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echo: fidonews
to: MARK LEWIS
from: DAVID DRUMMOND
date: 2019-04-05 16:28:00
subject: Taking P4 seriously?

On 5/04/2019 01:29, mark lewis -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>>>> What would the IC's role be?

 ml>>> really? have you still not read the policy document that defines our
 ml>>> network?

 DD>> I have never considered the document of sufficient importance that I
 DD>> should memorise it.

 ml> no one has said that it should be memorized... only that it should be
 ml> available if someone needs a copy or even just to read...

Considering that my system does not entertain freqs then there are no documents
available there-on.

Maybe Fidonet.io should have an HTML version there-of.

 DD>> And I did not have a copy immediately to hand.

 ml> that can easily be remedied... i have copies of all four policy
 ml> documents and can easily drop one or more off in your inbound if you
 ml> like ;)

I am nearly always remote from my system so ...


 ml>>> the ICs role is clearly defined in there...

 DD>> Pol 4.8 discussed the IC's role as facilitator of Policy changes

 ml> yes, that's one part of the role...

Indeed, the exact part that Bj”rn was referencing.

If not for arbitrating proposed policy changes we don't need an IC so any other
supposed role is redundant.

 DD>> (yes, I located a copy).

 ml> yay! :)

Ask me about it again next month and it will have hidden itself again :(

-- 

Gang warily
David

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