Hello Janis.

20 Apr 05 00:55, you wrote to me:

 JK> I think there's disagreement from a few in Z2, to be honest..

 JK> As far as why neither has done anything, well first, I think Ward
 JK> knows he doesn't have the support of the other ZCs, nevermind all the
 JK> RCs.

 JK> For Malcolm,  when Malcolm welcomed Carol as Z6C, Ward came down on
 JK> him for essentially "stepping on his toes".. Malcolm wisely ignored
 JK> that message. If Malcolm decides not to start anything of consequence
 JK> until Ward finally removes his listing from the Zone 2 segment (that
 JK> gets compiled into all of our nodelists), I can understand that
 JK> completely...Fido will continue as is if nothing is done..

 JK> Sure it would be great if we updated policy but time has proven that
 JK> it's not necessary.

What has either IC done to help Fidonet?  What has the ZCC done for the
last 10 years that resulted in us all being better off than we are now?  IP
nodes have been around for how many years now?  Why are they not recognized
by policy? Why is it that the topic of the day for the ZCC is "who
gets to be the IC"?

I believe this is a slap in the face to every node in Fido today.  Whether
they admit it or not, the coordinators at certain levels want to give the
preception they have power and influence but the only thing they do is
process the nodelist segment and fight amongst themselves.  I say we either
recognize them for what they are, nodelist clerks, and move on; or, start
being productive.

We see lots of bickering but no work.  If as an employor, at the end of the
day my employee says he (or she) has made no progress, and this continues
for several years, it would be safe to assume they are sitting on their
asses.

So who among you will be the better man (person) and start taking us in the
direction we should be rather than along partisan lines?

Matt

e-mail: matt [at] thunderdome.us | icq: 16568532 | yahoo: mbedynek

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