• FidoNews 36:14 [00/09]: The Front Page

    From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 04:07:32 2019
    The F I D O N E W S Volume 36, Number 14 08 Apr 2019 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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    Table of Contents
    1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
    2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
    We choose to change the Policy4 .......................... 2
    3. BEST OF FIDONET .......................................... 3
    A parable ................................................ 3
    4. LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES ............................... 5
    List of IPv6 nodes ....................................... 5
    5. JAMNNTPD SERVERS LIST .................................... 8
    The Johan Billing JamNNTPd project ....................... 8
    6. FIDONEWS'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ...................... 9
    7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 16
    Statistics from the Fidoweb .............................. 16
    Nodelist Stats ........................................... 17
    8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 19
    How to Submit an Article ................................. 19
    Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 21

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 04:07:32 2019
    =================================================================
    FOOD FOR THOUGHT =================================================================

    I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World
    War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

    -- Albert Einstein --


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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 04:07:32 2019
    =================================================================
    EDITORIAL =================================================================

    We choose to change the Policy4.

    With those words, I'd like to propose that we actually try to
    change our policy with the smallest of steps. From 4.06 to 4.07 the
    only change was a really minor one (adding "the statement above").
    So from 4.07 to 4.08 could be equally minor.

    The reason for a minor change is that 30 years ago, when the last
    change was made, there were many people around who knew how the change
    should be made. But 30 years later, almost nobody from that time is
    with us anymore. Almost nobody knows anymore how it should be done.

    Making a minor change to Policy4 may be the way to pick up the old
    knowledge of the proper procedure, so that we eventually can make
    major, much needed, changes to the document.


    Ergo, the steps involved would be like this:

    1. The ZCs select an IC.

    2. The 31 RCs agree on a new proposal, needing 16 to make up a
    majority. We had 19 active RCs in the recent FTSC election, so only
    12 were dormant. Maybe the sysops in those regions <see below> can
    wake up some of the dormant RCs even?

    3. From thereon it's just to follow the steps in P4.8.2 to 8.6.

    Here is my proposal for the new 4.08:

    http://eljaco.se/FILES/POLICY4.08

    - - - - -

    RCs not active during the latest FTSC election:

    Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4
    ==== ==== ==== ====
    RC11 RC30 .. RC80
    RC12 RC34 RC90
    RC15 RC42
    RC45
    RC46
    RC48
    RC56


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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 04:07:32 2019
    =================================================================
    BEST OF FIDONET =================================================================

    A parable
    By: David Rance <2:252/110.1>

    (A 20yo gem, still valid -- Editor's note)

    * Area: ENET.SYSOP
    * Original message from David Rance to Steven Leeman
    * Date: 25 May 99 08:59

    You don't see my point, do you? All you folks can talk about is the
    technical specifications of all that we are doing.

    A parable:

    Fred Fidonet is interested in cars. He has a car. He talks about the
    car. He knows the technical specification of the car. He spends all
    his spare time tinkering with the car and tuning the car. Fred loves
    his car and would be completely lost if he had to sell his car.
    However he never goes out in the car. Fred has two sons who are every
    bit as enthusiatic about the car as Fred is. The trouble is that they
    are always arguing about how to make the car work better. In fact
    their conversation is always about the technical side of the car, and
    sometimes their arguments get quite bitter. Sometimes they can't even
    talk to one another because of the bad feeling when they can't get
    their own way.

    While they are all busy arguing, Fred's wife, Angela, would love to go
    out touring, to see some of the countryside and visit friends. After
    all, she thought, that's what they got the car for. It should improve
    the quality of their lives by enabling them to visit people they
    wouldn't otherwise be able to visit. Fred doesn't want to do that.
    Fred's world revolves around making the car work better and better.
    Yes, he sometimes goes out to visit a car mechanic who will help him
    with the car, but he's forgotten all about what his poor wife wants.

    After a while, Angela gets SO bored that she decides to accept an
    invitation from her neighbour, Ian Internet, to go for a trip in his
    car. Ian isn't so much interested in HOW the car works, but loves to
    travel and meet people. And Angela enjoys her trip so much that she
    accepts further invitations. In the end, Angela (you've guessed it)
    decides to leave Fred and go to live with Ian, because he, like
    Angela, is so much more interested in meeting people and finds Ian's
    attitude to the car so much more sensible. It's not an end in itself,
    it helps people to get to where they want to go.

