From mshephrd Sent Sat, Oct 18th 1997, 03:17
From mshephrd Sent Sat, Oct 18th 1997, 03:17
All interested parties, please support this and get actively involved! I'm forwarding an original message from Jack <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>. Please email him for any further information. Thank you. ********* and now my manifesto.... :-) > **** Ae fans, support your new newsgroup's creation!! Write!! **** > > 10/17/97 > > I am hereby announcing that I am writing a proposal, to be posted on > ALT.CONFIG for discussion, for a new newsgroup: ALT.MUSIC.AUTECHRE. The > idea was first brought up here by someone who I don't remember, weeks > ago, and there was some interest. If you are an AE fan and you're > interested in having your own newsgroup for all things Autechre, please > reply to this message and to alt.config according to the below > information!!!! > > Apparently the newsgroup creation process is tricky. First, someone must > officially propose the new group with a message on alt.config, and allow > a period for discussion. If people object, we must respond calmly and > rationally: a flame war will probably end our chances of having the > group. > > I have decided to write a *charter* for alt.music.autechre; a charter is > an explanation and justification of the new group's purpose and subject > matter, in a few paragraphs. We must also show evidence of interest. So > please, tell me in a few words why you think we should have an AE > newsgroup, and how much you would LOOVE it! And I will incorporate this > into a charter message, a proposal to be submitted to alt.config > sometime before the end of October. > > The next step, if response is good on alt.config, is to send a control > message, which is a special news message that creates a newsgroup. If > this is done before we discuss it and are 'approved' on alt.config, it > will likely just be erased and we'd start all over again. The discussion > is essential, so that news admins all over the world know that we want > our Autechre!! > > So if you are willing, and able to donate 5 mins to respond to this post > with ideas and later to post to alt.config, we will have our own > Autechre newsgroup before you know it!!! > > I would also be willing to put together/collaborate on a FAQ for the > newsgroup, if there is not already an official one. > Please let me know what you think!! Jack <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>