-=> Carol Shenkenberger wrote to All Candidates <=-

Hi Carol,

I'll be happy to answer your questions.

 CS> 1.  Which FTSC projects/products interest you the most? (can be
 CS> several). Need not come with exact document name as some of them span
 CS> several.

To be honest, I haven't kept up with a lot, though I know there is a debate
about "mobile nodes" going on.  I agree with Michiel that there probably
isn't going to be a lot of expansion technology-wise with FTN but there is a
dire need for documenting what already is available and working.

 CS> 2.  How familar are you with the issues that *C's face?  No harm if you
 CS> are not
 CS> or never have been one but include alternets as the experience can be
 CS> the same.

Having been RC11 in the early 2000s, yes, I am.  I have also been running
The Micronet Information Network, a FTN-style network with QWK/NNTP gates,
for 17 years now.  I have been the zone coordinator the entire time.  Lots
of little headaches but they get fixed.

 CS> 3.  If you have been a *C and experienced a site that needed
 CS> alternative to normal delivery, how did you deal with it?  If you have
 CS> not experienced that, what do you think you would do?

I have no problems with alternative delivery methods.  I would say that
BinkP is pretty standard in this age of the Internet though POTS is still a
viable option also.  My system can handle BinkP, FTP, ifcico, and mailer
over telnet connections.

 CS> 4.  Since there is a call to conduct FTSC business mostly in the FTSC
 CS> Public echo, how do you feel about that and why?  What should remain in
 CS> the private echo and what transparent here?

I don't have a problem with the FTSC conducting a majority of its business
in the open.  What should remain private are any interpersonal issues within
the FTSC (though we all know what happens with that eventually) or
discussions about ideas and subjects that should be discussed privately
first and get the agreement of the majority of the group before discussing
things publicly.

 CS> 5.  How good do you think you are at working with others, especially if
 CS> their view is opposite to yours?  How do you handle that?

I don't have a problem with working with others.  Outright castigation for
suggesting something, well, not a good idea.

 CS> For candidates, there are no right or wrong answers here. While we may
 CS> see some
 CS> differences between zones, we may also see a lot of commonality that
 CS> wasn't clear before.  We succeed because we span a wide range of
 CS> capabilities regardless of where we physically reside.

Fidonet has been and will be "controlled anarchy".  We're all in this
together whether we realize it or not.  The network's survival and viability
in today's age of instant gratification rests on our ability to modernize,
extend, and make the network attractive to new sysops who would be
interested in participating.

--Sean

... Cogito ergo spud. I think, therefore I yam.
--- MultiMail/Linux