    And, do you know, Fred didn't even understand why Angela had left him!
    Fred asked his sons how to get Angela to come back. He came to the
    conclusion that she would come back if he got a bigger, flashy, car.
    So he did. But Angela didn't come back. So Fred thought that an even
    bigger, flashier car, would attract Angela back, but he couldn't agree
    with his sons as to which car to get.

    And all this time Angela is getting more and more hooked on Ian's
    lifestyle and is now planning to divorce Fred and marry Ian.

    And Fred is STILL wondering what to do to make his car more attractive
    to Angela!!! Of course, Fred is quite right to take an interest in how
    the car works. But he has missed the point that, however big and
    flashy his car is, Angela is interested only it what it can DO to help
    her get out and meet people.

    Poor Fred! Do you think he will ever get Angela back?

    * Any resemblance between the characters above and the readers of this
    echo is purely intentional!

    Best wishes, David



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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 04:07:32 2019
    =================================================================
    LIST OF FIDONET IPV6 NODES =================================================================

    List of IPv6 nodes
    By Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555

    Updated 24 Mar 2019


    Node Nr. Sysop Type Provider Remark

    1 2:280/464 Wilfred van Velzen Native Xs4All f
    2 2:280/5003 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f
    3 2:5019/40 Konstantin Kuzov T-6in4 he.net f PO4
    4 2:280/5555 Michiel van der Vlist Native Ziggo f
    5 1:320/219 Andrew Leary Native Comcast f
    6 2:221/0 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
    7 2:221/1 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
    8 2:221/6 Tommi Koivula T-6in4 he.net f
    9 2:5053/54 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga
    10 2:5030/257 Vova Uralsky T-6in4 he.net
    11 1:154/10 Nicholas Boël Native Spectrum f
    12 2:203/0 Björn Felten T-6in4 he.net
    13 2:280/5006 Kees van Eeten Native Xs4All f INO4
    14 3:712/848 Scott Little T-6RD iiNet f IO
    15 2:5020/545 Alexey Vissarionov Native Hetzner f
    16 1:103/17 Stephen Hurd T-6in4 he.net
    17 2:5020/9696 Alexander Skovpen T-6to4 Westlan
    18 2:301/812 Benoit Panizzon Native IMPNET
    19 2:421/790 Viktor Cizek T-6in4 he.net
    20 2:222/2 Kim Heino Native TeliaSonera
    21 3:633/280 Stephen Walsh Native AusNetServers f
    22 2:463/877 Alex Shuman Native Nline f IO
    23 1:19/10 Matt Bedynek T-6in4 he.net
    24 3:770/1 Paul Hayton T-6in4 he.net
    25 2:5053/58 Alexander Kruglikov Native Aruba S.p.a f
    26 1:103/1 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    27 3:633/281 Stephen Walsh Native Internode
    28 2:310/31 Richard Menedetter Native DE-NETCUP f
    29 3:633/410 Tony Langdon Native IINET
    30 2:5005/33 Evgeny Zyatkov Native RUCITYCONNECT f
    31 2:5020/329 Oleg Lukashin Native Comfortel f
    32 2:246/1305 Emil Schuster Native TAL.DE
    33 2:2443/1313 Dirk Astrath Native VOLMARNET
    34 2:2448/4000 Tobias Burchhardt Native DTAG IO
    35 2:331/51 Marco d'Itri Native BOFH-IT
    36 1:214/22 Ray Quinn T-6to4 AT&T f
    37 1:154/30 Mike Miller Native LINODE
    38 1:282/1031 Jeff Smith Native Qwest
    39 2:5083/444 Peter Khanin Native OVH
    40 2:5001/100 Dmitry Protasoff Native Hetzner
    41 2:5059/38 Andrey Mundirov T-6in4 he.net
    42 2:240/5853 Philipp Giebel Native Hetzner
    43 2:2452/413 Ingo Juergensmann Native RRBONE-COLO f
    44 1:123/10 Wayne Smith T-6in4 he.net
    45 2:5021/46 Dmitry Komissarov Native THEFIRST
    46 2:4500/1 Eugene Kozhuhovsky Native DATAHATA6
    47 2:5080/102 Stas Degteff T-6to4 Novator
    48 1:135/300 Eric Renfro Native Choopa
    49 1:135/371 Eric Renfro Native Cox Comm
    50 1:103/13 Stephen Hurd Native Choopa
    51 2:5020/1042 Michael Dukelsky Native FORPSI Ktis f
    52 2:5095/0 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    53 2:5095/20 Sergey V. Efimoff T-6in4 he.net
    54 4:902/26 Fernando Toledo T-6in4 he.net
    55 2:400/2992 Avshalom Donskoi Native OVH f PM*1
    56 2:5019/400 Konstantin Kuzov Native LT-LT
    57 2:467/239 Mihail Kapitanov T-6in4 he.net f
    58 2:463/1331 Andrei Dzedolik Native DIGITALOCEAN
    59 2:5010/275 Evgeny Chevtaev T-6in4 TUNNELBROKER-0 f
    60 2:5020/736 Egor Glukhov Native VPSVILLE f
    61 2:280/2000 Michael Trip Native Xs4All
    62 2:230/38 Benny Pedersen Native Linode
    63 2:460/58 Stas Mishchenkov T-6in4 he.net f
    64 1 135/367 Antonio Rivera Native RRSW-V6
    65 2:5020/2123 Anton Samsonov T-6in4 he.net
    66 2:5020/2332 Andrey Ignatov Native ru.rtk
    67 1:340/201 Michael Pierce Native ComCast
    68 2:5005/49 Victor Sudakov T-6in4 he.net
    60 2:5005/77 Valery Lutoshkin T-6in4 NTS f
    70 2:5005/106 Alexey Osiyuk T-6in4 he.net f
    71 1:153/757 Alan Ianson Native TELUS
    72 2:5057/53 Ivan Kovalenko T-6in4 he.net f
    73 2:5020/921 Andrew Savin Native Starlink
    74 2:5010/352 Dmitriy Smirnov Native EkranTV f
    75 2:292/854 Ward Dossche Native Belgacom OO
    76 2:469/122 Sergey Zabolotny Native ARUBA-NET f
    77 2:5053/400 Denis Mikhlevich Native TTK-Volga

