[comp.sys.handhelds] Alt.sys.hp48

bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson) (05/24/91)

   If anyone else is tired to death with the latest round of nonsense
in comp.sys.handhelds, drop me a line if you like to support
alt.sys.hp48. I will create it if more than 25 people respond
favorably. Don't post follow-ups to comp.sys.handhelds as they won't
be read by me; I have unsubscribed for the foreseeable future.

   Alt.sys.hp48, if approved by 25 or more favorable replies (negative
replies and flames will be forwarded to the bitbucket), will be
dedicated to the discussion of any and all topics related to the HP-48
line of products from Hewlett-Packard.  This currently includes the
HP-48S, the HP-48SX, and peripherals. The newsgroup will have no
moderation. Remember, a newsgroup is what its readership makes it to
be!

   I understand that not all sites carry the `alt' branch; perhaps
this measure will help inspire the net.clowns to actually stop talking
and instead actually decide upon a `comp' newsgroup name for the HP-48
newsgroup. Any such group will replace alt.sys.hp48. If after this
round of voting there is no HP-48 product line newsgroup, then I will
announce an RFD to discuss the proper naming, followed by a call for
vote.

   I will summarize replies to this poll in alt.sys.hp48 should it
pass the threshold.

						-- Jan Brittenson
						   bson@ai.mit.edu

GHGALAN@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be (VODDERIE WIM) (05/28/91)

Let's have alt.sys.hp48 |

CW%APG.PH.UCL.AC.UK@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (06/24/91)

          Dear all,

        I feel impelled to write because I think that some steam-rolling
    is going on!!!! Jan, I can not recieve newsgroup information and so
    can not access your group even if I really wanted (which I do!). Chris
    (the person who put forward the proposal for the new groups), I am
    not trying to be obstructive but because I do not have access to newsgroups
    I do not know when it is alright to vote!!! This is serious!!! I do not
    want to waste my vote!!!! It seems to me that Jan and Chris have assumed
    that the only way people acces c.s.h is via newsgrops which is plainly
    not true. I am not annoyed with them personally, but I am annoyed
    (selfishly?) that I am excluded from vital (?) information. I wish
    to second the questions about what happens to c.s.h and its derivatives
   when they become official newsgroups too. Will I lose access to them as well?
   THESE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED. WE DO NOT ALL USE NEWSGROUPO

        Just my 3 nybbles

          Conrad