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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
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FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the
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FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of
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individual articles contributed by their authors or authorized
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agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this
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compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Jottings from an old geezer .............................. 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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A Little Story ........................................... 2
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IFNA Minutes of the Board of Directors 1/27/90 (Draft) ... 5
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 15
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The Captain's Log ........................................ 15
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4. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 17
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 17
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5. NOTICES .................................................. 20
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 20
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And more!
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EDITORIAL
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As I write this, the white stuff outside my door is getting
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deeper and deeper. Perhaps I'll get to stay home from work
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tomorrow and play with my computer. That would be nice.
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In a few months, we're going to reach the fifth anniversary of
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FidoNet's switch to Multinet. Maybe there aren't enough old
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geezers out there who appreciate that fact, but this one thinks
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we should do something to observe that occurrence. It will be a
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nice dry run for next year's fifth anniversary of Echomail...
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One of the criticisms I have heard of FidoNews is the difficulty
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of locating the articles and their authors' names. This is (yes,
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I know you hear this all the time) not entirely my fault.
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ARTSPEC.DOC is pretty clear on a suggested style, and articles
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using this style will have the information presented in a
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consistent location in the story, and will most likely be
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properly indexed in the Table of Contents. Many weeks I find
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myself fixing up stories to conform to this, but if I don't have
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the time, it just doesn't happen.
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Last week's banner page was so long that very few items fit into
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the Table of Contents. Since there were so many interesting
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articles last week, that's unfortunate. I have shortened the
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banner page somewhat. I'm going to work on it some more between
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this week and next, hopefully resulting in a basic presentation
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that will last a while.
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We now have the route-through arrangement with Harry's system
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complete. He tells me that a few file requests for ARTSPEC.DOC
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came up empty this week, though. We've now fixed that. At this
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point, I believe that we have 1:1/1 completely working at Harry's
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site. We're sorry for any inconvenience our fumbling and
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bumbling might have caused you in the interim.
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That's it until next week. Happy Trails.
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ARTICLES
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Fabian Kiendl
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Fidonet 2:507/8
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A 300 bps modem tells about its past
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My career began under the christmas-tree, when a 12-year-old
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pupil living in New York got me as a present. He had never
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expected to get me (some people fear a 120% increase of
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their phone bill), so his joy was enormous, and he wanted
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to start the "maiden-voyage" immediately. But there was the
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first hurdle: all the New York numbers were busy - many pu-
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pils seemed to have gotten a modem as a christmas present.
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Luckily the resources of numbers were not exhausted: there
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still was the number of a very good multi-user BBS in San
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Francisco. That wasn't a local call at all, and I wondered
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what the parents of my new owner would say about the phone
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bill. But at least that number wasn't busy - Pacific Time is
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3 hours different from New York Time, and therefore there
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surely wasn't distribution of presents yet. The first ses-
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sion with me could start. A very simple communications pro-
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gram had to be enough, but it was certainly better than no-
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thing. The session lasted about 30 minutes, when the father
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of my new owner asked: "Where are you connected to? I need
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the phone for ordering a table in the restaurant." When he
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heard the true answer - "San Francisco" - his face went
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white, as he expected his statement of account to get red
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numbers (for minus). That was no wonder , because the phone
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bill had been increased by at least 80%. I had a long break
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now.
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It was a "bad-cluster-life" for me to lie in the cupboard
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unused. The father called me a "100-$-note-eater", and
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every time the son asked for the permission to use me again
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the answer was "No". He seemed not to bear the high bill I
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had caused with the long-distance call to San Francisco. Af-
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ter three weeks (when the holidays were over and school
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ate up most of my owner's time) I was used again. The father
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had caused more telephone charge than I with the long-dis-
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tance call by asking everybody who had something to do with
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computers in any way for local BBS numbers that weren't busy
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and not too expensive to call. And - he had success. Now I
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wasn't a "100-$-note-eater" any more, as the local calls
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were free of charge. My owner could make long sessions with-
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out having to get pangs of conscience. I didn't have to lie
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in the cupboard again.