    T-6in4 Static 6in4
    T-AYIY Dynamic AYIYA
    T-6to4 6to4
    T-6RD 6RD

    Remarks:

    f Has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address
    IO Incoming only (Node can not make outgoing IPv6 calls)
    OO Outgoing only (Node can not accept incoming IPv6 calls)
    INO4 No IPv4 (Node can not accept incoming IPv4 calls)
    PO4 Prefers Out on 4 (Node can make outgoing IPv6 calls,
    but is configured to try IPv4 first)
    6DWN The IPv6 connectivity of this node is temporarely down.
    DOWN This node is temporarely down for both IPv4 and IPv6
    PM Prospective Member. The node has demonstrated IPv6
    capability but is not listed or does not advertise an
    IPv6 address in the Fidonet nodelist yet.
    *1 IPv6 address: 2001:41d0:303:69c6:f1d0:2:400:2992


    Notes:
    To make an IPv6 connection to a node connected via 6to4 tunneling
    one may have to force the mailer into IPv6 (-6 option in binkd's
    node config for binkd up to 1.1a-96, -64 option for binkd 1.1a-97
    and up). If the destination address is a 6to4 tunnel address
    (2002::/16) many OSs default to IPv4 if an IPv4 address is present.

    Submitted on day 097

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  • From FidoNews Robot@2:2/2 to All on Mon Apr 8 04:07:32 2019
    =================================================================
    SPECIAL INTEREST =================================================================

    Last week's statistics from the Fidoweb
    By EchoTime, 2:203/0

    (Some nets may have lost their last
    digit for technical reasons)

    pkt (toss-toss) msg (write-toss)
    nodes mean dev no mean dev no

    154/* 5.4m 8.2m 293 0.8h 2.8h 293
    221/* 2.9m 8.1m 309 5.5h 9.5h 309
    240/* 0.2m 0.2m 8 13.1h 18.7h 8
    280/* 7.2m 17.3m 635 4.7h 8.6h 636
    292/* 3.4m 1.7m 33 1.5h 2.8h 32
    320/* 2.1m 1.9m 336 1.4h 3.3h 336
    502/* 0.7m 0.2m 12 2.3h 3.9h 12

