Hello Robert.

30 Dec 06 18:45, you wrote to me:

 RC> Hello Jeff.

 RC> 03 Dec 06 23:30, you wrote to Carol Shenkenberger:

 JS|>>      I too have lost interest in reading the Fidonews. I remember
 JS|>> reading it each week and displaying it on my BBS (Before the
 JS|>> internet) for my users to read. Some now even want to limit who
 JS|>> and where the Fidonews can be seen. Something that seems just the
 JS|>> opposite of what we should want. IMHO we should want to spread
 JS|>> the word about Fidonet and use the Fidonews as a tool to do that.
 JS|>> Not restrict the Fidonews. To that end I have decided to once
 JS|>> again display the Fidonews and make it available to everyone.

 RC> There is *still* talk of this?  Unbeleivable!  I am away from *months*
 RC> and nothing has improved.  Sad. Really sad.


      Yes little has changed. It seems that people can't let things go
and move on. And I am not talking about anything of priciple here. The same
holds true for other echos too.

 CS>>> The Fidonews can be good or bad, depending on where we all take
 CS>>> it. I'd like to think, I have never abused it and have made some
 CS>>> 20 or more articles that were not just the cooking series.  Not
 CS>>> prolific, but I'm there in spots.

 JS|>>      I would have to agree. For some time the Fidonews has been
 JS|>> basically stagnent. We as members of Fidonet need to make the
 JS|>> Fidonews once again a usefull part of Fidonet instead of
 JS|>> something to be ignored. I have voiced my concerns about the
 JS|>> Fidonews and offered my suggestions. But it seems that I am from
 JS|>> the wrong zone.  But that will not stop me from doing what
 JS|>> I can to make the Fidonews better again. I don't claim to have
 JS|>> some great solution that will turn things around. But I am
 JS|>> willing to work with those that are serious in their goal to make
 JS|>> things better and not hung up on what country or zone I come
 JS|>> from. I mention it again as it is frustrating to try to talk to
 JS|>> people that look at where you come from BEFORE they will listen
 JS|>> to what you have to say.

 RC> It would be nice, Jeff.  However Zonal animosity seems to make it
 RC> difficult to create a Snooze without the baggage.


     Some just can't or in some cases do not want to discard the zonal
baggage. But as I have said I will do what I can regardless as I consider
the baggage as their problem rather than mine.

 RC> Robert

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Jeff

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