>> i read and understand it as you state...  the person as IC must
>> be or have been a ZC... there is nothing that states that they
>> must remain a ZC to be the IC if they are a current ZC...

>> This I think may be the oppositions point. Judging from the wording
>> in policy, there may not be anything that says they must remain a
>> ZC, but the expectation from the language used indicates to some
>> that they must.

> interesting... no wonder "they" want everything spelled out
right down to the
> letter... what's that old phrase? everything is allowed except what
> specifically isn't? something like that ;)

If it isn't mentioned, it must be allowed. :o)

>> It would therefore all be in the interpretation of the then sitting
>> IC.

> oh, now that's interesting... no wonder everything has gotten all screwed up
> since the last IC got put under that particular hat... hopefully the current
> one can undo some of that misunderstanding O:)

I learned that from experience in R10. When Kohl was RC, things weren't all
that great; many people suffered under his regime. When Donovan took over,
she changed a lot of things to alleviate most of the problems. It
wasn't/isn't perfect, but it's better than her predicessor.

>> Since Satti was the sitting IC when he made the decision to resign
>> his ZC hat, in making that determination it became part of the
>> operational procedures in the ZCC.

> true...

>> However it may not have stayed in effect with the election of the
>> next IC.

>you'd think that some sort of statement to that effect would have been issued,
> then... oh yeah, this is a hobby so there's no of that use of those types of
> rules and such ;(

By not making that statement, the zone war was escalated because of poor
interpretation of policy by the former IC.

>> Satti, being a co-author of policy, may have had some insight from
>> previous discussion among the authors in this regard.

> i'm absolutely positive about that...

As I recall from discussions he had with folks in Z1C, that's how it was.

Roy

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