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From: [email protected] (Life...)
Subject: RFD:  comp.bbs.misc
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Request For Discussion (RFD): comp.bbs.misc

Status: unmoderated

This is an official Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a
Usenet newsgroup to take the role currently held by alt.bbs.

Charter:

Comp.bbs.misc is for discussion of all aspects of Bulletin Board Systems
(BBSs).  Topics would include those current discussed in alt.bbs, .ads,
.allsysop, .cnet, .internet, .lists, and .lists.d.  Topics related to
specific BBS software are not included, and can be discussed in their
corresponding comp.sys.* group or form a subgroup of comp.bbs (like
comp.bbs.waffle is attempting at this time).

Discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.  As per the
Guidelines, discussion that occurs there is the only discussion that
counts.  If your site does not carry news.groups, and you are interested
in this discussion, get your administrator to carry the group.

Currently there is a proposal to move alt.bbs.waffle to comp.bbs.waffle.
It is a seperate proposal from this one, but the course of that vote may
affect this proposal.  If the group fails, I'd be willing to amend the
charter to allow for discussion of BBS software that runs on different
platforms, thus allowing comp.bbs.waffle discussion.
-- 
  ///   ____   \\\       |"Sorry, did I say something wrong?  Pardon me for
  | |/ /    \ \| |       | breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
   \\_|\____/|_//        | know why I bother to say it oh God I'm so depressed.
       \_)\\/            | Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
gberigan `-' cse.unl.edu | Life... don't talk to me about life...."

From [email protected] Mon Apr 27 14:08:16 1992
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From: [email protected] (Life...)
Subject: 2nd RFD:  comp.bbs.misc
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2nd Request For Discussion (RFD): comp.bbs.misc

Status: unmoderated

This is a repost of the Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
a Usenet newsgroup to take the role currently held by alt.bbs.

Charter:

Comp.bbs.misc is for discussion of all aspects of Bulletin Board Systems
(BBSs).  Topics would include those current discussed in alt.bbs, .ads,
.allsysop, .internet, .lists, and .lists.d.  Topics related to specific
BBS software are not included, and can be discussed in their correspond-
ing comp.sys.* group or form a subgroup of comp.bbs (like comp.bbs.-
waffle).  If the software is platform independent, it can be discussed
in comp.bbs.misc.

Discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.  As per the
Guidelines, discussion that occurs there is the only discussion that
counts.  If your site does not carry news.groups, and you are interested
in this discussion, get your administrator to carry the group.

comp.bbs.waffle has now successfully passed the voting procedure, and
will shortly be created.  Thus the door has been closed on the discussion
of specific BBS software in comp.bbs.misc.  Said discussion should take
part in either the relevent comp.sys.* group, or create its own
comp.bbs.* group.  Thus, the suggestion of merging alt.bbs.cnet into
comp.bbs.misc has been dropped, unless it is a platform indepenent piece
of software.

There has been discussion opposed to the merging of the .ads, .lists,
and .lists.d groups into comp.bbs.misc, on the grounds that they would
reduce the quality of posts in comp.bbs.misc below the current alt.bbs
group's quality.  If there is enough interest in creating a moderated
comp.bbs.lists group and unmoderated .d companion group, to handle both
ads and lists, I will consider adding them to this proposal as ballot
elements.  I may be willing to act as moderator, but I might not be
able.  Depends on the administration here.  Lack of discussion on this
subtopic will be taken as disapproval of creation of subgroups and
approval of their absorption.

The first RFD was posted on Monday, April 13th, 1992.
The CFV is tentatively proposed for posting on Wednesday, May 13th, 1992.
-- 
  ///   ____   \\\       |"Sorry, did I say something wrong?  Pardon me for
  | |/ /    \ \| |       | breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
   \\_|\____/|_//        | know why I bother to say it oh God I'm so depressed.
       \_)\\/            | Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
gberigan `-' cse.unl.edu | Life... don't talk to me about life...."

