On (11 Sep 02) Thom LaCosta wrote to Bob Short...

Hello Thom,


 TL> Bob Short wrote in a message to All:

 BS> **Be amended as follows:

 BS> 1.3.1  FidoNews

 BS> FidoNews is a weekly newsletter distributed in electronic form
 BS> throughout the Network.   It is a very important medium by which
 BS> FidoNet participants, including SysOps, points, and users alike,
 BS> communicate with each other, and helps to provide a communal sense
 BS> of people with common interests.  Thusly, participants are
 BS> encouraged to both read and contribute to FidoNews.  All
 BS> contributions are submitted to the FidoNews Editor via the contact
 BS> method(s) listed at the beginning of each issue, or may be
 BS> addressed to the node number listed under FidoNews_Editor in the
 BS> latest FidoNet nodelist.  A description of the required format for
 BS> submissions is listed at the bottom of each issue, and available on
 BS> file from the Editor, as well as many other FidoNet systems.
 BS> -------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

This is just my opinion:

The Fidonews is to Fidonet what other newspapers are to nations,
countries and/or governments. Would you have your newspaper controlled
by your government? :-)

Best regards,

Frank

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/flv
http://biseonline.com/r19

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