All interested parties, please support this and get actively involved!
I'm forwarding an original message from Jack <jacko11@telegram.infi.net>.
Please email him for any further information.
Thank you.
********* and now my manifesto.... :-)
quoted 40 lines **** Ae fans, support your new newsgroup's creation!! Write!! ****
> **** Ae fans, support your new newsgroup's creation!! Write!! ****
>
> 10/17/97
>
> I am hereby announcing that I am writing a proposal, to be posted on
> ALT.CONFIG for discussion, for a new newsgroup: ALT.MUSIC.AUTECHRE. The
> idea was first brought up here by someone who I don't remember, weeks
> ago, and there was some interest. If you are an AE fan and you're
> interested in having your own newsgroup for all things Autechre, please
> reply to this message and to alt.config according to the below
> information!!!!
>
> Apparently the newsgroup creation process is tricky. First, someone must
> officially propose the new group with a message on alt.config, and allow
> a period for discussion. If people object, we must respond calmly and
> rationally: a flame war will probably end our chances of having the
> group.
>
> I have decided to write a *charter* for alt.music.autechre; a charter is
> an explanation and justification of the new group's purpose and subject
> matter, in a few paragraphs. We must also show evidence of interest. So
> please, tell me in a few words why you think we should have an AE
> newsgroup, and how much you would LOOVE it! And I will incorporate this
> into a charter message, a proposal to be submitted to alt.config
> sometime before the end of October.
>
> The next step, if response is good on alt.config, is to send a control
> message, which is a special news message that creates a newsgroup. If
> this is done before we discuss it and are 'approved' on alt.config, it
> will likely just be erased and we'd start all over again. The discussion
> is essential, so that news admins all over the world know that we want
> our Autechre!!
>
> So if you are willing, and able to donate 5 mins to respond to this post
> with ideas and later to post to alt.config, we will have our own
> Autechre newsgroup before you know it!!!
>
> I would also be willing to put together/collaborate on a FAQ for the
> newsgroup, if there is not already an official one.
>