X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE5E432A154; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:15:59 +0100 (BST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13922-03; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:15:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.90]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A4F132A0C4; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:15:55 +0100 (BST) Received: from mailgate.vale-housing.co.uk ([80.176.1.146] helo=ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk) by anchor-post-32.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1CD6PA-0004vu-8L; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:15:52 +0000 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [#14748606] comp.databases.postgresql hierarchy X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:15:50 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [pgsql-www] [#14748606] comp.databases.postgresql hierarchy Thread-Index: AcSnHXANz9ePLkhyTNi9QSE+cf7uogABC+eA From: "Dave Page" To: "Tom Lane" , Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200409/319 X-Sequence-Number: 5389 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org=20 > [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane > Sent: 30 September 2004 19:44 > To: josh@agliodbs.com > Cc: Marc G. Fournier; pgsql-www@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] [#14748606]=20 > comp.databases.postgresql hierarchy=20 >=20 > Josh Berkus writes: > > BTW, how would we go about organizing a legitimacy vote?=20=20=20 > Who votes on this? >=20 > I haven't paid attention to that stuff in nigh ten years, but=20 > there is/was a very well-defined procedure to go through to=20 > propose a new recognized newsgroup, and at least one=20 > newsgroup that deals solely in processing such proposals.=20=20 > Google for "newgroup vote" or some such and you'll probably=20 > find all the details you could want. Details at http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/usenet/creating-newsgroups/part1.ht ml I have no info on how up to date that is. Regards, Dave. P.S. I heard a rumour some time ago that you were once part of the legendary Usenet Cabal Tom. Is that something you'd care to confirm or deny? :-)