08 Mar 08 19:34, Jeff Smith wrote to All:

 JS> Hello everybody.

 JS>    In browsing the current Echolist I happened to notice a continuing
 JS> trend that has me concerned. I acknowledge his freedom to do so. But
 JS> it looks like Allen is continuing to grab pretty much any echo that
 JS> becomes available. Will he continue his policy of gating filtered
 JS> newsgroups into these newly aquired echos? Is it good for us as
 JS> memebrs of this hobby of ours to have the majority of echos controled
 JS> by a handfull of individuals? The current Echlist shows that Allen
 JS> has grabbed the following echos this time around.

He has dropped AUTOMOTIVE at my request.

 JS> 12_STEPS            ABORTION            AD&D
 JS> AIDS/ARC            ANIME               ANXIETY
 JS> ANYTHING_GOES       APPLE               ASIAN_LINK
 JS> ASTRONOMY           AUTOMOTIVE          BATTLESTAR_GALACTICA
 JS> BBS_PROMOTION       BEATLES             BIBLE
 JS> BLUEWAVE            CHAOS_LANDING       CRAFT-QUILTING
 JS> CRAFTS              EQUESTRIAN          FIBROM
 JS> GENEALOGY           GREYS-ANATOMY       HERBS-N-SUCH
 JS> LOST                LS_ARRL             MORMON
 JS> OPEN_BIBLE          PCBOARD             RECIPES
 JS> SF                  SIMPSONS            SOAPS
 JS> SPACE               STARGATE-ATLANTIS   STARGATE-SG1
 JS> STTNG               TREK                TREKTECH
 JS> TREK_CREATIVE       TREK_VOYAGER        UFO
 JS> WHO                 WILDCAT             WINDOWS
 JS> X-FILES             YOUNG_ADULT

 JS>    I acknowledge Allen's interest in reviving dead echos by injecting
 JS> them with activity from the internet. And compliment him for his
 JS> efforts to filter the incoming messages from the newsgroups. But a
 JS> lingering question in my mind is "Is this the best answer?". In
 JS> fairness to Allen let me say that I also see the following from the
 JS> current Echolist:

 JS> Moderator       Echos

 JS> Mark Lewis         16
 JS> Bob Hoffman         6
 JS> Walter Bowen        1
 JS> Vince Coen          1
 JS> Tony Summerfelt     1
 JS> Tim Cornett         1
 JS> Thom LaCosta       66
 JS> T.J. McMillen       1
 JS> Steven Horn         1
 JS> Steve Quarrella     1
 JS> Steve Asher         2
 JS> Sharon Stevens      1
 JS> Sean Dennis         1
 JS> Scott Little        3
 JS> Ross Cassell       17
 JS> Roger Nelsen        8
 JS> Robert E Starr JR   1
 JS> Richard Webb        1
 JS> Renato Zambon       6
 JS> RC13                1
 JS> RC17                2
 JS> Phil Heberer        3
 JS> Patrick Vittori     1
 JS> Pat Pridgen         1
 JS> Nab Robot           2
 JS> NC140               1
 JS> Mike Powell         1
 JS> Michael_Luko        3
 JS> Michael Grant       3
 JS> Matt Bedynek        7
 JS> Lynn Nash           1
 JS> Kurt Wismer         3
 JS> Joe Davis           2
 JS> Jim White           1
 JS> Jeff Smith          8
 JS> Janis Kracht       14
 JS> Jame Clay           3
 JS> Harvey Parisien     1
 JS> Gord Hannah         4
 JS> Gino Lucrezi        3
 JS> Gaelyne Gasson      1
 JS> FSTC Administrator  2
 JS> Everett Hertenstein 1
 JS> Earl Truss          1
 JS> David Noon          2
 JS> Dan Ceppa           1
 JS> Dallas Hinton       1
 JS> Dale Shipp          1
 JS> Charles Pratt       1
 JS> Carol Shenkenberger 1
 JS> Bob Swift           1
 JS> Bob Seaborn        17
 JS> Bob Klahn           3
 JS> Bob Hoffman         3
 JS> Bo Simonsen         4
 JS> Ben Ritchey        15
 JS> Andrew Leary        1
 JS> Allen Prunty       46

 JS>     From the Echolist I see that 191 echos are controled by 8 people
 JS> and 112 echos are controled by just 2 people. This grabbing of echos
 JS> has been done by others in the past. We all can remember their names
 JS> and the effect that it had on our hobby. One of the things that I
 JS> have liked about this network is it's diversity. With ideas,
 JS> opinions, and thoughts coming in from many differant directions. A
 JS> hobby where control is not at the direction of a smaller and smaller
 JS> group of people.



 JS> Jeff

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