Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!anise!pst
From: pst@anise.acc.com (Paul Traina)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: DISCUSSION - modification of charter for news.announce.newgroups
Message-ID: <1047@anise.acc.com>
Date: 13 Aug 89 18:46:16 GMT
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I disagree with Elliot.  Bionet/Alt/GNU are not part of USENET.  They have
their own rules and their own philosophy (well, bionet may follow usenet
rules for posting,  but it is under separate "management" (IMHO)).

Alt.config works reasonably well for alt.  GNU newsgroups are directly
tied to mailing lists and are established by one "authority".  I don't
see a particular pressing need for an universal announce group.  If it
turns out that alt or bionet, or gnu need such a mechanism, they will
create one within their own heirarchy.  Remember, if there are no messages
posted to it, it simply lies dormant and it's no extra work for those of
use that look at such a group.