Subj : RE: ERRORS in Route List!
To   : Andrea Santos
From : Dave Hamilton
Date : Wed May 09 2001 01:40 am

 AS> And the inevitable question on Net 229....You care to explain why the 
growth of
 AS> this Net is based solely on out-of-area internet listings?

I can field this one...

We list systems that apply to be listed in this net. We don't ask our RC's 
permission when we add a node to our segment. We do not compete for new nodes 
with anyone.

At one time I contacted NCs in the local geographic areas of sysops, then 
presented them with whatever options the local NC offered the new node. I did 
this before listing them. I was met with so much apathy that I began to detest 
the thought of conversing with yet another NC who didn't give a damn about new 
nodes. Finally an NC tore a strip off me for *bothering* him by netmail about 
somebody who wanted a Fido listing, and I decided to discontinue my search for 
people who care.

At least three of the nodes who have joined Net229 recently have expressed a 
desire NOT to be listed in their geographic areas, indicating that they have 
made their own enquiries and have met with similar reactions to my own.

Our policy (which does not exist in writing) is very simple: If a system wants 
a listing in Net229 and can demonstrate an ability to send and receive secure 
netmail, they get a node number and they are welcomed with open arms.

All we're doing, really, is not treating potential sysops like shit.

...."He believed that *pretending* to do drugs to please people
is the kind of character trait the United States wants in
a president. And he was right." - Penn & Teller, 1997

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