innkeeping: RESULT: rec.travel.bed+breakfast passes!

[Stephan Spencer <sspencer@netconcepts.com>]

Good news! The bed & breakfast newsgroup has passed! Thanks to all who 
helped make 
this happen. We can look forward to the B&B industry soon receiving a 
great deal 
more visibility on the Net!

Cheers,
Stephan Spencer
InnSite: The Internet Directory of Bed & Breakfasts
http://www.innsite.com

Jan Isley <jan@bagend.atl.ga.us> wrote:
>                                RESULT
>        moderated group rec.travel.bed+breakfast passes 194:17
>
>rec.travel.bed+breakfast results - 211 valid votes
>
> Yes  No  | 2/3 >100 | Pass | Group
>---- ---- | --- ---- | ---- | -------------------------------------------
> 194   17 | Yes  Yes |  Yes | rec.travel.bed+breakfast
>  14 invalid votes
>
>A five day discussion period follows this announcement.  If no
>serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the
>moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly
>thereafter.
>
>Newsgroups line:
>rec.travel.bed+breakfast	A forum for bed and breakfast guests. (Moderated)
>
>Votes closed on 23:59:59 UTC, 14 Jun 1996.
>
>This vote was conducted by a neutral third party.  Questions
>about the proposed group should be directed to the proponent.
>
>Proponent: J.M. Bell <jmb@paii.org>
>Proponent: Stephan Spencer <sspencer@netconcepts.com>
>Votetaker: Jan Isley <jan@bagend.atl.ga.us>
>
>RATIONALE: rec.travel.bed+breakfast
>
>According to a generally respected resource on B&Bs, there are
>approximately 15,000 to 20,000 B&Bs in the U.S. alone, with several
>thousand more throughout the world. Trends indicate that the interest,
>>from  proprietors of B&Bs and potential B&B guests continues to be on
>the rise.
>
>A search of existing USENET newsgroups on March 5, 1996 identified
>no newsgroups on the bed and breakfast industry.  Only one newsgroup
>could be located remotely related to the proposed topic:
>rec.travel.marketplace.  A review of postings to this list reveals
>it is apparently targeted to consumer-oriented sales of varied tour
>packages, hotel discounts, condo rentals and not topics targeted to
>bed and breakfast lodging.
>
>Since March of 1996, a list-server dedicated to bed and breakfast
>lodging issues, BNB-List@innsite.com (subscribe by sending an
>e-mail message to majordomo@innsite.com with "subscribe bnb-list"
>in the body of the message), has been in operation (n.b. it has not
>as of yet been announced publicly on the Internet, but was announced
>at the PAII Conference last month).  Since about 40 million Americans
>stay at bed and breakfasts, it is expected that the greater exposure
>rec.travel.bed-n-breakfast would have in the cyberspace community as
>compared to the existing BNB-List would generate significantly greater
>interest and message traffic than that which currently exists on the
>BNB-List.
>
>If rec.travel.bed-n-breakfast is approved, it is planned that BNB-List
>will become a mirror and list-server gateway to the
>rec.travel.bed-n-breakfast newsgroup, so that those with email access
>but not newsgroup access will still be able to participate, through
>the list-server gateway.
>
>This newsgroup proposal is endorsed by the world's largest
>professional organization for B&B/country inns, the Professional
>Association of Innkeepers International (http://www.paii.org/).
>
>CHARTER: rec.travel.bed+breakfast
>
>Articles suitable for posting to rec.travel.bed+breakfast are those
>pertaining to any topic related to lodging in B&Bs.
>
>Expected topics of discussion include (but are not limited to):
>* past and current B&B guest experiences
>* referrals and recommendations
>* suggestions to guests and innkeepers
>* reviews of guidebooks and other B&B travel resources
>* discussions on food, amenities, locations, recreation, pricing,
>   licenses, certifications, and discounts of B&B inns
>* and just general collaboration and comradery.
>
>Inappropriate posts would include:
>* Advertising.  This newsgroup allows those involved and/or interested
>   in the B&B industry to help B&B travelers.  This is NOT a forum for
>   advertising and commercial interests and such posts will NOT be
>   welcome.  If you have a product or a tour, please post your message
>   in rec.travel.marketplace or other locations.
>* Inappropriate behavior.  Inappropriate posts, spamming, advertisement,
>   foul language, or innuendos that are disrespectful of the other users
>   or groups of people.
>
>END CHARTER.
>
>MAILING LIST GATEWAY:
>
>Gateway mailing list name: BNB-list
>Submission address: BNB-List@innsite.com
>Request address: BNB-List-request@innsite.com
>
>MODERATOR INFO: rec.travel.bed+breakfast
>
>Moderator: "J.M. Bell" <jmb@paii.org>
>Moderator: Stephan Spencer <sspencer@netconcepts.com>
>Administrative contact address: BNB-List-request@innsite.com
>Article submission address: BNB-List@innsite.com
>
>END MODERATOR INFO.
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