    Sigma 4.8m 12.1m 1626 3.4h 7.5h 1626

    -----------------------------------------------------------------
    Nodelist Stats

    Input nodelist nodelist.095
    size 187.9kb
    date 2019-04-05

    The nodelist has 981 nodes in it
    and a total of 1505 non-comment entries

    including 4 zones
    31 regions
    170 hosts
    72 hubs
    admin overhead 277 ( 28.24 %)

    and 106 private nodes
    63 nodes down
    78 nodes on hold
    off line overhead 247 ( 25.18 %)


    Speed summary:

    >9600 = 61 ( 6.22 %)
    9600 = 224 ( 22.83 %)
    (HST = 8 or 3.57 %)
    (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (PEP = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (HAY = 0 or 0.00 %)
    (V32 = 90 or 40.18 %)
    (V32B = 27 or 12.05 %)
    (V34 = 115 or 51.34 %)
    (V42 = 88 or 39.29 %)
    (V42B = 29 or 12.95 %)
    2400 = 1 ( 0.10 %)
    1200 = 0 ( 0.00 %)
    300 = 695 ( 70.85 %)

    ISDN = 27 ( 2.75 %)

    -----------------------------------------------------
    IP Flags Protocol Number of systems -----------------------------------------------------
    IBN Binkp 738 ( 75.23 %) ----------------------------------
    IFC Raw ifcico 85 ( 8.66 %) ----------------------------------
    IFT FTP 62 ( 6.32 %) ----------------------------------
    ITN Telnet 153 ( 15.60 %) ----------------------------------
    IVM Vmodem 10 ( 1.02 %) ----------------------------------
    IP Other 5 ( 0.51 %) ----------------------------------
    INO4 IPv6 only 1 ( 0.10 %) ----------------------------------

    CrashMail capable = 829 ( 84.51 %)
    MailOnly nodes = 311 ( 31.70 %)
    Listed-only nodes = 25 ( 2.55 %)



    [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm]
    [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/2]
    [ NetStats 3.8 2014-11-23]

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Fidonews Robot on Mon Apr 8 06:27:00 2019
    On 04-08-19 00:07, Fidonews Robot <=-
    spoke to All about FidoNews 36:14 [02/09]: E <=-

    We choose to change the Policy4.

    1. The ZCs select an IC.

    OK.

    2. The 31 RCs agree on a new proposal, needing 16 to make up a
    majority.

    Actually, what you need is 16 to make a quorum, and then a majority of
    those voting to agree.

    We had 19 active RCs in the recent FTSC election, so only
    12 were dormant. Maybe the sysops in those regions <see below> can
    wake up some of the dormant RCs even?

    Is that called poking the bear? :-}}

    3. From thereon it's just to follow the steps in P4.8.2 to 8.6.

    Here is my proposal for the new 4.08:

    http://eljaco.se/FILES/POLICY4.08

    I downloaded it, and did a fc on the two files. I see that all you are changing is to correct the zone number info for Fidonews editor. That
    is exactly what Frank Vest tried when he made you editor. It fell on
    deaf ears and got no response at all so far as I could see.

    Even if you stirred up enough to put it to a vote with the RCs and then
    with the *Cs, many of them may not bother to vote with the feeling of
    "why bother -- this change fixes nothing."

    In particular, even if it passes, it would not make any other future
    amendments / revision easier.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


    ... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 02:35:04, 08 Apr 2019
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to All on Tue Apr 9 05:46:26 2019
    FOOD FOR THOUGHT


    I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World
    War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

    -- Albert Einstein --

    Ants vs cockroaches. Which side is armed with sticks?
    Which side is armed with stones? Gamblers want to know
    so as to place their bets ...

    --Lee

    --
    It Ain't Payday If It Ain't Nuts In Your Mouth

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to All on Tue Apr 9 05:46:32 2019
    EDITORIAL

    We choose to change the Policy4.

    Why?

