Hello Ross.

09 Mar 08 00:50, you wrote to me:

 RC> Hello Jeff!

 RC> 08 Mar 08 19:34, you wrote to All:

 JS>> Ross Cassell       17

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

 RC> A few of my 17 are region 18 echoes.

 RC> A few more are active echoes *I started* or had handed to me by the
 RC> outgoing moderator.

 RC> The rest are place holders so as to prevent that which Mr Prunty has
 RC> done.

 RC> There are at least 2 echoes, Memories and perl, that I list on the
 RC> behalf of another.

    On several occasions recently I have updated echos myself on behalf of
but without instruction from others. In most cases the echos were thought
to have been updated but were accidentally allowed to expire. I am not
thinking
of anyone in particular here. But I did so to prevent the echo from being
grabbed by someone else until I had a chance to contact the most recent
moderator of record. In all cases they were glad to get the echos back.


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Jeff

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