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- From: matt@physics2.berkeley.edu (Matt Austern)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics,news.groups,sci.misc
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: proposed panel of moderators
- Date: 8 Jan 93 22:36:32
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Theoretical Physics Group)
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- References: <1iin29INN7a9@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1993Jan8.160818.19578@galois.mit.edu>
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- <1993Jan8.212715.21449@galois.mit.edu>
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- In-reply-to: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu's message of Fri, 8 Jan 93 21:27:15 GMT
-
- In article <1993Jan8.212715.21449@galois.mit.edu> jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes:
-
- > In article <1993Jan8.171134.29230@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> andre@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Andre Roberge) writes:
- > >Presuming that people criticising the proposed panel of moderators are
- > >in favour of creating sci.physics.research, why not try to proceed as
- > >fast as possible to create such a group, give a chance to the proposed
- > >moderators to prove their worth as such and see what happen?...
- >
- > I think we are proceeding as fast as possible. Presumably Austern will
- > call for a vote any minute now.
-
- Within the week, probably, but most likely not "any minute."
-
- The guidelines for creating a newsgroup specify a minimum length of
- time for a discussion period before a vote on newsgroup creation is
- taken; however, they don't specify a maximum. The clear intent is
- that all important issues should be discussed and, to the extent
- possible, resolved, before the vote.
-
- The discussion was quiet for a while, but it has become much more
- animated in the last couple of days. In my opinion, it would be
- premature to take a vote quite yet: there are still some questions
- that haven't been fully threshed out yet. I hope that we can achieve
- something close enough to a consensus so that I can send out an
- official call for votes some time next week.
-
- [Oh, and for people who are getting frustrated with how long this
- whole process is taking, all I can do is apologize. The newsgroup
- creation process was deliberately made slow and cumbersome.]
-
- --
- Matthew Austern Just keep yelling until you attract a
- (510) 644-2618 crowd, then a constituency, a movement, a
- austern@lbl.bitnet faction, an army! If you don't have any
- matt@physics.berkeley.edu solutions, become a part of the problem!
-