-> On 06 Jul 06  15:15:42, Carol Shenkenberger got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Z7 again

 DC> It wasn't low turnout.  But, I do agree that a future poll needs 
 DC> to narrow down the options.  As it is, the results do state that 
 DC> some action is needed.  The lowest response was for the option 
 DC> of doing nothing.  

 CS> It was low turnout.  However, no matter how low, all reports of it
 CS> were passed to the ZCC echo as best as possible.  The initial one by

A low turnout doesn't necessarily mean that change is not just 
requested but is needed.  I can quickly give you an example of 
a similar situation.  You may not like it though!  

 CS> Ward who forwarded what he had, and a later one that matched but was a

Far better to get the information directly from the source.  


 CS> bit more specific.  Both were the same as posted here in the IC echo. 
 CS> I may be wrong here, (can go back and check) but I think Renato was
 CS> the first one to say it was just too small of a number based on the
 CS> size of R50.  The 'referendum' was as widely sent as they could, with

Has it occured to you that FIDO standards for change are exactly 
why FIDO remains in the Dark Ages?  

 CS> reasonable expectation that all in R50 and those 2 other regions we'd
 CS> nominally call 'Russian speaking' had it in their netmail as well as
 CS> sysop echos multiple times.  Not ONE R50 sysop has denied this.  So,
 CS> tell me why a paultry 15% replied with something like 8% wanting a
 CS> change and 7% bothering to say 'no thanks'? 

See above.  Per the assinine quorum rules, nothing will ever 
change in FIDO ever again.  As it stands, it appears that 
War Lords are more concerned about protecting their own little 
fiefdoms than they are in the system as whole.  

 CS> I cantr imagine anything worse, than splintering the Russian sysops
 CS> against their will.  Let *them* decide this.

Russian involvement in this, as well as far less non-controversial 
international Echoes, is on sharp decline.  Why is that?  

The opportunity to keep FIDO alive is being squandered away in the 
expense of building castles instead of constructing d'bridges needed to 
benefit FIDO as a whole...  




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