Subj : New node
To   : Darrell Salter
From : Michael Grant
Date : Thu Oct 25 2001 05:18 am

Hello Darrell.

25 Oct 01 11:00, you wrote to me:

 MG>> Does /anyone/ give two seconds to let the potential /new node/
 MG>> say what he wants??? Looking at this frigging **ZOO** over a
 MG>> simple request, you may have just turned him off Fidonet
 MG>> /completely/!!

 DS> IMO, new prospective members should have their options explained to
 DS> them and they should decide where they want to be listed. After this
 DS> chap mentioned Net229, one Net229 sysop offered this chap a node
 DS> number and a feed, and the "zoo" ensued from there.

He /only/ mentioned 229 because he thought that was the net in his area; 
re-read his message, you'll see that's so. He subsequently was told he was not 
in that net, then Stewart has to pipe up, hopping up and down and screaming 
"THIS ONE'S MINE!!"

 DS> It's ridiculous and embarassing. I don't see how you can single
 DS> out this one Net229 sysop for abuse over this situation. He
 DS> offered his help and he did it free of politics, without any
 DS> coercion, and without slandering any one or any other net or
 DS> region.

Because /he/ made it a political thing. Instead of saying, yeah, that other net 
is in your area, but if you want, we can list you too; he goes out of his way 
to start slamming the others who simply were pointing out to him where his area 
lies in the nodelist.

 DS> Your reaction is insane.

This stupid arguing over where a node should be listed is insane. Being listed 
in the Calgary net in no way inhibits my participation in this network, and 
this node being listed in Florida would in no way inhibit his participation in 
this network, either! Why does one net in this zone feel that they're so much 
better than everyone else, that every new node that comes along /MUST/ be 
listed in /THEIR/ net? Politics, and power; no other reason!


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