From [email protected] Tue May 12 11:08:47 1992
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From: [email protected] (Life...)
Subject: 2nd RFD:  comp.bbs.misc
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2nd Request For Discussion (RFD): comp.bbs.misc

Status: unmoderated

This is a repost of the Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
a Usenet newsgroup to take the role currently held by alt.bbs.

Charter:

Comp.bbs.misc is for discussion of all aspects of Bulletin Board Systems
(BBSs).  Topics would include those currently discussed in alt.bbs, .ads,
.allsysop, .internet, .lists, and .lists.d.  Topics related to specific
BBS software are not included, and can be discussed in their correspond-
ing comp.sys.* group or form a subgroup of comp.bbs (like comp.bbs.-
waffle).  If the software is platform independent, it can be discussed
in comp.bbs.misc.  Future comp.bbs.* groups' charters will take priority
over this one.

Discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.  As per the
Guidelines, discussion that occurs there is the only discussion that
counts.  If your site does not carry news.groups, and you are interested
in this discussion, get your administrator to carry the group.

There has been discussion opposed to the merging of the .ads, .lists,
and .lists.d groups into comp.bbs.misc, on the grounds that they would
reduce the quality of posts in comp.bbs.misc below the current alt.bbs
group's quality.  However, after checking the Guidelines as to proposals
for moderated newsgroups, as explicitly written it would require we push
this proposal for another 21 to 31 days while the extra group of
comp.bbs.lists be worked out.

It is quite likely that comp.bbs.lists will be created later.  Indeed,
at about 1 week into the CFV of this proposal, I will start the
RFD for comp.bbs.lists.  The current thought is that .misc be used for
discussion of .lists, rather than forming a .d group.  However, both
groups will be put forward in the RFD to avoid adding groups and
extending the time.

The first RFD was posted on Monday, April 13th, 1992.
The CFV will be posted on Wednesday, May 13th, 1992.
-- 
  ///   ____   \\\       |"Sorry, did I say something wrong?  Pardon me for
  | |/ /    \ \| |       | breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
   \\_|\____/|_//        | know why I bother to say it oh God I'm so depressed.
       \_)\\/            | Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
gberigan `-' cse.unl.edu | Life... don't talk to me about life...."

From [email protected] Thu May 14 12:37:33 1992
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From: [email protected] (Life...)
Subject: CFV:  comp.bbs.misc
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Call For Votes (CFV): comp.bbs.misc

Status: unmoderated

This is an official Call For Votes (CFV) for the creation of a Usenet
newsgroup to take the role currently held by alt.bbs, under the
following charter.

Charter:

Comp.bbs.misc is for discussion of all aspects of Bulletin Board Systems
(BBSs).  Topics would include those currently discussed in alt.bbs, .ads,
.allsysop, .internet, .lists, and .lists.d.  Topics related to specific
BBS software are not included, and can be discussed in their correspond-
ing comp.sys.* group or form a subgroup of comp.bbs (like comp.bbs.-
waffle).  If the software is platform independent, it can be discussed
in comp.bbs.misc.  Future comp.bbs.* groups' charters will take priority
over this one.

Voting:

All votes must be emailed to the address [email protected], and must
be of a simple and unambiguous form.  Ideally, votes should contain one
of the following lines in their subject and body:

I vote YES for the group comp.bbs.misc as proposed.
I vote NO for the group comp.bbs.misc as proposed.

An email vote ack will be sent for every vote, accepted or not, upon
receipt.  If you have sent a vote and have not recieved an ack, it may
be that I could not reach your address, or that the vote did not arrive.
Check the periodic Mass Ack posts for your address.  If you don't find
your name, it is likely that your vote was not received or was ambiguous.
In such cases, you should resend your vote in a non-ambiguous form.

This CFV will last for the standard duration, which ends 31 days after
this post appears in news.announce.newgroups.  This will be June 14th, 1992.
Posts received after the end of June 14th, 1992, as measured by the
system clock of cse.unl.edu, will be rejected.

