From: nospam@oddhack.engr.sgi.com 
  
 In article ,   wrote: 
 >This begs the question, "do these readers WANT to use a different 
 >group for these discussions?"  It's a heck of a lot harder to move 
 >discussions or topics or readers out of a group than it is to 
 >pull them into a new group. 
  
     That's certainly the weakest point of the proposal. Some folks are 
 quite aggressive about using r.a.d for extremely OT purposes, and they 
 will at least initially continue to do so, of course. 
  
     OTOH, a similar situation on sci.space many years ago resulted in 
 the eventual and fairly successful creation of sci.space.policy. So 
 there is some evidence suggesting this could work over time, if not 
 immediately. 
  
 >Has there been much discussion of this proposal in RAD and 
 >affected groups? 
  
     Not this proposal specifically, although we have periodically had 
 discussion of splitting the group along various lines. Typically they 
 come to nothing when nobody ends up willing to follow the formal process 
 - thus an attempt to move one stage further. 
  
     Thanks for the feedback. 
  
     Jon 
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