Subj : This echo
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Jan 13 2022 06:03 pm

> DS' claim that Janis appointed him as successor.

Janis made no publicly appointed successor that I saw.

>> Why should this echo and the Gazette be left to rest in peace when
>> Janis left?

> Because it is a product of the zone wars. For all intents and purposes the
> Gazette was just a relic of this unfortuntate period. No one (exept maybe a
> few) want the zone wars to return.

I have never thought of the gazette being anything more than an alternative fidonet newsletter.

If you don't want zone wars then don't participate in them.

> I hate saying this because I do not like to speak ill of those no longer in
> a postion to defend themselves, but Janis played a significant role in the
> zone wars. Letting this echo and the Gazette rest in peace after she left
> should have been a step in coming to closure.

Janis was always very nice to me. We didn't speak often but when we did we always had easy conversations and she was always willing to help when she could.

That may be different to your experience but that is what I know of her.

> What we see however is just the opposite. The self appointed moderator shows
> clear bias against Z2 participants in this echo. Has he moderated you in
> public for off-topic postings yet? No, in fact ALL of his off-topic warnings
> were against Z2 members.

I have only posted a few messages and they were mostly on topic.. :)

> What is happening now, reminds us of the zone wars in which the Gazette was
> used as a weapon. Instead of digging up and refurbishing this weapon, we
> should let it rest.

Let it rest if that is what you want to do.

Personally, I have no problem if Sean continues the gazette if that is what he wants to do.



> Cheers, Michiel
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