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Volume 4, Number 23 15 June 1987
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Editor in Chief: Thom Henderson
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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FidoNews is published weekly by the International FidoNet
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Association as its official newsletter. You are encouraged to
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submit articles for publication in FidoNews. Article submission
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standards are contained in the file ARTSPEC.DOC, available from
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node 1:1/1.
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Copyright 1987 by the International FidoNet Association. All
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rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for
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noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances,
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please contact IFNA.
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Nine Weeks to FidoCon!
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Is IFNA Stealing FidoNet? ................................ 1
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2. NOTICES .................................................. 3
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 3
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 3
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IFNA Board of Directors Ballot ........................... 4
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International FidoNet Conference Registration Form ....... 7
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FidoNews 4-23 Page 1 15 Jun 1987
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EDITORIAL
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Is IFNA Stealing FidoNet?
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There's been some talk about how IFNA is trying to "steal"
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FidoNet, and even FidoNews for that matter. Hey, serious stuff!
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Is it true? And just what is this IFNA thing, anyway?
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FidoNet was originally created by Tom Jennings. But managing a
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network is a hassle, and a far cry from the happy hacking that TJ
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was really into, so he turned it over to Ken Kaplan. Ken ran the
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net quite well for a long time. Many of us still remember the
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days when the way you got a node number was you asked Ken for
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one. In a similar manner TJ started FidoNews and published the
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first few issues. But that too turned into a boring drudgery of
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daily details, so he gave it to me and I've run it since.
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So who ran FidoNet? It looks to me like Ken Kaplan did. Oh, he
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had help. Ben Baker worked out most of the technical details of
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making it actually operate, and I chipped in with my thumb-
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fingered assistance and loud voice. Later when we established
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multinet operation we off-loaded a lot of work on a hierarchy of
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network and regional coordinators, and we found guys overseas to
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fob work off onto. But mainly Ken ran it.
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That works fine for a small group, but it starts to hit problems
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when you get big enough. For example, what if Ken decides he's
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tired of it? Who takes over? When the whole net consists of
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fifty people who all know each other it's no big deal. Someone
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will step forward and do it sooner or later. But when the net
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has over a thousand sysops most of whom have never met, making
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sure that everything will keep running becomes a major concern.
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Here's another example: Ken's done a fine job so far, but what if
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we someday decide that he needs to be replaced? How do we do
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that? The FidoNet Policy and Procedures Guide, version 3
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(Policy3) says in effect that Ken Kaplan is the Lord of FidoNet,
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not subject to veto by anyone. Read the section titled "Problems
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with the International Coordinator". It says you have three
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choices. Live with it, drop out, or start your own net. It says
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that because there's no mechanism for replacing the International
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Coordinator. There never has been. Ken has always been The
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Boss, and we've never had a problem.
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So for those reasons (among others) Ken Kaplan felt that we
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needed some sort of formal organization to be in charge, and the
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rest of We Who Ran Things agreed, so we set up IFNA. From day
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one IFNA was created to be the organization that runs FidoNet,
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and that's what it is today.
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Did IFNA steal FidoNet? Heck, no! The people who were already
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running FidoNet created IFNA to handle it. Did IFNA steal
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FidoNews from the sysops? Again, no, because the sysops never
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owned FidoNews in the first place -- I did. Do I think IFNA
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FidoNews 4-23 Page 2 15 Jun 1987
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should own FidoNews? Take a look at the banner on the title page
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of this issue, or any issue for over a year, and I think you'll
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be able to figure out my answer.
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So given that IFNA is running FidoNet, is that good or bad?
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Well, it kind of depends on what IFNA does with it. The interim
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board of directors is the same people who were running it all
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along, so for now it hardly matters. We'd do the same things
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whether we called ourselves IFNA or not. After August it'll
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matter, because the new board of directors will be elected then.
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At that point IFNA will cease to be a tight little oligarchy and
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will be (one hopes) representative of its membership. From then
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on it's up to you.
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FidoNews 4-23 Page 3 15 Jun 1987
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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22 Jun 1987
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Submissions deadline for echolist #103. All updates should be
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sent to Tomas Kenny at 107/316.
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1 Aug 1987
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Third Annual BBS Picnic in Edison, NJ. Please register before
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July 10th. Admission is $7 for adults, $4 for 12 and under,
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free for 5 and under. Contact Paul Kelley at 107/331 for
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details.
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20 Aug 1987
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Start of the Fourth International FidoNet Conference, to be
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held at the Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel in Alexandria, VA.
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Contact Brian Hughes at 109/634 for more information. This is
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FidoNet's big annual get-together, and is your chance to meet
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all the people you've been talking with all this time. We're
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hoping to see you there!
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24 Aug 1989
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Voyager 2 passes Neptune.
