From:  "Jazlinn's Sugir" <Sugir@sbcglobal.net>
Date:  15 Jan 2005 06:35:49 Hong Kong Time
Newsgroup:  news.alt119.net/alt.support.srs
Subject:  

Re: Proposal: Semi-moderated TG (private) newsgroup(s?)

NNTP-Posting-Host:  216.128.74.205

"Jennifer Usher"  wrote in message news:34qlp0F4edp9mU1@individual.net...
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> "Jazlinn's Sugir"  wrote in message
> news:41e3d516$1_2@alt.athenanews.com...
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>> Hello All,
>>
>> I've recently jumped headlong into the totally fascinating (to me)
>> transgendered community.
>>
>> Though I'm not TG myself, I have a preop living with me, and have
>> developed a sincere love for (especially) transsexuals, but CD's
>> and any transgender orientation.
>>
>> One of the first things that was apparent, as I visited the Usenet
>> TG groups, is that the public Usenet is innundated by nutjobs.
>>
>> Spammers, trolls, and the delusional.
>>
>> As it turns out, at no additional expense to myself, I could
>> offer one or several newsgroups on my own server (only on
>> a DSL connection, but that should be plenty).
>>
>> Proposal (are you interested?):
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>> A  "by invitation" newsgroup,
>> where the participants are expected to
>> agree to:
>>
>>     - no bashing others
>>     - no yelling, no over obsessing
>>     - no spamming
>>     - real, honest, accepting discussion
>>     - no talking out of school (IT IS A PRIVATE FORUM)
>>     - just fun acceptance of gender and sexuality
>>           with a respect for each person.
>>     - open to transgendered, and interested others
>>
>> This would be newsgroup(s?) hosted on my server, which
>> would be setup like your current ISP Usenet account,
>> and require a valid password.
>>
>> No "Laura Loon", no "nonxdresser", no "banish chix with dix".
>>
>> Free...   And "just another news server account".
>>
>> I have some time to devote to it but would like
>> at least a little moderation support, perhaps in the
>> form of popular vote.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> If there is some interest from other than the delusional
>> I will setup a trial.
>>
>> Tech. Aside: I worked for a company that created server
>> software, and I got a full featured license as a hiring bonus.
>> The software supports news service and HTML access.
>>
>> If there is interest, how many groups would people like to see?
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> It sounds like a good idea to me.

You would have to be the host.

We could discuss if you want.
Call anytime.

Sugir

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> Jennifer Usher
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