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One of the local numbers was the "favorite": the number of a
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BBS which had a direct conference with one in Sydney, Au-
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stralia. The messages were transported at night (the oversea
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charge was lower then) and arrived at the destination more
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quickly than a letter. One thing was not so good: the sysop
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had to charge a little price for the usage of the confe-
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rence. That was easy to understand, oversea charge was not
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cheap at all, and he had to pay very much for that hobby.
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But that price was not so high as the first increased phone
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bill. Luckily, because the first one wasn't paid off yet. It
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had made a really big hole in the purse.
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When access to file areas was opened, my owner began to no-
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tice that 300 bps aren't very fast. Programs got bigger and
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bigger, and the transmission time made that the father of
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my owner was an extremely hard-to-reach person. The line was
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always busy, callers had only a chance when my owner was at
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school or doing homeworks. I feared a new "cupboard period".
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That nightmare didn't become true, but the busy line prohi-
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bited my owner to wish a faster modem. If those long calls
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had been long distance or oversea calls - imagine what an
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astronomical phone bill would have been caused!
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The highest point of my career began when my owner discove-
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red a BBS which was connected to several hundred others in
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the USA. He could write messages to San Francisco, Los Ange-
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les, Anchorage or Nome now without breaking the telephone
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charge world record. And his private mail was full of re-
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plies every day. Unfortunately, the 300 bps prevented him
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to read ALL the messages in the message boards. So the call
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for a faster modem got louder and louder. But it wasn't
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heard for a long time. I think it was the first bill which
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had caused that. What a pity - 300 bps became less actual
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from day to day, and long-distance calls were impossible be-
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cause of the long time needed for transmission...
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Then, after a few months, when my owner broke his money-box
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in order to buy a faster modem and open the door to long-
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distance and oversea calls, my hour rang. My owner celebra-
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ted the "maiden-voyage" with his new, faster modem, and I
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was no longer used. But I had a "memorial" - the first bill,
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and I could be sure that I had served loyally in my time.
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And then, when I was put into the corner, I made a few
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questions: What a phone bill will the new modem cause? Will
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the new modem remain actual for a longer time than I? Will
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my owner remember me, or will I simply no longer exist for
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him?
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I only found out the answer for the first question: The bill
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caused by the new modem got the 3rd dimension - exponents
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had to be used, otherwise the field "Amount to pay" had been
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to small. But I don't know what the father said about that
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bill. I only know that it had been caused by a few oversea
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calls.
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I hope that I haven't made too many mistakes (I have used a
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spell checker), and that you have enjoyed this little story.
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Netmail comments from all zones are welcome - please write
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them to Fabian Kiendl on 2:507/8 (STONES *Herdecke*, FRG).
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FidoNews 7-06 Page 5 5 Feb 1990
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INTERNATIONAL FIDONET ASSOCIATION, INC. (IFNA)
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DRAFT
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Minutes of the Board of Directors
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(Special Meeting)
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27 January 1989 09:00
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The special meeting of the Board of Directors of the IFNA
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was opened by the Chairman Thom Henderson at 09:06 hours in the
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City of Clifton, New Jersey. Irene Henderson was appointed the
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Sergeant of Arms.
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Agenda Item I.
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Roll Call
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Attending:
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Phil Buonomo
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Irene Henderson
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Thom Henderson
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Karl Schinke
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Jim Hruby
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Bill VanGlahn
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Fabian Gordon
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Burt Juda
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John Raffuse
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Don Daniels
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Randy Bush
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Bob Moravsik
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Ivan Schaffel
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John Roberts
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Alternates Held:
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Bill VanGlahn alternate for Mark Hawthorne
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Thom Henderson alternate for Steve Jordan
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Don Daniels alternate for Dave Melnick
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Randy Bush alternate for Tom Jennings, Matt
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Whelan and Steve Barnes
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Bob Moravsik alternate for Bill Bolton
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The following statement was requested to be added to the
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minutes by:
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A. Bill Bolton - Bob Moravsik
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B. Tom Jennings - Randy Bush
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C. Matt Whelan - Randy Bush
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D. Steve Barnes - Randy Bush
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"We Reserve the Right to claim that the meeting was
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improperly constituted."
