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    On 2022 Jan 14 06:12:46, you wrote to Alan Ianson:   
      
    AI>> I have never thought of the gazette being anything more than an   
    AI>> alternative fidonet newsletter.   
      
    WD> It was started because people not belonging to Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 nor Z6   
    WD> disliked Bjorn Felten...   
      
   sean started the gazette... how about letting him say why he started it... or   
   perhaps look back to the original postings about it... or, ummm... maybe just   
   read the Editorial from the very first edition??   
      
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     FGAZ 1-01                    Page 1                    1 Oct 2007   
      
      
     =================================================================   
                                 EDITORIAL   
     =================================================================   
      
      
     Presenting The FidoGazette: An Intelligent Alternative   
     By Sean Dennis   
      
     I'd like to welcome everyone to the first issue of the FidoGazette.   
      
     The FidoGazette is NOT in any way an attempt to "usurp" the FidoNews   
     nor its editor, so please check your conspiracy theories at the door.   
      
     Now, you're probably wondering, "Who is this guy?".   
      
     Most of you know me, a few of you hate me (not that that matters).   
     I'm Sean Dennis, also known as 1:18/200 and now 1:1/23.  I have been   
     a member of Fidonet since 1998 as an official node and 1996 as a   
     point.  I am a former regional coordinator (Region 11).  I am also   
     the author of the Cheepware line of freeware BBS doors and sysop   
     utilities.  I am also a sysop, running Outpost BBS using Telegard/2   
     v3.09.g2-sp4/mL under eComStation 1.2MR.  eComStation is a third   
     party version of OS/2 Warp.  Yes, I'm a big OS/2 fan.   
      
     I am also a bit of a spitfire at times.  I have a problem with   
     engaging my mouth before my brain at times, as quite a few of you   
     have so kindly pointed out to me, even as I type this.  I will do my   
     very best to leave my personal views out of this publication, save   
     for the editorial page. I want this to be by the sysops, for   
     the sysops.   
      
     The main goal of the FidoGazette is to disseminate knowledge-useful   
     things that can help a sysop grow and learn in his hobby.  There's   
     also room in here for humor and a small amount of constructive   
     criticism too, but no room for vulgarity, personal attacks, flames   
     or any sort of general malcontentment of any type.  Before anyone   
     asks or whines, I will absolutely not publish anything that could   
     start a flame war or anything else in that catagory.  Remember,   
     I am the editor.  If you wish to vent, please do so in another   
     forum, not the FidoGazette.   
      
     You will find submission information at the end of the FidoGazette.   
     I encourage anyone who feels they have something to contribute to do   
     so.  Even though you might not think it, someone out there might be   
     looking for that little tidbit of information.  Experience counts in   
     this hobby and to share it is to give something of yourself back to   
     the community.   
      
     Again, welcome to the FidoGazette!  We're glad you're here and we   
     hope to enjoy a long, continuous run with your help and support.   
      
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   would you like some salt with your crow sammich?   
      
    AI>> Janis was always very nice to me. We didn't speak often but when we   
    AI>> did we always had easy conversations and she was always willing to   
    AI>> help when she could.   
      
    WD> She was also the main instigator of the Fidonews debacle aided by Ross   
    WD> Cassel and Bob Seaborn.   
      
   no she wasn't... Ross was the one that initially posted about it and asked for   
   feedback... overwhelmingly the responses were to cut the links...   
      
    WD> Surprisingly this ended when the one whose name we cannot mention   
    WD> broke ranks ... et voila ... the Fidogazette.   
      
   you're confusing roy witt with sean dennis... i don't know how but you are...   
   roy was one of the first to respond in the positive to ross' feedback question   
   about cutting fidonews links... you are correct that he ""broke ranks"" but it   
   was more of he was playing both sides of the fence against the other...   
      
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   majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a   
   shiny thing!"   
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