Hello mark,

On 21 Dec 14 14:59, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> Looks like about 8 documents were revised and/or created in the
 NB>> past week, while not one was mentioned or brought up for
 NB>> discussion in this echo.

 ml> they're not supposed to be are they? these are existing documents that
 ml> the FTSC has had on its table for a while...

I don't know or care if they are "supposed" to be, the fact it that it would be
NICE for others NOT involved with the FTSC to be able to keep up on what was
done and/or accomplished recently without having to wade through the website.
After all, we're trying to keep people interested in the "text based" part of
Fidonet, and not push them to websites, right?

 NB>> What exactly is this echo intended for again?

 ml> communication with the FTSC about technical matters...

Yet none of that happens, and when it does, it seems to be deemed "off-topic".

 ml> eg:
 ml> 1. developers wanting clarification on the implementation of
 ml> something. 2. corrections to published documents that may have been
 ml> missed. 3. public presentation of possible new proposals for
 ml> discussion.

 NB>> Someone keeps forcing intention while calling everything else
 NB>> "off-topic", yet I fail to see anything happening that actually
 NB>> could be considered "on-topic" in here, either!

 ml> i'm not sure i understand what you are trying to say here :/

Sorry to hear that. Even after re-reading what I wrote it sounds pretty clear
to me.

 NB>> Twice, I've asked for these revised/re-released or newly created
 NB>> documents to be posted in here (in text format) so that we
 NB>> actually have something to discuss, if we care to, in revelance
 NB>> to being "on-topic" per the moderator's rules. I seem to still be
 NB>> waiting for a response from the one who decides what is and is
 NB>> not "on-topic" in this echo, though. :(

 ml> why not access the published ones and bring up your questions as noted
 ml> in example #1 or #2 above?

That idea makes this echo more and more pointless. Why are you pushing people
to the website when it could easily be pasted here for the public to view and
discuss, possibly drumming up much more conversation that could (maybe, if the
moderator cares enough about the subject) possibly be much more on-topic than
anything that has been discussed here in the last 2-3 years?

Regards,
Nick

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