>  RJ> to stay alive.
 >
 >  Since Fido isn't a democracy, Moderators aren't elected.
 > In this
 >  case, it would be a matter of trying to connect with Pamela
 > and
 >  asking if she wants to continue or hand over the reins,
 > etc.
 >  Or, if she can't be found, then the echo will expire and
 > it
 >  can then be started again from scratch.  I've heard this
 > can be
 >  a fiddly business, though.
 
Hi Maureen (and all),
 
The last time this happened, I 'rescued' the echolisting and re-listed the 
echo with Pamela as Moderator.  Then long-time MYSTERY participant Beth 
Friedman (who is also a neighbor and friend of Pamela's) volunteered to take 
over the echo, so I sent her a copy of the echolisting and password.
 
I expected that Beth would take over the listing for the echolist, but that 
didn't happen.  So when I saw the expiration warning come up, I submitted a 
new listing to keep the echo in the echolist.
 
This should satisfy the guys running the backbone.  I am willing to do any of 
the caretaker-chores which are needed for backbone echos, like helping sysops 
track down possible breaks in distribution, and so on.
 
When I get the chance, I will netmail Beth and ask her what she intends to 
do.  I know Pamela is currently under deadline with an overdue book, and you 
know what that means.  
 
In the meantime, the echolisting has been renewed, so we shouldn't have a 
problem with the echo being dropped from the backbone.
 
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