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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!wupost!gumby!destroyer!terminator!news
From: pauls@icecreambar.css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
Subject: 386bsd -- The New Newsgroup
Message-ID: <1992Sep8.140141.10371@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
Keywords: newsgroup 386bsd news group
Sender: news@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Usenet Owner)
Reply-To: pauls@umich.edu
Organization: University of Michigan
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 14:01:41 GMT
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I'm getting just about anxious enough about having a 386bsd-only  
newsgroup(s) to do something about it.  It appears to me, and from some  
brief discussions with various other enthusiasts, that coordination is  
what is required for this effort, since there are plenty of supporters out  
there.

1. Is there currently any person or group of people attempting to  
coordinate another go at making a new newsgroup?

2. Do people think it might be appropriate to do a single mass-mailing to  
all people who have expressed interest in a new newsgroup when we are  
ready to go for a vote (ie, to draw them back to the group if they happen  
to be reading infrequently)?  I assume that such an effort would greatly  
benefit those who tend to show up only when they have problems.

I'm willing to contribute some effort to this.  In the interest of not  
duplicating anyone's work, I'd like to hear what's already being done on  
this front.

Paul Southworth
<not speaking for>
Consulting & Support Services
Information Technology Division
University of Michigan