In the case of more than one vote arriving from the same address, before
the vote has terminated, the ballot with the latest "Date:" will be
counted, and the other(s) rejected.
-- 
  ///   ____   \\\       |"Sorry, did I say something wrong?  Pardon me for
  | |/ /    \ \| |       | breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
   \\_|\____/|_//        | know why I bother to say it oh God I'm so depressed.
       \_)\\/            | Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
gberigan `-' cse.unl.edu | Life... don't talk to me about life...."

From [email protected] Sat May 23 13:05:55 1992
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From: [email protected] (Life...)
Subject: 2nd CFV and VOTE ACK:  comp.bbs.misc
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2nd Call For Votes (CFV): comp.bbs.misc

Status: unmoderated

This is an official repost of the Call For Votes (CFV), with Mass
Acknowledgement, for the creation of a Usenet newsgroup to take the role
currently held by alt.bbs, under the following charter.

Charter:

Comp.bbs.misc is for discussion of all aspects of Bulletin Board Systems
(BBSs).  Topics would include those currently discussed in alt.bbs, .ads,
.allsysop, .internet, .lists, and .lists.d.  Topics related to specific
BBS software are not included, and can be discussed in their correspond-
ing comp.sys.* group or form a subgroup of comp.bbs (like comp.bbs.-
waffle).  If the software is platform independent, it can be discussed
in comp.bbs.misc.  Future comp.bbs.* groups' charters will take priority
over this one.

Voting:

All votes must be emailed to the address [email protected], and must
be of a simple and unambiguous form.  Ideally, votes should contain one
of the following lines in their subject and body:

I vote YES for the group comp.bbs.misc as proposed.
I vote NO for the group comp.bbs.misc as proposed.

An email vote ack will be sent for every vote, accepted or not, upon
receipt.  If you have sent a vote and have not recieved an ack, it may
be that I could not reach your address, or that the vote did not arrive.
Check the periodic Mass Ack posts for your address.  If you don't find
your name, it is likely that your vote was not received or was ambiguous.
In such cases, you should resend your vote in a non-ambiguous form.

This CFV will expire at the end of June 14th, 1992.  Votes received
after that time, as measured by the system clock of cse.unl.edu, will be
rejected.

In the case of more than one vote arriving from the same address, before
the vote has terminated, the ballot with the latest "Date:" will be
counted, and the other(s) rejected.

MASS ACK:

The following is the list of recorded votes for this proposal.  If your
vote is not present, then it either did not arrive, or was ambiguous,
and you should attempt to resend your vote.  If anyone spots any
duplicates in this list, please contact me.

82 addresses follow...

"Eric L. Thav" 
"Hardcore Alaskan" 
[email protected] (Stephen Cristol)


