[I don't usually follow these discussion groups, so please emailed responses to [log in to unmask] Since many of the 157 YES votes for talk.religion.bahai do not have direct news reading capabilities for alt.* hierarchies, we would appreciate setting up an email echo or listserv for alt.religion.bahai so that the maximum number of people may participate in discussion, if they so desire. Because there were 691 NO votes, largely for ideological, religious reasons, I and many others believe fundamental issues of free speech and religious freedom of conscience are involved and would very much appreciate help in making the best of a bad situation. Would someone, or institution, kindly sponsor this listserv?] Frederick Glaysher Rochester Hills, Michigan USA [log in to unmask] --------------- Subject: cmsg newgroup alt.religion.bahai From: [log in to unmask] (Jonathan Grobe) Date: 10 Apr 1997 15:09:40 GMT Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Organization: netINS, Des Moines, IA, USA Newsgroups: alt.config , alt.religion.bahai The vote for the unmoderated group talk.religion.bahai has just failed 157:691 But given that there were 157 Yes votes I believe there is sufficient interest for an alt.* group. For your newsgroups file: alt.religion.bahai Bahai faith. [Adapted from the talk.religion.bahai proposal] RATIONALE: alt.religion.bahai All newsgroups and listservs given to the discussion of the Bahai faith are moderated. A need exists for an unmoderated forum, and this proposed newsgroup would meet that need. It is intended that alt.religion.bahai will complement, rather than supplant, the existing moderated group soc.religion.bahai. The establishment of unmoderated companion groups is a well-accepted practice on Usenet. CHARTER: alt.religion.bahai All topics or ideas relevant to the Bahai faith -- its history, teachings, theology -- and so on would be appropriate areas for discussion. Crossposting of articles not specifically relevant to the Bahai faith is strongly discouraged. Also discouraged are personal messages, large ASCII graphics, special-format files, and any postings of a purely commercial nature. Readers are asked not to start or prolong flamewars and excessive crossposts. Articles may be crossposted to soc.religion.bahai -- subject, of course, to the approval of the moderator of that group. Readers may also post articles that have been rejected from soc.religion.bahai, so long as they conform to the charter above. -- Jonathan Grobe <[log in to unmask]> [UVV] -- Posted using Reference.COM http://www.reference.com Browse, Search and Post Usenet and Mailing list Archive and Catalog. InReference, Inc. accepts no responsibility for the content of this posting.