From: tbooth@netcom.com (Todd Booth)
Subject: RFD: comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet
Followup-To: news.groups
Keywords: bridge, router, wellfleet, RFD
Organization: Wellfleet Communications, Inc
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:31:43 GMT

This is a formal Request for Discussion on the creation of a new newsgroup
called "comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet" (not moderated).

I forgot to include comp.protocols.tcp-ip in my initial broadcast so now I
will.  The original groups were:

Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,comp.dcom.lans.fddi,comp.dcom.lans.misc,comp.dcom.lans,comp.dcom.cell-relay,comp.dcom.lans.novell

This announcement is cross-posted to newsgroups whose readers may have 
interest in the discussion about the new group; follow-up discussion will
take place in "news.groups". Suggestions, comments or problems may also
be emailed to me at <tbooth@netcom.com or tbooth@wellfleet.com>.

REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION
----------------------

NEWSGROUP
  comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet (not moderated)

PURPOSE
  The newsgroup 'comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet' would be a forum for discussing 
  issues related to Wellfleet bridge and router systems hardware & software,
  interoperability with other products, and system configuration.

  It will NOT be a forum for forwarding sensitive information
  as e-mail and individual contact are for this purpose.

  It could be the best, and quickest way to exchange questions and
  answers, hints and tips on optimization, have contacts between users
  having common problems and maybe some common solutions.


RATIONALE

  Very often Wellfleet users receiving news and having questions don't know
  really where to post their questions in such a way that it could be
  answered by some other Wellfleet users.

  In the same way, people who could be able to answer the question are not
  necessarily inspecting all articles where Wellfleet is mentioned, such a 
  newsgroup will usually permit better follow-ups for Wellfleet issues.
  Users could discover lot of indirect Wellfleet matter accidentally in 
  comp.dcom.lans.{ethernet, fddi, misc...}.

  Wellfleet User Groups exist in the U.S. and Europe.
  Mailing lists have been going in the U.S and Europe for several years; 
  but this way of communicating is not particularly adequate for users
  of multi-recipient systems, i.e., each message is sent to each registered
  user, even on the same systems, moreover each user must ask to be
  explicitely registered.

  A newsgroup would permit all users of Wellfleet systems receiving the News
  to receive only one copy of each message and to share it potentially
  with all the users of the systems.

  This newsgroup could be a prolongation of each annual Wellfleet User Groups
  meetings, permitting not only to those (s)elected people having the chance
  to take part to these interesting reunions but also to more common users,
  students, researchers, etc... to share their experiences.

  In the era of communication, newsgroups are the easiest way to build 
  bridges across oceans and permitting of people with common interests
  to be part of an electronic community wherever they are located 
  in the world.


CONTENT

  Miscellaneaous
  - Wellfleet FAQ
  - jobs available
  - other events that concern Wellfleet systems and/or users


  Hardware
  - Wellfleet Nodes series
  - Wellfleet Backbone Node series
  - interfacing 3rd party products to Wellfleet systems

  Software
  - Public domain SNMP software for management of Wellfleet systems
  - Software releases discussion and announcements
  - Customization of network configurations for optimal performance

  System
  - Network integration
  - Multi-vendor compatibility
  - System tuning
  - Benchmarking and performance measurement


  System administration
  - Security
  - How to upgrade between releases
  - Remote upgrades

  This newsgroup will be in conjunction with the existing mailing lists
  to allow users who do not receive News to submit and receive newsgroup
  traffic and take part in the discussions.

NAME
  comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet seems to be the name fitting the most adequately 
  the purpose.

NOT MODERATED
  In order to have questions answered as fast as possible, this 
  newsgroup would not need to be moderated and indeed would most 
  probably be self-moderated.

NEWSGROUP CREATION
  The discussion period will be from November 10th, 1992 to December 2nd, 1992.
  Please post all discussion in news.group.
  If a consensus is reached by the end of the discussion period,
  a CFV (Call for Votes) will be posted at that time. The voting period
  will last for 21 days.

Thanks for your interest !

Todd Booth | Systems Engineer | Wellfleet Communications, Inc | 310 445-8840
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.os.os2.networking,comp.os.os2.programmer