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F I D O N E W S Volume 17, Number 30 24 Jul 2000
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-717-732-6820 1:270/720 |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720 |
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| | (*) | \ )) | DougM@paonline.com |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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The Legend of Sleepy Zone 6 .............................. 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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Region 13 Policy Proposal ................................ 2
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 9
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Ol'WDB: Little Known Facts ............................... 9
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4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 11
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The Price of Gas ......................................... 11
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5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 12
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Cows ..................................................... 12
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6. NOTICES .................................................. 13
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FN_SYSOP Election Preliminaries .......................... 13
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7. INTERNET INFO ............................................ 14
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Fidonet-related sites .................................... 14
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8. FIDONEWS INFO ............................................ 18
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Masthead ................................................. 18
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 1 24 Jul 2000
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EDITORIAL
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The Legend of Sleepy Zone 6
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Doug Myers
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Fidonews normally attempts to present you with tracible facts and
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attributed opinion. Actual information and informed opinion about
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Zone 6 is in short supply, however, so this editorial is based on
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the gossip floating around. Anyone reading this newsletter who is
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better informed is welcome to comment.
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In the Sleepy Hollow of Fidonet, reports abound of a headless
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horseman rumbling through Zone 6. Rumor has it that the Zone 6
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nodelist segment is outdated and that the Zone 6 Coordinator isn't
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communicating with the other five zones of Fidonet. Though the Z6C
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is reported to exchange echoes and occasional mail with Bob
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Seaborn's system, little has been heard of him elsewhere. Most
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recently, his lack of presence was fealt in the proposed
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International Coordinator election, where he offered no comment
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whatsoever.
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Now the rumor hits Fidonews that there is a second Zone 6 nodelist
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segment being included in the Zone 2 World Nodelist and distributed
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to the other ZC's. The alternate zone segment covers 6 of the 7
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regions in Zone 6, and is being compiled - not by the Z6C - but by a
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Russian Sysop in Viet Nam.
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Is it that nodelist information can't be gathered in the jungles of
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Hong Kong, and so this task must be relegated to the booming
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supermetropolis of Viet Nam? Or is it time for the Regional
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Coordinators of Zone 6 to decapitate their resident headless
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horseman?
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 2 24 Jul 2000
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ARTICLES
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Region 13 Policy Proposal
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Region 13 has a new Regional policy proposed for vote. This is the
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first update proposed since 1994.
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Sysops in region should contact their NC for information. A copy
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has been delivered to all NC's in R13 (some routed, most crashed).
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Discussion is expected to be in the R13SYSOP echo.
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Specifics on the election can be obtained from 1:13/2.
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Carol Shenkenberger
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xxcarol 1:13/0
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[Editor's Note - Appended to Carol's announcement above is the
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policy proposal below distributed to the Network Coordinators in
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Region 13]:
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Region 13 Election Policy Proposal
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Proposed Revision 2.03
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January 30, 2000
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Heavily modified by David Calafrancesco
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superseding Rev 1.04, August 21, 1994
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Written in committee by Michael Walsh, R13C, with the assistance and
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input of Phillip Dampier, Howie Ducat and Bill Fisch
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Changes suggested by various members of the region and incorporated
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This proposal is presented to the membership of Region 13 for debate
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and modification as is deemed appropriate, and wil be balloted upon
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in its final form. If adopted, it will become the first part of a
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region-wide operations policy.
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A simple majority of the ballots received will be necessary to adopt
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this proposal.
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--Michael Walsh, R13C
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I. The Election Moderator (EM)
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A. The moderator is appointed by the RC at the beginning of the
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RC's term, and must be confirmed by a vote of the nodes of the
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region. Any node can volunteer to be the election moderator. The
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RC will select a candidate from the volunteers. Discussion on the
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 3 24 Jul 2000
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selection will take place for as long as necessary in the R13
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Sysop's echo with the RC able to call for a confirmation vote after
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one week of discussion. A netmail ballot to confirm or reject the
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selection is then held, using the procedure outlined later in this
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document. The RC will count the votes and post the results in the
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R13 sysops echo, and if a simple majority {trunc(ballots/2)+1} vote
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is in favor of the selectee, this person is confirmed.
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B. The election moderator has complete control over the
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electoral process and validates all candidates' nominations, counts
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all votes and announces the results. The election moderator may
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appoint an assistant with the approval of all nominated candidates
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at the end of the nomination process, whose job will be to assist in
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counting votes. It is highly recomended that the EM use a robot
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vote counter to automate the tally process and post interim results
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of whose ballots have been received and validated, but not which
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candidate is currently leading.
