On 11 Sep 02  21:36:11, Thom Lacosta said the following to Bob Short:

TL>  BS> We are bound to the current procedures outlined in P4 for this,
TL>  BS> except that Ward has allowed that a majority of
"responding" RC's
TL>  BS> can pass it on to a general *C vote, instead of a majority of ALL
TL>  BS> RC's.  This was basically due to the fact that some RC's are
TL>  BS> missing.
 
TL> Oh Gosh....why have any written rules? 
TL> Can Ward, in and of himself, change existing rules on the fly?

From the last paragraph in Section 7.1:
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In cases not specifically covered by this document, the International Coordi-
nator may issue specific interpretations or extensions to this policy.  The
Zone Coordinator Council may reverse such rulings by a majority vote.
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Clearly, unforseen absence of x# of RC's qualifies.  :)

I have noticed another section in need of amending though, to keep
the next version up-to-date:

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1.1  Introduction

FidoNet is an amateur electronic mail system.  As such, all of its partici-
pants and operators are unpaid volunteers.  From its early beginning as a few
friends swapping messages back and forth (1984), it now (1989) includes over
5,000 systems on six continents.
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Should also be amended to reflect proper dating and number of nodes.

Bob

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