🚀 go-pugleaf

Richard H. Miller (rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu) wrote:
: Which guidelines are these? You are simply proposing to add a gateway to
: an existing news group on the USENET side. As far as USENET is concerned,
: since you did ask and got no objection from the USENET side, it has the 
: same effect as adding another site which participates in USENET. The USENET
: vote is only to add a news group to USENET, adding gateways to existing
: groups is outside of our guidelines. 

I was referring to the guidelines posted in bit.admin. Specifically it
states:

> 2.  Get the approval of the Listserv list readers. This could be done
>     somewhat informally  by posting to  the list and asking  if there
>     are objections.  If the  issue was  controversial, a  formal vote
>     should be held according to the same guidelines as for creating a
>     new Usenet group. If there was no major dissenting opinion a vote
>     will not be needed.

I think I will have to let the idea of a gateway fall through as too
many people who participate in the mailing list seem to think of it as
a bad idea.

Anyway, Thanks a lot
surendar