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C. In order to easily identify the election moderator to members
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of the region, s/he will receive the nodelist designation of 1:13/2,
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and will be added to the segment upon confirmation. (I. A.)
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D. The election moderator serves in the appointed position for
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the entire term of the sitting RC, but may be replaced by the RC
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using this same process.
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II. Election Details
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A. The Election Moderator (EM) has sole discretion to select the
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working echo for the election. It is suggested that declerations be
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accepted in any of the three major R13 echos but the EM may restrict
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to a single echo which meets the needs of the election (accessable
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to all R13 nodes) as necessary. The Primary R13 echos will be
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defined as those listed in an available echolist database as being
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the R13 sysops echo, the R13 election echo and the R13 coordinators
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echo and being listed in such database by the current RC and/or REC.
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Any echo of a similar name listed by one or more other members of
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the region will be considered an unofficial echo and the EM may use
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it or ignore it at their sole discretion. At the time of this
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writing those echo tags are currently R13SYSOP, R13_ELECTION and
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R13COORD.
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B. The final election schedule is set by the election moderator
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(EM) but should adhere to the following norms. All schedules start
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at 00:01 hours and end at 24:00 hours. Schedules can be stretched
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as necessary to ensure that all nodes in the region are dealt with
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fairly. In the past schedules have been delayed to accomodate
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storms and other network problems.
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1. Announcement of the election: 7 days.
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a. The EM will cause sufficient notices to be made in all
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three of the above referenced R13 echos (sysop, election and
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coordinators) echos so that everyone in the region has the same
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opportunity to participate. The election moderator will also cause a
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netmail to be sent to each NC in the region as well as an article to
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 4 24 Jul 2000
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be submitted to FIDONEWS. This only requires a best effort attempt
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to route to each NC and does not require the EM to crash mail direct
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to any NCs. We also recognize that we can't control the editorial
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policies of FIDONEWS and only can require a submission, not
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publication.
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b. The announcement describes what position will be elected,
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whether RC or REC or other.
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c. The announcements are to be posted at least three times
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in a one-week period in the above echos. Netmail notification is
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done at least once, as is the FidoNews announcement though the EM
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can always undertake more if they so choose.
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2. Declarations of Candidacy: 2 weeks.
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a. Any member of the region may declare their own candidacy.
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b. Any member of the region may nominate any other member.
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c. A nominee will only become a candidate if they notify the
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EM of their acceptance of the nomination within the time alloted for
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declarations.
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d. Declarations should be allowed in any of the above R13
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echos as well as netmail or email sent to the EM. At the EMs
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discression they may select one R13 echo as the primary election
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business echo and the EM may restrict declarations and nominations
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to that single echo.
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e. The message header/timestamp will be used to determine
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whether a declaration was received in time, but no more than two
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days after the end of the declaration period.
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3. Questions to the Candidates: 3 weeks
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a. The candidates will state, briefly, their platforms in
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the designated election business echomail area.
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b. Members of the region may question the candidates on any
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issues that they may feel are important to them or the region.
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c. Debate between candidates should be limited; it is the
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membership that must be answered, and the election moderator may
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halt debate at any time if it is clear that the membership is not
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benefiting from the debate. This does not apply to clarification of
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position; i.e., if a candidate states a position and it isn't clear,
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any other candidate may request clarification and present their
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position. This is not intended to prevent opposing points of view
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from being discussed, but rather is intended to prevent the
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candidates from focusing on each other and ignoring the members of
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the region.
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4. Vote: Two weeks are allowed for all members of the region to
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vote.
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 5 24 Jul 2000
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5. Announcement of the results: within three days of the end of
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the vote.
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C. Elections are held once every two years for each of the RC
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and REC positions. The elections are staggered, such that in one
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calendar year an RC election will be held, and the next calendar
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year an REC election will be held. The purpose of this is to
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maintain continuity in the operation of the region.
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III. Recall Elections
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1. Recalls are started by a referendum, in which 20% of the
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nodes or 20% of the NCs of the region request the recall action;
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this request for a recall must be filed with the election moderator.
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2. The recall election is held as a regular election would be,
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with the sitting *C running as a candidate while still in office.
