Xref: utzoo news.admin:3486 rec.arts.comics:9963 rec.arts.anime:1042 rec.arts.tv:6898 rec.arts.startrek:14749 talk.bizarre:19665 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!juniper!yelorose From: yelorose@juniper.uucp (Bob Mosley III) Newsgroups: news.admin,rec.arts.comics,rec.arts.anime,rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.startrek,talk.bizarre Subject: OFFICIAL Proposal for creation of Rec.Arts.Cartoons Keywords: cartoons, animation, tv Message-ID: <4808@juniper.uucp> Date: 22 Sep 88 23:54:07 GMT Organization: Austin UNIX Users' Group, Austin, TX Lines: 74 The following is an official proposal calling for the creation of a new Usenet newsgroup: Proposed Newsgroup: Rec.Arts.Cartoons Alternate titles: Rec.Arts.Saturday.Morning.Shows Rec.Arts.US.Cartoons Rec.Arts.US.Animation Rec.Arts.TV.Cartoons Topics of discussion: This newsgroup will focus on discussions concerning animation produced for american television, specifically that which is shown on Saturday mornings. Other expected topics include feature film animation, animated specials, and commercial advertisements, Claymation, Supermarionation/Puppetooning, and Xerography, all of which will generally be of American origin. Should support merit it, a monthly digest file will be created to suppliment discussions and to assist users with limited access time. Reasons for creation: In the opinion of many, the current animation mewsgroup, Rec.Arts.Anime, has become too constrictive and too centered upon animation from Japan (The "Jap Warrior Robot" shows), and that many discussions concerning American animation are discouraged in favor of the foreign works. While the high quality of the foreign works are indeed accepted and recognized, the need for a separate newsgroup dealing with "local" material has become necessary in order to prevent friction over nationalistic issues between subscribers, and to provide a more open and receptive forum of discussion. Deadline for votes: The closing date for votes will be October 31, 1988, with a 72 hour leeway period to account for net propagation. Results will be tabulated and posted first to News.Admin, then on all related newsgroups, and should be available by October 7th at the latest. Depending on the result of the vote, the proper admin members will then be requested to create a new newsgroup. Should the number of NEGATIVE votes exceed that of positive votes, then the request will be withdrawn. Votes should be sent via E-Mail to the following net address: {ames,utah-cs,rutgers} !cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!juniper!yelorose or do a UUPATH for: yelorose@juniper.UUCP Votes will be counted only if received via E-Mail, or if a voter cannot find an alternative path to this address, which does happen from time to time. Guidelines for Debate: ALL Discussions concerning the formation of the pro- posed newsgroup should be relegated to the following newsgroups: Rec.Arts.Comics Rec.Arts.TV Rec.Arts.Anime Rec.Arts.Startrek Under no circumstances should discussions on this topic take place on News.Admin. Any poster who does so will be disqualified from voting. ...again, the deadline for voting is October 31, 1988. Please follow the guidelines above while voicing your opinions. Thanks, and please be sure to vote. OM