ebstokes@maxwell.crd.ge.com (12/17/90)
The discussion period is over, and the voting begins. Thanks to everyone who had comments. Responses were generally favorable. Some of you already sent "votes", however according to net guidelines, you may vote only during the voting period, which starts today (December 12, 1990) and ends 21 days from today. Voting instructions are as follows: 1 - To vote FOR creation of sci.optics, email the following text to ebstokes@maxwell.crd.ge.com: "I vote for creation of sci.optics" 2 - To vote AGAINST creation of sci.optics, email the following text to ebstokes@maxwell.crd.ge.com: "I vote against creation of sci.optics" Please respond ASAP if you're interested. The original call for discussion is posted below, for reference. The group, if created, will be multidisciplinary. > *** CALL FOR DISCUSSION *** (November 12, 1990) > > I hereby propose creation of a new newsgroup devoted exclusively to > scientific discussions of optical phenomena including, but not > limited to, fiber optics, optical computing, optical and laser > spectroscopy, and laser physics. I further propose that this group > not be moderated. Finally, I propose that the name of the new > group be "sci.optics".