chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (03/06/90)
[please make any followups to this posting in news.groups only] This is the proposed text of call for votes proposal. [[note: this is not a call for votes. This is the proposed text of the call for votes, to be send to news.announce.newgroups on March 12. Please don't vote on this yet. Votes sent to me prior to the posting in n.an.ng will be ignored. This is posted so people can comment on the language and so interested parties can debate the proposals in news.groups. If you have comments on the proposal or see problems that need to be fixed prior to the call for votes, please let me know. Discussions about the proposal should be held in news.groups -- chuq]] ---===---===---===---===---=== Begin proposed call for votes ---===---===---===---===---=== Please vote on each proposal separately. You may vote 'yes', 'no' or 'abstain/no preference' (or use whatever terms you want for these as long as they're non-ambiguous). Proposal 1: rename comp.sys.mac to comp.sys.mac.misc. This will be in multiple stages: the creation of comp.sys.mac.misc, followed a month later by the rmgroup of comp.sys.mac and the addition of a usenet alias to the new group to forward misdirected messages. This will bring c.s.m into the same standardized naming as other hierarchies, and it should also discourage some of the cross-posting between c.s.m and sub-groups that happens when people think they should put it in the parent group just in case. Proposal 2: Creation of comp.sys.mac.system. This will be for discussion of Macintosh system software -- the system, finder, multifinder, CDEVs, INITs and other Apple and third party system software and extensions. Proposal 3: Creation of comp.sys.mac.apps. This will be for discussion of Macintosh applications -- word processors, databases, etc -- that do not have a more appropriate group in the hierarchy (for instance, c.s.m.programmer for development tools, c.s.m.hypercard for hypercard, the proposed c.s.m.comm for telecommunication programs) Proposal 4: [[cancelled. was c.s.m.apps.hierarchy. With no .apps sub-hierarchy, proposal is obsolete]] Proposal 5: creation of comp.sys.mac.wanted. A place for the "I'm missing part five of..." or "I need a program that does..." or "Where can I get a good price on..." messages. Proposal 6: Creation of group comp.sys.mac.games. A group for the discussion of Macintosh computer games. Proposal 7: Creation of group comp.sys.comm. A group for the discussion of telecommunication and networking software and programs: Red Ryder, Microphone, Appleshare, etc. Proposal 8: [[Cancelled. Was c.s.m.virus]] Proposal 9: Creation of group comp.sys.mac.announce, to be created moderated. Moderator to be appointed at some future time. Designed to be a low-volume, high-content group for distribution of information, regular postings (like the "where to find...", and "introduction to comp.sys.mac" documents, postings like virus alerts and other forms of information (product announcements? press releases?) to be determined. No changes: comp.sys.mac.programmer, comp.sys.mac.digest, comp.sys.mac.hardware, comp.sys.mac.hypercard. -- Chuq Von Rospach <+> chuq@apple.com <+> [This is myself speaking] All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil -- Shelley