On Monday, March 10, 1997 2:53 PM, Michael Shields[SMTP:shields@crosslink.net] wrote: @ > Analogies are sometimes useful when trying to explain @ > complex technical problems to a non-technical person. @ @ So? This is *nanog*. Where are the non-technical people here? @ @ The thread should be over on piara or something anyway. @ -- @ Shields, CrossLink. @ @ Here is my new "standard answer"... the executive summary is..this can be moved to "newdom"... @@@ Some people spend a lot of time trying to divide groups and partition the Internet to prevent things from getting started. This usually shows up in the form of comments about some mailing list having a narrow charter and postings being "off-topic". The "newdom" list has evolved to a point where it has a narrow charter in a broad Industry. That narrow charter can be best described to be a "write-only" archival place where topics related to the Registry Industry can be placed for safe, reliable storage and future reference. With such a narrow charter, "newdom" becomes a low-traffic Usenet. People that subscribe to "newdom" might find themselves like a person trying to read all of the articles flowing from a Usenet "feed". If you find yourself in that situation, you might want to find a list with a broader charter such as the eDNS, IAHC or ARIN lists... <http://www.edns.net> <http://www.iahc.org> <http://www.arin.net> Also, people probably should not assume that because "newdom" is used on a CC that there is a active "newdom" group that follows the thread. In many cases, "newdom" is quietly doing the narrow job of archiving... and it appears to do an excellent job of it... It may not be fancy, but it is accurate... Thanks to Richard Sexton for his reliable service to "newdom"...the list for New Directions in Oxygen Marketing...is that narrow or broad...? -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation e-mail: JimFleming@unety.net JimFleming@unety.s0.g0 (EDNS/IPv8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Newdom mailing list, newdom@vrx.net. To subscribe or unsubscribe or get help , send the word "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" or "help" in the body (not subject) to newdom-request@vrx.net -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation e-mail: JimFleming@unety.net JimFleming@unety.s0.g0 (EDNS/IPv8)