Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!whuxle!akgua!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.news.group Subject: Re: ***** net.insurance ??? ***** (reposting) Message-ID: <10337@gatech.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 02:46:30 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.10337 Posted: Thu Sep 27 02:46:30 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 06:06:54 EDT References: <600002@okstate.UUCP> <289@cca.UUCP> <10297@gatech.UUCP> Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech Lines: 27 [This is a reposting. Many sites "downstream" of amd and dual received the first version of this in a severely truncated form. --gene] Discussion about the creation of a new newsgroup should be conducted in the "net.news.group" newsgroup. If you are going to continue this discussion, please at least include the net.news.group audience. We really don't need a net.insurance. If you want to talk about insurance, discuss it in net.consumers or net.misc. If the volume over time appears to justify a separate newsgroup, then we can always create one. Newsgroups are like pregnancies. They aren't too difficult to start (and it's often done with enthusiasm and fanfare), but after a few months when no one wants them anymore, a great hue and cry is raised if anyone tries to terminate them. In both cases, we should think a bit more before we act. (Comments about my analogy should be directed to net.abortion :-) -- Off the Wall of Gene Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Phone: (404) 894-6169, (404) 894-6170 [messages] CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!spaf ...!{rlgvax,sb1,seismo,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!spaf