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From [email protected] Mon Sep 19 17:50:42 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: Keith Woodworth <[email protected]> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,rec.woodworking,rec.crafts.misc Subject: RFD: rec.crafts.woodworking.{info,marketplace,misc,plans} Followup-To: news.groups Date: 19 Sep 1994 16:11:29 -0400 Organization: crl.com Lines: 178 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:5643 news.groups:116714 rec.woodworking:55507 rec.crafts.misc:6070  Hello Everyone,    There has been much talk in rec.woodworking about splitting it into  subgroups.  I feel that changes should be made to soon as opposed to  late.  With that in mind, I submit the following.  Your thoughts or  changes are appreciated.  This naming is in part to convert from  rec.woodworking to rec.crafts.woodworking.misc, this is at the advice of  [email protected]      In large part these changes are based on the fact that many of  rec.woodworking's readers , pay a connect time and/or a disk usage based  fees.  I personally have a Unix shell account, so these consideration do  not effect me.  I feel, however that it is only reasonable to take these  changes into consideration.     I would like to thank the following for their input Eric Kasten, Chris  Paris, Andrew J Rappaport, David C Lawrence, and Mark Moraes.   ___________________________________________________  1st Formal REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION  There has been much talk in rec.crafts.woodworking about splitting into  subgroups. I would like to discuss the following changes.  With the  addition of three new subgroups, the heiarchy would be.     rec.crafts.woodworking.misc    rec.crafts.woodworking.marketplace    rec.crafts.woodworking.plans    rec.crafts.woodworking.info   This is the 1st formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the  reorganization of the newsgroup of rec.woodworking. The charter and goals  of rec.crafts.woodworking.misc would not be changed from the original  rec.woodworking.  All responses and discussion should be directed to the  newsgroup called news.groups.  Please do not cross post to other groups.   Groups receiving this RFD are listed below in the section entitled CROSS  POSTINGS.  This is not a Call For Votes (CFV).  A call for votes will be issued to  the same groups in which this message appears in 21 to 30 days from the  date that this message first appears.  Voting will then be handled by a  neutral third party.  Predicted voting period: 10/18/94 - 11/18/94 if all  goes well.  The goals of the Request For Discussion are three:  1) Define names for these groups, 2) Define charter for these groups, 3) Decide on whether these groups are to be moderated or unmoderated.  THE 1ST RFD:            Group Names: rec.crafts.woodworking.marketplace                Status: unmoderated          Distribution: worldwide               Summary: Noncommercial sale of all aspects of                         woodworking tools, and materials,    Group Proposal From: Keith Woodworth, [email protected]   1ST CHARTER:   - Topics directly or closely related to the sale of woodworking    tools and materials    - Used Tools      - power tools,      - hand tools,    - Materials      - lumber      - standing trees      - logs      - woodworking books      - woodworking magazines  RATIONALE & BACKGROUND  There is an increasing volume of traffic currently in rec.woodworking  that discusses items advertised for sale.  Many members of  rec.woodworking are not interested in receiving these posts.    The proposed unmoderated newsgroup rec.crafts.woodworking.marketplace  will be open to the posting of noncommercial adds regarding the sale of  woodworking tools and material: ____________________________________________________________________  THE 1ST RFD:            Group Names: rec.crafts.woodworking.info                Status: Moderated          Moderator(s): Keith Woodworth <[email protected]>                        ???          Distribution: worldwide               Summary: Posting of FAQs and information regarding all                        aspects of woodworking tools, and materials, as                        discussed in rec.crafts.woodworking.misc    Group Proposal From: Keith Woodworth, [email protected]  1ST CHARTER:   - FAQs directly or closely related to woodworking tools and materials    - Tools      - new & used power tools,      - new & used hand tools,      - the B&G series    - Materials      - lumber      - motors      - electrical       RATIONALE & BACKGROUND  There is an small volume of traffic currently in rec.woodworking that  discusses these items, while volume is small each of these posts is quite  long.  Many members of rec.woodworking are not interested in reading  these posts.    The proposed moderated newsgroup rec.crafts.woodworking.info will be open  to the posting of FAQs, both official and unoffical regarding woodworking  tools and material:  ___________________________________________________________________   THE 1ST RFD:            Group Names: rec.crafts.woodworking.plans                Status: Moderated          Moderator(s): Keith Woodworth <[email protected]>                        Eric Kasten <[email protected]>                        ???          Distribution: worldwide               Summary: Posting of plans regarding all aspects of                         woodworking tools, and designs, as discussed                        in rec.crafts.woodworking.misc               Archive: petroglyph.cl.msu.edu:/pub/woodwork/images/furniture               Replace: alt.binaries.furniture   Group Proposal From: Keith Woodworth, [email protected]   1ST CHARTER:   - posts of plans directly or closely related to woodworking    tools, shop, and furniture designs    - Tools      - shop jigs,      - changes to existing equipment,    - Shop Plans      - physical layout      - electrical layout      - lighting layout     - Furniture designs      - shop drawings      - joinery drawings and questions       RATIONALE & BACKGROUND  There is an small volume of traffic currently in rec.woodworking that  discusses these items, while volume is small each of these posts is quite  long.     The proposed moderated newsgroup rec.crafts.woodworking.plans will be  open to the posting of plans, regarding all aspects of woodworking.   Discusions of those plans will be held in rec.crafts.woodworking.misc:  CROSS POSTINGS  This RFD is being posted to the following newsgroups for discussion.  Note If a Usenet reader cross-posts the RFD his/herself, then just make sure  you place news.groups (only!) as the follow-up newsgroup:                       Newsgroup                      -----------                         news.announce.newgroups                      news.groups                      rec.woodworking                      alt.binaries.furniture