response 136 of 624:

Jan 1 20:13 UTC 1997

I hate to interrupt the flame-fest, but in the spirit of
compromise, I'll once again suggest making one or two of
our conferences available via anonymous access, while keeping
the rest closed.  (An idea I've shamelessly stolen from
the River.)  This way, Web surfers can get some idea what
we're about, without really changing the nature of Grex (IMHO).
All bbs users would know the confs were "open to the public",
so as long as f-w's are careful about asking permission to
link items to these places, nobody will be caught be surprise.
To follow brighn's analogy, the New York Metropolitan Opera
does videotapes of its performances once in a while and shows
them on PBS, but that doesn't make them a television program.