Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site isis.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!nbires!isis!aburt From: aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Mod.projects.software Message-ID: <139@isis.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:29:46 EDT Article-I.D.: isis.139 Posted: Sun Aug 18 01:29:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:39:29 EDT Reply-To: aburt@isis.UUCP (Andrew Burt) Organization: University of Denver Math and Computer Science Lines: 40 So far I've had roughly 20 responses to the idea for net.software projects, all positive. (If not skeptical, but only time will tell.) Several valid points were raised, which leads me to modify my proposal as follows. 1. Make it ...projects.software -- for later expansion. 2. Make it moderated -- this will restrict followups to only those that make sense, others will be directed to the 'managers' of projects (those who sent them originally). Regarding the point that not everyone knows how to handle being a manager, and coordinating N interested parties: If this is the case, I would encourage that person to send all the replies to the moderator with a request for help. (So this makes it mod.projects.software.) 3. The legality of all this. As I see it, the group would be no worse than the classified ads. What people discuss over mail once they get together is their own matter. Given all this, and that I am going on vacation until 9/5, I will gather replies until I return. Then, if there appears to be sufficient interest and no significant problems, I will create the group mod.projects.software. I'll also act as moderator, unless anyone has any other nominees. Andrew -- Andrew Burt University of Denver Department of Math and Computer Science UUCP: {hao!udenva, nbires}!isis!aburt CSNet: aburt@UDENVER (NOT udenva, as above...) ARPA: aburt%udenver.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa