mike@hcradm.UUCP (Mike Tilson) (04/11/86)
Recently I posted some information about the Usenix Association's call
for proposals to fund solutions to UUCP and/or USENET problems. Apparently
some people have gotten the mistaken notion that this request for
proposals was published because the Usenix Association had decided
to reject any further funding of the "Stargate" project, and therefore
we were looking for a replacement.
I would like to clear up this misconception. The Usenix Association
has been funding (at a quite modest level) the Stargate project as an
experiment. The part we have funded is now drawing to a close.
However, we are certainly open to a proposal to continue or expand
the Stargate project. In fact, we do expect to receive and consider
a Stargate proposal in the not too distant future. However, the Usenix
Association would definitely like to receive *other* proposals. We
would like to see some variety of ideas and approaches. We will then
make funding decisions based upon our best evaluation of the proposals
received. We may fund none, some, or all of the proposals received,
depending on our judgement of the value to our membership. But this
does *not* reflect a decision to "terminate" Stargate. Rather, we are
asking the question: "Where do we go from here?"
/ Michael Tilson
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