From: bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick)
Newsgroups: alt.child-support,alt.dads-rights,alt.config
Subject: Re: Truly Amazing Discovery!
Summary: Will Steeves offers to host a paternity group
Keywords: New moderated paternity group
Date: 29 Aug 92 17:46:20 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA

woody@wolves.uucp (Woody Muller) writes:

> In <717@dogear.spk.wa.us> root@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) writes:
> 
> >        I placed a post in alt.config two weeks ago that
> >spoke of Mr. Steeves willingness, and it got a single negative response,
> 
> It's customary on Usenet to crosspost between (news.groups or alt.config)
> and the newsgroup or groups which will be most effected by the proposed
> addition or change.  
> 
> Perhaps we should give the Steeves discussion another go, this time
> cross-posted to alt.child-support and alt.dads-rights -- where the likely
> contributors to this new group dwell.  Or, since this *is* alt after all,
> just go ahead and post the newgroup message.
> 

Hi Woody:

The message was posted in alt.config, and also discussed here. However,
your point is a good one --let's see if we can follow your suggestion.

For those who missed out for one reason or another: Discussion is underway
for the creation of an alt.group that deals in paternity issues. (Do not
confuse this with the RFD underway for misc.legal.family :). 

On and off, it's being discussed whether or not a moderated group should
be created to discuss issues of paternity. As many have seen, the great
weight of post volume recently has dedicated itself to these issues. As
with many subjects, there is great emotion attached to the positions 
people have in these topical discussions --to the extent that moderation
is indicated to remove the ad hominiem attacks and allow debate of the
issues rather than the personalities involved.

Four months or so ago, I suggested that a moderated group be created to
discuss family law in general --adding that issues of paternity would be
a welcome addition. Over the weeks, sporadic discussion separated topics
of paternity from some of the other elements of family law. IMO, those
who suggested this separation have a good point. Anyway, the question of
who would moderate came up, and some comments were made, but nobody was
nominated.

Will Steeves sent me e-mail asking if that was something he could do. 
So, I posted in a.c-s and alt.config that he'd volunteered for the job.
Nobody posted any objections --but then, nobody said anything else
either. I reposted recently about Mr. Steeves willingness to moderate
(thus the response this post replies to).

Because Will has a grasp of the issues, and has some personal experience
in the areas of discussion, I think he'd do just fine. So, I said that
if people wanted this group, I'd be happy to create it --since Will has
no capability to send control messages from his system.

If I might suggest, perhaps Will and the others interested in paternity
should discuss a charter, defining what type of discussion is expected,
and rounding out the aims of the group. It will also help to determine
how many people would be interested in having the group. 

That's the short of it to date. Comments and suggestions are appreciated,
email should be directed to Will Steeves.


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Bob Kirkpatrick <bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us>
Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA 
Newsgroups: alt.child-support