Hi Thom!

22 Сен 04, Thom LaCosta wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 TL>> Would the election be directly by the sysops, or by the RCs?  How
 TL>> many RCs do you anticiapte having in this new zone?

 VD>> I don't know now, it's dicussable. Minimum 8 RCs, maximum 84
 VD>> (number of Federal Areas in Russia).

 TL> I suppose if you all were to follow policy, then the RCs would elect the
 TL> ZC.

At first ZC will equal R50C, then after elections RCs he will electing by new RCs.

 TL> Would your new zone include only Russia, or would it also incorporate
 TL> other states that were part of the Soviet Union?

We are agree but it's depend for these desires.

 VD>> Policy 4.07, 7.1:
 VD>> "The International Coordinator has the primary task of coordinating
 VD>> the creation of the master nodelist by managing the distribution
 VD>> between the Zones of the Zone nodelists.  The International
 VD>> Coordinator is responsible for definition of new zones and for
 VD>> negotiation of agreements for communica- tion with other networks.
 VD>> ("Other network" in this context means other networks
with which
 VD>> FidoNet communicates as peer-to-peer, not "network"
in the sense of
 VD>> the FidoNet organizational level.)"

 VD>> So creation our Zone is function only IC and ZCs must obey his
 VD>> resolution. He may discuss it in ZCC, but he must to determine.

 TL> Should be interesting, seeing if both of the nodes that say they are IC
 TL> agree that the zone should be created.

I don't understand which nodes you in view of?

Vladimir

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