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- From: mss1@cornell.edu (Michael S. Shappe)
- Newsgroups: news.groups,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.misc
- Subject: Rec.arts.startrek splits...a plea for patience
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- Date: 28 Jan 1993 16:48:43 GMT
- Organization: Cornell University
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- Folks, the varied discussions regarding splitting or re-reorganizing
- Rec.arts.startrek have turned into a babel of babble. It's time to take a
- deep breath and step back a second.
-
- There is only one Formal Proposal on the table -- to create
- Rec.arts.startrek.reviews. I won't go into the details of the proposal, as
- they've been beaten up thoroughly already...but the point is that that is
- the only RFD'd proposal.
-
- Therefore, NO OTHER DISCUSSION OF REORGANIZING THE TREK GROUPS BELONGS ON
- NEWS.GROUPS. News.groups is for the discussion of proposals for which a
- Request For Discussion has been posted and a formal proposal floated.
-
- There has been no formal Request For Discussion regarding any of the three
- or four different schemes I've seen so far to split
- rec.arts.startrek.current, and in my opinion, there SHOULD NOT BE until the
- .reviews issue is dealt with.
-
- Waiting for .reviews to go through the whole process, including the Call
- for Votes, will also allow people to cool off, think seriously about what,
- if any split, is REALLY needed (it's far too early to be able to tell, I
- think), and come up with a solid proposal.
-
- Let's deal with one thing at a time. The .current volume is NOT an
- emergency right now. (Neither is the creation of a .reviews group, but
- that's the proposal that's on the floor). While I recognize that it MIGHT
- become one now that both DS9 and TNG have new stories on at the same time,
- we need to deal with these things in a more orderly manner than we
- currently (no pun intended) are.
-
- Uncle Mikey
-