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>CL>Normal process for can.* groups is to post expressions of interest _here_.
>CL>But there's been very little.

>        Don't underestimate the support for CAN.REC.NATURIST.  If you
>expect the numbers that they get in the states when showing support
>for a new newsgroup, don't.  They have 10 times the population and
>perhaps 20 times (my assumption here) more people on the net than in Canada,
>therefore 1 Canadian post in support of CAN.REC.NATURIST is equivalent
>to seeing 10 to 20 posts from Americans supporting some other new group.

CL>At the time I made that comment, there had been precisely two people
CL>expressing interest.  That's virtually non-existant interest.

CL>I guage interest for can.rec.naturist compared to interest shown for
CL>previous groups _in_ can.*.  So the American/Canadian comment is bogus.

        First of all,  who are you Chris?  What is your role here and
is it official or unofficial?  Exactly, in detail, how do you assess
support?  Are you the only one in Canada I have to work with?  I am
looking for someone who is friendly and supportive and who wants to be
very helpful.

CL>So far, even with the minor flurry after my posting, there hasn't been
CL>nearly enough.

        In my pre-RFD announcement in rec.nude...I did not ask anyone
to post messages here, only to make sure they could find CAN.CONFIG and
add it to their off-line mail packets.  At this time I have agreed to
wait until the soc.naturist.moderated has reached some sort of resolution.
We will probably need a moderated conference as well considering how
system operators of the internet are destroying their own newsgroups by
allowing 28% to 100% OFF-TOPIC X-posts to take over certain groups.
It seems that nothing can be done at your end except to create moderated
newsgroups to solve this terrible problem.  I would appreciate any
constructive suggestions.

CL>Don't waste your time and your support by diluting it with your "pre-RFD".
CL>Get your proposal lined up and propose it.

        Sorry, I'm not going to play your game...and not get enough support
lined up, and then have the proposal fail...that's a waste of my time.
Many people, who have read rec.nude have given up reading it...those people
are the ones I have to find and it's going to take a little time.  If
you are impatient, that's your problem.  I'm not going to let anyone push
me around.  I'm 47 years old and I expect a little respect!


>        What are you doing to promote naturism?

CL>And the purpose of this question is?

        Since you did not identify your role here, I assumed you had a
personal interest in this proposal.  Sorry for the confusion. :)

Dave Fleming (member FCN, Glen Echo Park near Toronto)
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