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3. A recall election does not upset the regular schedule of
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elections; if a recall election is held, and results in the
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replacement of a *C, that replacement will only serve until the next
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regularly scheduled election at which time s/he may run as a
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candidate.
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IV. Voting Procedure
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A. Each nodelisted operator is entitled to one vote; if more
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than one person shares responsibility for a system, and also share
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a nodelist entry, then only one vote is allowed between them. By
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the same definition, a system with more than one node address is
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still a single system and is only entitled to a single vote.
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B. Ballots are counted only when received by the election
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moderator. The EM may accept nodes sent by netmail (direct or
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routed), email or even public posting in the election business
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echo. The EM may restrict the method of receiving ballots to only
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netmail at their discretion. Voice or proxy ballots are NOT
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COUNTED. All ballots must be addressed in such a way that they
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will be received by the EM and identify the note as a ballot (eg
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being addressed to 1:13/2).
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C. Ballots should probably be sent DIRECT to avoid the
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possibility of tampering, but in recognition of the fact that not
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all members of the region are able/willing to make a long-distance
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call to deliver their vote and that the EM might not have a POTS
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line to receive crashed mail, it may be routed. As always, ballots
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which are routed are not guaranteed to be delivered, and as such,
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no responsibility can be placed on any systems who may route such
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mail.
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D. Each ballot must contain:
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1. The name and node address of the operator casting the
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ballot,
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2. The ballot identifying who the sysop is voting for.
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 6 24 Jul 2000
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3. A password to be used in announcing and validating the
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vote.
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4. Example ballot:
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John Doe, sysop of 1:2634/567
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candidate_name
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{ballot_password}
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E. The election moderator will tally and summarize the ballots,
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listing each vote by password in the announcement, i.e. if John Doe
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and Jane Doe are candidates, the announcement of the results would
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look like this:
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John Doe Jane Doe
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Beeswax Whatchamacallit
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Zaphod Zoos
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Viper Kitchen
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Wrangler
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Hunter
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-------------------- --------------------
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3 votes (37.5%) 5 votes (62.5%)
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A second announcement will follow this, listing in numerical
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order, all node addresses from which a ballot was received and
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counted. These two messages will serve as the record of vote, and
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by the nature of their content, will allow all members of the region
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to see that their ballots were counted and counted correctly while
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maintaining the confidentiality of the votes. Under no
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circumstances will the Election Moderator (or assistant) release any
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information concerning the nature of specific ballots -- absolute
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confidentiality of the ballots must and will be maintained.
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F. A candidate must receive a simple majority of the votes in
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order to be elected. If there is a clear understanding of the
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leading candidates (combined 75% of ballots) then a runoff between
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the top two candidates can commence, otherwise supplementary runoffs
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to determine the top two candidates may be necessary.
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For example:
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If four candidates are running, and the vote is:
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A: 91 votes B: 37 votes C: 69 votes D: 12 votes
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Candidates "A" and "C" will face each other in a runoff to
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determine the winner of the election. A runoff election is
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held between the two candidates receiving the most votes,
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and is handled as described above except:
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1. One week for further questions to the remaining
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candidates, not three, and;
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2. All results from the general election are discarded and a
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new ballot is taken, with the results of the new ballot alone being
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 7 24 Jul 2000
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counted.
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3. One week for voting instead of two as above.
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Second example:
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Same four candidates above but the breakdown is
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A: 35 votes B: 35 votes C: 35 votes D: 15 votes
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An intermediate runoff between the top three candidates will
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commence. In general, the runoff will be amongst the candidates
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that recived 75% of the vote.
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G. In any case, if the election results in a tie, the ZC or RC
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will choose the RC or REC from amongst the two tied candidates.
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H. The elected person will take office one week following the
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announcement of the results, and in the case of the RC election,
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with the approval of the ZC (in recognition of FidoNet Policy.) The
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outgoing coordinator will make available all materials necessary to
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ensure a smooth transition, and will support the coordinator-elect
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for as long as is possible or needed.
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V. Dispute Resolution
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A. Any dispute of the election results, whether a miscounted
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ballot or a ballot not counted that a node claims should have been
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etc... must be filed, via netmail, to the election moderator within
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the one week time frame before the electee takes office. This
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dispute notice should be carbon-copied to at least two other members
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of the region (RC and REC for example) to ensure fairness and action
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on the part of the election moderator.
