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In article <483b6c$44d@cynic.portal.ca>, curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) wrote:

> In article <4831rl$3q1@milo.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>,
> Gordon Fecyk <gordonf@opus.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca> wrote:
> 
> >I'm reading stuff about BC Transit in The Province every other day, and I 
> >have personal comments about them as well.  I'm sure that, in other cities 
> >like Victoria and even in the Okanagan, they have coments about this 
> >provincial government organization.  It's time for a newsgroup.
> 
> I think it would be a good idea to have such a group as well.
> 
> There's no formal procedure for creating bc.* newsgroups. Basically
> if a lot of people speak up enough, eventually the news admins will
> get around to adding it.

As an employee of BC Transit, I often post responses to articles (not on
behalf of the corporation, but by my own experience) and comments relating
to the transit system.  There are several other users who are employees
who do likewise.

If there were a specific newsgroup devoted to BCT, I can say without much
qualification that all of us (employees) would avoid it like the plague. 
If people like Gordon have observations or complaints, we'd all like to
hear them in a local "general" forum, and be able to hear constructive
obseravtions (good and bad) there.  However after reading his ravings
about his being tossed off the Skytrain for violating the rules, I don't
think anything constructive would ever be accomplished by posting them in
an issue specific group.  

A similar case could be made for an Internet Direct newsgroup like
internet.direct.ripoff.anti-consumer or something to that effect.  The
constant complaints would soon become boring and the group would soon
become home to only those with zero social abilities elsewhere.

Just my input.

George

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