🚀 go-pugleaf

Obviously one purpose of the newsgroup
could be to allow people to do what
Bernie has suggested. Alexandria-related
Web sites of all kinds could link to
the group. I don't see the newsgroup itself--
at least the main one--as an ad vehicle. 
But, hey, I'm all in favor of net.commerce,
especially the kind that Bernie envisions
at the local level. I myself don't think any
votes would be necessarily. Commercial
sites could just go ahead and link. The
newsgroup would add to their value. And
of course people with commercial sites
could mention them in .sigs in the usual
messages posted to the main group. Just
my opinion. Eventually we could start
separate "for sale" and "biz" groups if
the traffic justified it.

My own read on Digital City Washington:

It shows the need for a local newsgroup to
avoid having the propriety model prevail.
I want Alexandrians on AOL, CapAccess,
ClarkNet, etc., to be able to talk to each
other. Hey, Alexandria is a real city, not
just a neighborhood. We need this 
communications opportunity.

David Rothman | rothman@clark.net


Bernhard Schopper <webweave@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Now that AOL is starting Digital City Washington, why not create also 
>Digital City Alexandria.
>If that idea catches on, there could be a commercial bonanza from all 
>those cash-rich merchants having a novel way to advertise.
>The va.alexandria newsgroup could be linked to that site.
>
>Any votes?
>
>Bernie
>
>http://www.cais.com/webweave/webweave.htm
>