but is there any hard evidence whatsoever that the group actually fills a need (i.e., that people will use it). Incidentally, the proper place for this discussion is net.news.group. If you follow up, please remove net.rec and net.news.adm when doing so. --Rick
gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) (01/06/85)
> A posting to net.rec and net.news.adm asks for a group to talk about Pacific > Northwest mountain hiking, etc. > > We've had a "seattle.general" set up for quite some time now with absolutely > no traffic at all. (I don't think there are any Washington state Usenet > sites outside of the Seattle area). I believe that we also set up a "pnw" > distribution at the same time (but I don't remember if we managed to > convince the Oregon sites to add it). Again, I've seen no use. I am trying to gain support for a "west" newsgroup to include (at least) CA, OR, and WA. Any interest in this? -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam "Her name was McGill, and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy...."