Subj : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election -
To   : Nick Andre
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Mon Mar 21 2022 05:23 pm

  Re: Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election -
  By: Nick Andre to Shaun Buzza on Fri Mar 18 2022 06:16 pm

 > On 18 Mar 22  16:34:48, Shaun Buzza said the following to Ward Dossche:
 > 
 > SB> Just because I'm new here doesn't mean I can't do my research...
 > 
 > My friend... when I first traded banter with Ward after getting the D'Bridge
 > source in 2005, I was "warned" by many Sysops. Don't trust the guy, he lies,
 > he was kicked out of the IC chair, he's an ass, etc etc.
 > 
 > So I did my research just as you do and you may recall that I told you that
 > with me, everyone gets "one chance". So I'm pretty fair and openminded:
 > 
 > - I obtained a backlog of messages in the IC echo pertaining to Zc6 and some
 > others that just didn't "add up" for the non-Z2 accusers.
 > 
 > - The Fidonews echo was a complete cesspool, worse than now... flaming is on
 > thing but we had a certain someone "whoes name we don't speak of" constantly
 > antagonise German Sysops and others with what could be consituted as
 > hate-speech...  whether I agree with that concept or not, it made Z1 look
 > bad just a bit worse than the nonstop anti-American rhetoric of their side.
 > 
 > - The added gas on the fire from Z1 star-systems at the time reached its pea
 > with their censorship of that echo of which, surprisingly, the one we don't
 > speak of obtained a feed with another Z2 system of total shock & surprise to
 > circumvent this and thus the FidoWeb was born. This was completely frowned
 > upon in Z1 and dismissed as a joke but myself, Ward and some others saw meri
 > in the idea.
 > 
 > - Ward and I have a gentlemen's agreement. You don't fuck me and I won't fuc
 > you... we have exchanged system configs... think of that for a moment.
 > 
 > - We have met in person in Quebec City and had numerous international phone
 > calls to shoot the shit or troubleshoot stuff that Netmail exchanges would
 > have been inefficient.
 > 
 > I could rant longer but you get the idea.
 > 
 > You will find sometimes that people you think are bad, are often the opposit
 > in Netmail or phone-calls.
 > 
 > Nick
 > 

Ward wasn't bad to Z6.  Just felt it too small to make it.  When the critical
levening of tech skills left Z6, I demized it sanely with a simple scaled plan
that worked well.

  xxcarol
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