Hello mark.

23 Sep 04 14:22, you wrote to me:

ml|> errrmmm... are you privy to the FTSC.WG.* echos? if not, how do you
ml|> know what's going on withint the FTSC?

Having access to those echoes means little when the bickering is carried
out in public echoes.

RC>> This is nothing against the members at all, Mark.  It is just
RC>> a general observation of the bickering that goes on. :)

ml|> that may be but it doesn't diminish the FTSC's mandate or how it
ml|> operates... the FTSC was never the "brains" of fidonet...
yes, it may
ml|> have consisted of many of the brains and leading software developers
ml|> but that didn't come into play as far as what the FTSC did or does or
ml|> how it does what it does...

Unfortunately as a whole, the FTSC has become ineffectual.  Perhaps the
mandate needs revising?  I am sure things are improving slowly but there is
a long way to go.

The effectiveness of the FTSC diminishes in direct proportion to the amount
of debating that is a result of Zonal politics and the shrinking size of
the network.

Again, let me reiterate - this has nothing to do with individual members. 
I speak of the body as a whole.

Robert

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