#: 14443 S5/OS9 Users Group
    29-Feb-92  11:02:35
Sb: #OS9CN
Fm: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754
To: all

I have read carefully the ocnn.0192 file which I obtained from Delphi.  (Even
printed out a hard copy on my printer so I could read it more carefully).

At first read through of the by-laws of the organization, I thought (still do)
that the organization appears to be well set up, and most every detail has been
well covered.  Whoever wrote these by-laws should be congratulated on a job
well done.

A couple of points stick in my mind, however, after having read this 'edition'
of the NetNews.

Why were there no other "Portions" mentioned in 17B?  Is this because the OS9CN
is going to be strictly a domain of FidoNet and RiBBS?  I know for a fact that
none of the StG SysOp's were contacted about their BBS being part of the OS9CN,
and I suspect that none of the AcBBS BBS's were, either.  While RiBBS is the
'biggie' of the networking CoCo BBS's at this time, asking AcBBS and StG BBS's
to join into the OS9CN would net an additional 30 (or so) BBS's, thus giving
the OS9CN a wider potential user base.

The point here is that the more people, networks, etc., you contact and set up,
the more 'dominant' you become.  RiBBS/FidoNet are not the entire world of OS9,
there is UseNet, and the other OS9 BBS's that network that should be contacted.

If you feel I am being a little 'touchy' on this apparent OS9CN/RiBBS tie-in,
might I call you attention to the fact that the NetNews I have just read
contains the laws and by-laws of the organization, followed immediately by an
apparently complete listing of RiBBS Systems.  By attaching that listing to the
'official rules and regulations' ANY user would say that RiBBS and OS9CN are
connected to each other.

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