stx@vax1.mankato.msus.edu (Kevin Whyte) (11/20/90)
I haven't heard much about the comp.sys.amiga split lately and was curious what stage we are at. I was monitoring news.groups but other than a question from someone about which groups are 'legal' and it's answer I have seen nothing. ( I have only been looking at it for about a week though) Was there any reaction to the initial post of intention? And I haven't seen any posts here for awhile. Before I get flamed, I did read the "You must be patient" messages and I am not banging my keyboard at the slowness of a bureacracy(sp) I am simply curious as to what is happening. (And now for something completely different, as long as I am posting anyway, if anyone from Commodore is reading this add my thanks to those already posted.) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ stx@vax1.mankato.msus.edu Kevin Whyte Proud Owner of an Croaker@bbs.quartz :) Mankato State University Amiga 1000 stx@att1.mankato.msus.edu Mankato MN 56001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (11/20/90)
In article <1990Nov19.184355.66@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> stx@vax1.mankato.msus.edu (Kevin Whyte) writes: > >I haven't heard much about the comp.sys.amiga split lately and was curious >what stage we are at. I was monitoring news.groups but other than a question >from someone about which groups are 'legal' and it's answer I have seen >nothing. ( I have only been looking at it for about a week though) Was there >any reaction to the initial post of intention? And I haven't seen any posts >here for awhile. Here's the story: The official call for discussion (CFD) was posted on or about November 1. I think it actually became readable November 3 or so. The discussion period is usually 21 days. That means that the discussion period will end about November 24. To a very great extent, the discussion has been low-key. The major issues have been resolved in the first (draft) revisions of the proposal. The discussions so far have centered on the naming of the proposed groups, not upon their contents or their right to exist. I think this is mainly because Kent wrote such a fleepingly long proposal, nobody bothered to read the whole thing, thus nobody feels justified in arguing about it. That and the way everybody is screaming pointlessly about the assorted unix groups and the alt.sex.pictures group. They're either distracted or tired. The call for votes will appear at the time the discussion period ends. The voting period WILL be EXACTLY 21 days. At this time, you may mail your votes in, separately approving or rejecting each individual group. Yes, really. The dictator may dictate the names for these new groups, or voters may get to choose names for the groups, if there are some reasonable alternatives. I can think of two groups that have possible alternative names. Personally, I don't really care what the names are, just so long as we get the new groups. The results of the voting will be presented at the end of the voting period. Assuming these groups pass (and they should), there will be a five-day "cooling off" period. During this time, you have the opportunity to protest the vote results, or whatever's needed. After this time, it will be around December 19 or 20. The new groups will be created, the old groups will be removed or renamed, and the fun begins. On a personal note, I will be moderating .announce, assuming it is successfully created. However, I will be visiting my family right then, so that group will be in full operation right around the start of the new year. I will however, get a charter up and write directions on how to make an announcement. These can be posted by the backup moderator or posted in .introduction, or something creative. I will be certain that my absences won't screw up the group too much. In any case, once you count propogation delays, irresponsible moderators, all the difficulties of vote counting, and so on, you can expect the new groups (assuming they don't get treated like California propositions) as your Christmas presents. Followups redirected to news.groups. Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.