erotica@telly.on.ca (rec.arts.erotica votelist) (02/04/90)
This is a call for votes for the newsgroup rec.arts.erotica.
There has already been a discussion period started in December. Since
then, I have seen many pieces of e-mail and followups in favour of the
proposal, and only one in opposition. The opposition was from the sysadmin
of a site whose management would not allow a group name with the word
'erotica' in it, not matter where it went in the hierarchy.
MECHANICS:
The vote will last 30 days, From February 5 to March 4.
MAIL your vote to this address: erotica@telly.on.ca
or: uunet!attcan!telly!erotica
or just (r)eply to this posting.
Please state in the subject line if you are voting YES or NO.
Posted votes will not be counted. Individual votes will not be
acknowledged, though I will post a mass receipt partway through
the voting period.
At the end of the voting period I will post the result of the vote and a
list of received votes. If the YES vote both exceeds the NO vote by 100
and exceeds two-thirds of the total, I will ask for the group to be
created and the appropriate moderation pointers to be set up.
CHARTER:
The intent of this newsgroup is to be a forum for people to post:
- original fiction of a sexual nature
- reviews, lists, bibliographies, pointers, etc. to such materials
available elsewhere.
The group is to be moderated, by myself, Evan Leibovitch, evan@telly.on.ca.
(If someone else really wants it you can have it...)
Moderation is intended ONLY for the purpose of making sure that
postings here fit the above criteria. Postings to discuss anything posted
here, or requests for repostings, are beyond the intent of this charter.
It is the poster alone who is responsible for ensuring that posted work
is either original, in the public domain, or presented with the
permission of the original author - I have no intent on verifying
originality.
I will not edit submissions. The only thing I may contribute to the
postings are some keywords or extra description on the subject line,
if appropriate. Postings will not be rot13'd, but a monthly reminder
will be posted explaining the nature of the group.
ANONYMOUS POSTINGS POLICY:
Anonymous postings will not be accepted. People may make submissions
requesting anonymity, but must include a real name and return e-mail
path to me for verification. Postings requesting anonymity will be
verified by e-mail before being sent out.
My own preference is to discourage anonymity, as I do not believe erotica
is something to be ashamed of either reading or writing. But, I understand,
not everyone (or their employers, friends, etc.) can cope with this.
COMPILATION COPYRIGHT:
None. At all. Ever. Any such rights are renounced by me at this time.
RATIONALE:
Erotica is a legitimate branch of literature. Presently, the only place
people may post this kind of material is alt.sex, which is overrun with
many subjects having little in common with erotic literature. There is
enough volume in alt.sex to justify spinning the pure erotica off into
its own group.
It may be naive to think that the net is mature enough to accept a
group dealing explicitly with sexual matters in mainstream Usenet (as
opposed to the alt hierarchy). However, I believe its time has come,
that the net is capable of dealing with a low-noise group of this nature.
It seems a bit absurd to me that the net can be such a safe forum for
religious flames, gay-bashing, racist jokes and the like, while still
considering erotica an issue not suitable for the conventional groups.
So much for my campaigning - that's the last you'll see of it. I hope
it is obvious by now that I am in favour of the group. Though I may
reply to e-mail, I will NOT participate in public discussions. I
would like to see this pass, but won't be forever bothered if it doesn't.