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F I D O N E W S Volume 16, Number 23 7 June 1999
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | +27-41-581-5913 [5:5/23] |
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| / \ | June Publication: 1:270/720 |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Henk Wolsink 5:7104/2 |
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| |__U__| / \// | Editor Pro Tem (June 99) |
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| _//|| _\ / | Douglas Myers 1:270/720 |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: Douglas Myers 1:270/720 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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| submissions for June: doug@mdtnbbs.com |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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| obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ |
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| please refer to the end of this file. |
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Conflicts of Interest .................................... 1
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2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2
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Dallas Hinton's Z1C Candidate's Statement ................ 2
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3. ARTICLES ................................................. 5
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Fidonet finally grew up - by Shannon Talley .............. 5
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4. PROOFREADERS REPORT ...................................... 7
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Apology to Joe Jared ..................................... 7
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5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 8
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Gaelic Beer Joke ......................................... 8
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6. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 9
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The Moox Brothers Cows ................................... 9
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7. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 10
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Editor Pro Tem Special ................................... 10
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Announcing Turquoise SuperStat v1.0 ...................... 10
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8. NOTICES .................................................. 12
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Future History ........................................... 12
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Z1C Candidate's Greetings - Douglas Myers ................ 12
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9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 14
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Masthead and Contact Information ......................... 14
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 1 7 Jun 1999
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EDITORIAL
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Conflicts of Interest
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The election for Zone 1 Coordinator is in full swing. As of this
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writing, three candidates have been nominated and accepted, though
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the nominations are still open. Individuals monitoring the election
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process have noted two instances where candidates my have a conflict
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of interest and have asked, properly, that potential improprieties
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be addressed and guarded against.
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The first potential conflict of interest involves me personally.
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This week, I accepted nomination as a candidate for the Z1C office.
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It was suggested that acting as Editor Pro Tem of Fidonews gives me
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an unfair advantage over other candidates, and that I should resign.
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This places me on the horns of a dilemma in that 1) I certainly want
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to maintain propriety as a candidate for Z1C and 2) I want to honor
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the prior commitment I made to Henk Wolsink to keep Fidonews
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flowing while he enjoys his vacation. After due consideration, I've
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decided to put together Fidonews until the June 28th edition, thus
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honoring my prior commitment to Henk. At that time, I will cease
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and turn all relevant material over to Henk. At that point, my
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association with Fidonews becomes that of any other Fido member.
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In the meantime, I'll honor Fidonews' long-standing practice of
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publishing all articles submitted irregardless of political content.
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In practice, this means that any candidate or anyone supporting a
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candidate has my pledge that their own article will see publication.
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The second conflict of interest noted involves each of the other two
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candidates. The Z1C election is not determined by direct sysop
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vote, but rather by the ten RCs of zone 1. They have pledged to
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gather regional input and vote for Z1C according to this input. The
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conflict is that each of the other two candidates are sitting RCs,
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and thus could "control" 20% of the effective vote.
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While it would be ideal if the election mechanics provided for a way
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to avoid this situation, I believe that we're too far into the
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election process to rewrite the mechanics. The best course is to
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rely on these RCs pledge to vote for Z1C according to their region's
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input. Dallas Hinton and David Moufarrage are principled
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individuals, and I'm satisfied that they will not resort to anything
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unscrupulous to win the election. I've suggested to these
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candidates that they do their best to make their region's input
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known to all in the Z1_ELECTION echo and possibly have a neutral
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third party handle the gathering of input.
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 2 7 Jun 1999
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GUEST EDITORIAL
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Dallas Hinton's Z1C Candidate's Statement
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(originally posted in Z1Election)
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by Dallas Hinton (1:153/715)
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Hi All!
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In order to introduce myself to those of you who don't know me, or
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who only think they know me, here is some information which might
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help you. If you have questions to ask of me, I'll be pleased to
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answer.
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Who am I:
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=========
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I'm a 53 year old male (in Canada, my name can be used by people of
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either gender). I've been married to my best girlfriend for 30 years,
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and we have one special needs child (13 years old).
