Text 25255, 69 rader
Skriven 2006-02-10 17:54:29 av Frank Vest (1:124/6308.1)
  Kommentar till text 25163 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Elist
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On (10 Feb 06) Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello Michiel,

 > The Elist Keeper is passed on kinda like the Fidonews Editor.
 > If there is someone that the out going Keeper feels qualified,
 > then it is passed on.
 Mv> Which is sort of what happened when Adrian Walker turned it over to
 Mv> the then Z2 e-list keeper.

But not exactly. I seem to remember some politics all over Fidonet and
power mongering to boot. :(

 Mv> This was not acceptable to the Z1 gang and they started a new list of
 Mv> their own right away.

Yup. Power mongering and politics. I'm not sure that was Thom's
intent, but things sometimes happen.

 > Personally, I'd like to see the "powers" try to appoint someone.
 > That would be the greatest circus since Barnum and Bailey. Can you
 > imagine? Each Zone will demand that their version of the elist is the
 > one and only.
 Mv> I don't think so. Not Z2 anyway. Why do I say so? In the past we HAD a
 Mv> Z2 e-list and the keeper WAS appointed by the "powers that be". (The
 Mv> ZEC in this case).

 Mv> When the last Z2 e-list keeper quit, it was sort of decided we didn't
 Mv> need a centrally manintained official Z2 e-list any more. The Z2
 Mv> e-list keeper was not replaced. This situation has now been in effect
 Mv> for *years*.

 Mv> Why would we suddenly need an e-list now?

Several sides to this coin. Z2 probably doesn't need an elist. The
other Zones probably don't need an elist. Fidonet could benefit from
an elist "IF" it is operated properly. A central repository of echos
that are available in Fidonet could benefit Fidonet. The list would
have information on who the Moderator is, what major hubs offer the
echo, what other FTNs might have gated access to the echo and so
forth. This would help Sysops and Users find echos that they might be
interested in carrying but didn't know existed because the Z# elist
was not known to Z#. Or the User didn't have access to the Z# list for
whatever reason. As it is now, for example, I have no idea what is in
the Z2 thru Z6 elist. Nor would I have any idea of how to find those
lists.. or be interested in taking the time to locate them. If there
was one list, I might look there on occasion, or if asked by a User,
to possibly find an echo of interest. It would have to be a
non-political list, of course. And that would kill the idea instantly
since there is no way that Fidonet could ever hope in an eternity to
choose anyone that all could be happy with. But it could be of
benefit, just the same.

JMHO.
Frank


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