Alan Coopersmith 
Andy Malis 
Cedric Didier Baechler 
Christophe Wolfhugel 
Collin Forbes 
Dave Ratcliffe 
David DeBry 
David Desko 
ELISHA FARA LANDMAN 
James Ault 
Jamie Gritton 
Jarno Kokko 
Jeff Suttor 
Jon Thackray 
Marlboro Sherbet 
Michael R Linksvayer 
Roland Kaltefleiter 
Sean Petty 
Tim Hagman (lbs) 
[email protected] (Andrew McMillan)
[email protected] (Andy Finkenstadt)
[email protected] (Stephanie da Silva)
[email protected] (Austin G. Hastings)
[email protected] (Andrew Kroll)
biwi 
[email protected] (Ruth White)
[email protected] (The Squire, Phish)
[email protected] (Chris Galas)
[email protected] (Chuyen L. Tran)
[email protected] (Skip Watson)
clout.chi.il.us!balr!vpnet!vpnet!chaz
[email protected] (Cristiano Verondini)
[email protected]
[email protected] (David Stodolsky)
[email protected]
duke.cs.duke.edu!wolves!news (The Wolfe of the Den)
[email protected] (Edward Bertsch)
[email protected] (Ismo Peltonen)
[email protected] (John F. Snyder)
ersys.edmonton.ab.ca!ersys!alpha3!russell (Russell Schulz)
[email protected] (Steve Frampton)
[email protected] (Aaron Ross Priven)
[email protected] (B. Gabriel Helou)
gberigan (Greg Berigan)
grayhawk.rent.com!iowegia!kevin (Kevin Houle)
harvard.harvard.edu!scubed!cruiser!bdl (Bob Lombard)
[email protected] (Jon Vander Hill)
[email protected]
m2xenix!pacifier!lrisys!lrimark!mark
[email protected] (Mark E Daniel)
[email protected] (Mark H. Anbinder)
[email protected] (Mike Batchelor)
[email protected] (Mike Shirley)
[email protected] (Norman C. Lee)
[email protected] (Bob Peterson)
[email protected] (P.J. Boulay )
[email protected] (Joel Plutchak)
[email protected] (Jeffrey  Porten)
[email protected] (Ralph Sims)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Richard H. Miller)
[email protected] (Roger Parks)
[email protected] (Bob Kirkpatrick)
[email protected] (R. P. White)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Scott Stevens)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Tony DeBari)
[email protected] (Timo Salmi)
[email protected] (Real life?  Ha!)
uunet.UU.NET!decwrl!change!ross (Ross Miller   )
uunet.UU.NET!sessun!orth (John Orth)
uunet.UU.NET!smania!kbrown (Kevin W. Brown)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Glee Willis)
-- 
  ///   ____   \\\       |"Sorry, did I say something wrong?  Pardon me for
  | |/ /    \ \| |       | breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
   \\_|\____/|_//        | know why I bother to say it oh God I'm so depressed.
       \_)\\/            | Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
gberigan `-' cse.unl.edu | Life... don't talk to me about life...."

From [email protected] Wed Jun  3 09:54:02 1992
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From: [email protected] (Life...)
Subject: 3rd CFV and VOTE ACK:  comp.bbs.misc
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3rd Call For Votes (CFV): comp.bbs.misc

Status: unmoderated

This is an official repost of the Call For Votes (CFV), with Mass
Acknowledgement, for the creation of a Usenet newsgroup to take the role
currently held by alt.bbs, under the following charter.

Charter:

Comp.bbs.misc is for discussion of all aspects of Bulletin Board Systems
(BBSs).  Topics would include those currently discussed in alt.bbs, .ads,
.allsysop, .internet, .lists, and .lists.d.  Topics related to specific
BBS software are not included, and can be discussed in their correspond-
ing comp.sys.* group or form a subgroup of comp.bbs (like comp.bbs.-
waffle).  If the software is platform independent, it can be discussed
in comp.bbs.misc.  Future comp.bbs.* groups' charters will take priority
over this one.

Voting:

All votes must be emailed to the address [email protected], and must
be of a simple and unambiguous form.  Ideally, votes should contain one
of the following lines in their subject and body:

I vote YES for the group comp.bbs.misc as proposed.
I vote NO for the group comp.bbs.misc as proposed.

An email vote ack will be sent for every vote, accepted or not, upon
receipt.  If you have sent a vote and have not recieved an ack, it may
be that I could not reach your address, or that the vote did not arrive.
Check the periodic Mass Ack posts for your address.  If you don't find
your name, it is likely that your vote was not received or was ambiguous.
In such cases, you should resend your vote in a non-ambiguous form.

This CFV will expire at the end of June 14th, 1992.  Votes received
after that time, as measured by the system clock of cse.unl.edu, will be
rejected.

In the case of more than one vote arriving from the same address, before
the vote has terminated, the ballot with the latest "Date:" will be
counted, and the other(s) rejected.

MASS ACK:

The following is the list of recorded votes for this proposal.  If your
vote is not present, then it either did not arrive, or was ambiguous,
and you should attempt to resend your vote.  If anyone spots any
duplicates in this list, please contact me.

137 votes follow...

