In article <1...@ariel.unm.edu>, cwa...@hydra.unm.edu (Chris Wayne SCONS) writes:

...I too, would like to throw in my support for the Griff. He's done a damn
fine job geting r.a.s.i. set up and running, and seems to be doing as well
a job keeping it going.

...BZZZT! Sorry Chris, but as one who fully believes that unquestioned (and
unanswered) authority leads inevitably to corruption. Now, don't get me
wrong - I'm not saying that Jim will inevitably take over r.a.s. and become
the moder-dictator of that as well. I don't think Jim's THAT power hungry
(:-) :-):-) :-)), but a reasonable request for an explanation should be
honored.

...Again, I feel that if he does decide against posting the submission, he
should explain why if asked (and asked nicely).

...uh-uh. That belongs on r.a.s., as these generally draw repeated commentary.
COLLECTIONS of parodies, however, should not be excluded from this. I would
suggest that a vote of the r.a.s. readership be taken to determine if the
parody is worth submitting. And then, only if a request is made to do so
by the author or another contributor.

...Nope. I submit all the flack about Neall's "confirmed sold" novel as
evidence against this. Nothing that would go into r.a.s.i. should be
material that would be Rospached (Kill-filed with extreme prejudice).
Some may say that parodies should fall under this category as well, but
look back, people - have you EVER seen anyone get as upset about a parody
as people do over fan fiction? And we havn't even seen hide nor hair of
Lt. Mary Sue around these here parts!

 if script:=fan_fiction
    then post_on_ras
    else if script:=official_paramount_goodies
         then post_on_rasi;

...I'm a little split on this. If these are standard GIF, PICT, TIFF, $#!+
files of Kirk, Spock, Picard, Worf eating a tribble, or a still of Marina
Sirtis from "Blind Date" (or whatever it was called), then stick it...uh...
on r.a.s.

...if it's a set of Autocad or MacDraft blueprints of the "E", a phaser,
or anything else, then that should go in r.a.s.i. if it is in fact based
on official Paramount information.

...especially episode lists, novel lists (including group reviews), cast
&crew lists, the infamous redshirt list (i'd like to see a repost of that
if anyone has it), ship lists, anything that has all the data that new
r.a.s. rookies always ask for.

...I've already made my comments on this to Jim in e-mail. To sum up what
I said: F*ck the papers and print the articles, as they'll be castrating
themselves if they make a big stink about it.

..I remember someone getting into a big flap on news.admin over the overhauling
of charters some years ago. Has the Spaf ever laid down any "laws" concerning
this?

...agreed, by all means!

...again, agreed as far as the lists go. But I have a problem with the
critiques. Who will determine whether X's reviews are more suited for
r.a.s.i than Y's? And lord knows what Q would do if J(im) said "your
critique is too bland for reposting"...

...good points made, Chris.

                                                                OM