Dave Balderstone said:

In article , Greg G.
wrote:

OTOH, I found a message that demonstrates the process involved in
'starting' a new Usenet group - in this case, rec.crafts.woodturning:

http://www.faqs.org/ftp/usenet/news....ts.woodturning

There is presently no procedure in place for creating a new group in
"The Big Eight" part of usenet. There is a committee that was formed in
the fall that has reached the point of agreeing on a procedure to deal
with making decisions within the committee, but nothing at all on group
creation.

Well, make that "demonstrates the process that WAS involved..."
Haven't followed it in years... but it sounds like the revised
procedures could end up committee'd to death. ;-o

Ahh.. for the good old days - when a decision could be made in a
weekend over a pizza and beer...



Greg G.