Alaskan420 wrote:

You should see the reactions in "fishing.bass"

Positive or not, the more the merrier. It may sound dumb to
value negative reactions, but they are as good an indicator
of interest as anything else in a world of subjective judgements
about newsgroups.

You, Dave, and another gentleman, (danl) seem to be inadvertantly fueling
the idea that this proposal would combine ROFB with the new group. No such
proposal exisits or was put forth.

Relax, it's par for the course. Folks make up all sorts of
wierd threads when discussing a potential newsgroup. Not a
problem. Take a few deep breaths and set the trolling line a
little deeper.

Your right, I don't understand the process. I am not a full time geek. I am
a tournament fisherman who saw an apparent need and has some little skill
with a computer. This is my first, (and more than likely, last), attempt to
establish a newsgroup.

All the more reason to relax. You're doing fine. Stick
with it.

This is the first day that the RFD was posted for discussion. I was not
notified that it would be posted today. As a matter of fact I was unaware
that it had moved along in the process until I began to recieve emails this
morning. The current discussion of processes by the Big8 board has also made
following an exact timeline difficult.

That's reengineering for you. I recently volunteered to
go through the process however it happened but I had
the advantage of knowing that's what I signed up for.
It's worth a few bumps in the road and surprises to get
your newsgroup, right? Remember that on UseNet posts
have already been archived for decades, will pretty
surely remain accessible for centuries, and might survive
millenia. You're building a hertiage here.

Give it a few days and I believe you will see evidence of the need for such
a group.

I also firmly disagree with your contention that tournament fishing is not a
recreational activity.

The range for rec.* is vary wide. Consider that
rec.arts.sf.tv.bablyon5.moderated (a group about the best TV
show in history, says a very biased fan) includes folks who've
recently seen episodes on DVD through folks who were fans
since previews came out for the pilot, though the the author.
The author might have had a lot of fun writing and producing
a 5 year TV show and a spinoff, but he doesn't fit what most
think of for the word recreation.

Fishing is a sport and sports go under rec. Or fishing is an
outdoor activity and they go under rec.