Subj : Nlcheck report
To   : Dan Clough
From : Carlos Navarro
Date : Sun Jan 04 2026 17:58:35

03 Jan 2026 09:05, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 DC> This guy was allowed to have a non-valid entry in the nodelist so he
 DC> could be elected to the FTSC.  It's very obvious that that is not
 DC> allowed by P4 and that some "special arrangement" was made so he could
 DC>  be on the FTSC.

 DC> Why is a ZC allowed to do such things?  Why does/did Ward want this
 DC> guy on the FTSC so badly?

 DC> Why can't the potential candidate get an actual/valid (MO) node number
 DC>  like anyone else would be required to do?

 DC> Now that he *is* on the FTSC, what groundbreaking achievements has he
 DC> accomplished there, for the betterment of FidoNet?

If I'm not mistaken, Ward has encouraged that the FTSC consists of people that have contributed to the advancement of Fidonet, particularly FTN developers.

No doubt, Tim is one of them. Winpoint is an excellent Fidonet program, and he has been maintaining and improving it recently.

I believe that he deserves a node number so that he can be a member of the FTSC, or just because of his contribution to Fidonet. However, if he cannot (or simply doesn't want to) maintain a connectable node, there should be no problem if he is assigned a Pvt node (perhaps in a net in R24 or any other one) instead of a RIN.

Carlos

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