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Re: TH: Re: Usenet Newsgroup
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Dudley R. Hartel wrote:
> I do not participate in newsgroup discussions, but rely more on the
> urban forestry listservs for information and discussion. What, actually
> would be the difference in how rec.parks.trees (or whatever) operates
> and Tree-House?
A rec.parks.trees newsgroup would be readily 'visible' to millions
of folks around the world. It would not have quite the same mutually
trusting small-group feel that this list has. Also, it could be com-
pletely independent of this list, similar in objectives perhaps but
different in form (implementation).
Someone who needs an occasional question answered about trees, but
who does not want to subscribe to a mailing-list, could post their
query on the newsgroup. If one mission of Tree-House is to bring
a deepened appreciation for trees to a wider audience, then a news-
group would further that goal.
Actually, my personal mission here has always been to develop an
on-line network of mutual support for independent community tree-
planting (stewardship) programs -- which after 2 years is still in but
a seedling phase. 'Internet' is not yet a household word everywhere.
rec.parks.trees (or Tree-House for that matter) has no clear precedent
on Usenet. Among their 'Big 8' hierachies I believe that there are 1900
newsgroups, with *none* dedicated exclusively to trees. Considering
the groups which already exist, our proposed rec.parks.trees would fall
somewhere near rec.gardens, and sci.environment (being 2 of the big 8).
It is my guess that sci.environment.forestry will emerge within the
next few years anyway, courtesy of someone more 'credited' than I :) ...
(For the curious, the Usenet 'Big 8' hierarchies -- the widest
distributed newsgroups in the world -- are comp, humanities, misc,
news, rec, sci, soc and talk.) Here in Baltimore, urban forestry
is organized something like this: Parks & Rec / City Forestry / Street
Trees. This structure is nicely encapsulated in 'rec.parks.trees' ...
Richard@Flora.Com
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