welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty) (02/06/90)
Call for Discussion: rec.radio.misc this is by way of formalizing things ... we now have the beginnings of a rec.radio.* hierarchy; we do not, however, have a misc group. the absence of a misc group has a number of negative effects: everybody wants a niche group created even though traffic can't be shown inappropriate traffic bubbles up in the existing niche groups potentially reasonable radio discussions are orphaned i am proposing that rec.radio.misc be created, to provide a home for various topics such as radio programming, radio listening, etc. this group would give readers of rec.ham-radio.* and rec.radio.shortwave a place to point at for inappropriate articles, as well. in general, it seems a good way to vent off unproven niche-radio group proposals: ``why not use rec.radio.misc for a while and see if it flies''. discussion will go on at least until after i finish counting votes for soc.history; i'm not inclined to collect votes on two proposals at once. discussion should go on ONLY in news.groups, which is where followups to this article are directed. cheers, richard -- richard welty 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York welty@lewis.crd.ge.com ...!crdgw1!lewis.crd.ge.com!welty ``gee, you can hardly tell where the cat slept on the cake''