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Agenda Item II.
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Amendments to the Agenda
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A. Future Dissolution of IFNA
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Motion to amend the agenda to add the Motion "Future
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Dissolution of IFNA" requested by Randy Bush, seconded
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by Irene Henderson.
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Motion carried by a unanimous vote of the Board of
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Directors.
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Motion to close amendments to the Agenda by John
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Roberts, seconded by Irene Henderson.
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Motion passed.
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Agenda Item III.
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Committee Reports
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Elections Committee - Report distributed to Board
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Members and read by Secretary. Motion made and
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seconded to accept report as sent to Board of
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Directors.
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Motion passed.
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Motion made by Randy Bush to "Thank Steve Bonine
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for a job well done." Seconded by Kris Veitch.
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Motion passed unanimously.
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Treasurer Report - Report distributed to Board
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Members and read by Treasurer. Motion made and
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seconded to accept report.
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Motion passed.
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Secretary Report - Letter from Tom Jennings regarding
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the termination of the Trademark License Agreement
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that allows IFNA the use of the trademarks, commencing
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28 February 1990. Motion made and seconded to accept
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the report.
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Motion passed.
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Bylaws Committee Report - No business pending by the
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committee. Motion made and seconded to accept report.
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Motion passed.
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Agenda Item IV.
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New Business
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A. Future Dissolution of IFNA
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B. Immediate Dissolution of IFNA
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C. Dissolution of the FidoNet Technical
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Standards Committee
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D. Dissolution of the IFNA Publications
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Committee
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E. Dissolution of the IFNA Technical
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Coordinator
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Don Daniels moved to accept the Motion before the Board
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"The Future Dissolution of IFNA".
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John Raffuse seconded.
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Discussion.
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Randy Bush moved to amend Preamble.
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Phil Buonomo seconded.
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Amendment passed.
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Don Daniels moved to amend Motion and strike 3rd
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resolution.
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Bob Moravsik seconded.
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Roll Call vote.
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Amendment passed.
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Bob Moravsik moved to amend Motion on 4th whereas to
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add Missouri statute.
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Kris Veitch seconded.
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FidoNews 7-06 Page 8 5 Feb 1990
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Amendment passed.
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Randy Bush moved to amend the Motion and add to the
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3rd Resolve that the Association minimalize business
|
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activities.
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John Raffuse seconded.
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Roll Call vote.
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Amendment passed.
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Break for lunch at 12:20 to Resume at 13:15
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Meeting called to order at 13:15
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Ivan Schafel moved to amend verbiage in first resolve.
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Jim Hruby seconded.
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Roll Call vote.
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Amendment failed.
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Phil Buonomo moved to amend the second resolve to drop
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the reference to August meeting and Annual meeting.
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Burt Juda seconded.
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Amendment passed.
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Randy Bush moved to amend the second resolve to add
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Annual Membership Meeting.
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Fabian Gordon seconded.
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Roll Call vote.
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Amendment passed.
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John Roberts moved to amend the verbiage of the first
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resolve to read "recommend".
|
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Bill VanGahln seconded.
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Amendment passed.
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|||
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Phil Buonomo moved to amend the second whereas from
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one-third to one-half of the Sysops of Fidonet and
|
|||
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the word manage to represent.
|
|||
|
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John Roberts seconded.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Roll Call vote.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amendment passed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 9 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
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|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
John Raffuse called the question of the Resolution on
|
|||
|
|
the floor.
|
|||
|
|
John Roberts seconded.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Roll Call vote.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Failed.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
John Roberts moved to table the Future Dissolution
|
|||
|
|
motion before the Board.
|
|||
|
|
Karl Schinke seconded.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Roll Call vote.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Failed.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Don Daniels moved to amend the Future Dissolution
|
|||
|
|
first resolve verbiage from "We" to "The Board of
|
|||
|
|
Directors".