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I'm employed as a Computer Science and Career Preparation teacher
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with Grade 9-12 students (ages 15 - 19) in a large (1800+)
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multi-ethnic high school in Vancouver, BC.
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I am an elected executive member of the local teacher's union (3000
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members).
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What is my background:
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=====================
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I have run a full-time multi-line dial-up BBS since 1988, starting
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with Opus/Seadog and progressing to my current Max/Squish/Binkley
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setup.
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I have been an NEC and an NC of a large net (Net 153 was over 350
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members when I was NC), and am currently in my 6th year as RC of
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Region 17.
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I have been (or still am) an Alpha or Beta test site for Max, Squish,
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Binkley, Areafix, MsgEd, timEd, Xlaxnode, Wtrgate, and other minor
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software.
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I'm experienced at working with people, both volunteer and draftees.
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I have a good understanding of computer technology although I'm not a
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certificated technician.
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I teach Pascal but don't consider myself a programmer.
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I have a verifiable history of coordinating, and of letting the R17
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*Cs run their nets in their own way. I also have a verifiable history
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of stepping in when a node has complained (and proven) that a *C has
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behaved in an arbitrary and dictatorial manner. While I wouldn't
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 3 7 Jun 1999
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describe a *C as ONLY a "nodelist keeper", I'm certainly in favour of
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a hands-off policy of coordination at any level.
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I have a verifiable history of helping nodes and *Cs with any aspect
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of FidoNet and/or computing whether by supplying software, advice, or
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consolation!
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Despite what you may think about my relationship with Ward Dossche, I
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get along with him reasonably well. I also get along with the other
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ZCs, as I do with the Zone 1 RCs.
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What do I believe:
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I believe that each sysop should determine his/her own destiny in
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FidoNet.
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I believe that FidoNet is essentially an anarchy, even when we hold
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"democratic" or psuedo-democratic elections.
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I believe in being fair when dealing with people.
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I believe in being taking a global view.
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I believe in being polite and courteous at all times.
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I believe in doing the best I can.
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I'm willing to say "I don't know", but I believe in doing my best to
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find out.
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I believe in saying "I'm sorry" and "I was wrong" when that is true.
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I believe in leaving echomail transport methods alone, to operate
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when and how the transporters wish.
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I believe that policy complaints should be the last resort, but if
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someone has made a PC it should be dealt with as speedily as
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possible.
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I believe that PCs should be settled with the idea of fairness to all
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parties, not necessarily by who is "right".
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I believe that the Z1C is a coordinator, not a boss.
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I believe Policy 4 needs to be interpreted somewhat more broadly than
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has been past practice. I would like to see it re-written, but I
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recognize how difficult it's going to be to get it accepted. Although
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a majority of all RCs in all zones must approve consideration of a
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new version, I think we can do it.
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If I become Z1C, what will I do:
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 4 7 Jun 1999
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I'm willing to continue the practice of automatic geographic
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exemptions as defined by Bob Satti.
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I'm willing to work with others to get (or keep) non-dialup BBSs in
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the nodelist by appropriate modifications to our formats.
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I will build and publish a summary of policy complaints as they are
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resolved.
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And finally:
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I have a life outside FidoNet -- I'm not going to sit obsessively
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over the keyboard waiting for the next message to arrive! I do,
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however, check my mail regularly and I answer mail in a timely
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fashion.
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 5 7 Jun 1999
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ARTICLES
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Fidonet finally grew up
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Shannon Talley
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sysop@fidonet.dynip.com
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I will take advantage of your "Editor Pro Tem Special."
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In regards to the conversation between Todd Cochrane and Joe Jarad
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and the "Empires", "Here, Here"!!
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Todd & Joe were discussing the refinement of the nodelist to reflect
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an actual "Fido-IP/Node" instead of a node number which represents a
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specific geographical area.
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There are two ways to employ this. Method one: "Do It". This is
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the most risky method because it violates Policy 4 (too many parts
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to mention). Method two: Submit a change to Policy 4 (OK, you can
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stop laughing now). We could always wait until the end of the
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elections and bring it up to the new Zone Coordinator. However,
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with the way Fidonet has been run, I have no faith in the hierarchy.
