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Re: newsgroup comp.sys.wearables

From: Pawel Wiechowski <>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:05:16 +0200

How do I vote?
I have never done this before but the newsgroup is a good idea
so I'd like to vote for it.

Thanks!

At 18:44 1998-04-13 +0000, you wrote:
>I agree that some commecial announcements should be allowed when they
>are directly relevant to the group and wearables, and have added the
>following line to the charter (but retaining the line prohibiting
>commericial posts) as follows:
>
>Commercial advertisements for wearable and related products and services 
>may be allowed at the human moderators' discretion, but will be
>generally 
>prohibited. 
>
>see:
<http://reg16.admin.rochester.edu/%7Emccarty/comp.sys.wearables.html>http://
reg16.admin.rochester.edu/~mccarty/comp.sys.wearables.html
>
>Let me know if this is contradictory, or if this sounds bad.
>
>Also, this is gonna sound pathetic, but I hope I can count on many of
>the wear-hard subscribers to approve this new newsgroup when it goes to
>vote.  I've been watching various other newsgroups and most of them fail
>not because there was any objection to the new groups, but because less
>than 100 people voted, and the 'yes' votes have to outpace the 'no'
>votes by 100 votes.  Also, If this doesn't pass there will be a
>moratorium on comp.sys.wearables for 6 months. :-\
>
>Thanks for any feedback on this proposal.
>-Paul
>
>Jason R. Pascucci wrote:
>> 
>> BTW, I would rethink commercial posting restrictions: I would like to know
>> about wearable new products on the market: Any way to distribute such
>> information should be encouraged.
>> 
>> I mention it to you because the posting hasn't made it to my news.groups
yet.
>> 
>> -JRP
>
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