|
|||
|
|
Fabian Gordon seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amendment passed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fabian Gordon called the question of the Resolution
|
|||
|
|
on the floor.
|
|||
|
|
Randy Bush seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Karl Schinke moved to table the Resolution.
|
|||
|
|
Phil Buonomo seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Roll Call vote.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Resolution tabled.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Karl Schinke moved to accept the Motion of Immediate
|
|||
|
|
Dissolution of IFNA.
|
|||
|
|
Don Daniels seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Point of Order by Kris Veitch that the Motion is
|
|||
|
|
illegal.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Over-ruled by Thom Henderson.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Randy Bush wished to have his statement recorded in
|
|||
|
|
the minutes:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Strenuously object to the Chairman's ruling."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Debate on Point of Order allowed by Chairman.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
John Roberts moved to close debate.
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 10 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Randy Bush seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Burt Juda moved to table Motion.
|
|||
|
|
Fabian Gordon seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Roll Call vote.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Motion tabled.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phil moved to accept the Motion of the Dissolution
|
|||
|
|
of the FTSC.
|
|||
|
|
Karl Schinke seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bob Moravsik moved to table the Motion.
|
|||
|
|
Ivan Schaffel seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Roll Call vote.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Motion tabled.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Randy Bush moved to untable the Motion of the Future
|
|||
|
|
Dissolution of IFNA.
|
|||
|
|
John Roberts seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Passed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phil Buonomo moved to amend the 2nd resolution to
|
|||
|
|
add verbiage from the Missouri statute.
|
|||
|
|
Fabian Gordon seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amendment passed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Ivan Schaffel called the question of the resolution
|
|||
|
|
of the Future Dissolution of the International
|
|||
|
|
FidoNet Association.
|
|||
|
|
Irene Henderson seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Roll Call vote.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Resolution passed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Ivan Schaffel moved to Adjourn.
|
|||
|
|
Randy Bush seconded.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Passed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
|
|||
|
|
International FidoNet Association was adjourned at
|
|||
|
|
18:15 hours on January 27th, 1990.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 11 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Secretary's Note:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following is the completed Resolution that
|
|||
|
|
is presented to FidoNet.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
On the Future Dissolution of the International FidoNet
|
|||
|
|
Association
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WHEREAS:
|
|||
|
|
At the Board of Directors Meeting concluded on 27 Aug 1989
|
|||
|
|
a Resolution was passed to hold a Referendum of FidoNet to
|
|||
|
|
determine if the International FidoNet Association, Inc.
|
|||
|
|
should continue to exist, and
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WHEREAS:
|
|||
|
|
In the Referendum of FidoNet concluded on 1 Dec 1989 fewer
|
|||
|
|
than one half of the sysops of FidoNet desired that the
|
|||
|
|
Association officially represent them, and
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WHEREAS:
|
|||
|
|
The Board of Directors established the rule for the
|
|||
|
|
election that upon failure of this Referendum the Board of
|
|||
|
|
Directors would initiate dissolution of the Association,
|
|||
|
|
and
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WHEREAS:
|
|||
|
|
Missouri statute requires receiving at least two thirds of
|
|||
|
|
the votes entitled to be cast by members present at a
|
|||
|
|
membership meeting in order to dissolve a corporation
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
therefore be it
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RESOLVED:
|
|||
|
|
That the Board of Directors recommends to the membership
|
|||
|
|
that the Association be dissolved.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RESOLVED:
|
|||
|
|
That the question of dissolution be submitted to the
|
|||
|
|
membership for a vote at the next Annual Membership
|
|||
|
|
Meeting, or, prior to that meeting, by consent of the
|
|||
|
|
membership pursuant to Missouri statute 355.460.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RESOLVED:
