From: Hugh Denoncourt <hd <at> HOPPER <dot> UNH <dot> EDU>
Date: 7 oct 1995
Subject: Re: Popularising Shogi on the Net

> Has anyone ever tried to start a rec.games.shogi newsgroup?
I would guess not.
> The procedure explained in "The Internet Complete Reference" makes it
> sound easy enough.  Basically all that is needed is a two thirds "yes"
> vote and a margin of 100 votes of yes over no.  There are over 200
> people on this mailing list so we should be able to get enough votes
> without soliciting our friends. I hope this thread get as much
> attention as "King in check" has gotten recently.
Not to be repetitive or anything crazy like that but I am in total
agreement with the above statement.  That sounds very reassuring if we
could get the votes that easily!