[11729] in APO-L
Re: newsgroups and APO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Amanda Dickerson)
Thu Mar 23 08:42:34 1995
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 08:39:40 -0500
Reply-To: Amanda Dickerson <axd19@po.CWRU.Edu>
From: Amanda Dickerson <axd19@po.CWRU.Edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
> Hi all. Is there a newsgroup for alpha phi omega?
I've never seen one.
> My list of newsgroups contains many thousands of them, but there is no
>alpha phi omega group. Our fraternity has been discussed many times on
>the group alt.college.fraternities. The current rage there is a
>discussion on the integration of single-sex frats.
This is not the _current_ rage. This has been the rage since
the group was formed. (at least 4 years ) :)
> I access the newsgroups with a 'threaded news reader' on my local unix
>system. I type 'trn' to use it. Maybe there are other ways on different
>systems. Newsgroups are collectively called, I believe, 'USENET.' It may
>be the next forum for this fraternity.
I for one would be opposed to this. A mailing list is somewhat
more restricted than a newsgroup. Although anyone may subscribe,
it takes an effort. A newsgroup, however, can be browsed through
without subscribing. This means that we would have to be twice
as careful about what was said, and the impressions that we
made.
>
> I would like to start a newsgroup myself. I am currently trying to find
>out how to go about this. If it can be done without a considerable
>investment of money or equipment, then maybe I could do it. I would be
>willing to administrate it.
There is a newsgroup specifically about this, though I can't
remember the name.
amanda