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In all actuality, it is simple to make the transition now using
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method one. For instance, I received my node number (1:275/311) from
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1:275/0. However, I FTP all of my mail from another node in another
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part of the world. As long as a node has the -Unpublished- flag
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attached in the nodelist, it is impossible to tell where they really
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are.
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Incidentally, because I have a 'geographical' node number, Netmail
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never get's to me because I don't pull mail from my geographical NC.
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See, I have a Telnet/Web only BBS. I have a series of regular
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customers from all parts of the world, who access Fidonet mail
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through my system in a myriad of ways. Including reading Fidonews
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<bg>.
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Whether RC's, NC's, or other nodes like it or not, Fidonet is going
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to the Internet. As a matter of fact, it's on the internet now.
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I'm not just talking about FTP'ing packets, I'm talking about "all
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of it". I make Fidonet available via Telnet, QWK, & Web pages. The
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problems with the nodelist we knew we would face in 1994 when the
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Internet Exploded, are being faced right now, and have been faced
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since (at least) 1996.
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In conclusion, simply making the pen and ink changes to the nodelist
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will make things run smoother for the nodes. And isn't that what
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this "Amateur Network" is all about anyway? Wasn't what the
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original intent by Tom Jennings?
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Lastly, in response to the gentleman who said that if a BBS didn't
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have at least one dial up line then they were not a real BBS. "You
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can Telnet to my BBS like everyone else because a BBS by any other
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 6 7 Jun 1999
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name is still a BBS."
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Let's fix the nodelist.
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Shannon Talley
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sysop@fidonet.dynip.com
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http://fidonet.dynip.com
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telnet://fidonet.dynip.com
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ftp://fidonet.dynip.com
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 7 7 Jun 1999
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PROOFREADERS REPORT
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Last week's editorial reported a conversation in echomail between
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Joe Jared and Todd Cochrane. In that editorial, I misspelled Joe's
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last name as "Jarad." My apology, Joe!
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 8 7 Jun 1999
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NET HUMOR
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A Gaelic Beer Joke
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An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of
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Guinness and sits in the back of the room drinking a sip out of each
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one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and
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orders three more. The bartender asks him, "You know, a pint goes
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flat after I draw it, wouldn't you rather I draw fresh pints for you
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one at a time?"
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The fellow replies: "Well you see I have two brothers. One is now in
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America and the other in Australia. When we all left home we
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promised we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank
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together. The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and
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leaves it there. This fellow becomes a regular in the bar and always
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drinks the same way: he orders three pints and drinks them in turn.
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One day he comes in and orders two pints. All the regulars notice
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and fall silent, speculating about what might have happened to the
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absent brother. When the fellow goes back to the bar for a second
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round, the bartender says, " I don't want to intrude on your grief,
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but I wish to offer my condolences on your great loss." The fellow
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looks confused for a moment, then a light dawns in his eye and he
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laughs and says: "Oh, no, everybody's fine. I've just given up beer
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for Lent."
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 9 7 Jun 1999
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COMIX IN ASCII
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The Moox Brothers
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) (
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(____) _
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/ = = \ ~ / \
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(-O--O-) ~ ==' `==
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( ) ~ 8 O O 8
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/------- ||||||====== /------- ( )
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/ | || \/ / | || \_/
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* ||----|| * ||----||
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~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
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Groucho Chico
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(__) ==========I
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(oo) \ ||||||I
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/-------\/ \ |||||I
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/ | ||__o=< \ ||||I
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* ||----| \ |||I
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~~ ~ \ ||I
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Harpo
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 10 7 Jun 1999
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ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT
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Editor Pro Tem Special
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Maybe you've wanted to publish your own Fidonews article, but
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weren't sure how to go about it. Or perhaps you found the
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instructions in ARTSPEC.DOC, but they were daunting.
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Well, it's time to speak up! During the month of June, I'm running
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an "Editor Pro Tem" special. Concentrate on what you have to say
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and get it to me in some kind of readable ASCII, and I'll do the
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necessary formatting for publication. You can send articles netmail
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to Douglas Myers at 1:379/720, or email to doug@mdtnbbs.com.
