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• Net 323 election?
• Rhode Island gets its promised election, in public
• Election for NC 1:323
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Net 323 election?

[Please note that your Editor did NOT send a carbon copy or route the notice of publication to anyone. Zone 1 acknowledgments are always sent directly to the submitting Node {unless they don't answer during ZMH for over a week}. I've advised Mike Bilow that the cc: he received did not originate here. BTW, the PGP signature on this msg will fail due to the reformatting to fit into FidoNews. Ed.]

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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 97 02:05:00 -0000
From: mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)
Subject: Important announcement
To: cbaker84@digital.net
Reply-To: mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net

Chris,

I don't feel an overwhelming need to air this net's dirty laundry in public, so I have not submitted anything to Fidonews. However, I received your CC to me acknowledging someone else's submission, so I would appreciate it if any such submission was accompanied by this. It was sent by netmail to the indicated list of recipients and also posted by me to NESYSOP, the Region 16 sysop echo.

-- Mike

* Forwarded (from: Netmail) by Mike Bilow using BilowMail0.2.
* Originally from Mike Bilow (1:323/107) to Bill Whitehouse.
* Original dated: Dec 18 '97, 12:43

* Original message addressed to: Bill Whitehouse (1:323/109).
* Carbon copies sent to: Jerry Schwartz (1:16/0), Bob Satti (1:1/0), Joe Caparco (1:323/113), Chris Trainor (1:323/116), Marshall Votta (1:323/140), Charlie Sutton (1:323/141), Stephen Shoesmith (1:323/1212), Mike Bilow (1:323/107), Whitehouse & Lennon (1:323/109), Craig Healy (1:323/120), Robert Cocroft (1:323/1014), Eric Hecker (1:323/1023), Jonathon McPeak (1:323/1025), George Peters (1:323/122), William Pommenville (1:323/203), Roger Cournoyer (1:323/208).

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Please be advised that Bill Whitehouse has no officially recognized standing to conduct what he terms an "election," that the results of his poll are unlikely to be taken seriously, and that you should not allow yourself to be fooled into thinking otherwise. You are, of course, free to answer his message and to participate in his poll, but it is important that you understand that he is grossly misrepresenting the significance of it.

As you all know, this net recently concluded an official election for the Network Co-ordinator position, and that I was re-elected without opposition. That election was properly conducted by the Fidonet Regional Co-ordinator responsible for New England, Jerry Schwartz (1:16/0). I encourage you to contact him if you have any questions.

Subsequent to the official election, Bill Whitehouse seems to have decided to wage a protest against my unopposed re-election. He has filed protests with the Regional Co-ordinator for New England and with the Zone Co-ordinator for North America. To the best of my knowledge, none of these protests have been validated. I find his actions to be, frankly, puzzling.

Finally, I want to reassure you that the purported list of eligible voters in Bill Whitehouse's message is not accurate, omitting several nodes. Perhaps he has decided to run his private "election" under different eligibility rules than the official election, but I prefer not to speculate too much upon the subject of why he does what he does.

As for his claim to "keep Rhode Island Fido afloat," one thing I am quite certain about is that this sort of political tactic from Bill Whitehouse, designed deliberately to mislead, is among the most destructive possible.

-- Mike
Network Co-ordinator

Bill Whitehouse wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

BW> @MSGID: 1:323/109.0 49896911
BW> * Original message addressed to: Jonathon Mcpeak. (1:323/1025).
BW> * Carbon copies sent to: 13 other recipients.

BW> Hello Mike,

BW> Meet your fellow Fido systems. It's a short list.

BW> Marshall Votta (1:323/140), Soth's Domain, Warwick
BW> Charlie Sutton (1:323/141), Shadow Communications, Fiskeville
BW> Stephen Shoesmith (1:323/1212), MetroPlex, Warwick
BW> Mike Bilow (1:323/107), N1BEE BBS, Cranston
BW> Whitehouse & Lennon (1:323/109), Art of the Possible, Providence
BW> Craig Healy (1:323/120), ChowdaNet BBS, Providence
BW> Robert Cocroft (1:323/1014), Smelt Brook, Providence
BW> Eric Hecker (1:323/1023), Eric's, Providence
BW> Jonathon McPeak (1:323/1025), Dark Empire, Cranston
BW> George Peters (1:323/122), Nite Moves BBS, N Providence
BW> William Pommenville (1:323/203), The Gambit BBS, Cumberland
BW> Roger Cournoyer (1:323/208), RoJack BBS, Woonsocket

BW> This is the election you were promised.

BW> Please take a moment and select your choice for a
BW> Net323 Coordinator to keep Rhode Island Fido afloat.

BW> Every last one of you is fit to serve, so please do not
BW> hesitate to vote for yourself. The sysop receiving the most
BW> ballots wins. Your netmail ballot is public.

