cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier) (04/26/88)
Just what we need: "my-user-group-is-better-than-your-user-group" wars. There are several scores of user groups out there and I'd guess that very many of them have access to Usenet. Now sure, BADGE is a fine group, but if we were fair and consistent, we'd see scores of UG announcements every month. Do we really need to burn up that bandwidth for what (I'd say) is essentially a local function? If we buy into the philosophy that Usenet is a valid mechanism for acquiring new members and guest speakers for UGs, and also summarizing each meeting so we'll all see what a really neeto UG one has, we'll really get flooded. Yeah, than we'll have to branch the newsgroup again: comp.sys.amiga.ug.announce, ...ug.request, ...ug.lastmeetingsummary .... I don't know. Flame off. My vote is, it's not appropriate for USA-wide distribution. -- Charles Poirier (decvax,ihnp4,attmail)!vax135!cjp "Docking complete... Docking complete... Docking complete..."
leh@beach.cis.ufl.edu ( ) (04/29/88)
In article <2195@antique.UUCP> cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier) writes:
..Summary : please do not post BADGE meeting times or notes
I for one am interested in seeing the BADGE meeting notes and the times
of the meetings.
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Internet: leh@beach.cis.ufl.edu | vishnu@pine.circa.ufl.edumike@ames.arpa (Mike Smithwick) (05/05/88)
In article <2195@antique.UUCP> cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier) writes: >Just what we need: "my-user-group-is-better-than-your-user-group" >wars. There are several scores of user groups out there and I'd guess >that very many of them have access to Usenet. Now sure, BADGE is a >fine group. . . . Ahem, kind sir, I beg your pardon. BAADG is != a "user group". The last two letters stand for "developers group". (was the DevCon merely another Amiga Show??) There is a difference between a BAADG meeting and a meeting of the Southern Idaho Amiga Users and Knitting Club ("tonites guest is Hilda Grimly demonstrating 'TextCraft 1.0'!!"). Considering the fact that the Amiga LG people, developers as far away as LA, regularly go our of their way to attend, and considering the fact that a fair number of members have products on the shelves, I humbly suggest that the material covered hearin is of greater interest to the overall Amiga community then Hilda Grimly. Plus, many of the products that YOU will buy, we will write, it is in your best interest to support such gatherings. > Charles Poirier (decvax,ihnp4,attmail)!vax135!cjp > > "Docking complete... Docking complete... Docking complete..." over and out, *** mike *** -- *** mike (Cyberpunk in training) smithwick *** "Use an Atari, go to jail!" [disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]