-> Replying to a message of Earl Croasmun to Roy Witt:
-> 
->  EC> ~> I wonder if he got this idea from Elvis Hargrove, former
moderator
->  EC> of the ~> AVIATION and OLD ENGINE echoes. He claimed that some of
the
->  EC> FLAME echo ~> conspirators were planning a takeover of one of these
->  EC> echoes, running ~> around like Chicken Little, telling everyone who
->  EC> would listen. When it ~> didn't materialize, he really looked like
->  EC> the same fool we have in Klahn.
-> 
->  EC> Klahn did exactly that in Roger Nelson's Coffee-klatch echo.  Roger
->  EC> let the listing lapse very briefly, and Klahn quickly posted a dire
->  EC> warning that a new moderator had to seize control of the echo
because
->  EC> "nasties" would come and take over.
-> 
-> That's not exactly what happened, Earl.  The listing may or may not have
-> lapsed,
-> and I've no idea who listed it originally, but at the time of Klahn's
comments
-> there
-> was no moderator of the echo.  ISTR that Roger was first to list the
echo with
-> himself as moderator - that in itself caused some adverse commentary -
and that
-> may be the listing that lapsed when Lofaso briefly picked it up.
-> ,
->  EC>  Lofaso grabbed the echo the same
->  EC> day, so there may have been back-channel conspiring going on.
-> 
-> I doubt that.
-> 
->  EC>  There
->  EC> was a period of ugliness as the rest of the echo pressured Lofaso
to
->  EC> give it back, and he finally gave in.
-> 
-> And he did.
-> 
->  EC>  One person in particular
->  EC> ripped Klahn's skin off in some blistering posts, and I believe she
->  EC> used exactly that "Chicken Little" analogy on him!
-> 
-> Cindy hasn't posted in the echo in months.  And while she was critical
of
-> Klahn's comments she didn't rip Klahn's skin off and her posts on the
subject
-> weren't blistering.  Her main problem seemed to be she didn't want the
echo
-> to have a moderator.
-> 
-> You may just be upset that you didn't think to grab the echo, or maybe
you
-> did and just weren't in time.
-> 
Interesting! Thanks!
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