1.1.1 History of drum corps on-line
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This article is from the Drum corps FAQ, by Cathy Doser cathyd@halcyon.com with numerous contributions by others.
1.1.1 History of drum corps on-line
The first on-line drum corps newletter that I am aware of was called
Off-The-Line (The Marching Arts List). It was administered by several
people, most recently by DJ Foremsky. In March of 1992, Michael Fath
(mjfath@midway.uchicago.edu) formed an alt newgroup called alt.drumcorps.
The success of alt.drumcorps resulted in the demise of Off-The-Line, since
most people on the list had access to UseNet and discussion moved there.
After nine months of activity, readers of alt.drumcorps held an RFD and CFV
to create a mainstream newsgroup for drumcorps discussion. The vote was run
by Phil Earnhardt and Michael Fath and held during November, 1992. The vote
was successful and two groups were formed in the hierachy Rec.arts.marching.*.
Rec.arts.marching.drumcorps and Rec.arts.marching.misc were created on UseNet
in December, 1992. As of April, 1995, over 29,000 messages have posted to
Rec.arts.marching.drumcorps, and the volume continues to increase monthly.
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