UK gardening - Re: uk.rec.gardening.allotments

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Re: uk.rec.gardening.allotments

2008-01-27, 1:25 pm

Isn't this a repeat of the same request from the same guy a couple of
years back?

David in Normandy <Din@nospam.nospam> writes
>Bob Hobden says...
>I agree, the number of posts on here is relatively low
>anyway compared to other newsgroups. Another split of
>gardening topics will dilute it even more to the extent
>that there may be so few postings to URG and the allotments
>group that people just don't bother visiting the groups
>anymore. When the number of posts gets below a certain
>critical mass it portends the death of the group.

--
Kay

Sacha

2008-01-27, 5:25 pm

On 27/1/08 18:27, in article EUUbelBI0MnHFwfD@scarboro.demon.co.uk, "K"
<k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Isn't this a repeat of the same request from the same guy a couple of
> years back?
>
<snip>

It's certainly been tried some years ago but I don't remember the name of
the person suggesting it. IIRC, it wasn't a popular proposition.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Peter Robinson

2008-01-28, 8:25 pm

Sacha <sacha@gardenweeds506.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> On 27/1/08 18:27, in article EUUbelBI0MnHFwfD@scarboro.demon.co.uk, "K"
> <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> It's certainly been tried some years ago but I don't remember the name of
> the person suggesting it. IIRC, it wasn't a popular proposition.

I have an archive of unnc going back quite a while before then. I've
just re-read that thread. The proponent was Gary Poston. He did post a
few repetitive responses, but without really addressing the issues. He
did at least manage to post a proper RFC back then though

I'll be charitable and say no more than that his summary of discussion
in the Call For Votes stretches the truth. In the end, the vote was
26:12 against. New group creations in uk.* need a +12 margin to win, so
he needed more than 3 times as many YES votes than he actually got.

The 2004 RFD:
<rfd1-uk.rec.gardening.allotments-20040127205525$4b57@clw.cs.man.ac.uk>

<http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk...se_thread/threa
d/4ae9a455f475fb53/90fe781a02ed4c36?q=%22RFD%3A+uk.rec.gardening.allotme
nts%22&lnk=ol&>

The results:
<http://www.ukvoting.org.uk/results/...ng.allotments-2
0040322204508$4473@clw.cs.man.ac.uk.txt>

Regards,

Peter

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