Editorial

Ten years of P4

This last week, on June 9, we marked our tenth year on Fidonet since the adoption of Policy 4.07. Will this be the year it's changed?

Many regions throughout the world have adopted the practice of electing coordinators rather than simply appointing them as specified in P4, the International Coordinator follows a policy of allowing geographic exemptions for node listing which potentially abrogates the strict geographic organization specified in P4, internet only nodes are multiplying in Fidonet, yet one of the obstacles to their full acceptance is the requirement to be available for dial-up netmail during Zone Mail Hour, spelled out in P4.

It would seem that the time is ripe for change - indeed, all the candidates running in the current Z1C election have spoken of the need for this change - and yet there is no plan afoot. Will this be yet another year that we talk about change, and let it slide to a future which may elude us?

Joe was right...

... when he pointed out a conflict of interest between editing the Snooze and running for election. Only it didn't turn out the way he predicted. He was concerned that I would use the seat as Editor Pro Tem to make an advantage in the election. What's happened instead is that I refrained from writing the editorial here I would have.

Were Henk back from vacation, and were I in the position of just another reader sending in articles, I'd have reprinted my thoughts expressed in the Z1_ELECTION echo concerning his accusations of a conspiracy in the SUPER-BITCH echo. Instead, I'll refer readers to that echo if interested, and only make one observation on behalf of Fidonews:

The accusations contained in Joe's article "Z1C Election Conspiracy" should be either substantiated or disavowed by the Election Coordinator. These accusations and proposed actions go beyond simple echo moderation and have the effect of endorsement of the theories advanced.