-=> On 05-18-04  21:33,  Mark Lewis <=-
 -=> spoke to Alex Shakhaylo about International Coodinator <=-

 ML> truely... fidonet has never been a democracy of any sort... not then
 ML> and  definitely not now... sure, there are "elections" but they 
 ML> are no more than shows to make you feel good... sure, 
 ML> someone is "elected" to a position but by policy, the one 
 ML> above has to appoint them to that position and that's 
 ML> what's been being done in fidonet for a long long time... i 

   That is true for NCs and RCs.  It is not true for ZCs.

 ML> was (s)elected to my NC position by those in my net...
 ML> however, it was not official until the RC at that time 
 ML> actually appointed me and listed me in the nodelist in that 
 ML> capacity... it was then that i was able to send in netsegs 

   True.  Section 1.2.3.

 ML> and start maintaining the stuff that i, as NC of this net,
 ML> had to maintain... the same goes for each of the R18Cs... 
 ML> they were (s)elected by a "vote" of the region but it was 
 ML> the Z1C that actually agreed with the (s)election and 
 ML> preformed the appointment of that (s)electee to that 

   True.  Section 1.2.4.


   All according to what is laid out in P4.

 ML> post... even (s)election of the ZCs is much the same with
 ML> the IC agreeing with the (s)election and making the 

   Not true.  The IC has no say in who is selected to be a ZC.  The RCs
   in that zone do that.  See section 1.2.5.

 ML> appointment... the IC, on the other hand, is chosen by the
 ML> ZCs...

  This is true, section 1.2.7.
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