On 12 Dec 2003, Thom LaCosta wrote to Ward Dossche:

 TL> Aside from your threatening Z2 RCs, you've certainly taken steps to
 TL> convince the RCs they should participate.

I'd like to move on from the subject of Ward's threats now. I was asked to
join this echo by a couple of Zone 2 people (neither of whom was Ward) and
I simply set out my position as soon as I joined. Maybe I shouldn't have
done so but the intention was simply to send a strong signal to Zone 2
folks that this was not to be regarded as any weakening on my part to what
I thought was a threat to my democratic right to withhold my vote if I felt
it right to do so.

Further discussion, or simply references to it, here are
counter-productive. My differences with Ward have to be sorted out
privately - and they will be. While I believe that Ward has gone too far in
this instance, I do believe that he has the interests of the Fidonet at
heart. We all make mistakes, me included, but that doesn't make any of us
completely bad. I believe that Ward *is* trying to be a facilitator, not a
dictator.

I would like to see discussion of the proposed changes rather than us
sniping at one another about who said what or who meant what. The Fidonet
requires a great deal of patience and understanding simply because people
don't always express themselves too well, and this echo is no different to
any other.

There is a great deal of negativity here at the moment, and I can
understand why. However, there are more RCs here than at any other time and
this in itself is a cause for positive thinking. But if we all continue to
behave like Eeyore then we are going to lose our window of opportunity.

Please, folks, don't let that happen.

Remember, THINK POSITIVE! Policy CAN BE CHANGED!

(and that wasn't shouting!) ;-)

Now then, don't reply to this message. Let's just get on with the business in hand.

Best wishes, David

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