Subj : Re: Notice that...
To   : Oli
From : Atreyu
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 08:34:41

On 08 Feb 22  13:24:10, Oli said the following to Atreyu:

O> How did it come that a new ZC was elected?
O> Who did decide which sysops (nodes?) were eligible to vote?
O> How long is your term?
O> Who decides when the next election will be?

Janis had issues with her system and family/health, and stepped down. She
called for an election immediately to find her replacement. Initially it was
myself, Dallas Hinton and lowercase-Mark Lewis that were nominated by others
but Mark chose not to accept. Janis appointed Phil Kimble as the bean-counter
and all Z1 Sysops were eligible to vote by sending him direct Netmail with
their choice of vote along with an arbitrary codeword for verification.

There were two periods of contesting votes, which nobody did, at least one or 
two periods of campaigning, which for myself and Dallas was not really
necessary since everyone in Z1 knew us very well... and even when Kimble
dropped the ball with misunderstanding the VIA kludge the election went
without so much as a green blip in the Matrix. Z1 Sysops made their decision.

After the election was over I had some international phone calls from Belgium 
from your ZC2 offering to help with software, Janis remained at 1:1/0 for a 
time until I was confident my system could handle a smooth transaction, and 
all RC's made the transition within days. That is how I came to be ZC1.

Z1 Sysops determine whether or not I'm doing a good job, they determine the 
length of my stay and determine whenever the next election will be.

O> Of course the ZC has now to tell everyone what a great guy he is (again) and
O> how the other C was shit ... It's part of the job description.
O> 
O> But I appreciate it that it was so easy to waste your time.

Awwww! Thank you! Not wasted time actually, its very amusing watching you fold
so easily. When you can't refute anything I say you resort to your usual
petulent teenage whining.

Atreyu

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