From: bill@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: RFD: rec.outdoors.orienteering
Date: 29 Jan 93 10:01:47 +1300
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

>Subject: RFD: rec.outdoors.orienteering
>Message-ID: <1jvvq3INNeqk@rodan.UU.NET>
>From: PTomblin@gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
>Date: 20 Jan 1993 19:21:01 -0500
>
>This is a formal request for discussion (RFD) of the creation of a
>newsgroup specifically for Orienteering.
>
>Orienteering is a competitive and recreational sport involving navigating
                                                *****
>using map and compass.  Some of the variations of the sport are:
                                                       *****
>    `classic' - point to point with no set course, but points must be
>                taken in order (timed - fastest time wins)
>    `short-O' - like classic, but over sprint distances
>    `ski-O'   - On cross country skis
>    `night-O' - At night
>    `score'   - Points are worth different point values, and can be taken in
>                any order. (most points within the time limit wins)
>    `rogaine' - Like score, but over a much longer time span and distance.
>This sport is currently enjoyed by millions of people around the world.
      *****
>Orienteering maps are produced especially for the sport, and have very
                                                   *****
>intricate detail not found on other types of maps, and high standards of
>cartography.

<stuff deleted>

>-- 
>Paul Tomblin, pt@compass.gvc.com (Not an official spokesman, blah, blah...)
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>"Engineers aren't as smart as they like to be told they are." - told to me
> by Heather Killam the co-op.  (It sounded funnier after a lot of beer!)


!Subject: Re: RFD: rec.outdoors.orienteering
!Message-ID: <1993Jan21.142539.5142@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
!From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr)
!Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:25:39 GMT
!
!I support rec.*.orienteering, but I feel the name should be
!rec.sport.orienteering.  Orienteering is a sport.

I agree. Orienteering is definitely a sport. Much of the discussion
occuring in the mailing list concerns the sport of orienteering,
and has little to do with being in the outdoors. The frequency of the
word "sport" in the original RFD message I've included above also seems
to agree with this.


*Subject: Current Status of USENET Newsgroup Proposals
*Message-ID: <1jvvq3INNeqk@rodan.UU.NET>
*From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
*Date: 25 Jan 1993 01:02:43 -0500
*
*>The groups listed below have been suggested in news.announce.newgroups,
*>with a Request for Discussion posted on the date indicated.  Proposals
*>stay in this list for one month, regardless of whether they are moved
*>to a vote.
*
*Group                             RFD   Group                             RFD
*======================================  ======================================
*rec.games.miniatures            21 Jan  rec.sport.orienteering          21 Jan

Does this mean that it is now agreed that the name of the newsgroup will be
called rec.sport.orienteering?

Bill Teahan
"I have never been lost but I will admit to being confused for several weeks."
-- Daniel Boone