freeptos@mips.UUCP (Dan Freitas) (10/12/87)
HISTORY:
Recently a radio-control-flying "mail-group" was established. This
group was set up for a few reasons. For one, a NEWS-group for R/C
enthusiasts does not exist. The alternative, posting to rec.aviation,
has not been well received in the past by the rec.aviation subscribers.
R/C flying subjects are simply too different from full scale flying
subjects. From what I have seen in the initial R/C-mailer activity,
posting to rec.aviation could easily increase it's load by 30%. Given
that the R/C subject matter is not relevant to full-scale flying about
90% of the time, and noting how loaded the rec.aviation group already
is, I don't think merging the groups would be reasonable.
So why am I trying to get an official news-group started? For one,
the host-machine is gone; the gentleman who has been managing the
mailer left the company. Also, using the mail system for a news-group
is just too much to manage for large numbers of subscribers.
There definitely is interest in such a group. There are over 30 people
that used the mailer in it's couple-month lifetime. These people are
located all across the US (NY,NC,MA,CA,CO,TX) and into Canada.
PROPOSAL:
I would like to get a new news-group created, rec.RC, that would
address the subject of RC modeling. Topics would be focused on all
aspects of RC modeling (building, flying, driving, sailing, etc).
REQUEST:
I am gathering responses regarding the creation of "rec.RC".
Please send me your thoughts, for or against, such a group.
Thank you,
Dan Freitas
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