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B. The election moderator will announce the dispute, and request a
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Judge of Elections be named. The Judge of Elections will be the ZC,
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or if s/he is unavailable, another region's RC or a member of the
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region acceptable to all of the candidates.
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C. The Judge of Elections will receive from the election moderator
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all votes cast, without the summaries.
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D. The Judge of Elections will recount the votes and create a new
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summary which will be forwarded to the election moderator and posted
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accordingly. This will be the final count in cases of dispute.
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VI. Amendments to Election Policy
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A. Any member of the region may propose an amendment to this
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election policy, but no amendment may be proposed during an
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election.
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B. Such a proposal must be sent to the RC and the election
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moderator. The RC will cause it to be distributed to all NCs in the
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region, and direct that the NCs distribute it to all members of the
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region.
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 8 24 Jul 2000
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C. Debate on any amendment may be held in any of the above listed
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echos.
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D. The process for voting on the amendment will be as follows:
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1. The proposal will require a simple majority of the votes to
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be adopted.
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2. The ballots will be counted as in a regular election, with
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the results posted similarly.
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3. The time frame for debate is open, but the voting period
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will still take place in one week's time.
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4. The election moderator will schedule the vote at least one
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week in advance to allow all members of the region to have time to
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consider their vote.
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5. The vote can be forced to occur by referrendum of either
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20% of the nodes or 20% of the NCs; if 20% of the nodes or NCs
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request the vote be scheduled, the election moderator has no choice
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but to schedule the vote.
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VII. Continutity and Successive Administrations
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It is recommended to the members of the region that any
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candidates who may run for the RC position be clearly asked to abide
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the terms and conditions of the approved regional policy, such that
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no future RC may throw out policy to suit his/her whim. If a
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candidate does not clearly state that they will abide the terms and
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conditions of approved regional policy, you are advised that you
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should cast your vote in favor of a candidate who will abide it so
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that it can be maintained in perpetuity for the benefit of the
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members of the region.
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COLUMNS
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Ol'WDB's Column
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wdbonner@pacbell.net
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Some little known fcts
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The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because
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the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction
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of the bubbles.
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Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks
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the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet
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away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the
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flush.
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The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
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plasma.
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American car horns beep in the tone of F.
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No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
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Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or
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older.
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The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
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The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
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A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first
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flight.
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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive
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from each salad served in first-class.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the
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USA."
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Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
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morning.
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The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of
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FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 10 24 Jul 2000
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varieties of pickles the company once had.
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The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
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The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
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Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a
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Pez dispenser.
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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
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Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but
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was talked out of it by her doctor.
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Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
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All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being
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seen wearing them in public.
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Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
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The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in
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jelly.
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More little known facts later... <Laugh>
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NET HUMOR
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=================================================================
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The Price of Gas
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Thanks to Lynn Gipson
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lgipson@netquest.com
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You think a gallon of gasoline is expensive?
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|
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Diet Snapple 16oz for $1.29 equals $10.32 per gallon
|
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Lipton Ice Tea 16oz for $1.19 equals $9.52 per gallon
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Gatorade 20oz for $1.59 equals $10.17 per gallon
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Ocean Spray 16oz for $1.25 equals $10.00 per gallon
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Pint of milk 16oz for $1.59 equals $12.72 per gallon
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STP Brake Fluid 12oz for $3.15 equals $33.60 per gallon
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Vick's Nyquil 6oz for $8.35 equals $178.13 per gallon
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Pepto Bismol 4oz for $3.85 equals $123.20 per gallon
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Whiteout .6oz for $1.39 equals $296.53 per gallon
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Scope 1.5oz for $0.99 equals $84.48 per gallon
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And this is the REAL KICKER......
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Evian water 9oz for $1.49 equals $21.19 per gallon
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.....$21.19 FOR WATER!!
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You get the idea?? So next time you're at the pump, be glad your
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car doesn't run on Nyquil, or Scope, or Whiteout!!!!
