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On Sat, 31 May 1997 14:55:02 GMT, franber@arrakis.es wrote:

>Je la Thu, 29 May 1997 06:15:54 GMT, mailto:hkt@wwa.com (Henrietta
>Thomas) skribis:
>
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>>[snip]....
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>>Alt.* and the Big 8 are too crowded. Alt.* is too loose, and the Big 8 too
>>tight. I hope to create something somewhere in the middle between the
>>two extremes which will meet the needs of Americans not being served 
>>right now. This will take some time and effort, but I think it can be done.
>>Certainly, there is no harm in trying, and it just might do some good.
>>
> About this, which would be the master lines to create an us.* group?.
>
> It�s time to make concrete.

I am not sure what you mean by "master lines," but will assume you want
to know what I think might be the best way to create us.* newsgroups that
might be "in between" the procedures used for alt.* and the Big 8.

In 1995, the British set up a "fast track" newsgroup creation procedure,
which requires a formal proposal and discussion period, but does _not_
require voting unless a proposal is controversial. This apparently has
worked pretty well for them. The minimum discussion period is only ten
days, and if there are no objections, the group can be created rather
quickly after that. This is done by the person in charge of "control," 
who is appointed by an elected committee authorized to oversee 
newsgroup creation.

I would not try to copy the British system word-for-word for us.*, but I
_do_ think the basic ideas are good as an alternative to the procedures
used in alt.* and the Big 8.  You can get more information on this at the
British web sites. They have three main documents explaining their system
at the following URLs:

  GUIDELINES FOR GROUP CREATION WITHIN THE UK HIERARCHY
	<http://www.usenet.org.uk/guidelines.html>

<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/guidelines>
    VOTING PROCEDURES WITHIN THE UK HIERARCHY
	<http://www.usenet.org.uk/voting.html>
	<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/voting>
    THE UK USENET COMMITTEE
	<http://www.usenet.org.uk/committee.html>
	<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/news.answers/uk/committee>

Henrietta Thomas
hkt@wwa.com