Folks,

I am not really a big fan of newsgroups.  It surreptitiously steals time, which
I am not certain we have much of.

Perry is right:  Grab what you need and run.  Authors should therefore be adept
at constructing issue loaded topics in order to catch readers attention.

Regards.

Robert



On Feb 22, 11:07, Perry Skeath wrote:
> Subject: Re: Newsgroup?
> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 13:25:43 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> From: Perry Skeath 
> Subject: Re: Newsgroup?
> Cc:
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> Hi, Michael -
>
> Isn't there already a MEMS newsgroup?  I used to use it, but stopped a
> couple of years ago.  It's a bother to have to do two separate activities
> (email plus newsgroup).  Everybody logs on to get email anyway, so I
> suspect this is why this email list gets so much activity.
>
> Perhaps there are some who use the newsgroup and who could report how the
> level of activity in the newsgroup compares with the level of activity in
> this email list.
>
> This email list works for me.  I don't feel obligated to read all the mail.
> My solution to the volume of email from this email list is look at the
> subjects, click all that are not of interest, and just hit the delete key
> once.
>
> >Dear All:
> >
> >I find this group very informative.  I think that the volume of email on
this
> >group
> >is high enough that it would be useful to make this a newsgroup instead.  I
> >understand
> >that you can access prior listings from this group at the web site:
> >http://mems.isi.edu/archives/Discussion_Group/index.html
> >but the number of mailings and responses is large enough that a newsgroup
> >format
> >
> >would be much more useful for me.  Anyone else share this opinion?
> >
> >Michael Gaitan
> >
> >--
> >
> >Michael Gaitan, PhD
> >MicroElectroMechanical Systems
> >Semiconductor Electronics Division
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Perry Skeath
> SprayChip Systems Corp.
> 9841 Greenbelt Road, Suite 101
> Seabrook MD 20706-6270
> (301) 552-5570 voice
> (301) 552-5573 fax
>
>
>
>-- End of excerpt from Perry Skeath



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