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If you have something which you would like to see on this
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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Latest Software Versions
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BBS Systems Node List Other
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& Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
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Dutchie 2.51* EDITNL 3.3 ARC 5.21*
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Fido 11w LISTGEN 05.25.86 ARCmail 0.60
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Opus 0.00 Prune 1.40 EchoMail 1.31
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SEAdog 4.00 RouteGen 2.81* FastEcho 2.00*
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TBBS 2.0S TestList 8.3* Renum 3.30
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XlatList 2.81*
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list as current as
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possible by reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our
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intent to list all utilities here, only those which verge on
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necessity.
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FidoNews 4-23 Page 4 15 Jun 1987
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Bob Morris 141/333
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Chairman, Elections and Nominations Committee
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The next two pages are your Official ballot for the Election of
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the IFNA Board of Directors. The following are the few rules
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which must prevail in this election:
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1. You must send a legible copy of this ballot to the address
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listed on the ballot. It must be signed and bear your
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net/node number.
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2. You may vote for any one person in your region for the
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position of Regional Director. This vote is to be cast in the
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LEFT column of the ballot.
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3. You may vote for any eleven people in any regions for the
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position of Director at Large. These votes are to be cast in
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the RIGHT column of the ballot.
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4. Voting will continue until the end of registration at the
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Conference in August. The results will be read during the
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opening of the business meeting on the first day of the
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conference.
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5. Write-in Votes will be accepted and are requested during this
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election.
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FidoNews 4-23 Page 5 15 Jun 1987
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IFNA Board Of Directors
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Ballot
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Regional At Large
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Region 10:
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Steve Jordan _________ ________
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Region 11:
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Ryugen Fisher _________ ________
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Theodore Polczynski _________ ________
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Region 12:
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Region 13:
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Don Daniels _________ ________
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John Penberthy _________ ________
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Thom Henderson _________ ________
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Gee Wong _________ ________
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Brian Hughes _________ ________
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Region 14:
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Ben Baker _________ ________
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Ken Kaplan _________ ________
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Brad Hicks _________ ________
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Region 15:
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David Dodell _________ ________
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Larry Wall _________ ________
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Region 16:
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Bob Hartman _________ ________
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Hal Duprie _________ ________
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Region 17:
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Rob Barker _________ ________
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Randy Bush _________ ________
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Bob Swift _________ ________
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Region 18:
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Wes Cowley _________ ________
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FidoNews 4-23 Page 6 15 Jun 1987
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Region 19:
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Mark Grennan _________ ________
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Wynn Wagner _________ ________
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Region 2:
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Henk Wevers _________ ________
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Write-in candidates:
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___________________ _________ ________
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___________________ _________ ________
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Name ______________________________ Net/Node ___________
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Signature______________________________ Date ___________
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Please complete this and mail it to:
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Robert Morris
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IFNA Elections Committee
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210 Church Street
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West Haven, Ct. 06516
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or bring it with you when you come to the conference in August.
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These ballots will be counted by myself since with 200 members
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the charges for a CPA would be very high. Hard copies will be
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made available to anyone wishing to insure that their vote was
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included.
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Thank You
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Bob Morris
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Elections and Nominations Committee
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FidoNews 4-23 Page 7 15 Jun 1987
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OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FORM
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FIDONET CONFERENCE
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RADISSON MARK PLAZA HOTEL
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ALEXANDRIA, VA.
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AUGUST 20 - 23, 1987
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Name _________________________________ Date _____________
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Address ______________________________
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City & State _________________________
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Phone (Voice) ________________________
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Net/Node Number ______________________
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Phone (Data) _________________________
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Number in Your Party _________________
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Staying at the Radisson? _____________
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Number of Rooms? _____________________
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Arrival Date? ________________________
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Departure Date? ______________________
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Registration Fees: How Many Total
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Full Conference $60.00 each ________ $________
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Late registration $10.00 each ________ $________
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(after Aug. 1)
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Friday Night Banquet $30.00 each ________ $________
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Saturday Luncheon $16.50 each ________ $________
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Total Amount Included (Registration and Meals) $________
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IFNA MEMBERS ONLY:
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How many in your party will
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be attending the Sunday morning
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Board of Directors meeting? ________
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Send your registration form and a check or money order to:
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Fourth International FidoNet Conference
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212 E. Capitol St., Washington, D.C. 20003
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Attn: Brian H. Hughes -- voice: (202) 543-4200
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This registration form does not include hotel accomodations. If
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you wish to stay at the Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel, please contact
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them directly and mention you are with the FidoNet Conference.
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Conference room rates are $80/night for single or double
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occupancy, and $20/night for an extra cot.
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Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel
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5000 Seminary Rd., Alexandria, Va. 22311
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1-800-228-9822
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