🚀 go-pugleaf

I believe that there is a need to proliferate the ieee.xxxxx 
newsgroups.  

The following ieee. newsgroups exist:

     ieee.announce
     ieee.config
     ieee.general
     ieee.pcnfs
     ieee.region1 (there is a threat to delete this one)

However, as pointed out to me at IEEE headquarters there is 
virtually no traffic on these boards.  

Yet the IEEE has 250,000+ members in the United States alone and 
over 300,000 members worldwide.  Don't we need a forum to talk?

For my particular interests, I would like to see the following 
established:

     ieee.region6
     ieee.region6.PACE
     ieee.sfba_calendar
     ieee.PACE_Reg_Act_Comm

and I would like to see similar newsgroups for the other regions, 
sections, councils, divisions, societies, and chapters.

There is reluctance on the part of headquarters to establish more 
newsgroups because the ones we have now are not used.  It was 
suggested that I put all my postings on ieee.general.  

Therefore, that's exactly what I am going to do.  And I encourage 
others to do likewise.  If we establish enough traffic, we'll get 
all the specialized newsgroups we need.

I will head my postings ieee.region6, ieee.region6.PACE, etc. if 
I think they should have their own newsgroup.  That also will 
allow users of the newsgroup to exercise some selectivity.  

I encourage others to do likewise.

Ok, Let's get started!


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Wayne E. Amacher                            408-732-0810 (H)    
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IEEE PACE Regional Activities Committee Chairman,
IEEE Region 6 PACE Coordinator,   IEEE Region 6 Email Coordinator
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