Hello Everybody,   
      
   Welcome to the new DEBATE echo.   
   As your friendly neighborhood   
   moderator, I am here to help you   
   understand the rules which you   
   are expected to play by.   
      
   I have only one rule.  One very   
   simple rule.  And this one very   
   simple rule is for everybody,   
   not just for a select few.   
      
   What is that rule?  Here it is,   
   with a very short prologue -   
      
   As an example of how fucked up fidonet is today, the self-   
   proclaimed zone 1 coordinator says it is okay for sysops and   
   moderators to use a handle/alias - in every echo. I have an   
   email from her addressed to me to prove it. In response to   
   that email, I am issuing the following rule for the DEBATE   
   echo -   
      
   I AM THE OFFICIAL MODERATOR OF THIS ECHO. ALL OTHER PARTICIPANTS   
   ARE CO-MODERATORS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE THE HANDLE/ALIAS OF YOUR   
   CHOICE. IN THIS ECHO, AND ELSEWHERE.   
      
   My rule is not limited to sysops. And please note that my rule   
   is in full accordance with the zone 1 coordinator's ruling -   
   all sysops and moderators are allowed to use a handle/alias,   
   regardless of echo.   
      
   All other rules pale in comparison with this rule.  So I never   
   bothered writing any additional rules.  Better to spend my time   
   with other more important matters.  Such as peeling shrimp.   
      
   Lee Lofaso, Moderator, 2:203/2, Debate echo   
   Tim Richardson, Co-Moderator, 1:275/93, Debate echo   
      
   Moderators Emeritus - Peter Bradie, Bob Klahn   
      
   --Lee   
      
   --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb   
    * Origin: news://felten.yi.org (2:203/2)