Proposal / Request For Discussion 
New Newsgroup ALT.FAN.DRAGONS 
Status: Unmoderated

This is a formal Proposal and Request for Discussion for the creation of
a new newsgroup under alt.fan.dragons or alt.dragons.

CHARTER - alt.fan.dragons

Alt.fan.dragons will be an unmoderated forum for the posting of any and
all topics relating to dragons, as well as opinion, discussion, stories,
poetry and pictures about any aspect of dragons. The discussion will not
be restricted to any single author or individual's views on dragons life
cycles or behavior, but will be a free discussions on any aspect or ideas
put forth about them.

Topics could include:

*  Discussion on dragon life cycles, Social organization, behavior,
   Characteristics, legends, art styles and other aspects. 
*  Discussions regarding specific authors ideas of dragons 
*  Any original ideas, stories or poems. 
*  Anything else that is relevant to dragons in general.

RATIONALE:

The net has a lot of people interested in dragons on it. A look at
a.b.p.m, a.f.p and a?? traffic level will confirm that. There is
currently no single group on Usenet which addresses the proposed subject
matter. I feel that this group will be successful and help consolidate
the multiple interest in dragons that is scattered around various
newsgroups and yet restricted from full discussion by the various
newsgroup's topic restrictions.

In a recent poll it see if there was any interest for the creation of
such a group out of 54 people who responded 53 expressed interest in
having such a group created. The poll was put out on 11/17/93. The
results were compiled on 11/22/93. The poll was posted to the following
groups:

NAMESPACE

I am not in any way committed to the choice of group name.  I am also
considering the name alt.dragons. However a.t.fan.dragons is probably the
best name due to the existence of alt.dragons-inn which is a story/roll
playing environment and we wouldn't ant any postings confused between the
groups. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.


Suggested one line description for the List of Active Newsgroups:
alt.fan.dragons:       - A discussion on all aspects of dragons.


PROCESS:

The normal  group creation guidelines will be followed.  Discussion will
continue for 30 days from this posting, and after that, a Call for Votes
(CFV) will be posted if appropriate.


DISCUSSION:

Discussion of the proposed group should be held on alt.config. Note that
the Followup-To: line of this article will direct any followups to
alt.config automatically.

Feel free to re-post this article to other newsgroups or mailing-lists
whose readers might find it of interest, as long as the Followup-To: line
remains directed to alt.config. All discussion should take place in that
newsgroup.

I welcome anyone who wishes to write to me personally as well. I hope
this group will be successful.