From: clay@hydra2f.cs.utk.edu (Clay Breshears)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Voting for ballot is under way;
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:29:21 GMT
Organization: Ragnarok Cafe -- Jotunnheim
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Just a few questions concerning the need for the following ballot vote.

|> 2) The Yadon resolution for the Club's Listing be adopted 

Shouldn't the keeper of the list be the final arbiter on this question?  
Whatever format s/he thought best and fairest should be it.  Period.  If not, 
how about erring on the side of completeness and just adopt the propsed, very 
extensive and complete, format?  Why vote on it? 

|> 3) Add the following:

To what?  The Club Listing?  If so, it now becomes more of a "Not-so FAQ, but 
neat information anyway" list.  Nothing wrong with that, though.  However...

|>    a)  List television stations all over the world that broadcast Doctor 
|>        Who.
|>    b)  Merge both Jim Miller, James Arstrong JR. and Frank Durda's Episode
|>        Guide
|>    AS well as
|>        i) Listing the Planets that the Doctor Who has visited.
|>        ii) And pardon the ignorance on this one, include actors, producers 
|>            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.

Keeping the above data and distributing it are very simple in and of 
themselves.  But, Holy Chrome!, putting it all together and keeping it current 
is gonna be a royal pain.  Has anyone volunteered to compile such a compendium 
of knowledge as outlined above?  If so, again I ask, why do we need to vote on 
it?  Let this overindustrious person have at it and be done with it.  If the 
info is not wanted by readers of r.a.dw when posted, they will skip it.  
However, if there is no one yet willing to spend the time and effort creating 
these documents, how will the net enforce their decision on wanting to have 
them available?  Shall we again vote on who we will force into performing 
these herculean tasks of gathering data?  Or will Dave be doing all that work 
if no one volunteers?

Also, the sheer volume of this (and non-usefulness to anyone that has already 
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.

|>   Let us as readers of r.a.dw carefully consider the above resolution.

My caution to the readers of r.a.dw is to carefully consider the need for 
(voting on) this resolution.

BTW, on 3.b.ii and 3.d above, are we also voting to pardon Dave's ignorance?
If so, vote NO.

						clay
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