On 10/30/2014 10:04 AM, Spike wrote:
On 30/10/14 07:00, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:

Hello fellow hams of rec.radio.*!

Please forgive the intrusion, just a quick heads up that the 2nd
version of
the proposal to create a moderated UK amateur radio group has been
published.

Please point your newsreader at uk.net.news.config and join the
debate. If
you are in favour of the group please post to the RFD thread saying as
much, neutral voters in uk.* like to see as much support as possible
for a
proposal before they cast a YES vote.

It would not be unreasonable to point out that Molly Mockford, a member
of the UK Usenet managing committee but speaking for herself, said this
during the discussion in uk.net.news.config:

"Canvassing in *irrelevant* forums would still be frowned upon; but you
cannot canvass unless there is a vote, and we are nowhere near that
stage yet. Re-posting a ballot form anywhere at all was strictly
forbidden, but these days nobody could possibly cast a vote using such a
re-posted ballot form as the system would not permit it. Alerting
people who have a clear and relevant interest to an ongoing discussion
is the natural and appropriate thing to do"

It is difficult to see from where the members of this group would find a
'clear and relevant interest'.


There are a lot of us reading these newsgroups - and are interested in a
moderated group.

Of course, you don't point out how much you are railing AGAINST the RFD
and are doing your best to quash it.

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