RE: [Paddlewise] New USENET rec.boat.paddle subgroups proposed

I've seen the RPB post and think it's a great idea! White water has as much
in common with Sea Kayaking as mountain biking and road racing...different
environments, equipment and most importantly, mentality and sensibility.

Now where does surf kayaking fit in?????

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net] On Behalf Of Wes Boyd
		Sent:	Wednesday, May 12, 1999 5:54 PM
		To:	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
		Subject:	[Paddlewise] New USENET rec.boat.paddle
subgroups proposed


		Those of you that are familiar with USENET's rec.boat.paddle
know that it
		tends to be largely whitewater paddler posts, with
flatwater, canoe, and
		other type posts often drowned out by all the whitewater
noise.

		For the last two months, several people who are more or less
regulars on
		r.b.p., including myself, have been working on a Request For
Discussion
		(RFD) to create two new newsgroups:
rec.boats.paddle.whitewater and
		rec.boats.paddle.touring, which would be in addition to the
existing group.

		Again, those of you familiar with rec.boat.paddle know that
any suggestion
		to split or reorganize the group is controversial, and there
has been
		controversy since the announcement of the new RFD was made
Monday.

		Generally, what will happen is that this proposal will be
discussed for
		about three weeks, then there will likely be a Call For
Votes (CFV) on the
		proposal. It takes a pretty good vote to pass these
proposals, and, when
		the time comes, Paddlewise users will be eligible to vote on
these new
		newsgroups.

		Those of us that put the proposal together welcome
examination, discussion
		and support of the proposal by Paddlewisers. Formal
discussion of the
		proposal is supposed to take place in the USENET group
"news.groups", but
		inevitably there's a lot of discussion on RBP itself, if you
would like to
		look in on it. I did not post a copy of the RFD here, for
the sake of space
		(it's rather lengthy), but will either e-mail or post if
requested. I'm
		also available to reply to questions, if needed. There are a
couple other
		Paddlewisers involved in the RFD proposal group, too.

		-- Wes Boyd



	
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