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Skriven 2016-03-01 17:31:05 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
Ärende: Election for Echotag
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Hello Everybody,

Somewhere in fidoland, a moderator wannabe by the name
of Roger Nelson posted a message pertaining to an election
for an echotag -

2.0* Once a year, as close to mid-October as practical, an
    election is held for the Moderator of FN_SYSOP.

    Upon completion of this election, if there's a former
    moderator, he turns the password for the elist robot over
    to the new moderator and yields the position.

    If there is a new moderator elected, that person will
    update the echo within a reasonable amount of time. The
    update will be made to the Zone 1 Echolist Keeper in
    accordance with the guidelines the EK has published.

    If a moderator is unable to complete his or her term,
    he or she may name a replacement to finish the term,
    revealing the elist password to the replacement moderator.

    Should a moderator disappear from the conference without
    leaving a successor, a replacement moderator may be chosen
    by the sysop participants to serve until the next regular
    election.

    Though the Elist Keeper may not be bound by echo conference
    rules, he is specifically requested to facilitate access to
    the FN_SYSOP conference listing for such a replacement
    moderator in the event that the elist password is not available.

I musta missed the last election held in October of 2015.
I musta also missed the election held in October of 2014.
And the one before that in 2013.  And the one before that
in 2012.  And the one before that in 2011.  And the one
before that in 2010.  And the one before that in 2009.
And the one before that in 2008.  And the one before that
in 2007.  And the one before that in 2006.  And the one
before that in 2005.  And the one before that in 2004.
And the one before that in 2003.  Not really sure if there
ever was one in 2002, as Roger Nelson claims that is the
year the rules were written.  By whom he does not say.

Given the fact that no private elisting has any official
status in fidoland, why should any sysop give a damn what
Roger Nelson has written?  By what right does Roger Nelson
have to demand all other sysops obey his every command?

Oh.  That's right.  He is one of the Ice Queen's puppies.
And is still learning how to lap his milk.  As such, he should
be granted mercy, and forgiven.

Besides, the current decider of the echo refers to himself
as The Toastmaster rather than a mere "moderator" - an archaic
term that is totally meaningless in the land of fido.

--Lee

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