Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!cosell.bbn.com!cosell From: cosell@cosell.bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: rec.nature.birds? Message-ID: <19021@bbn.COM> Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 15:34:22 EST Article-I.D.: bbn.19021 Posted: Sun Dec 6 15:34:22 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Dec-87 06:42:22 EST Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: cosell@bbn.com.UUCP (Bernie Cosell) Organization: BBN Laboratories Incorporated, Cambridge, MA Lines: 28 I'd like to clarify the newsgroup topic confusion a bit. Note that it is as much as an "intrusion" for the bird-breeders and rec.pets refugees to barge in as it is the general "nature" folk. To be sure this group is pretty underused for its original (presumably duly voted-on) purpose, but that's not the issue. Considering the bent of many of us, and considering the *actual* stated purpose of the group, I'd like to propose that we change the name of this group to: rec.nature.birds This will both unmuddy the waters, and will also give us an obvious path to starting a NEW newsgroup just "rec.nature". I talked to a local net-guru and apparently this is a fairly easy affair: changing the name of a newsgroup is basically a private affair among the readers of the newsgroup. *somehow* (he didn't give any clear rule), the newsgroup readers come to a consensus to change the name, and then you just send a suitable message to a REAL net-guru who will effect the newsgroup name change. I'll be happy to collect votes if this seems to be a reasonable plan. /Bernie\ Bernie Cosell Internet: cosell@bbn.com Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc USENET: bbn.com!cosell Cambridge, MA 02238 Telco: (617) 873-3503