"Eric L. Thav" 
"Hardcore Alaskan" 
"Michael Studte" 
"Rene G.A. Ros" 
"Stu Labovitz" 
[email protected] (Stephen Cristol)


Alan Coopersmith 
Amir Plivatsky 
Andy Malis 
Cedric Didier Baechler 
Christophe Wolfhugel 
Collin Forbes 
Dave Ratcliffe 
David DeBry 
David Desko 
ELISHA FARA LANDMAN 
Eric Peterson 
James Ault 
Jamie Gritton 
Jarno Kokko 
Jeff Gostin 
Jeff Suttor 
John G Dobnick 
Jon Thackray 
MSgt Robert Harris 
Marc Moorcroft 
Mark AuBuchon 
[email protected] (Mark Purcell)
Marlboro Sherbet 
Michael R Linksvayer 
R Batt 
Rick Ellis 
Roland Kaltefleiter 
Scott J. Kramer  (())
Sean Petty 
[email protected] (StarWatcher)
Tim Becker 
Tim Hagman (lbs) 
Timothy VanFosson 
Tom Limoncelli 
Tony Wilson 
UB.com!grafex!steveh (Steve Harding)
[email protected] (Eric Rickin)
[email protected] (Andrew McMillan)
[email protected] (Andy Finkenstadt)
[email protected] (Stephanie da Silva)
[email protected] (Austin G. Hastings)
[email protected] (Andrew Kroll)
biwi 
[email protected] (Bo Kullmar)
[email protected] (Dominic Macika)
[email protected] (Ruth White)
[email protected] (The Squire, Phish)
[email protected] (Chris Galas)
[email protected] (Chris Jacobson)
[email protected] (Chuyen L. Tran)
[email protected] (Skip Watson)
clout.chi.il.us!balr!vpnet!vpnet!chaz
[email protected] (Cristiano Verondini)
[email protected]
[email protected] (David Stodolsky)
[email protected] (Dennis Duffner)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Doug Sewell)
duke.cs.duke.edu!wolves!news (The Wolfe of the Den)
[email protected] (Edward Bertsch)
[email protected] (Ismo Peltonen)
elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov!abode!gallery!sysop
[email protected] (John F. Snyder)
ersys.edmonton.ab.ca!ersys!alpha3!russell (Russell Schulz)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Bill Fenner)
[email protected] (Steve Frampton)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Aaron Ross Priven)
[email protected] (B. Gabriel Helou)
[email protected] (Greg Berigan)
[email protected] (John N Schmidt)
[email protected] (Gordon Dewis)
grayhawk.rent.com!iowegia!kevin (Kevin Houle)
harvard.harvard.edu!scubed!cruiser!bdl (Bob Lombard)
[email protected] (Jon Vander Hill)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Karl F. Finkemeyer)
[email protected] (Happy Happy Joy Joy)
[email protected] (Dean Woodward)
m2xenix!pacifier!lrisys!lrimark!mark
[email protected] (Mark E Daniel)
matwood%[email protected] (Mark Atwood)
[email protected] (Mark H. Anbinder)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Mike Batchelor)
[email protected] (Mike Shirley)
[email protected] (Norman C. Lee)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Tom James Parry)
peora.sdc.ccur.com!bilver!vicstoy!aphelps (Austin Phelps)
[email protected] (Bob Peterson)
[email protected] (P.J. Boulay )
[email protected] (Joel Plutchak)
[email protected] (Jeffrey  Porten)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Ralph Sims)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Richard Commander)
[email protected] (Richard H. Miller)
[email protected] (Richard Threlkeld)
[email protected] (Roger Parks)
[email protected] (Bob Kirkpatrick)
[email protected] (R. P. White)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Scott Stevens)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Shiri Randolph)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Tom Barrett)
[email protected] (Ted Koppel)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Tony DeBari)
[email protected] (Timo Salmi)
[email protected] (Real life?  Ha!)
[email protected] (A Real Nice User)
ulowell.ulowell.edu!pilgrim!walsh (John P. Walsh)
uu.psi.com!wisper!sherman (Peter Sherman)
uunet.UU.NET!decwrl!change!ross (Ross Miller   )
uunet.UU.NET!sdc!norm (Norm Nithman)
uunet.UU.NET!sessun!orth (John Orth)
uunet.UU.NET!smania!kbrown (Kevin W. Brown)
uunet.UU.NET!teamate!bob ()
[email protected]
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  ///   ____   \\\       |"Sorry, did I say something wrong?  Pardon me for
  | |/ /    \ \| |       | breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
   \\_|\____/|_//        | know why I bother to say it oh God I'm so depressed.
       \_)\\/            | Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
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From [email protected] Fri Jun 19 13:27:59 1992
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From: [email protected] (Greg Berigan)
Subject: RESULT: comp.bbs.misc passes 150: 24
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The voting period for newsgroup comp.bbs.misc has ended.  No further
votes will be accepted regarding this newsgroup.

