ber@gummo.UUCP (11/17/83)
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gummo!ber Nov 17 00:34:00 1983
Dear friends,
Do you sometimes feel a bit of regret when you unsubscribe
to a newsgroup. Do you say to yourselves, "Selves, it's too
bad we had to unsubscribe to that newsgroup, something interesting
may have come up again (and again and again ...)". Well friends,
I've said that to myself, I've said, "I hope one of my friends
will let me know if that newsgroup survives the discussion of
'defining intelligence', or 'my favorite song title'". On the
other hand, you may have enjoyed the debates of cosmology and
"missing" socks (I know I did). So if you want to put a newsgroup
out of site, yet you want to stay in touch, then reach out, I'll
be there with ... (raise your hand if you know the lyrics)
A new moderated newsgroup is forming which will post articles
summarizing the major activity in each newsgroup which is read
by contributors. Weekly postings will suffice, but monthly
may be more realistic. Summaries will be brief, possibly sarcastic,
and of course abusive.
If you would like to review one or several newsgroups that you
read faithfully, send summaries for the last week to month of
those newsgroups to:
"I'll do it"
RD 1 Box 722
Augusta, NJ 07822
-or-
allegra!ber
If this thing actually gets off the ground, many people
have suggested that it be named mod.ber which is obviously
acronymic of Blithe Electronic Reviewdave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (11/20/83)
Posting summaries once a months will be kind of useless, since
articles over two weeks old will have disappeared by the time
someone finds out he wants to read them. I think it's a great idea,
though, and should be done about weekly.
Summaries should be SHORT, and should not do more than give a
bare summary of what has been going on. The interested reader
can of course refer to the group in question.
Dave Sherman
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