Alan,
 
AI> You seem to be better informed that I am but I'm still making my way
AI> through my new mail scan.
 
It's called the "information age" ...8-)
 
AI> I can only guess why the number of voters is what it is, or will be. I
AI> hope that the sysops of Z1 will let their voices be heard but that is
AI> their choice.
 
I don't know how it would work here. We have some regions with a still pretty
active bunch of sysops.
 
Let me put it this way, we peaked at some time with over 35,000 nodes ... so
let's just enjoy what we have left, while it still is there.
 
Fidonet for me has been a tremendous learning opportunity and some of the
developers have written some pretty exciting stuff that only some 1,000+ sysops
 know about. We have been privileged to be part of this enourmous social
experiment under the guise of 'technology'. There are some pretty awesome
people here ... JoHo, Alexey Vissarionov, Michael Dukelsky, Bob Bashe, Ulrich
Schroeter, Janis, Dallas, Stass Degteff, Pavel Gulchouck, Roger, Michiel, the
Bear, Nick Andre ... several more.
 
 \%/@rd

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