At the close of the polling address on June 15, 1992 at 00:00 CDT, the
results are:

        Total YES votes:  150
        Total NO  votes:   24

These results pass both the 100 YES-NO and 2/3 majority YES requirements
as outlined by the Guidelines for a newsgroup.  A list of voters and the
way they voted appears at the end of this posting.  There will now be a
5 day period while the results are given for public perusal before the
newgroup message is sent out for the group as described below.

Status: unmoderated

Charter:

Comp.bbs.misc is for discussion of all aspects of Bulletin Board Systems
(BBSs).  Topics would include those currently discussed in alt.bbs, .ads,
.allsysop, .internet, .lists, and .lists.d.  Topics related to specific
BBS software are not included, and can be discussed in their correspond-
ing comp.sys.* group or form a subgroup of comp.bbs (like comp.bbs.-
waffle).  If the software is platform independent, it can be discussed
in comp.bbs.misc.  Future comp.bbs.* groups' charters will take priority
over this one.

As it is useless to attempt to rmgroup ay alt.* newsgroup, no rmgroup
message will be sent out for the alt newsgroups whose topics have been
relocated to the comp.bbs.misc group, although posting to these groups
is not recommended.

Complete texts of each vote listed below are available during the 5 days
of post-discussion.

174 votes (150 YES, 24 NO) follow, "sort"ed:

NO:

[email protected] (Stephen Cristol)

Christophe Wolfhugel 
ELISHA FARA LANDMAN 
John G Dobnick 
Marc Moorcroft 
Mark AuBuchon 
Scott Mash 
Scott Sanbeg 
Tim Becker 
Timothy VanFosson 
elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov!abode!gallery!sysop
[email protected] (John F. Snyder)
[email protected] (Steve Frampton)
[email protected] (Gordon Dewis)
[email protected] (John Hood)
[email protected]
peora.sdc.ccur.com!bilver!vicstoy!aphelps (Austin Phelps)
[email protected] (P.J. Boulay )
[email protected] (Joel Plutchak)
[email protected] (Richard H. Miller)
[email protected] (Bob Kirkpatrick)
[email protected] (Tom Barrett)
[email protected] (Ted Koppel)

YES:

"Allen L. Spruill" 
"Eric L. Thav" 
"Hardcore Alaskan" 
"Michael Studte" 
"Rene G.A. Ros" 
"Stu Labovitz" 
"The Bored One." 

