It seems to me that the comp.ai and comp.ai.* newsgroups are overrun   
   by posts announcing this or that thing, or calls for papers/proposals,   
   etc.  Would it make sense to anyone to have separate newsgroups for   
   this sort of thing, and other newsgroups which are discussion-only   
   newsgroups?  The noise produced by all of the announcement posts seems   
   to inhibit regular discussion of interesting topics.  If so, what   
   steps must be taken to make this happen?   
      
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