|
|||
|
|
That the Association take no action that is not required
|
|||
|
|
by statute, Articles of Association, or Bylaws until such
|
|||
|
|
time as the vote to dissolve is completed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RESOLVED:
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 12 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
That the Regular Annual Board Meeting of our Association
|
|||
|
|
scheduled for 16 February 1990 is hereby canceled.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RESOLVED:
|
|||
|
|
That the next Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
|
|||
|
|
Association shall be at the Annual Meeting of our
|
|||
|
|
membership after the vote is concluded, and that all
|
|||
|
|
motions now before the Board regarding the disposal of
|
|||
|
|
assets be tabled until that time.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
==============================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Secretary's Report:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Please find enclosed the content of the letter sent
|
|||
|
|
to the Secretary of this Corporation by Tom Jennings.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1. This letter is to inform IFNA that I am
|
|||
|
|
terminating our Trademark License Agreement that
|
|||
|
|
allows IFNA the use of my trademarks, commencing
|
|||
|
|
28 February 1990.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2. The vote by the network members this past 1
|
|||
|
|
December 1989 clearly indicates that IFNA does
|
|||
|
|
not represent the wishes and needs of the Fido
|
|||
|
|
Net network at large, and therefore myself.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Elections and Nominations Report
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Please consider my article in the January 1, 1990 edition
|
|||
|
|
of FidoNews (FNEWS701.ARC) to be the Final Report from the
|
|||
|
|
Elections and Nominations Committee.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I have no recommendations on conclusion of ongoing business,
|
|||
|
|
as I do not consider that there is any ongoing business of
|
|||
|
|
this committee. The election is concluded, and it would appear
|
|||
|
|
that there need be no nominations for any future posts. Thus,
|
|||
|
|
the work of this committee is done.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Treasurer's Report
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
IFNA Financial Report
|
|||
|
|
2/ 1/89 Through 1/27/90
|
|||
|
|
IFNA Page 1
|
|||
|
|
1/27/90
|
|||
|
|
2/ 1/89-
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 13 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Category Description 1989 1990 1/27/90
|
|||
|
|
-------------------------- --------- --------- ----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
INCOME
|
|||
|
|
Balance Forward 6,218.93 0.00 6,218.93
|
|||
|
|
Other Membership Dues 0.00 0.00 0.00
|
|||
|
|
Membership Dues Rec'd 1,225.00 166.00 1,391.00
|
|||
|
|
Misdirected Funds 3.00 0.00 3.00
|
|||
|
|
Membership Renewal 1,375.00 0.00 1,375.00
|
|||
|
|
Not Categorized Income 50.00 0.00 50.00
|
|||
|
|
--------- --------- ----------
|
|||
|
|
TOTAL INCOME 8,871.93 166.00 9,037.93
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EXPENSES
|
|||
|
|
Certificate Prep 52.00 0.00 52.00
|
|||
|
|
Bank Charge for Checks 34.50 0.00 34.50
|
|||
|
|
Election/Voting Expense 1,674.56 0.00 1,674.56
|
|||
|
|
Legal Fees 153.00 0.00 153.00
|
|||
|
|
Membership Services 230.64 43.01 273.65
|
|||
|
|
Miscellaneous 50.00 0.00 50.00
|
|||
|
|
Postage 574.58 209.51 784.09
|
|||
|
|
Telephone 372.81 65.13 437.94
|
|||
|
|
Travel and Entertainment 429.49 0.00 429.49
|
|||
|
|
--------- --------- ----------
|
|||
|
|
TOTAL EXPENSES 3,571.58 317.65 3,889.23
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
========= ========= ==========
|
|||
|
|
OVERALL TOTAL 5,300.35 -151.65 5,148.70
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
==============================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Final Note: This is a Draft Copy sent to FidoNews for
|
|||
|
|
immediate publication. The Board Meeting
|
|||
|
|
was taped and the tapes will be transcribed
|
|||
|
|
in detail at a future date.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Respectfully submitted to the Sysops of FidoNet,
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Kris Veitch - Secretary/Treasurer of IFNA
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
==============================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PostScript:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I personally would like to thank Bob Moravsik
|
|||
|
|
for bringing copies of the Missouri State statutes.
|
|||
|
|
Bob and I haven't always seen eye to eye, but I
|
|||
|
|
now understand. Thanks Bob!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 14 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
To the other members of the Board, thank you for
|
|||
|
|
being there. Thanks!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 15 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
COLUMNS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Captain's Log, Stardate 9002.03..."
