Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!ut-sally!riddle From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Before anybody creates net.mensa... Message-ID: <328@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 19:24:50 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.328 Posted: Tue Nov 27 19:24:50 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 06:01:34 EST References: <146@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: U. of Tx. at Houston-in-the-Hills Lines: 20 I'm a tad skeptical about the established need for a newsgroup for members of Mensa, but assuming for the moment that there is such a need: is there any good reason why it should be a top-level group? Assuming that we want to avoid more inconsistently named newsgroups like net.chess (which should be net.games.chess) and the various scientific groups that should belong to net.sci, wouldn't it be better to think ahead? If a newsgroup is created for members of Mensa, I suspect that members of other organizations will become interested in the same thing. If that is indeed a possibility, maybe we should create a heading to stick such newsgroups under. Net.orgs? Net.club? Net.grp? Or perhaps we could do as has been so often suggested and cannibalize net.social for this purpose. Personally, I think we should all consider net.mensa long and hard before we create it. The burden of proof, as always, rests on those proposing the new newsgroup. But if we do decide to go ahead with a Mensa newsgroup, I think we should consider equally hard that it probably won't be the last of its kind. --- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") --- {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle