trent@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Used by permission) (01/02/90)
Following the discussion period which was called on December 17, 1989, this is a call for VOTES about the creation of a new newsgroup for Amiga hardware. The voting period will start immediately (which is some time on January 2nd, 1990) and continue through January 22nd, 1990. The name of the group is to be comp.sys.amiga.hardware; it is to be un-moderated. Rationale for the creation of this group is that the existing Amiga discussion groups have extremely high traffic, and that the largest unambiguously identifiable subtopic is that of hardware-related discussion. It is also noted that hardware discussions are currently often cross-posted to both comp.sys.amiga and comp.sys.amiga.tech because of confusion over which group they would be more appropriate to. It is hoped that the new group will help minimize cross-posting by clearing up this ambiguity. The proposed group's charter reads as follows: Purpose: discussion about Amiga computer hardware. Questions about the purchase of new hardware; problems with existing hardware; reviews of hardware products; modification and hacks of existing hardware; design of new hardware. Votes are being directed to a friend's account at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I will attempt to send confirmations of all votes; at the end of the voting period I will post a summary of votes received. Please send votes to one of the following addresses: trent@ucscb.ucsc.edu trent%ucscb@ucscc.bitnet uunet!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!trent Votes sent to other addresses from my signature MAY be counted and will certainly be replied to in an annoyed tone. [Votes are being directed to ucscb because A) it is more easily reached by poorly connected sites; B) gorn gets mail at 2400bps via UUCP, and it would be unfriendly to tie up a significant portion of its bandwidth for several days receiving votes.] Votes must be clear and unambiguous; "YES" or "NO" is fine, but "I think a hardware group is a good idea, but it should be called 'comp.sys.amiga.hw'" is a comment and doesn't count for anything. Thanks for your time and welcome to the 1990's! >Bela< Bela Lubkin * * // filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us CI$: 73047,1112 (slow) @ * * // belal@sco.com ..ucbvax!ucscc!{gorn!filbo,sco!belal} R Pentomino * \X/ Filbo @ Pyrzqxgl +408-476-4633 and XBBS +408-476-4945