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  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Naming Oz groups (Re:Could we get .org.au up soon)
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
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)
 
  Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
 
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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