|
|||
|
|
by Phil Buonomo, 1:107/583@FidoNet 520/583@AlterNet 9:807/1@PNet
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The opinions expressed here are MINE, and do not represent anyone
|
|||
|
|
else's. If you don't like 'em, tough. Those wishing to express
|
|||
|
|
differing opinions are invited to jump off a cliff. ;-)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I suppose I should explain a little about the title of this
|
|||
|
|
column. Ever since my CB days back in high-school, my handle
|
|||
|
|
has been "The Captain". When I put up my first bbs, a Networks
|
|||
|
|
][ that ran on my Apple ][ plus, back on July 1st, 1980, my
|
|||
|
|
handle was "The Captain" never "Sysop" (hence the name of my
|
|||
|
|
board, The Starship, now the Starship ][, since converting to an
|
|||
|
|
IBM PC). Unlike most other 'starship' boards, however, I never
|
|||
|
|
called my system "The Enterprise", nor did I ever fashion myself
|
|||
|
|
as "Captain Kirk". I wanted my own identity. So, I called my
|
|||
|
|
'ship' the Potemkin ("P" for Phil), which has been the answer to
|
|||
|
|
a trivia question ever since ("So, what's the name of your
|
|||
|
|
StarShip?"). That over, on with the REAL column!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A few issues ago, I wrote an article warning folks about
|
|||
|
|
incompatibilities between the new Front Door 1.99b and the
|
|||
|
|
SEAdog mailer. The author had removed support for BARK style
|
|||
|
|
requests, which SEAdog generates, and the SEAlink protocol,
|
|||
|
|
which SEAdog supports. This, and a bug in the new FTS-0001
|
|||
|
|
implementation, led to a failure for the two mailers to send
|
|||
|
|
files to each other (one of the basic definitions for being
|
|||
|
|
"FidoNet compatible" going back to distribution of the nodelist
|
|||
|
|
in the original Fido Network). I warned of the incompatibility
|
|||
|
|
and demonstrated some ways to keep your mailer (whichever one
|
|||
|
|
you run) from running up your phone bill.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Since then, the Front Door author has announced his intention to
|
|||
|
|
release a new version that WILL talk to SEAdogs, although it
|
|||
|
|
still won't support BARK requests or the SEAlink protocol, which
|
|||
|
|
means that while you WILL be able to get those files across,
|
|||
|
|
it'll only be at about 35% efficiency at 9600 baud. The author
|
|||
|
|
has also returned the money of those Front Door users who've
|
|||
|
|
asked for it. I think he's to be commended for showing good
|
|||
|
|
business sense in offering refunds. There are lots of FD users
|
|||
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who still have to communicate with SEAdog users, and will find
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it very inconvenient to run the new Front Door.
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So, if you're one of those FD users that are dissatisfied with
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the lack of BARK request of SEAlink support, and would like a
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refund, contact Joaquim Homrighausen at 1:135/20. It's to his
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credit that he's willing to return your money if you don't like
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his product. Too many businesses wouldn't do that these days.
