On (09 Jun 97) MODERATOR wrote to All...
 M > Ken Storm, the original and founding Moderator of this echo has
 M > returned from a lengthy period of misfortune and circumstances beyond
 M > his control.  He has indicated that he wants "his" echo back.
 M > Many of you will recall when I took over in his absence that I said I
 M > would hold the echo "in escrow" for him, should he return.  He didn't
 M > return, and the rest is history......more or less.
 M > I am, however, torn between honoring the results of the recent
 M > election and my original promise.  It's not that I feel a sense of
 M > overriding obligation to Ken Storm, though I do deeply respect the
 M > time, effort, and trouble he went to, in order to create and bring
 M > this echo to the FidoNet Backbone for all our enjoyment and benefit.
 M > It's not that I have any undying loyalty to Blake Bowers, though he is
 M > the hands-down winner of the election I chose to hold in lieu of
 M > appointing someone.....and I do respect YOUR choice.
 M > If push came to shove, my decision would be to appoint Blake as the
 M > next Moderator of this echo.  Regardless of Ken Storm's misfortunes,
 M > and he did suffer plenty, his inability to manage the echo put me in a
 M > position to take it forward.....
 M > Some time ago, however, Ken reappeared and I offered the echo back to
 M > him (this was long before the election), and he accepted.  Then
 M > somehow we fell out of touch and he didn't receive my followup
 M > netmails; nor I, his.  My conclusion was that he had gone
 M > incommunicado again.... so I decided to hold an election.
I think the echo should go back to Ken, and if he wants he could
appoint Blake as his assistant. I don't imagine when you offered to
return the echo to Ken a while back you made any stipulations, and I
don't think there should be any now. He owned the echo, and lost if
through misfortune, so I think we should give it back, since you
aren't going to moderate it anymore.
Every so often someone I know becomes strapped for cash in order to
have money to pay an unexpected bill. Usually, they will offer to
sell something they own for a fraction of it's cost, to help raise
money. In a case such as this, if I buy the item from them, I tell
them that anytime they want it back they can have it back for the
same price. I would consider anything less to be dishonorable, and
would feel like I was taking advantage of them. This situation with
Ken is a little different, but since he started the echo, and since
you won't be moderating it anymore, then I think it should go back
to him.
I don't think netmail should be a factor either. Netmail is easy to
fix or take care of. If he continued to have a problem with a
particular bbs, there are many others that he could use, or he could
become a Point. If he doesn't moderate the echo very good, then
everyone can move to the other radio echo, or Blake or someone else
could start one of their own.
 M > Now I am torn between a rock and a hard spot.  Blake's a good man and
 M > a radioist extraordinaire.  Ken is the founder of this echo.
I have no problem with Blake, I think he would do a good job with
the echo, but for the above reasons, I think it should go to Ken.
When Ken was an active moderator, I think he did an excellent job. I
sent netmail to him a number of times, and he always responded
promptly.
Martin
... Me...a skeptic?  I trust you have proof.
--- PPoint 2.03
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