Subj : Re: Bad behaviour not wanted.
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sun Dec 18 2022 05:11 pm

  Re: Re: Bad behaviour not wanted.
  By: Kurt Weiske to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun Dec 11 2022 03:24 pm

 >   Re: Re: Bad behaviour not wanted.
 >   By: Carol Shenkenberger to Nick Andre on Sun Dec 11 2022 03:01 pm
 > 
 > CS> Some areas had them. LA was one of them. The NC required a sysop 'point'
 > CS> for 2 years. I was south of it in net202 and happily doing boss node for
 > CS> or 6 at a time then helping them apply. Brenda Donvan was NC202 and happ
 > CS> to accecpt the new nodes applying with my point address as she knew they
 > CS> were functional with minimal hub assist needed.
 > 
 > Wow, that's a new one to me!
 > 
 > The San Francisco bay area (net 161 and net 125) back in the day had its sha
 > of power grabs. The NEC not only had a cost recovery program in place, he tr
 > to discourage people from going outside of the net with Planet Connect or ot
 > alternative means ("outing" people who opted out and complaining publicly th
 > doing so would make it difficult to afford the cost recovery program.)
 > 
 > The final straw, if memory serves was that he wanted the net to pay for a
 > fairly high-powered PC and a US Robotics modem, just for handling the mail.
 > 
 > In retrospect, there were probably over 100 nodes or more in the network, an
 > LD was pricey back then.

I remember.  NET202 was VERY different under Brenda Donovan.  The RC or maybe
it was the REC, wanted us to pull instate at a higher rate.  Brenda said no and
pulled fom Nevada.  Polled the NC for just netmail.

We had a CRP and a *voluntary* donation for equipment costs.  Our hoghest bill
was 7$ per member as I recall.  They got as low as 2.50 or so per quarter. 
Phone bill was posted publically for all to see.  

I moved to Norfolk area in 1995.  We didn't have a CRP.  We drew from John
Souvester then from the net north of us then I setup a feed with John S. and
was a local dial to the net north so fed them.  Became NC then RC then moved to
Japan and eventually Z6C.  Leaving Japan, (moved all remaining nodes to Z3
after a Z6 vote) and back to NC in Norfolk area.

  xxcarol
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