On 06/01/16, Bj”rn Felten said the following...
 
 BF>    LOL! Almost a verbatim similarity to the rules that Janis "wrote" for
 BF> that other echo. I wonder why nobody discovered the huge mistake already
 BF> then.

They were never Janis's rules. I suspect someone at the begining copied those
rules.. That rule file was from 2001. Here's a snippet of a rule file for
FIDO_SYSOP from 2004..

4. Once a year, as close to mid-February as practical, an election is
held for the Moderator of FIDO_SYSOP.  Upon completion of this
election, the former moderator must turn the password for the elist
robot over to the new moderator and yield the position.   At any
time during his or her term, a moderator may appoint a co-moderator. 
If a moderator is unable to complete his or her term, and has not yet
appointed a co-moderator, he or she may name a replacement to finish
the term, revealing the elist password to the replacement moderator.  
Should a moderator disappear from the conference without leaving a
successor or co-moderator, a replacement moderator may be chosen
by the echo participants to serve until the next regular election.
Although the Elist Keeper may not be bound by echo conference rules,
he is specifically requested to facilitate access to the FIDO_SYSOP
conference listing for such a replacement moderator in the event that
the elist password is not available or the previous moderator refuses
to yield the moderator position.

mid-March, mid-October, mid-february.

I don't think all this timing stuff is important. If an election is needed
we'll have it. In FIDO_SYSOP we did have it and we did elect a moderator.
That's enough.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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