    With those words, I'd like to propose that we actually try to
    change our policy with the smallest of steps. From 4.06 to 4.07 the
    only change was a really minor one (adding "the statement above").
    So from 4.07 to 4.08 could be equally minor.

    Why not just start from scratch, rather than recognize what
    has never been legitimately passed and ratified by any zone?

    A shorter, better-written, more up-to-date policy document
    is needed. One that is signed, sealed, and delivered. Not
    done in secret, with nobody knowing who composed it, or
    wrote it. Not one rammed down anybody's throat, but one
    that is open to debate and voted on by all - with sysops from
    each zone voting at a time to pass and ratify.

    The reason for a minor change is that 30 years ago, when the last change was made, there were many people around who knew how the change should be made. But 30 years later, almost nobody from that time is
    with us anymore. Almost nobody knows anymore how it should be done.

    More the reason to do away with old. Completely.

    Making a minor change to Policy4 may be the way to pick up the old knowledge of the proper procedure, so that we eventually can make
    major, much needed, changes to the document.

    The "proper procedure" was never done to begin with! The
    current policy document was never legitimately passed and ratified
    in any zone, so why should it be honored by anybody? Much better
    to scrap it and write a completely new one. From scratch.

    Ergo, the steps involved would be like this:

    1. The ZCs select an IC.

    Any 2 ZCs can sabotage it by refusing to play.

    2. The 31 RCs agree on a new proposal, needing 16 to make up a majority. We had 19 active RCs in the recent FTSC election, so only
    12 were dormant. Maybe the sysops in those regions <see below> can
    wake up some of the dormant RCs even?

    Only 19 RCs are active. Therefore, any 4 RCs can sabotage it
    by refusing to play, as it takes 16 to form a quorum.

    3. From thereon it's just to follow the steps in P4.8.2 to 8.6.

    Why bother to even recognize P4 when you don't have to?
    Better to ignore it completely and start from scratch.

    Here is my proposal for the new 4.08:

    All moot, as no policy change is needed.

    It would save everybody a lot of time, and trouble, to simply
    ignore P4 and write a completely new policy document.

    Ultimate power resides in the sysops themselves. Not in some
    unknown group of writers who concocted the idea of a document
    others are obliged to follow.

    http://eljaco.se/FILES/POLICY4.08

    Fixing a flawed document is not the answer.

    Writing a new policy document, by the sysops themselves,
    is the answer. One that is legitimately passed and ratified,
    in each zone.

    --Lee

    --
    As Good As It Looks

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to All on Tue Apr 9 05:46:39 2019
    (A 20yo gem, still valid -- Editor's note)

    You don't see my point, do you? All you folks can talk about is the technical specifications of all that we are doing.

    A parable:

    Fred Fidonet is interested in cars. He has a car. He talks about the
    car. He knows the technical specification of the car. He spends all
    his spare time tinkering with the car and tuning the car. Fred loves
    his car and would be completely lost if he had to sell his car.

    [..]

    While they are all busy arguing, Fred's wife, Angela, would love to go
    out touring, to see some of the countryside and visit friends. After
    all, she thought, that's what they got the car for. It should improve

    [..]

    Poor Fred! Do you think he will ever get Angela back?

    I was at a boat landing down the bayou talking with friends
    when a woman driving a luxury car calmly drove it into the bayou.
    Then she got out the car (through the window) and started
    walking back to town, which was twenty miles away.

    We all saw what happened, but were too stunned to say anything.
    Before long, the cops showed up, along with her husband. She
    did not deny having done what everybody saw her do. The cops
    then asked her husband if he wanted to press charges, as it was
    his car that she drove into the bayou. He declined, saying it
    was all his fault. He was going to have the car repainted,
    and his wife wanted a new mink coat. So the car had to go.

    We all wondered who had to pay for the tow truck to get
    the car out of the bayou ...

    * Any resemblance between the characters above and the readers of this echo is purely intentional!

    It wasn't me! :)

    --Lee

    --
    Nobody Beats Our Meat

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dale Shipp on Tue Apr 9 05:46:51 2019
    Hello Dale,

    We choose to change the Policy4.

    1. The ZCs select an IC.

    OK.

    Any 2 ZC's could gum up the works by refusing to go along.

