Dale Shipp wrote in a message to Thom Lacosta:


 TL> Not to diminish the importance of Fidonews, but I'm getting 
 TL> real curious now.  If Fidonews is copywritten by the 
 TL> editor, and the editor picks his/her replacement, and the 
 TL> sysops don't have any say in who is the Fidonews Editor, 
 TL> why even have Fidonews mentioned in Policy 4 at all?

 DS>   Because it was.   Actually, I once saw a proposed policy
 DS> amendment   (labeled P4.5) that had removed all mention of the Fido
 DS> Newsletter. 

Makes sense...since its content and policies are solely at the whim of the
non-elected editor.

 TL> What control does Fidonet exercise over the editor to insure that the
 TL> content facilitates any of the above?

 DS>   About the same control as Fidonet exercises over the Elist
 DS> Keeper:-}} 

Yep...and you won't EVER catch the Echolist Keeper or the Echolist
purporting to be the xxxxxx of Fidonet.

So, I would submit that there needs to be no mention of Fidonews in Policy 4.

cya,
thom
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