Yo! Martin:
Saturday May 17 1997 09:48, Martin Niemeyer wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BC>> It's tentative, but I am looking to hold an election sometime during
 BC>> the month of June with a passing of the baton to be on or about July
 BC>> 1, or August 1 at the latest.  I'll make up my mind soon.  Discussion
 BC>> is open until I do.
 MN> Is this going to be an election where the members of the echo vote
 MN> or is it going to be an election for to you to pick who you want to
 MN> run the echo.
If I were going to pick who I wanted, I would have already done it....or at 
least kept it on the QT so's no one would be the wiser until long after the 
fact.  Why would you ask such a thing?  I would think the word "election" has 
more or less of a universal meaning.....except maybe in Third World and 
Communist countries.  This is the United States and I should not have to 
define the meaning of the word.......... and......  I won't.
 MN> I ask this because of the past couple messages that I have seen from
 MN> Bud referring to a private inquiry from you in which he responds,
 MN> "YES!" and them makes a mad effort to get netmail working. Reading
 MN> between the lines this would indicate a choice MIGHT have already
 MN> been made.
Then read between the lines all you want.  Bud had a netmail problem for a 
time and felt he needed to communicate a response to a private missive.  I 
will not make private matters public and they ARE off-topic.
As a sidenote.....even if I have made a choice.....it would stick, and 
there's not a thing you can do about it.  So your questions and issues up to 
this point are moot......and.....OFF-TOPIC.  Take them to netmail or e-mail, 
if you like.
I said an "ELECTION" will be held, and I meant it.  I will post the ground 
rules and qualifications shortly.  Regardless, you are free to believe 
whatever you want.  You are not free to question and slander my motives and 
methods, and you will henceforth, cease and desist from it.
Understand?  I will NOT warn you again.
 MN> If it is to be an election of our peers in the echo, then I would
 MN> like to put my name on the list. I would choose Roger Cravens as my
 MN> Assistant Moderator, since he has done more for everyone in this
 MN> echo than anyone that I know of. This is assuming, of course, that
 MN> he would accept such an offer.
Your choice for an Assistant is an excellent one.  Regretfully, however, I 
must decline to accept your nomination for the Moderator for reasons that are 
OFF-TOPIC in this forum.  Please feel free to discuss them with me at any 
desired length via e-mail or netmail.
Bill Cheek ~ bcheek@san.rr.com
MODERATOR - SCANRADIO
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