BW> Forward your vote containing the name of your choosen
BW> canidate wherever you like but please send a copy here to
BW> 1:323/109.

BW> regards,

BW> Bill Whitehouse

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Rhode Island gets its promised election, in public.
by Bill Whitehouse (1:323/109)

Hello Rhode Island Node Occupant,

Meet your fellow Fido systems. It's a short list.

Marshall Votta (1:323/140), Soth's Domain, Warwick Charlie Sutton (1:323/141), Shadow Communications, Fiskeville Stephen Shoesmith (1:323/1212), MetroPlex, Warwick Mike Bilow (1:323/107), N1BEE BBS, Cranston Whitehouse & Lennon (1:323/109), Art of the Possible, Providence Craig Healy (1:323/120), ChowdaNet BBS, Providence Robert Cocroft (1:323/1014), Smelt Brook, Providence Eric Hecker (1:323/1023), Eric's, Providence Jonathon McPeak (1:323/1025), Dark Empire, Cranston George Peters (1:323/122), Nite Moves BBS, N Providence William Pommenville (1:323/203), The Gambit BBS, Cumberland Roger Cournoyer (1:323/208), RoJack BBS, Woonsocket

This is the election you were promised and long denied.

Please take a moment and select your choice for a Net323 Coordinator to keep Rhode Island Fido afloat.

Every last one of you is fit to serve, so please do not hesitate to vote for yourself. The sysop receiving the most ballots wins. Your netmail ballot is public.

Forward your vote containing the name of your chosen candidate wherever you like but please send a copy here to 1:323/109.

Election for NC 1:323
by Jerry Schwartz, Region 16 Coordinator 1:142/928

I conducted an election for Network Coordinator of Zone 1 Net 323 in September of 1997. The rules were delivered by crashmail as both a netmail message and a file attached text file to every eligible voter (effectively every sysop in Net 323 who wasn't down) several days before the nomination period began. The nomination period, originally intended to be 10 days long (in order to encompass two weekends), was subsequently extended by a week due to a problem with the nodelist which might have made it difficult to contact me. I announced this schedule change in a netmail message to every eligible voter.

In order to make the election as wide open as possible, self- nomination was allowed, and no seconds were required. Anyone who wanted to run could simply inform me by netmail. This was clearly stated in the rules.

By the end of the extended nominating period, only one name had been put forth: Craig Healy, 1:323/120, nominated Mike Bilow (the incumbent). There being only one candidate, he (Mike Bilow) was declared the winner according to the election rules.

A single (superfluous) vote was in fact cast, also for Mike Bilow, by a third eligible voter; he has not publicly come forward, so I will not reveal his name out of respect for his privacy. I will state that it was neither Mike Bilow nor Craig Healy.

The results of this election stand.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FIDONET FROM VIP BBS !
By Nicholas F. Sacca, [1:371/51/Msg.Co@f51.n371.z1.fidonet.org]

Hello all! This is my first ever submission to FidoNews. so please bear with me. :-)

First of all, VIP BBS here in North Fort Myers, Florida, has been proudly subscribing to FidoNews for many months now! However, with the valuable assistance of Jim Barchuk, we finally within the past two months or so been able to UUDECODE the Newsletter with UUEXE540.ZIP file from Jim's old Web Site, http://www.10mb.com/jbarchuk/! [faulty URL [jb 4/25/01]] [update: http://www.jbarchuk.com]

As Message Coordinator of VIP BBS, I have the Newsletter set-up in one of our Local Message Bases for our Users to read and enjoy.

I also have the Backbone files, such as BACKBONE.NA(.NO), BOFAQxxx. TXT, and BACKSTAT.NA available to our Users to learn more about FidoNet. Additionally, I have the History of the FidoNet Project on our BBS as well to give our Users an historical perspective on FidoNet as seen in the eyes of Fidonet Founder, Tom Jennings. I give credit to Southern Star BBS for my source for the BACKBONE Files being their for me to D/L each week, and I thank John Souvestre, for that! :-)

Next, I want to wish the Z1EC Elections well. It looks like a very competitive slate shaping up for those eligible FidoNet Members to vote on when the time comes. The chosen person for Z1EC will have their hands full with the job. GOOD LUCK! :-)

Finally, on behalf of VIP BBS and Staff listed below, we wish everyone including Christopher Baker, Editor, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's!

STAFF:

Mary N. Smith, Owner/SysOp (http://members.aol.com/Msmith3736 [faulty URL [jb 4/24/01]])
Chris Conrad, CoSysOp (http://members.aol.com/Cconrad584)
Nick Sacca, Message Coordinator (http://members.aol.com/NickSacca [faulty URL [jb 4/24/01]])
Mike Lallas, Games Coordinator

AND MEMBERS OF OUR BBS!

Peace Be with All of You,

Nicholas F. Sacca,
Message Coordinator