kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) (07/22/90)
In article <1623@nyx.UUCP> bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott) writes: > > This is exactly the kind of messages I am proposing "comp.sys.amiga.video" > for... but so far, very few votes have come in. In fact, I got more votes > during the discussion period, when I couldn't accept them, than I have now. > Even though all the ones I have now are "yes" votes I still need many more > if the newsgroup is to pass! Oh, well... Say what ...? There has been no official "call for discussion" or "call for votes" on this that I am aware of. And it certainly is not on the list of pending news group actions that Eliot Lear publishes in news.announce.newgroups (?). Perhaps this explains why the "voting" is low? If you want to create a new group, I suggest you get a copy of the current rules for doing so ... an updated version was posted just this past week, so it should still be on your machine (in one or more of the news.*.* groups). Or you could ask Kent ... he has some recent "experience" in doing this ... :-) This is not intended as a flame ... just a reminder that if you want to do this, then please do it right. /kim P.S. It's looking alot like the c.s.a hierarchy really needs a .forsale group. It's getting worse that the trash mail from K-Mart, etc. Sheeesh! -- UUCP: kim@uts.amdahl.com -OR- ked01@juts.ccc.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25
bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott) (07/25/90)
In article <b35g02Eob9lE01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> ked01@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes: >In article <1623@nyx.UUCP> bscott@nyx.UUCP (Ben Scott) writes: >> This is exactly the kind of messages I am proposing "comp.sys.amiga.video" >> for... but so far, very few votes have come in. In fact, I got more votes >Say what ...? > >There has been no official "call for discussion" or "call for votes" on this >that I am aware of. And it certainly is not on the list of pending news >group actions that Eliot Lear publishes in news.announce.newgroups (?). There was a two-week discussion on news.groups, and all calls for discussion and votes have been posted to all the comp.sys.amiga.* groups, as well as news.groups, rec.video, comp.mail.multi-media and sometimes comp.graphics. However, the first two calls for votes were munged somehow by my poster, I think, and only the third which I posted a few days ago actually went out. As for news.announce, I cannot get mail to it. I can send mail back and forth to Mr. Lear just fine, but the address for submissions bounces every way I can think of to route it. He has finally posted a copy of the call for votes that I included in one of my messages to him. >Perhaps this explains why the "voting" is low? Well, as I said, it is no more. But you're probably right - nobody saw my 'call for votes' messages, though I'm pretty sure my 'call for discussion' messages got out all right, at least the initial ones that were posted here. >If you want to create a new group, I suggest you get a copy of the current >rules for doing so ... an updated version was posted just this past week, so >it should still be on your machine (in one or more of the news.*.* groups). I have them. I've been accused of not following them and not having them, but I have read them and I am following them to the letter as best I can. >Or you could ask Kent ... he has some recent "experience" in doing this ... :-) Actually, I'm having rather similar experiences with Mr. Lear as Kent has had recently... >This is not intended as a flame ... just a reminder that if you want to do >this, then please do it right. Not taken as such... I've gotten enough flames on my "not following the guidelines" that I know what they look like by now! . <<<<Infinite K>>>> -- .---------------------------------------------------------------------------. |Ben Scott, professional goof-off and consultant at The Raster Image, Denver| |Amiga UUCP node domain: bscott@vila.denver.co.us Else: bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu| |FIDO point address 1:104/421.2, or call the Arvada 68K BBS at (303)424-9831| |"Don't embarrass us..." "Have I ever?" - Buckaroo Banzai | *AMIGA POWER* | `---------------------------------------------------------------------------'