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Announcing Turquoise SuperStat v1.0 from Softwolves Software
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by peter karlsson, 2:206/221.0, peter@softwolves.pp.se
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Turquoise SuperStat reads the contents of a Fidonet message area in
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one of its supported formats (Squish, *.MSG, FDAPX/w, JAM, MyPoint),
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and creates statistics about this:
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* Quoter blacklist.
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* Toplist of senders.
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* Toplist of receivers.
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* Toplist of subjects.
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* Toplist of used software.
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* Postings by weekday.
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* Postings by time of day.
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Any of the statistic subjects may be turned off. The statistics is
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stored in a text file.
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The program is free and is released under the GNU General Public
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License (with some minor additions).
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The main archive is approx. 91 Kbyte and contains OS/2 version, source
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and documentation. The Windows 95 version is in a separate archive
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with only the binary, and is approx. 59 Kbyte.
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FREQ:
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* TURQSTAT (main archive)
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* TURQWIN (Windows 95/NT version)
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* from Quinta Essentia, 2:206/221.0, 22-04 GMT, 33k6.
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Respect the operation times!
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WWW:
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* http://www.softwolves.pp.se/wolves/
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Turquoise SuperStat is (c) Copyright 1998-1999 av Peter Karlsson.
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 11 7 Jun 1999
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 12 7 Jun 1999
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NOTICES
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Future History
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4 Jul - 10 Jul 1999
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Z1C Election process
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24 Jul 1999
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XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
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9 Jun 1999
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Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of FidoNet Policy 4.07.
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10 Sep 1999
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10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.
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26 Oct 1999
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Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.
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31 Dec 1999
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Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
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1 Jan 2000
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
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1 Jun 2000
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EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
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15 Sep 2000
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Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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21 Sep 2000
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10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR)
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1 Jan 2001
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This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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Candidate's Greetings
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Douglas Myers, 1:270/720, doug@mdtnbbs.com
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Zone 1 Coordinator Candidate
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Howdy!
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It's just polite for a candidate who wishes to represent you to
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offer some information on his background. As a further matter of
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courtesy, I've tried to keep these remarks brief... but feel free to
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ask any questions in the Z1_ELECTION or Z1_POLITICAL echoes, or
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contact me at one of the above addresses.
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 13 7 Jun 1999
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Though I've been with Fido since the eighties, ever since George
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Peace introduced Fido to Central Pennsylvania, most of my time was
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as a user. In fact, the coordinator experience I have to offer was
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developed on another smaller network - Speakeasy, operating as zone
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18. Speakeasy only had nine nodes when I joined it in 1988, only 30
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nodes when I was promoted to Zone Coordinator in 1992, and only 120
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nodes at the highest peak I can recall.
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Zone 18 in 1992 was a technical nightmare - echomail flowed
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sporadically, mostly because of a lack of stable hosts, netmail was
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nonexistent except as crashed, and there was no file distribution at
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all. Even the nodelist was a hand-cranked affair. In the process
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of working with folks to straighten all that out, I achieved
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considerable "trial and error" experience - not enough to impress
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the folks here on Fido who have put great systems together, but
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enough that I can talk nuts and bolts with them intelligibly.
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However, the technical experience gained there is not the main
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qualification I bring, as I believe that I could have run the net
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with considerably less technical knowledge. The talent to
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accomplish all the changes already existed among the members of the
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net, and my prime contribution was in working with all these people
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to make it happen. Maybe that's why the position was called
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"coordinator" rather than "governor."
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If elected as Zone 1 Coordinator, I'd like to focus on actions which
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would reverse the trend of declining use of Fidonet with a goal of
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actually showing some growth. Emphasis would be in two main areas:
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1. Retaining the traditional membership. BBS sysops built Fidonet
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and, even though there are less BBS users, these sysops keep
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||
Fidonet dynamic. Actions would include...
|
||
...supporting efforts to attract dial-up users on BBSes.
