From: jfurr@vtssi.vt.edu (Joel Furr)
Subject: CFV: rec.games.mud.logs, rec.games.mud.fiction and associated discuss
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:56:25 GMT

The following is a formal Call For Votes on four new newsgroups, or more
specifically, on two pairs of newsgroups and their nominated moderators.

The pairs of newsgroups are as follows:

rec.games.mud.logs (moderated) and rec.games.mud.logs.d
rec.games.mud.fiction (moderated) and rec.games.mud.fiction.d

The *.logs groups will be a place for posting of logs and discussion of logs
of adventure, activity, parties, hatchings, tinymarriages, trials, etc. on
tiny, diku, lp, aber, etc. etc. etc. muds, and the *.fiction groups will be a
place for posting of fiction and discussion of fiction based upon mud situa-
tions, themes, and characters.

In the initial Call for Discussion I nominated Jim Miller (jgm@ais.org) for
the moderatorship of rec.games.mud.logs.  However, a brief attempt was made to
nominate Hurin as an alternate choice of moderator.  However, Hurin refused to
give me an email address or to actually show any interest whatsoever in
moderating the group so I have to assume that he's not interested.  Hence Jim
Miller will be moderator of rec.games.mud.logs should it pass.

My original nominee for the moderatorship of rec.games.mud.fiction, David
West, declined the nomination.  An alternate nominee, Josette Paws
(tankgirl@acca.nmsu.edu) has accepted the nomination and will serve as
moderator of rec.games.mud.fiction should it pass.  

Despite the well-taken point that anyone who has a log not approved for
posting by Jim Miller can always go post it somewhere else, this is true of
*any* moderated newsgroup.  The point of having moderated newsgroups is not to
stifle postings that do not fit the charter of the newsgroup but rather to
provide a place where you *know* that everything posted will be in a specific
vein.  The discussion groups will serve much the same purpose; if you wish to
read the logs and fiction and avoid the discussion you can simply not sub-
scribe.

These two pairs of newsgroups are proposed as additions to the rec.games.mud.*
hierarchy, which presently includes: 

rec.games.mud.misc        discussion of muds in general, etc.
rec.games.mud.lp          discussion of lp-muds (combat and adventure)
rec.games.mud.diku        discussion of diku-muds (combat and adventure)
rec.games.mud.tiny        discussion of Tiny muds (socializing and building)
rec.games.mud.admin       discussion of mud administration
rec.games.mud.announce    moderated announcements regarding muds

For the benefit of those of you who don't MUD, MUD means Multi-User Dungeon,
although many MUDs do not have dungeons and aren't about combat.  Specifical-
ly, MUDs are virtual reality games on the Internet, in which characters meet,
fight, talk, adventure, build, program, etc.  

To vote on these newsgroups, send your votes to jfurr@vtssi.vt.edu between
midnight GMT on Tuesday, November 10, 1992 and midnight GMT Tuesday, December
8, 1992.  Your votes must be explicitly in favor or against each newsgroup.
Votes saying "yeah, go for it" or "no, this is crazy" will not be
accepted; you must specify your vote on groups separately, for example: 

I vote "yes" on rec.games.mud.logs and rec.games.mud.logs.d
I vote "no" on rec.games.mud.fiction and rec.games.mud.fiction.d

or:

I vote "yes" on rec.games.mud.logs
I vote "no" on rec.games.mud.logs.d
I vote "yes" on rec.games.mud.fiction
I vote "yes" on rec.games.mud.fiction.d

Again, send votes to jfurr@vtssi.vt.edu between midnight GMT on Tuesday,
November 10, 1992 and midnight GMT Tuesday, December 8, 1992.
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix,comp.os.bsd