Re: alt.binaries.multimedia.rail

["Rod Young" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

Great idea, I have stuff all ready to go!
My only problem is that I believe it very difficult to keep multi-part files
in the group long enough to download.
That is only one part does not load or post, the whole job becomes time
wasting. But let us give it a try. It will never take the place of
travelling overseas, but it will be great to see Railways in other lands,
and to share our little masterpieces!

--

Rod Young
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/
Foundation President and Co-Founder
Hobsons Bay Model Railway Club Inc.
Operators of Australia's only 'Australian' Model Railway Show
Every Easter in Melbourne.
and my page
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/rods


<rrri@nospam.3ri.com> wrote in message
news:ob1gjskovk1aeq1l9s4m16qk3r70ke1ikn@4ax.com...
> A proposal has been submitted to establish a newsgroup geared
> specifically towards posting railroad (prototype or model) video
> clips.  Some discussion is needed amongst the newsgroups where this
> posted for the benefit of the news administrators who need a little
> extra convincing that they should set up the subject newsgroup on
> their system.
>
> Discussion/comments should occur in any of the railroad-related (model
> or prototype) the newsgroups; please do not respond directly to me.
> The comments should allude to whether or not you would post video or
> sound clips in the proposed newsgroup and/or whether or not you would
> read/download files from the proposed newsgroup.
>
>
> Here are the contents of the CHARTER:
>
> The newsgroup is to support the railfan (aka: "railbuff," "trainbuff,"
> "train spotter,") and model railroad hobbyist by encouraging video and
> sound posts of prototype of model railroad multimedia clips of
> original work produced by the contributors.
> Photography (still and video) is an essential part of the
> railfan hobby, and to a lesser extent, model railroading.  Still
> (film/digital) railroad photography is the focus of another group
> (alt.binaries.pictures.rail).  However, a newsgroup appropriate for
> railroad videos or sound is not believed to currently exist.
> Posting of commercial clips by those in the railroad videotape
> industry is acceptable, but not encouraged more than once-per-week (an
> arbitrary number).  The proposed group is primarily  for those who
> videotape railroads as a hobby, not commercially.  Contributors (to
> this proposed newsgroup retain copyright to the material they create.
>
> GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS: International.
>
> FORMATS PERMITTED: Unlimited (Video: AVI, MPEG, RM, etc., Sound: MP3,
> WAV, etc.), but consideration must be given to creating clips that can
> be viewed/heard on the most widely used operating systems using freely
> available software.  This applies to the CODECs used to create the
> clips, as well.
>
> ALTERNATIVE NAMES CONSIDERED:
> alt.binaries.multimedia.railroad
> Not proposed in the belief that it was more
> useful (though slightly less descriptive) to
> retain commonality with the naming of
> alt.binaries.pictures.rail.  There is also
> a concern someone would mis-perceive
> the newsgroup as related to the
> rock group, Grand Funk Railroad.
>
> ALTERNATIVE NEWSGROUPS CONSIDERED:
> alt.binaries.pictures.rail
> By definition, the name does not encourage posting of
> multimedia files, although it is sometimes tolerated
> by the participants.
> alt.binaries.multimedia
> Couldn't find a specific FAQ, but a review of
> message headers on 30-May-2000 indicated that the
> NG was geared towards posting of television programs
> alt.binaries.mpeg.*
> ABMRail will not be confined to the MPEG format.
>
>
> DISCUSSION MESSAGES PERMITTED: Yes.
>
> REPOST REQEST MESSAGES PERMITTED: Yes
>
> OFF-TOPIC [OT] MESSAGES PERMITTED: No.  Messages must be either
> multimedia uploads of prototype or model railroads, repost requests,
> or discussion about a multimedia railroad upload (ie. missing parts).
>
> MODERATED: No thanks.
>
> FAQ:  Not yet, but much of what it will contain is in this message.
>