From: dm870@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Ronnie Deschenes)
Subject: Re: Should we create comp.lang.basic.powerbasic?
 
 
Guy Macon (guymacon@deltanet.com) writes:
> In article , 
pb@excelsior.xs4all.nl.REMOVE-THIS wrote:
>>
>>On 18 Apr 1998 22:46:00 GMT, guymacon@deltanet.com (Guy Macon) wrote:
>>
>>>So I ask the question: is this the time to try to start a newsgroup
>>>called comp.lang.basic.powerbasic?  To get a comp.* newsgroup, we
>>>need around 120 people who will be willing to go to news.groups and
>>>fill out an email ballot voting for the news group.  Do we have taht
>>>many?  Does anyone have any objections to creating such a newsgroup?
>>
>>I seriously doubt you'll find enough people - alt.lang.powerbasic has been
>>around for some time as well by now, but has very little traffic.
>>~10 messages a day, perhaps...
>
> That doesn't add up to the 120 votes needed.  I won't pursue this if
> there aren't enough votes.  On the other hand, throw in those who
> post to the message area at www.powerbasic.com, and get a few people to
> ask their friends and coworkers to go to news.groups and vote, and
> you just might have enough votes.  Or maybe not.
>
 
You guys have to remember that the news.groups gang also votes... Some to
get on the Top 10, other to support a new group, and other just to be
jerks. :)
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