Greetings,

My appologies to those subscribed to more than one mailing list who will
recieve this message more than once.

The Request for Discussion has been posted to the group "news.groups" where the
worth of adding such a group to the Usenet is now being debated.

The most common comment from people is that since there's already a group
called sci.nanotech, why do we need a group on micromachining. It's the same
topic, isn't it?

So it appears that a general misunderstanding about our science, coupled with
the sensationalistic (almost Hollywood) attitude towards nano technology could
really hurt the chances for the creation of the group. Remember that to pass,
100 more YES votes than NO are needed and 2/3 of the votes must be YES votes,
so NO votes carry more weight.

I've answered these people as best I can, but I'd appreciate anyone else
comfortable posting on "news.groups", who can formulate a response to do so, so
it doesn't look to those on the fence like only one person is supporting this
group. Search for the word "micromachining" to pick up on the thread. Also,
keep in mind that this group is very flamable so argue as convincingly as
possible without exposing anyone's ignorance on the topic.

As an example, one thing I said was: These sciences solve different problems,
use different tools and fabrication techniques and have many different concerns
such as the way to gain industrial and commercial acceptance. They have as much
in common as electronic engineering and power transmission engineering. Both
are small as both deal with electricity.

-Chris
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.+'''+. |Christopher Raum - craum@robinhood.engg.uregina.ca|
R A U M |Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina      |
`+.,.+' |Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S-0A2, Canada             |
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