🚀 go-pugleaf

Darlene Moore wrote:
 
> I was recently watching carleton.general but got tired of the
> censorship discussion and all the yelling, so unsubscribed.  I was
> also watching ott.general and was tired of seeing the same
> conversation as on carleton.general, so unsubscribed.  Surely we don't
> need another forum to cross post to?
> 
> I agree that Carleton issues rarely affect general Ottawa, and if one
> wants to become involved, they can get a freenet account...

This would be a terrific idea if 95% of the world's population lived in
Ottawa, but they don't.

The notion behind the proposal it very simple. Carelton does not want
the rest of the world posting on carleton.general. There are people all
over the world interested in Carleton-specific issues. Give them an
arena for these discussions
outside the control of Carleton.

One need not worry about cross-posting to carleton.general.
If the ng is configured as described by administrators, it will not
accept a post from outside its domain. If it is, it'll just get
cancelled anyway.

The forum also provides student access to outside feedback, something
they will not get if carelton.general is configured for local
distribution.

Mike