On 07/05/16, David Drummond said the following...
 
 DD>  AI> It was Bjorn's choice of words, before there was a brouhaha. I'd say 
 DD>  AI> choose well in that case.
 DD> 
 DD> Not based on any mainstream definition of the word.
 DD> 
 DD> Are you sure he was talking about the election, and not the Z1 reaction
 DD> to it?

He new it would be a brouhaha so that's what he called it a day before it
started.

 DD> It matters not now, it is all over. To those who recognise the election
 DD> and its outcome Bj”rn is the rightful moderator and Vince is just
 DD> another sysop.

Bjorn and Vince are both just sysops. The difference is that Vince was
elected and Bjorn just reaches out and takes. He never even ran in the
election. If Bjorn was ever elected then I would give him that. I don't think
Bjorn is a bad moderator myself. The only thing I disagree with is allowing
access to everyone to the sysop echoes. That is something I will never agree
with. I don't think we are taking anything from anyone by chatting with each
other in a sysop echo. It is the other way around, some also want to take
something from us.

It's true that Bjorn has given a lot as well and I recognize that. Even when
he was under a lot of personal stress he managed to get the fidonews out. In
that I give him credit.

That is how I see it. My problem with the brouhaha in FIDO_SYSOP is the taking
that is happening there. Specifically the talking of our chat echo, and the
taking of the moderatorship although I have no idea why anyone would want or
care to do that. Probably just more shit disturbing.

I'll give you the last word and then I am done with this thread in this echo.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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