Hello Wayne,

>WC>Here using Doc's Place BBS I note a recent upturn in
>WC>the fidonews echo after it went virtually dead for a couple of weeks.

>WC>Has that moderator - sysop relented and lifted the feed cut or did you
>WC>relink?

>LL>"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"
>LL>- The Wizard of Oz

>LL>"Every sysop is encouraged to make this echo available to
>LL>any user, that's interested in reading and writing in it."
>LL>- Bjorn Felten, Moderator of the Fidonews echo

WC>Do you have a URL to this document?
WC>If so I'll post it to Ed Koon at Doc's Place.

It is posted publicly every month in the fidonews echo.

WC>I'll also forward this very post in this echo to Steve Asher.

I am sure he has already read it.  ;)

WC>I've no desire in participating in the demise of fidonet.

There are some remnants of fidonet that remain active.

>LL>"The Fidonews editor ... is the permanent moderator of this
echo."
>LL>- Bjorn Felten, Editor of the Fidonews newsletter, and the Permanent
>LL>Moderator of the Fidonews echo

WC>Yes but not the zone 1 mod right?

There is no such animal.

WC>As I was led to believe those responsiblities are broken down into
WC>regional authority.

The only authority that exists is the editor of the fidonews newsletter
and permanent moderator of the fidonews echo, Bjorn Felten, as stated in
the official rules of the fidonews echo (document cited above).

>LL>In regards to the fidonews echo, any "moderator" other than
>LL>Bjorn Felten should be ignored as they are nothing but pretenders
>LL>to the throne.

WC>Sounds right but I want confirmation, thusly I'll forward
WC>this to Steve in this

Steve already has a copy of that documentation, and has read it.

WC>echo as well as to Ed Koon to see his response.

Ed can easily find it posted in the fidonews echo, as it is posted
each and every month in public for all to see.

WC>I very much wish to participate in discussions with a certain number of
WC>Europeans and Scandinavians.

The moderator of the fidonews echo has banned no one from participating.

>WC>Don't worry as I won't post to that echo from your BBS, nor
>WC>any others suggested to me by someone.

>LL>It is up to each individual sysop whether to carry, or not to carry,
>LL>the fidonews echo on his/her system.  The same goes for any other echo,
>LL>not just the fidonews echo.

>LL>There are many BBSes throughout the world which carry the fidonews
>LL>echo.  BBS listings can easily be found by doing a search on the
>LL>web.  Most of those BBSes allow participants to read and write in
>LL>that echo, paying no heed any pretender(s) to the throne.

WC>Well yes now that I'm fully back in working order I can find them quite
WC>easily, unfortunately I forgot passwords to several other quite nice boards
WC>with the full compliment of fido echos due to the stroke.

Log on as `new user', go through registration process, and proceed from
there.

WC>Then to I've your listings of those references in my text/bbs file.

There are many more BBSes out there.  Too many to be named or listed.

>LL>If you are having a problem reading and writing in the fidonews
>LL>echo from docsplace, use a different BBS.  Problem solved.

WC>Yup, that one in Scotland for one, synchronet.

One of many.

>WC>Fidonet is dying quite fast enough without my enabling
>WC>someone to speed its demise.

>LL>Then get some fresh blood, inviting others to join in.

WC>I don't get out hardly at all or I would do so.
WC>There is only one  other in this dump with online computers

It is like planting seeds.  Sometimes it takes a while for a seed
to grow.  And when it grows, it can grow into a great big tree.

>WC>There are still a number of quality individuals posting in an ever
>WC>diminishing number of echos.

>LL>With fresh blood, and new echoes, that could change.

WC>An optimistic viewpoint I've little personal optimism for however
WC>I hope you're right and I am wrong on this.

"Will I dream?" - HAL 9000 to Dave, in the movie "2001: A
Space Odyssey"

--Lee


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