Hello Mark,   
      
   >LL>Thom LaCosta's private elisting has no official status in Fidonet.   
   >LL>Janis Kracht (former Zone 1 Coordinator) told me that.   
      
   >RW>ONly correction I'll make to that is that Janis is not   
   >RW>"former" z1 coordinator, but is still z1 coordinator.   
      
   >LL>Only in her own mind.   
      
   >LL>Like members of a U.S. president's cabinet, each zone coordinator   
   >LL>serves only until a new international coordinator is elected.   
      
   ML>there is no international coordinator and likely will not be one...   
      
   Until now -   
      
   I hereby declare myself as being the one and only International   
   Coordinator of Fidonet, to do as I please if and when I want to.   
      
   ML>the ZCC takes care of the main job that the IC had...   
      
   And the main job is not defined.  And that means the IC can do   
   whatever he/she wants if and when he/she wants to.   
      
   >LL>The newly elected international coordinator might choose not to   
   >LL>appoint any zone coordinators, allowing those positions to remain   
   >LL>unfilled.   
      
   ML>can't/won't happen...   
      
   A self-appointed dictator can do whatever the heck he/she wants,   
   whenever he/she wants, if he/she wants.  Including doing nothing   
   at all.   
      
   ML>they would be lynched toot sweet and   
   ML>no one would pay any attention to them...   
      
   Hmmm.  Self-mutilation.  Never thought of doing that.  Not sure   
   if I want to do that.  Especially to myself.  :)   
      
   ML>[trim]   
      
   >RW>sysops will use it to determine the rightful moderator of   
   >RW>an echo for purposes of deciding to honor an access cut.   
      
   >LL>I can do the same, creating my own private elisting.   
   >LL>In fact, I already have.  And that makes me the official   
   >LL>owner/moderator/whateveryouwanttocallit of every echo   
   >LL>in fidonet.  :)   
      
   ML>that is why thom's list is the one that the backbones   
   ML>recognise and no others... this explains why your list is   
   ML>ignored like others ;)   
      
   It's a conspiracy, I tell you!  A conspiracy of sysops!  :)   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
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