From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Voting for ballot is under way;
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 05:52:08 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

retief@iastate.edu (Jim Miller) writes:

- In <lfitghINN26j@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> clay@hydra2f.cs.utk.edu (Clay Breshears)
-
- Sorry I haven't spoken up on this earlier, I just found out about it
- today. 8-)
-
- )Just a few questions concerning the need for the following ballot vote.
-
- )|>    b)  Merge both Jim Miller, James Arstrong JR. and Frank Durda's Episod
- )|>        Guide
-
- I've already decided to stop posting mine, if anyone asks for one I
- can still send it out tho.  I never did maintain it except for simple
- typo corrections.
-
  Just for clarification, I was thinking that one almagamated one, given all
the
 episode guides we have, should be sufficient.
-
- )|>    AS well as
- )|>        i) Listing the Planets that the Doctor Who has visited.
- )|>        ii) And pardon the ignorance on this one, include actors, producer
- )|>            and special guests that have appeared on an episode.
- )|>    c)  List also the Model of TARDISes that are active.
- )|>    d)  Pardon ignorance again, include the DW Movies.
- )|>    e)  Official British contact to CONFIRM the lastest news from
- )|>        the BBC, Doctor Who monthly, Dreamwatch Bulletin, and other
- )|>        publications.
- )|>    f)  Biographies of Doctors, some description  of villains, companions
- )|>        and Timelords.
- )|>    g) A timeline for the show.
- )|>    h) A List of Doctor who novels.
- )|>    The above to be MONTHLY publications.
-
- This(the above) seems to me to be a most incredible amount of bandwidth waste
- and I for one won't even consider posting, let alone maintaining this
- list.


-
- )Also, the sheer volume of this (and non-usefulness to anyone that has alread
- )seen it once), suggests to me that monthly is too often, especially if they
- )are available via FTP.  Posting 3-4 times a year should be plenty.  Best to
- )correspond to new semesters and quarters starting around the world.
-
- On this I'll agree some, but then if all of this stuff and statistic
- anaylasis of favorite whatever polls are reposted everytime someone
- new wants to discuss it we won't have anything to discuss anymore.

  Point of information:  there are 2 sorting of posting in this group:
informational and discusional.  What I am proposing is informational.
The idea for a spin-off newsgroup
at the last minute as I did consider the "waste
of broadcast space" argument.
-
- )|>   Let us as readers of r.a.dw carefully consider the above resolution.
-
- If anyone really WANTS to start a moderated group _I_ certainly shan't
- try to stop them, but I won't moderate it.  I would be willing to pass
- the keeper of the list responsablity on to the moderator tho.
-
- Voting No,

  If the idea of a moderated group come, and put to the vote, I am
automatically out as moderator.  anyways, let the readers decide.

- --
- Jim Miller <retief@iastate.edu>  IowaStateUniversity.  ComS Jr.
- "Wait a minute, you expect me to THINK?!" -Me, during a(ny) test.


Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
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