P3D Re: List fragmentation

[Dan Shelley <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:10 PM 3/25/98 -0700, you wrote:

>This list has always been about stereoscopic 3D imagery.  It has always
>been host to a discussion of a wide range of capture, storage and viewing
>technologies.  Why pick one set of these and isolate it from the rest?

Peter,

That was the original point. The moderators have decided that the original
charter does not allow for extensive digital 3D discussion. So, we are
trying to figure out a way to "allow" it. 

The two options are:

1. modify the P3D "charter" to allow that new discussion and possibly lose
some members who are not interested any longer...
2. add a "daughter" list to allow for the growth and inclusion of the new,
expanding digital field and not offend those who might have left...

One bonus of option #2 is that people who might leave P3D from frustration
about a lack of freedom to discuss digital 3D things will have a place to
"grow". As I said beofre everyone who is even remotely interested could
just be a member of both lists and not miss anything. It would still all be
one large P3D family... 

As I said to Dr. T a little while ago. I stopped going to Alt.3D because it
became to narrow in it's "3D" focus - not allowing for true stereoscopic 3D
discussion. In a way, that has happened on P3D with Digital stereo 3D.
Let's not let people get to a place where they leave like I and MANY others
did with Alt.3D...

Enough said... 

Dan


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