Earlier in this digest, Larry Smith wrote:

> This seems to be a very active list, and I'm sure it's
> no small amount of work for Jody to maintain it.  With
> luck, we'll shortly be hearing from a couple more enthusiasts
> here at Digital that I passes this along to, but with 100 people,
> it seems to me we have enough to warrant a newsgroup.  If folks
> here think kindly of the idea, I'd be willing to start the
> process rolling.  I've become a bit of a patron-saint for
> teeny newsgroups, my most recent effort (which passed)
> was rec.arts.puppetry.

    As always, I appreciate the positive feedback.  I have some
misgivings as to whether we should do this as a newsgroup.  There are
definitely some in our group who do not have access to Usenet Newsgroups,
either because they have not learned how, or because their employers or
e-mail service providers don't offer access.  On the other hand, a
newsgroup would make us much more visible and might eventually bring
more people into "the hobby".

   Although my having to edit the digests (and maintain the mailing list)
is a lot of work, I'd probably want to continue to moderate it even if
this list were gateway'd to Usenet.  One of the failings of Usenet is that
it has become _extremely noisy_.  I hope that I am never accused of blocking
(or biasing) relevant discussion.  However we've had a _VERY LOW_ unsubscribe
rate and I think that is, in part, to our staying "on the topic".

   I suppose that things are going well enough that I ought to write up the
mailing list and submit it to the caretaker of the "Internet list of mailing
lists".

   For now I will decline the offer to start this as a newsgroup.  I'll
entertain private discussion:

     rollreq@foxtail.com

or public discussion:

     rolls@foxtail.com

if people are interested in keeping this tread going.  As always please feel
free to mention this mailing list to people who have posted something "related"
to the Net, or you can forward relevant postings in other Newsgroups
to rollreq@foxtail.com and I'll send them an invitation.

Jody