DATE: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 23:38:11 CST From: ah5~fn.ysu.edu (George W. Miklas) Subject: Our RFD Has been submitted!
Hello fellow Harpers! I have submitted our Request For Discussion to the News.Announce.Newsgroups area of Usenet. There are several other areas in which I submitted the RFD for posting. Those groups are: rec.music.classical rec.music.christian rec.music.makers rec.music.info rec.music.folk rec.music.dylan
My hope is to stimulate interest from these groups to help get us the necessary votes to get acceptance of our proposed group:
REC.MUSIC.MAKERS.HARMONICA
We all need to watch for the discussion to begin and go to all of our USENET friends and solicit their votes. Anyone can vote on our RFD once it comes up for a vote--approx. one month.
Well, without any further adue........... ************************************************************************
Request For Discussion (RFD) : REC.MUSIC.MAKERS.HARMONICA
This is a formal request for discussion on the subject of creating the unmoderated newsgroup rec.music.makers.harmonica. Discussion will take place in the newsgroup rec.music.makers.
STATUS: Unmoderated
JUSTIFICATION: The harmonica is a musical instrument which has a large interest base of computer/internet users. The proposed new group, rec.music.makers.harmonica, will provide harmonica players as well as interested general public an opportunity to discuss and share the information available on performance techniques, available sound recordings, performance reviews, et.al.
RATIONALE: There are over 150 harmonica players and enthusiasts, that we currently know about, registered on an internet mailing list called Harp-L. Harp-L is hosted by the Western Kentucky University, and under the watchful eye of Chris Pierce. On Harp-L, there are over 10 postings per day! Each and everyday brings an average of 3 subscriptions to the list. There is clearly a great interest in the topic. Every day, Chris Pierce sends out a digest of at least 400 lines long and they've been getting longer! This is a task which must not be the burden of one person any longer. It is the opinion of myself and my fellow harmonica players on the Harp-L list, that the topic deserves consideration to become a rec group.
CHARTER: Rec.music.makers.harmonica will be dedicated to the discussion of ALL topics related to the harmonica. Including, but not limited to:
************************************************************************* That is the RFD as it was posted.
P.S.: Thanks Chris for your help with Harp-L information!
-- George Miklas, Bass Harmonicist, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats E-Mail: ah5~fn.ysu.edu Music SIG: xx1~fn.ysu.edu "Three Gs and an E flat....who would think this would be the main theme of a major symphonic work?" Arthur G. Spiro
