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(...) In which case, maybe .org.ANZA [Australia and New-Zealand Area] or similar? (...) See above suggestions (...) Agreed (...) I'd say they should be allowed to join...but who listens to me. (...) Agreed (...) Maybe Australian region [or by (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I hear you Ben, it's just that your reply-posting problem makes it kind of like waiting for an echo to finish before replying. By which time something else may also have been said. (...) This idea i like. Perhaps its something we can adopt for (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) How'bout .org.oceania? (...) Hmm. No one else can even post at all, not even *comment* on what's going on in your group? Maybe it's just me, but I like to read and comment about what other groups are doing... Think about the BrickFest for (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Oceania, that's it !!! (that's our world cup soccer group too!) (...) I'm with Shiri on this, let whoever respond, if people break the rules, they get ignored or Todded. (...) for (...) Hmmm, better fix that up shortly ;^) (...) Is that 2c US (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's what the whole area's called, no? (...) Todded... yeah, that's it. ;-) (...) Yep, it's about time they get over to ya! (those pitchforks were sure a nice commission) (...) Whichever's the most. ;-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Eeeegads, thats a good one! Incidendtly, as Oceania isn't given a place in the football world cup, the winner of oceania has to play the fifth placed Sth American team for the final place from Sth America. Ripped off i say! (...) Well i said (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) There's currently no mechanism in place in the newsserver to limit posting to a given group to a given set of named people in an "easy" way, although there is a mechanism to block specific people from specific groups if they've been naughty. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Todd Lehman passes on much useful information: (...) post, (...) Yes this will be required. Is this the type of information that will go onto the lugnet.com/org/au/ page?. Can we take the easy way out by saying "you must comply (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) When you say, "this will be required," what do you mean by "this"? (...) You mean a list of people or a list of rules? (...) Yes. (...) I don't think there is a clear way to define a "member" of a newsgroup. (...) It sounds like what you want (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I would think you would want to encourage auctions by Australians, even if they are available to the world. My impression was that you folks wanted your own auction area so you don't need to wade through a bunch of US only auctions. (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) administrate (...) "This" being, that we will let you know when someone's being a pain. We will require you to know when someones being a pain so that you can slap their wrist :) (...) A list of rules I was asking about. I guess what I'm (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That is one of the issues, the wading is not that big a hassle, because if you want to find what you're after, you have to wade a lot ;-). But yes that is one of the issues. The problem has been that auction postings will appear in the auction (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Okie dokie. (...) Basically, anything you want, related to your LUG/club/group/organization. (...) Yup! You'll just need to choose someone to maintain the pages in the /org/au/ hierarchy of the website. Any people who are LUGNET members can (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Of course, it's not meant to supplant, supersede, or discourage use of a LUG's/club's/organisation's own official website (for example www.nelug.org), but rather to augment it or offer an alternative for organisations without a webiste. It's (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) This reminds me of an incident in my first year of highschool. We had a science teacher called Mrs Law, and her very first line to us "my name is Mrs Law, and I AM THE LAW". <groan> I knew highschool would be downhill from there on. We'll do (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Santosh wrote in message ... (...) allowed" (...) in (...) specifically (...) auction (...) Apologies if this has been covered in this weighty thread (it didn't seem to be), but the main point of someone posting an auction in .org.au is because (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I don't know, I think they're great names! <GD&R> Pete Callaway (now if we could only include Victoria in the NRL State of Origin so we can kick their butts too!!) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Would that make the (as yet non-existent) Tas group the Tugs? Or would that be the Hobart Hugs... Deidre drb@tasmail.com (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) act (...) Ah yes, so we'd be the Melbourne Muggers, the Hobart Huggers and the Brisbane ****** Kerry (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) group, (...) Also dealing with an Australian means we can talk in our own currency and pay with a normal cheque, postal order, or cash. Kerry (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yeah, that was my line of thought, but I didn't want to butt in because I'm not Aussie. :-) Personally, I haven't held any auctions yet, but if I did, I'd like to open them to international bidders, because I know how hard it is to get sets (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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From where I'm standing, It's all looking schweeeeet :-) Santosh (who may have to become a Mugger depending on which job he accepts) (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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You're both correct, and i think this hefty discussion if drawing to a quiet close soon. Basically, its come to this. Org.au will indeed be used for auctions targeted at Australians. We'd expect that the majority of the auctions are also run by (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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