Editorial

Another year comes to an end at FidoNews.

Where are we a year later?

We still have no International Coordinator. We still can't get six guys in a communications network with all sorts of connection possibilities to synchronize the delivery of our fundamental document - the Nodelist - on a regular basis. At least two of those guys don't even communicate with the rest of FidoNet at all.

Why do some people hang onto Coordinator slots LONG after they've retired in office? Is it ego? Inertia? Stupidity?

We do have our own Internet domain at fidonews.org thanks to jim barchuk. We do have people who move Echomail in spite of being under continuous attack for their efforts. We used to have a file moving network but I haven't seen much of it lately. We still have Sysops willing to help other Sysops with technical and sometimes even personal problems.

Does that balance out?

Zone 4 has a new Zone Coordinator. His first input is in the Letters section. This is 100 percent more than his predecessor ever offered. He didn't make it into this week's Nodelist in Zone 1, however. [sigh]

One of our readers needs help getting point operations info. If you've got what he needs, please send him some mail.

What do you think we should expect in the new year?

C.B.