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     Hello Fidonet!  My name is Gary Perkins.  As many of you have probably
     heard by now, Bjorn Felton is no longer the official Fidonews Editor.
     For historical reasons, I will be attaching the notice previously
     posted in the Fidonews echo to this edition, which goes into greater
     detail on this change.

     I'm somewhat of a newcomer to Fidonet.  While I've been involved in
     BBSing and the Internet since the 1990's, I never really got into
     Fidonet.  At the time, I thought it was something you had to pay for.
     None of my friends were interested in it, as we were all teenagers,
     and they were more into the underground aspects of BBSing, and the
     topic just never really came up between me and my fellow BBSers.  We
     had our local echoes, and that fulfilled my sense of social
     connections online.

     I was rather surprised when I was asked to step in as Editor.  I had
     thought about it; I've been asked to moderate a few things over the
     years, but then I kicked my ego.  I figured someone a little more
     seasoned would fulfill the role.  However, maybe, just maybe, someone
     LESS seasoned will fit perfectly at this time, for this position.  I
     have no agenda.  I could care less about "politics" -- indeed, I don't
     really understand politics in positions online and offline.  I'm very
     technical- and logical-minded; just get the work done.

     I plan on trying to help get Fidonews the publication and Fidonews the
     echo cleaned up and back on track.  At some point in the near future,
     possibly a year from now but hopefully sooner, I hope to nominate a
     replacement.  As exciting as it is to be in, what I consider to be, a
     rather unique and historical position in BBS networking history, it is
     not something I particularly enjoy.  In fact, I initially turned it
     down.

     I got heavily back into BBSing about six or seven years ago, and
     especially in the last several years have spent quite a bit of time on
     Rob Swindell's DOVEnet, so a few of you know me quite well from there
     as "Dreamer" (a handle I've had from my CB days, and still quite apt,
     if I do say so myself!).  For those who don't know me so well, read
     more about me in the "Fidonet Biographies" section.

     I look forward to working together with many of you to bring Fidonews
     back to the publication it should be.  I invite each and every one of
     you to PLEASE send in articles.  I'm a rather boring individual, and
     it would kill me to try to come up with things to write about.... :)
     Some good examples would be biographies -- share some things about
     yourself that your fellow fidonetters may not know but may be
     interested in; questions for the coordinators or other notable
     figures, even outside the network (so long as it pertains at least
     with BBSing, of course); and I would LOVE to see some fiction and
     humor sent in.

     Most especially, we need COLUMNISTS.  Now, I know the BBS and Fidonet
     world isn't exactly moving along at the pace it used to, but I'd like
     to at least see two monthly columns, and one weekly column.  These
     would be ANYTHING computer related.

     That's all for now.  Happy Fidonetting, guys and girls!



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