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FidoNews 7-06 Page 17 5 Feb 1990
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LATEST VERSIONS
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Latest Software Versions
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MS-DOS Systems
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Bulletin Board Software
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Fido 12q+ Phoenix 1.3 TBBS 2.1
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Lynx 1.30 QuickBBS 2.61* TComm/TCommNet 3.4
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Kitten 2.16 RBBS 17.2B TPBoard 6.0
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Opus 1.03b+ RBBSmail 17.2 Wildcat! 2.10*
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TAG 2.5d1*
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Network Node List Other
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Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
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BinkleyTerm 2.30 EditNL 4.00 ARC 6.02
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D'Bridge 1.30* MakeNL 2.20 ARCA06 2.20*
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Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.0
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FrontDoor 1.99b* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
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PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.01* EMM 2.02
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SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 Gmail 2.01
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XlaxDiff 2.32 GROUP 2.16
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XlaxNode 2.32 GUS 1.30*
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LHARC 1.13
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MSG 4.0
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MSGED 1.99
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.02*
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QM 1.0
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QSORT 4.03
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StarLink 1.01
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TagMail 2.11b*
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TCOMMail 2.2
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TMail 1.12
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TPBNetEd 3.2
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TosScan 1.00*
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UFGATE 1.03
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XRS 3.10
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ZmailQ 1.10*
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Macintosh
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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FidoNews 7-06 Page 18 5 Feb 1990
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Red Ryder Host v2.1b4 Tabby 2.1 MacArc 0.04
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Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3
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WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.51
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TImport 1.331
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TExport 1.32
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Timestamp 1.6
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Tset 1.3
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Import 2.52
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Export 2.54
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Sundial 2.1
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UNZIP 1.01*
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Amiga
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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Paragon 2.00+* BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
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TrapDoor 1.11 booz 1.01
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WelMat 0.35* ConfMail 1.10
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ChameleonEdit 0.10
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Lharc 1.00*
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oMMM 1.43b*
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ParseLst 1.30
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PkAX 1.00
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PK[UN]ZIP 1.01*
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RMB 1.30
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UNzip 0.86
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Zoo 2.00
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Atari ST
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--------
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
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Name Version Name Version Name Version
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FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
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Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
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QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
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GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
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PKUNZIP 1.10
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MSGED 1.96S
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SRENUM 6.2
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Trenum 0.10
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OMMM 1.40
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FidoNews 7-06 Page 19 5 Feb 1990
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
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|
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* Recently changed
|
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|
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
|
|||
|
|
reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
|
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|
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 7-06 Page 20 5 Feb 1990
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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9 Feb 1990
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Jack Porter's Birthday. Send greetings to him at 1:205/69.
|
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17 Mar 1990
|
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Release date for Opus v1.10
|
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5 Jun 1990
|
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David Dodell's 33rd Birthday
|
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|
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|
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1 Aug 1990
|
|||
|
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Start of FidoCon '90. Contact Bill Vanglahn at 1:1/90 for
|
|||
|
|
details.
|
|||
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|
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5 Oct 1990
|
|||
|
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21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
14 Nov 1990
|
|||
|
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Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
|
|||
|
|
2:332/16.0
|
|||
|
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|
|||
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|
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|
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
|
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|
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
|
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Computer Information Monthly News!
|
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|
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CIMN(sm)
|
|||
|
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|
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|
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Copyright 1989, 1990
|
|||
|
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|
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|
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As a remimder to those of you who are FReq Computer
|
|||
|
|
Information Montly News the following names should be used when
|
|||
|
|
doing so. A few of you have been using wild cards, this will
|
|||
|
|
only run your phone bill and my system use time up. The files
|
|||
|
|
names below have been selected for convience. As of this month
|
|||
|
|
CIMN will be the color version only for the current month.
|
|||
|
|
CIMNBW will be the black and white version. You will notice a
|
|||
|
|
size change. Available for FReq on 10 Feb 1990, Feb ISSUE.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CIMN.ARC OR ZIP..........COLOR VERSION
|
|||
|
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CIMNBW.ARC OR ZIP........BLACK & WHITE VERSION
|
|||
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|
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|
|
FidoNews 7-06 Page 21 5 Feb 1990
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|
|||
|
|
I am also happy to announce CIMN has just gone
|
|||
|
|
international. I will be sending both Jan 90 and Feb 90 issue to
|
|||
|
|
Larry Lewis in Emerton NSW, Australia. So for you folks DOWN
|
|||
|
|
UNDER who have been Inquiring. It will be available on Prophet
|
|||
|
|
BBS within the next 10 to 15 days. Thanks Larry. Hope you enjoy
|
|||
|
|
it as much as I enjoy doing it.
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
|
|
HIGH MESA RANGER'S BBS (301/1) JAKE HARGROVE
|
|||
|
|
HIGH MESA PUBLISHING, 13 OSAGE DR, LOS LUNAS, NM 87031 USA
|
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