SK>Some short time back (2 or 3 months?) a teacher who used to participate
SK>here regularly (can't think of his name right now...but he was from New
SK>Mexico?) asked:
SK>"What ever happened to Matt Smith?"
SK>and, not thinking clearly, I replied, "Shh! Do you want him back?" [or
SK>something very close to that]
SK>But now, it looks like it would be preferable to have the dreaded Tom
SK>Cotton and Matt Smith and other teacher-hecklers of days gone by. At
SK>least there would be something to talk about?
It's unfortunate that such a thought ever entered
your head!  ;-)
I don't know why things are so slow here, but I
get enough crap thrown my way as it is, I surely
don't need more!  ;-)
Plus.. I have Herman and ALizard to deal with on
the Internet, and that's enough aggravation for
ANYONE in a given day!
I suspect our problem is that a lot of the active
posters of the past aren't really online anymore,
and/or have joined the Internet.  Haven't seen
anything from Leona, Charles in AGES.  Dan has
shown up on the Internet, as have you.  We are
simply facing what FIDONET as a whole is: the
Internet is more active and draws away a lot of
participants.
SK>I am considering to revise the Guidelines for this echo to take out some
SK>of the phrases that specifically limit criticizing teachers, etc... to
SK>make room for more discussion in this area.
SK>Reactions?
Please don't...
SK>How many people are reading this? Show of hands, please?
ME, ME....
SK>I am dappling with the idea of eventually gating this FidoNet conference
SK>to an Internet mailing list. Maybe within the next couple of weeks I
SK>will be able to start experimenting with that.
I think that might produce more activity, but you
can't enforce the existing rules in the Internet
newsgroups, can you? 
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