[news.admin] new group

joehol@microsoft.UUCP (Joe Holman) (02/15/89)

	can someone please tell me who to contact
	to get a new group going on the system.

	seems lots of people want the rec.ham-radio.swap
	group. but i dont know how to start the new
	subdirectory on our system to have it gernerated
	throught USENET ...

	please help !!!! someone !!!!

	joe holman ka7ldn  microsoft!joehol

cwiener@crlabs.CRLABS.COM (Chris Wiener) (02/16/89)

In article <601@microsoft.UUCP> joehol@microsoft.UUCP (Joe Holman) writes:
>	seems lots of people want the rec.ham-radio.swap
>	group. but i dont know how to start the new
>	subdirectory on our system to have it gernerated
>	throught USENET ...
>

The problem here is that rec.ham-radio on USENET is really the info-hams
mailing list on the ARPA internet (a network upon which commercial ads
are at least frowned upon if not illegal).  There were some recent statements
by someone at SRI-NIC that there would soon be a written statement of policy
from the IAB regarding just this situation.

If the group could be kept on the USENET side only, that might be enough to
get it going.  Any comments from the Internet Administrators/Policy makers
out there?

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