Subj : FidoGazette Vol 12 no 17 Page: 3 To : Andrei Rachita From : Janis Kracht Date : Thu Apr 26 2018 19:27:10 Hi Andrei! > I feel so sad to hear that... > Will you still write the FidoGazette? I'm not sure right now... I may start asking for volunteers to take it over.. I'll let everyone know what I decide, that's for sure :) For now, I'll continue. Take care, Janis >> ================================================================ >> A R T I C L E S >> ================================================================ >> Back to the Forest >> by Janis Kracht, 1:261/38 >> In case you've been sleeping and missed some news in the Z1C >> echo, Zone 1 Coordinator, Janis Kracht, is preparing to go back >> to being a "simple" node in Fidonet, without all the work that >> the position of Z1C entails (grin) Actually, I may decide at >> some point soon to leave Fidonet altogether, I'm just not sure >> right now if I will. >> I announced this Monday that the RCs should start an election in >> Zone 1 for my replacement. They are working on this as I type, >> thanks guys! >> Hopefully, they will see it the same way I do... that all sysops >> in Zone1 should be given the opportunity to be nominated if they >> care to be... and nominations and votes should be collected >> from every sysop in Zone 1, not just the RCs. My RCs are an >> exceptional bunch and I am so very grateful that they've been my >> right hand the entire time I've been Zone1 Coordinator, but for >> something like the position of Z1C, I feel it's better to >> involve everyone in Zone 1. >> You may not have been around when I was elected Z1C so many >> years ago... it's been that many years (2001). At the >> time, it was the way things were done... if one is concerned >> about the number of people voting in this, just think for a >> moment about the number of sysops that were involved in that >> election in 2001 :) One site I checked today said that in >> mid-2001 Fidonet had approximately 15K nodes - granted that was >> all zones, but given that other zones were somewhat smaller than >> Zone 1 way back then, it is at least clear that our numbers in >> Zone 1 were much larger than today's numbers listed in the >> current nodelist. >> There are a few reasons I'd like to see this election involve >> "everyone" in the nomination/election process: >> 1) What better way is there to wake people up? (grin) >> 2) When people are directly involved, they participate. >> 3) When the selection process if open to all members, who knows >> what gem may be discovered? When I was elected, I was a >> general "nobody" in the great scheme of all things "Fido".. >> sure I could route Netmail, and had taken over the PDN from >> Erik van Riper, but as far as other jobs I'd held, I believe >> I'd been an NC for a short time, and then an REC (Regional >> Echomail Coordinator) when we lived in Louisville.. that's >> it. You don't really know everyone in Fidonet or their >> capabilities unless you give them the chance to show those >> capabilities. Ok, JMHO (grin) >> So, right now among other things, I'm looking forward to not >> having to make nodelists, update web pages, etc. etc. etc. >> While most of what I do is automated, one still has to check the >> results now and again to make sure the beast is under control.. >> that freedom from the overall baby-sitting of my system will be >> a welcome relief... so much so that I can even start thinking >> about getting some programming done >> FIDOGAZETTE Vol 12 No 17 Page 3 April 25, 2018 >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) .