Notices

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From: "me" <chasers1@netzero.net>
To: <editor@fidonews.org (warren bonner)>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 7:56 AM
Subject: street address for publication as required by federal law

> As you may already be aware, the "publisher" of any
> publication such as yours is required, by federal law to
> file and publish as statement of the control and street
> address location. Demand is hereby made to you, as
> editor of "Fidonews" to provide me, forthwith, the
> actual physical street address, city, state, county and
> zip code of "Fidonews".
>
> It is clear to me that the control of fidonews has fallen
> to a group of assholes and hypocrites, such as yourself
> who think that you can trample on anyone under guise
> of an unincorporated association or freedom of the press.
>
> Your latest writings about me; and your "banishment" of
> me from the Fidonews conference, constitute actionable
> defamation. Because of assholes like you, Ross Cassell,
> Steve Quarella and others, my enjoyment of Fidonet has
> been reduced to anguish. While in the past I had hopes
> that things would straighten out in Fidonet, I am now
> convinced that I have nothing to lose by pursuing my
> remedies.
>
> The request for your address is as stated above, so don't
> just provide me with "Orange California".
>
> Charles Hunter
>
chasers1@netzero.net
_____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______

I considered keeping this threat to myself, but since thought I should our readers know what may be brewing. What business law I know doesn't cover this kind of harrassing suits.

Editor Pro Tem

I am a Sargeant assigned to the Texas Army National Guard, I am very proud of the service I am giving my country, our Division just had a large number of personel return from Kosovo on a 6 month rotation,these people left their jobs and familes for this duty without a question. Please edit this however you need, could you please add a message to your mail you send out everyday and tell people when they see someone in uniform walk up to them and thank them, without the sacrifices our military personel make and the ones made by family members and loved ones this would not be the United States of America. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!

Sincerely,

Sgt. John D. Wood
49th. ARMORED

We will be happy to say it in your own words and I would like to add if you are near a military base and have an extra place at your table give the base chaplin or public affairs office a call and invite a serviceman to spend a holiday at your house.

I know I get a lot more mail than the average person but I received two emails with the hybris virus attached today, with an address of"hahaha@sexyfun.net" with a subject line "Snowhite and the seven Dwarfs - The REAL Story!" with an OSA attachment ... be careful .

By: Carol Shenkenberger
To: All
Re: Nomination Status
St:

Nominee/node               Particulars
========================================================

John Souvestre 396/1      declined
        nominated by:     Roger Nelson 3828/7
        seconded by:      Frank Vest 124/6308

Ross Cassell 18/500       ACCEPTED
        nominated by:     Jack Yates 3613/1275
        seconded by:      Janis Kracht 2320/38

Steve Quarrella 393/9005
        nominated by:     Warren Bonner103/401
        seconded by:      Andy Brown 202/800

Michael Grant 134/11
        nominated by:      Dave Hamilton 229/622
        seconded by:       Darrell Salter 229/1

Darrell Salter 229/1
        nominated by:      David Calafrancesco 2624/306
        seconded by:       Andrea Santos 135/382

Carl Austin Bennett 249/11
        nominated by:      David Calafrancesco 2624/306
        seconded by:       Andrea Santos 135/382

Ruth Argust 2404/201       declined
        nominated by:      David Calafrancesco 2624/306
        seconded by:       Andrea Santos 135/382

Dallas Hinton 153/715      ACCEPTED
        nominated by:      Marc Blakely 138/146
        seconded by:       Steven Horn 17/67

Tony Campbell 109/263
        nominated by:      Robert Stoner 270/1000
        seconded by:

Janis Kracht 2320/38
        nominated by:      Gary Gilmore 2410/400
        seconded by:

Note that this phase will close out at 11:59 PM (Eastern time used) on 25 November. Nominations, seconds, and acceptances must be received at least one of the 3 sites used to cross verify the reception of candidates status. Results will be posted as soon as cross verification is complete. All Sysops desiring to nominate, second, or accept if a nominee, are advised to do so as soon as possible to ensure the post arrives at one of the 3 sites, before this phase closes out at 11:59 PM (Eastern). xxcarol

By: Carol Shenkenberger
To: All
Re: Z!C Election rules
St:

ZONE 1 COORDINATOR ELECTION - 2000

The Z1C has announced an election, for a new Z1C. Per Policy4, the ZC is elected by the RC's under them. It is the choice of the RC's to do this by the following method per P4 section 6.2.

A Z1 Sysop is defined as any Sysop who is nodelisted in Z1 and physically located within the normal geographical boundries of zone 1.

The nodelist used will be the nodelist.322 version. Reasonable exceptions will be made during the nomination phase by the election coordinator if a node, net or region is accidently dropped from this version and this is validated by the RC or NC of the affected node. The term 'nodelisted' means listed in this version of the nodelist.

Nominations

Nominating time table: NOV 17-25, 2000
All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 PM EST

Any nodelisted Z1 Sysop of Fidonet may nominate themselves or another nodelisted Sysop of of Z1 Fidonet for the position of Z1C. The nomination must be made in the Z1_Election echo and should be addressed to the Election Coordinator.

The nomination must include the name of the nominee and their Fidonet node number.

Once a nomination has been received by the election coordinator, the name will be added to the list of nominees. The nomination must then be accepted by the nominee and seconded by a Z1 Sysop in the echo to become a fully eligible candidate.

Discussion Period NOV 26- DEC 02, 2000
All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 PM EST

Following the nomination period, a period shall be allowed for each candidate to campaign for the position. During this period, questioning of the candidates is encouraged.

Regional Feedback Period DEC 03-16, 2000
All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 PM EST

Following the campaign period, the above period shall be allowed for each region to conduct selection proceedings in accordance with regional policy and such methods as are determined as appropriate based on regional policy or the desires of the Sysops within that region. All voting or other feedback including what is desired if there is a run-off election and the primary candidate your region selected is eliminated, must be concluded no later than 16 DEC. No time is alloted to conduct secondary polls of regional input once RC voting commences.

Regional Coordinator Voting - DEC 17-22, 2000
All dates start at 00:00 and end at 11:59 PM EST

Following collection of regional input, the RC's shall cast their vote. (Location TBD at this time).

Initial voting will be from 17-18 DEC. The candidate with the most votes, wins. This will be calculated by a simple majority where if any one candidate receives 6 RC votes, they will be announced as the winner. If no candidate achieves 6 RC votes, a run-off election will take place from 19-20 DEC between the top 2 candidates.

Contesting of the vote will take place from 21-22 DEC. Once finalized and with no RC's contesting the vote, the results will be posted in the Z1_ELECTION echo.

Note, this section may be ammended after the initial Z1C election process has begun, in order to finalize the location of the RC votes.

Term begin/end: Turnover date to May 2003

Upon completion of the election, the newly elected Z1C's term begins as soon as turnover can be accomplished but no later than 5 January 2001. Due to early turnover, the normal 2 year period will be extended 5 months and end May 2003. This is in order to avoid mandating a vote over the holiday season in 2 years.

Z1C Election Coordinator - 2000

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