Subj : 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election - Eligibility of Tim Schattkowsky
To   : August Abolins
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Feb 22 2022 03:28 pm

Hello August,

On Monday February 21 2022 11:22, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> 2) The requirement that FTSC members run a fully fledged fidonet
 MvdV>> node i.e. a node that can make outgoing calls AND accept incoming
 MvdV>> calls to and from other fidonet nodes is a technical requirement,
 MvdV>> not a technicality.

 AA> Yes.. a fully fledged node is a technical thing, but is that
 AA> required for the actual job?

YES! It should go without saying that to be a member of the FTSC, one must be a fully qualified Fidonet member.

 AA> Do the rules state that the FTSC member must have a consistently
 AA> nodelisted system, or is that just during the nominations/voting
 AA> system. The whole thing seems a bit pedantic or anal.

You know what? If I qualify as pedantic or anal in your eyes, I may as well live up to the reputation. So...

Running a Fidonet node isn't as hard as it used to be. You do not need a phone line any more, you do not need to spend a couple of hundred bucks for a modem. All you need is an internet connection and a computer that runs a fidonet mailer, tosser and editor. All of that you probably already have, when you run a point system.

So have your system run 24/7, configure it to accept incoming calls and apply for a node number. Then we will talk again.


Cheers, Michiel

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