Subj : Tiers To : Frank Vest From : Michael Grant Date : Sun Jul 15 2001 12:07 pm Hello Frank. 15 Jul 01 15:25, you wrote to Andrea Santos: FV> Ok... My agenda (oh no!) :-) FV> Start the fidonet.na list up again. FV> Forget about the backbone.* FV> Forget about the top level, tier*, mesh this and that, and other BS. FV> Look at the Elist. Find the echos that are listed as distributed via FV> Fidonet. FV> Forget about the multilanguage stuff. If it's not in your FV> language and you don't want it, don't subscribe to it. FV> Check for "private" echos. IE: Regional, administrative and FV> such. FV> In case there is a question if the echo is "private" or admin. FV> or such, ask the Moderator. FV> Check with the Moderators to find out if they wish to have their echo FV> listed and distributed via fidonet.na FV> ---= Rules =--- FV> 1. If the echos is listed as a Fidonet echo and the Moderator wants it FV> distributed, by gum!, it's distributed. Period. FV> 2. If a person feeding someone doesn't want to carry an echo, get it FV> from somewhere else. FV> 3. No power allowed. No Titles allowed. FV> 4. If other distribution systems wish to continue operation, fine. Go FV> for it. FV> 5. If some want to charge for service, no problem. If some want to pay FV> for service, no problem. Just don't bitch about the service to anyone FV> except the person or "distribution system" you pay to. FV> 6. This is a hobby. There are no guarantees given, implied or FV> expressed. FV> ---= End of Rules =--- FV> This reply is to you, Andrea, but it is intended for general FV> consumption and not directed _at_ you. FV> Now the question is: FV> Is there anyone, or enough people, in Fidonet that has the _guts_ to FV> do this? I'd be willing to do that. I don't know how many others would be, though; and I can't speak for my uplink, or his uplink, and would not presume to ask them to do something they do not wish to. I would differ only in that I would, and do now in fact, carry some multilingual echos. --- GoldED+/386 1.1.4.5 * Origin: MikE'S MaDHousE: WelComE To ThE AsYluM! (1:134/11) .