    2. The 31 RCs agree on a new proposal, needing 16 to make up a
    majority.

    Actually, what you need is 16 to make a quorum, and then a majority of those voting to agree.

    Any 4 RC's could gum up thw works by refusing to play.

    We had 19 active RCs in the recent FTSC election, so only
    12 were dormant. Maybe the sysops in those regions <see below> can
    wake up some of the dormant RCs even?

    Is that called poking the bear? :-}}

    Sometimes it is best to let sleeping bears sleep.

    3. From thereon it's just to follow the steps in P4.8.2 to 8.6.

    Here is my proposal for the new 4.08:

    http://eljaco.se/FILES/POLICY4.08

    I downloaded it, and did a fc on the two files. I see that all you are changing is to correct the zone number info for Fidonews editor. That
    is exactly what Frank Vest tried when he made you editor. It fell on
    deaf ears and got no response at all so far as I could see.

    While Björn's intentions may be noble, his idea to fix a flawed
    document is no permanent fix of anything. Better to discard the
    entire thing and write a new one.

    Even if you stirred up enough to put it to a vote with the RCs and then with the *Cs, many of them may not bother to vote with the feeling of
    "why bother -- this change fixes nothing."

    Since P4 was never legitimately passed and ratified in the first
    place, nothing needs to be amended. Just ignore it and move on with
    a new policy document.

    In particular, even if it passes, it would not make any other future amendments / revision easier.

    Then do away with it entirely, putting it where it belongs.
    In the trash heap of history.

    --Lee

    --
    It Ain't Payday If It Ain't Nuts In Your Mouth

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Dale Shipp on Tue Apr 9 11:46:07 2019
    correct the zone number info for Fidonews editor. That
    is exactly what Frank Vest tried when he made you editor.

    Did he now?




    ..

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Dale Shipp on Tue Apr 9 05:09:04 2019
    On 04-08-19 02:27, Dale Shipp <=-
    spoke to Fidonews Robot about Re: FidoNews 36:14 [02/0 <=-


    2. The 31 RCs agree on a new proposal, needing 16 to make up a
    majority.

    Actually, what you need is 16 to make a quorum, and then a majority of those voting to agree.

    Sorry, I was wrong -- Björn stated it correctly. Majority of the RCs.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Apr 9 14:05:45 2019
    Why not just start from scratch...

    Why not just shut up.

    Any 2 ZCs can sabotage it by refusing to play.

    Accusing ZCs of sabotaging Fidonet? I understand why you don't want a nodenumber, even for a very short period of time before you're chased-out again.

    Only 19 RCs are active.

    You don't know that.

    \%/@rd

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to BjöRn Felten on Wed Apr 10 05:43:00 2019
    On 04-09-19 07:46, Björn Felten <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about FidoNews 36:14 [02/0 <=-


    correct the zone number info for Fidonews editor. That
    is exactly what Frank Vest tried when he made you editor.

    Did he now?

    That is what he did back then. As I said, it fell on deaf ears and went
    no were.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dale Shipp on Wed Apr 10 13:33:21 2019
    correct the zone number info for Fidonews editor. That
    is exactly what Frank Vest tried when he made you editor.

    Did he now?

    That is what he did back then. As I said, it fell on deaf ears and went
    no were.

    Let me put it this way ... I never heard of that ... it must have been a very local / premature attempt.

    When did you become editor, Bjorn ?

    \%/@rd

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Wed Apr 10 15:08:26 2019
    Let me put it this way ... I never heard of that ... it must have been a very local / premature attempt.

    Indeed.

    When did you become editor, Bjorn ?

    Between January 7th and 14th 2002.



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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dale Shipp on Wed Apr 24 04:51:33 2019
    Hello Dale,

    2. The 31 RCs agree on a new proposal, needing 16 to make up a
    majority.

    Actually, what you need is 16 to make a quorum, and then a majority of
    those voting to agree.

    Sorry, I was wrong -- Björn stated it correctly. Majority of the RCs.

    With only 19 active RCs, the bar is too high for change to be
    possible. Kind of like impeachment/removal from office with the
    president's party controlling both houses of the Congress.

    Actually much higher - 16 out of 19. A near impossibility.

    --Lee

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