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COMIX IN ASCII
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,------._(__)
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* | \ ( oo ( )
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vv====>----=\/====vv (oo)
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/-------\/
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COWTOW / | ||
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* ||----||
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(__) ^^ ^^
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(oo) * ||----||
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__[_]__\/ \ | ||
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/ | || \-------/\
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* ||----|| --> . (oo)
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^^ ^^ ( )
|
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Portable Cow Japanese model
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(very handy) portable COW Cow on Ice
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NOTICES
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=================================================================
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FN_SYSOP Election Preliminaries
|
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|
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The international echo for Fidonet Sysops elects a moderator each
|
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year. Although this election isn't scheduled until October, the
|
||
preliminaries are underway. Douglas Myers, the current moderator
|
||
(also serving as editor of this publication) has asked echo
|
||
participants to comment on his proposed selection of Carol
|
||
Shenkenberger to coordinate the election again this year. Douglas
|
||
noted that Election Coordinator selection should be made by early
|
||
August to allow sufficient time for organizing the election.
|
||
Douglas further announced that he will not be seeking a third term
|
||
as FN_SYSOP moderator, though he plans to remain an active
|
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participant in the echo.
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INTERNET INFO
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=================================================================
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. -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- .
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| FIDONET-RELATED SITES |
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` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- '
|
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Last update: July 16, 2000
|
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|
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FidoNet
|
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Homepage: http://www.fidonet.org
|
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FidoNews: http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
|
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ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/
|
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
|
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Echolist: http://www.baltimoremd.com/echolist/
|
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Echomail links: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidonet/fidoip.html
|
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SDS Files: http://fidobbs.dk/download (Web Access to SDS)
|
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FTSC page: http://www.ftsc.org/
|
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General: http://www.writebynight.com/fidonet.html
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|
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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
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Region 10: http://www.r10.org
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http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
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Net 103: http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/
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Net 203: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/8687/net203index.html
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Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
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Net 2410: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/net2410/
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Region 12: http://sparkys.dyndns.org
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Region 13: http://www.net264.org/r13.htm
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Net 264: http://www.net264.org/
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Net 275: http://www.homershut.net/~mahoover/net275/
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Region 14: http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14
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Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
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Region 15: <vacant>
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Region 16: <vacant>
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Region 17: http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/
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Net 140: http://www.nwstar.com/~net140
|
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Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/
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|
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Region 19: http://bise.tzo.com/r19
|
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Net 124: http://www.startext.net/np/net124
|
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http://texoma.net/~flv
|
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Net 130: http://www.startext.net/homes/net130
|
||
Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/
|
||
|
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
|
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/zone2 (Z2 nodelists etc.)
|
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
|
||
Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)
|
||
|
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Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German)
|
||
http://www.was-ist-fido.de/
|
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Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German)
|
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Region 25: http://www.literary.freeserve.co.uk/net2502/
|
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Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
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|
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|
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REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
|
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Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French)
|
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http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/
|
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Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (German)
|
||
? Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)
|
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Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish)
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REC34: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4552/
|
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Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
|
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Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
|
||
Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English)
|
||
Region 42: http://www.fido.cz
|
||
! Net422: http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English)
|
||
Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian)
|
||
Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian)
|
||
Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian)
|
||
Net 5028: http://5028.yaroslavl.ru/
|
||
Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English)
|
||
Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian)
|
||
?? Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian)
|
||
|
||
Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
|
||
|
||
Zone 4:
|
||
Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese)
|
||
Region 90:
|
||
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)
|
||
|
||
Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/
|
||
|
||
Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
|
||
Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html
|
||
(Chinese)
|
||
|
||
|
||
Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
|
||
|
||
See also: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidoip.html
|
||
|
||
a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email
|
||
address. The email is translated as follows
|
||
firstlast@osirusoft.com will automatically route to the
|
||
appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will
|
||
also receive routed notice of this feature. In my case, it
|
||
would still be joejared@osirusoft.com, but you get the idea.
|
||
|
||
Also, as information is provided to me, I will be adding a
|
||
latency field to each node, which is defined as the maximum
|
||
time between when the message is received, and when it is
|
||
sent on to other nodes, or available to be sent onward,
|
||
defined in minutes. A latency of ! implies that there is an
|
||
immediate response, and an attempt to deliver immediately
|
||
after processing, or a "MinuteMail System", as it were.
|
||
|
||
v-email flag firstnamelastname@osirusoft.com
|
||
| email address or
|
||
FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 16 24 Jul 2000
|
||
|
||
|
||
Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate
|
||
| | |latency|
|
||
-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
|
||
Zone 1 | | | |
|
||
10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c
|
||
10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c
|
||
12/12 @ Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo.
|
||
13/25 @ Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo.
|
||
103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | 384k,!| n/c
|
||
103/153 @ Michael Box | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
|
||
103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c
|
||
103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
|
||
105/8 | Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c
|
||
105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr
|
||
106/1 @ Steve Loupe | BinkP, FTP | 128k | ???
