Re: New group creation proposal: alt.sci.selassociation

On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 14:22:39 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>[email protected] wrote:
>
>>For your newsgroups file:
>>alt.sci.selassociation	Community newsgroup for SEL Association member
>>discussions and public participation.
>
>You cannot have a line break. This has to be 79 characters or less. Drop
>all the trite words that aren't keywords.
>
>No one expects Italian language newsgroups to be in alt. But there are a
>few under alt.it.*
>
>You should really propose it in it.*
>
>An institutional newsgroup like this isn't really appropriate for
>Usenet. Can you show that the institution itself, as a topic, is widely
>discussed on Usenet? Is there a reason the institution's associates are
>going to communicate by Usenet and not a mailing list or something else?
>
>>CHARTER:
>>Discussions for SEL Association projects and plans.
>
>>JUSTIFICATION:
>
>That's not justification.
>
>In justification, you count the number of articles in which SEL is
>discussed over a recent 90 day period. If there aren't a minimum of 10
>articles a day, the group will end up a barely used spamtrap.
>
>It's the job of you, the proponent, to promote the newsgroup to other
>Usenet users discussing the topic. Performing the justification informs
>you where and who these users are. Your job isn't finished till
>discussion in the newsgroup is at sustainable levels, a minimum of 10
>articles a day of discussion, not just announcements and press releases.
>Crossposts don't count either.
>
>>SEL Association is a new Italian association supporting science
>>projects such as:
>
>>- Propulsion Physics
>>- Computer Science
>>- Structural Engineering
>>- Operative research
>>- Robotics engineering
>>- Energy Research
>
>I can't believe all these topics would be discussed in one newsgroup
>versus newsgroups that already exist to discuss specific science and
>engineering topics.


Thank you for reaching out.
I had anticipated that it would be difficult to get a usenet news
group for the association, as such I have resorted to creating a
public IRC channel, which is not so difficult to obtain.

Regards.