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TH: Re: Starting up a Community Forestry Usenet Newsgroup

 Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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Hi,

I like
 sci.environment.trees
or
sci.environment.urbanforests

My 2 cents :-)

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From: RT Ellsberry <flora@Flora.Com>
To: Community Forestry <Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com>
Date: Sunday, April 20, 1997 11:33 AM
Subject: TH: Starting up a Community Forestry Usenet Newsgroup

> Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
> -------
> Dear Tree-House -
>
> I try to keep technical net stuff brief if I can.  I have
> approached the Usenet folks about starting up a new newsgroup.
>
> This is not an 'alt.' group (alt.tree.huggers), it would be
> within the standard 'big 8' -- comp., misc., rec., sci., talk.,
> etc., which are the most widely distributed of the newsgroups.
>
> The most obvious place for a forestry forum, under what are
> called the standard Usenet hierachies, would be something like
> 'sci.environment.forestry.'  However, I have requested that we
> be given a chance at 'rec.parks.trees,' which also fits on their
> category map.  (This would not interfere with someone else later
> creating one or more forestry groups as indicated above.)
>
> This notice is so you can protest now rec.parks.trees if you
> are so inlined, or support it if you think it is a good idea.
> Please understand that within these strict hierachies, group
> names are voted on by committee and cannot pass if they are
> non-conformant.  We hope to have rec.parks.trees up and running
> by September, offering attendees at the Urban Forests conference
> in Atlanta (Ga US) full participation, which should be a pretty
> impressive and exciting demonstration for all involved.
>
> Richard@Flora.Com
> -------------------------+----------------------+----------------------
> Richard Tryzno Ellsberry | FloraList Operations | Baltimore USDA Zone 7
> -------------------------+-( http://Flora.Com )-+----------------------
>
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