|
||
106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c
|
||
107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
|
||
140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16
|
||
167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
|
||
211/417 @ Korombos | BinkP,UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
|
||
218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE | 33.6k | n/c
|
||
244/2 | Kari Suomela | FTP,VMoT,BinkP,UUE| T1,! | $25.00/mo
|
||
246/160 @ Mason Vye | FTP, UUE | 56K | n/c
|
||
280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
|
||
342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c
|
||
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | 128k | n/c
|
||
396/1 @ John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1,10 | $5/mo
|
||
396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
|
||
2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
|
||
2613/404 @ David Moufarrege | BinkP,FTP,VMoT | 128k+,!| n/c
|
||
2624/306 @ David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
3613/2 @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE | 28.8 | n/c
|
||
3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
|
||
3639/93 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c
|
||
3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Zone 2 |
|
||
20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c
|
||
203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c
|
||
236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
284/800 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE | 64k |N/C
|
||
292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | N/C
|
||
292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
|
||
301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c
|
||
332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
335/535 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
|
||
382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
FIDONEWS 17-30 Page 17 24 Jul 2000
|
||
|
||
|
||
423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
464/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | 19.2 | n/c
|
||
465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c
|
||
469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
|
||
480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c
|
||
2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c
|
||
2446/301 @ Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c
|
||
2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
|
||
5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Zone 3
|
||
633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c
|
||
640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
|
||
774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
|
||
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Zone 4
|
||
905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | n/c
|
||
902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
|
||
* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
|
||
* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
|
||
* BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
|
||
* NFS = Linux Networking
|
||
----------------------------------------------
|
||
Fidonet oriented news servers
|
||
|
||
news.osirusoft.com
|
||
news.tardis.net
|
||
|
||
Fidonet oriented chat rooms.
|
||
|
||
room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
|
||
irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted)
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to
|
||
Joe Jared, 1:103/301, joejared@osirusoft.com. All email addresses
|
||
here for purpose of corresponding with fidonet members about
|
||
obtaining a feed. Improper use of the virtual email addresses, and
|
||
most especially, email addressed to blockme@relays.osirusoft.com
|
||
will be considered a request to be blocked by my open relay spam
|
||
stopper at http://relays.osirusoft.com
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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|
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Masthead
|
||
|
||
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FIDONEWS STAFF - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
|
||
| |
|
||
| Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720, DougM@paonline.com |
|
||
| Webmaster: Jim Barchuk, jb@fidonews.org |
|
||
| Columnist: Joe Jared, 1:103/0, jarhead@osirusoft.com |
|
||
| (Fido Via Internet Hubs column) |
|
||
| Columnist: Warren D. Bonner, 1:103/401, wdbonner@pacbell.net |
|
||
| (Warren uses the pen name "Ol'WDB") |
|
||
| Humor: Roy Reed, rcreedv@juno.com |
|
||
| Features: Frank Vest, 1:124/6308.1 |
|
||
| |
|
||
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
|
||
|
||
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - EDITORS EMERITI - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
|
||
| |
|
||
| Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince |
|
||
| Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, |
|
||
| Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg, Henk Wolsink |
|
||
| |
|
||
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
|
||
|
||
"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.
|
||
|
||
Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of Fidonet.
|
||
Fidonews is Copyright (C) 2000 by Douglas Myers, though authors
|
||
retain rights to their contributed articles. Opinion expressed by
|
||
the authors is strictly their own. Noncommercial duplication and
|
||
distribution within Fidonet is encouraged. Authors are encouraged
|
||
to send their articles in ASCII text to Douglas Myers at one of his
|
||
addresses above.
|
||
|
||
The weekly edition of Fidonews is distributed through the file area
|
||
FIDONEWS, and is published as echomail in the echo FIDONEWS. These
|
||
sources are normally available through your Network Coordinator.
|
||
The current and past issues are also available from the following
|
||
sources:
|
||
|
||
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- - FIDONEWS AVAILABILITY - -- -- -- -- -- -- +
|
||
| |
|
||
| Freq FIDONEWS @ 1:270/720, 1:140/1, or 1:396/1 |
|
||
| ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/ |
|
||
| ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/ |
|
||
| http://www.fidonews.org |
|
||
| email subscription: majordomo@fidonews.org |
|
||
| (subject: help body: list) |
|
||
| ftp mail: ftpmail@fidonews.org (subject: help) |
|
||
| |
|
||
+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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