Alan Coopersmith 
Amir Plivatsky 
Andy Malis 
[email protected] (Bob Batson)
Cedric Didier Baechler 
Chad Lundgren 
Collin Forbes 
Dave Ratcliffe 
David DeBry 
David Desko 
Eric Peterson 
[email protected] (Erik Jacobson)
[email protected] (Fred Lloyd [Phoenix SE])
James Ault 
Jamie Gritton 
Jarno Kokko 
Jay Troy 
Jeff Gostin 
Jeff Suttor 
John Romine 
Jon Thackray 
Jyrki Kuoppala 
Laurence Palter 
MSgt Robert Harris 
[email protected] (Mark Purcell)
Marlboro Sherbet 
Matt Hucke 
Michael R Linksvayer 
Noska Werner 
R Batt 
Richard Sleegers 
Rick Ellis 
Roland Kaltefleiter 
Scott J. Kramer  (())
Sean Petty 
[email protected] (StarWatcher)
Thomas E. Dell 
Tim Hagman (lbs) 
Tom Limoncelli 
Tony Wilson 
UB.com!grafex!steveh (Steve Harding)
[email protected] (Eric Rickin)
[email protected] (Alex Sutton)
[email protected] (Andrew McMillan)
[email protected] (Andy Finkenstadt)
[email protected] (Stephanie da Silva)
[email protected] (Austin G. Hastings)
bagout.BELL-ATL.COM!bagate!baarsa!ddj896m
[email protected] (James Barrett)
[email protected] (Andrew Kroll)
[email protected] (Bill Rea)
biwi 
[email protected] (Bo Kullmar)
[email protected] (Dominic Macika)
[email protected] (Ruth White)
[email protected] (Brent J. Krawchuk)
[email protected] (The Squire, Phish)
[email protected] (Chris Galas)
[email protected] (Charles Stephens)
[email protected] (Chris Jacobson)
[email protected] (Chuyen L. Tran)
[email protected] (Skip Watson)
clout.chi.il.us!balr!vpnet!vpnet!chaz
[email protected]
[email protected] (Cristiano Verondini)
[email protected]
[email protected] (David Stodolsky)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Dennis Duffner)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Doug Sewell)
duke.cs.duke.edu!wolves!news (The Wolfe of the Den)
[email protected] (Edward Bertsch)
[email protected] (Ismo Peltonen)
ersys.edmonton.ab.ca!ersys!alpha3!russell (Russell Schulz)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Bill Fenner)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Aaron Ross Priven)
[email protected] (B. Gabriel Helou)
[email protected] (Greg Berigan)
[email protected] (John N Schmidt)
grayhawk.rent.com!iowegia!kevin (Kevin Houle)
harvard.harvard.edu!scubed!cruiser!bdl (Bob Lombard)
[email protected] (Jon Vander Hill)
[email protected]
[email protected] (John Harkin)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Karl F. Finkemeyer)
[email protected] (Michael P. Deignan)
[email protected] (Stan Hall)
[email protected] (Happy Happy Joy Joy)
[email protected] (DOUGLAS COFFMAN)
lelam%[email protected] (Len E. Elam)
[email protected] (Dean Woodward)
m2xenix!pacifier!lrisys!lrimark!mark
[email protected] (Mark E Daniel)
matwood%[email protected] (Mark Atwood)
[email protected] (Mark H. Anbinder)
[email protected] (Mike Batchelor)
[email protected] (Mike Carney)
[email protected] (Mike Shirley)
[email protected] (William Moxley)
[email protected] (Norman C. Lee)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Tom James Parry)
[email protected] (Bob Peterson)
[email protected] (Jeffrey  Porten)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Ralph Sims)
[email protected] (Randall Reid)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Richard Commander)
[email protected] (Richard Threlkeld)
[email protected] (Robert Macfarlane)
[email protected] (Roger Parks)
[email protected] (R. P. White)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Scott Stevens)
[email protected]
[email protected] (Shiri Randolph)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Tony DeBari)
[email protected] (Timo Salmi)
[email protected] (Real life?  Ha!)
[email protected] (A Real Nice User)
ulowell.ulowell.edu!pilgrim!walsh (John P. Walsh)
uu.psi.com!wisper!sherman (Peter Sherman)
uunet.UU.NET!decwrl!change!ross (Ross Miller   )
uunet.UU.NET!sdc!norm (Norm Nithman)
uunet.UU.NET!sessun!orth (John Orth)
uunet.UU.NET!smania!kbrown (Kevin W. Brown)
uunet.UU.NET!teamate!bob ()
walsh%[email protected] (Norman Walsh)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Glee Willis)
[email protected] (Gregory S. Youngblood)
-- 
  ///   ____   \\\       |"Sorry, did I say something wrong?  Pardon me for
  | |/ /    \ \| |       | breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't even 
   \\_|\____/|_//        | know why I bother to say it oh God I'm so depressed.
       \_)\\/            | Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors.
gberigan `-' cse.unl.edu | Life... don't talk to me about life...."