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||
...continuing the recent trend of involving these sysops in the
|
||
selection of coordinators.
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...working with the coordinator structure to further dispel the
|
||
perception that management of Fido is a closed process.
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||
|
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2. Finding the users who have fled to the Internet. Though Fidonet
|
||
has made excellent use of the Internet for moving mail, more
|
||
support is needed for the pioneers who are offering BBS services
|
||
(particularly echomail) to Internet users. Many of these people
|
||
would never hear of a BBS or Fidonet without our presence on the
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Internet. I would continue the policy of automatic geographical
|
||
exemptions, of course, so that Internet nodes may find
|
||
connection irregardless of actual location. I would continue
|
||
efforts to facilitate the listing of Internet only nodes in the
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||
nodelist.
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FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 14 7 Jun 1999
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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|
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
|
||
|
||
During the month of June, 1999, the Fidonews Editor is on
|
||
vacation. Editor Pro Tem during this period is Douglas Myers,
|
||
1:270/720, doug@mdtnbbs.com. Please address correspondence,
|
||
article submissions, etc to the above addresses during this time.
|
||
|
||
Editor: Henk Wolsink
|
||
|
||
Editors Emeriti: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
|
||
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
|
||
Donald Tees, Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews Editor"
|
||
FidoNet 5:5/23
|
||
BBS +27-41-581-5913, 2400/9600/V34
|
||
|
||
more addresses:
|
||
Henk Wolsink -- 5:7104/2, hwolsink@catpe.alt.za
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews Editor
|
||
P.O. Box 12325
|
||
Port Elizabeth,
|
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6006
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
|
||
INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
|
||
of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
|
||
authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
|
||
does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
|
||
these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
|
||
FidoNews and/or the Editor.
|
||
|
||
Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
|
||
Copyright (C) 1999 Henk Wolsink. All rights reserved. Duplication
|
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For
|
||
use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or
|
||
the Editor.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
|
||
form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
|
||
file-request, or from various sites in FidoNet and the Internet.
|
||
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
|
||
address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
|
||
FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
|
||
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSGnn.ZIP] for a
|
||
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|
||
|
||
|
||
particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
|
||
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|
||
current year [9], i.e., FNWSJAN9.ZIP for all the Issues from Jan 99.
|
||
|
||
Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
|
||
1 - 16 for 1984 - 1999, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
|
||
size from 48K to 1.4M.
|
||
|
||
|
||
INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:
|
||
|
||
http://www.fidonews.org
|
||
** http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
|
||
** ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
|
||
ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/
|
||
ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/Fidonet/Fidonews
|
||
|
||
And in non-English formats via:
|
||
|
||
** http://www.hvc.ee/pats/fidonews (Estonian)
|
||
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|
||
|
||
** LINK HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist
|
||
|
||
and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the
|
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
|
||
by sending email to:
|
||
|
||
ftpmail@fidonews.org
|
||
|
||
with a Subject line of: help
|
||
|
||
and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and
|
||
instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
|
||
respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on
|
||
www.fidonews.org.
|
||
|
||
*=*=*
|
||
|
||
You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
|
||
|
||
http://www.fidonews.org
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-23 Page 16 7 Jun 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
and http://www.fidonet.dynip.com/public/fidonews/default.htm
|
||
|
||
and in the FIDONEWS echo.
|
||
|
||
STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
|
||
Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:
|
||
|
||
ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
|
||
|
||
Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
|
||
for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 13 Megs.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
The current week's FidoNews are now also available almost immediately
|
||
after publication on the FidoNews Editor homepage on the World Wide
|
||
Web at:
|
||
|
||
http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html
|
||
|
||
There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
|
||
to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an
|
||
email link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
||
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
||
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable
|
||
from 5:5/23 [5:7104/2] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone Coordinators
|
||
should have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.
|
||
|
||
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
||
trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
|
||
and are used with permission.
|
||
|
||
"Disagreement is actually necessary,
|
||
or we'd all have to get in fights
|
||
or something to amuse ourselves
|
||
and create the requisite chaos."
|
||
-Tom Jennings
|
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