* Carbon copied to Roy Witt, Ed Koon, Janis Kracht   
      
   Hello Roy!   
      
   28 Jun 13 12:24, you wrote to me:   
      
    RW> This is a Policy Complaint against Ed Koon, sysop of 1:123/140 BBS.   
      
    RW> When I asked, as the moderator of the AUTOMOTIVE echo, via netmail, to   
    RW> put an annoying BBS user on read only for a week, I get a message in   
    RW> the echo from the BBS sysop, to wit;   
      
   [..]   
      
   You of all people know that a Policy Complaint should be undertaken as a   
   *LAST* resort, in todays state of Fidonet, even moreso. You also should know   
   that using Policy as a baton over echomail matters is a no no unless the   
   smooth operation of the net can be shown to have been in jeopardy or the   
   operation of your system was hindered.   
      
   Even if you could have proven the merits of your complaint, I find that you   
   did not go anywhere near the effort needed to have shown a reasonable effort   
   on your part to resolve the issue before immediately pursuing a Policy   
   Complaint. You did request a feed modification which was granted.   
      
   Excessively Annoying behavior was not achieved, but one could say that you   
   were excessively annoyed.. In FIDONET past this could result in a reverse   
   Policy Complaint being filed against you.. However we are not going to go   
   there..   
      
   With all this said, I am dismissing your Policy Complaint on the fact that it   
   both lacks merit and does not rise to the level of EAB.   
      
   I am ruling on this Policy Complaint as the NET 123 Coordinator and as the   
   Region 18 Coordinator, I am recusing myself.. Any and all appeals must be made   
   to the Zone One Coordinator, also copied in this message.   
      
   I am not done...   
      
   This is to Ed Koon..   
      
   ED the service you have provided to Fidonet by giving users a place to use is   
   greatly appreciated, Lord knows that there were occasions you wanted to throw   
   in the towel. This is however not the first time you have gone out of the way   
   to defy and annoy a conference moderator who was requesting you to deal with a   
   user..   
      
   Your first duty as a BBS sysop, being the liason between the user and the net,   
   should be to mediate the situation so that the moderators concerns are dealt   
   with and the user understands that his or her behavior reflects not only onto   
   them but onto you. Tom Walker might be right in thinking Roy is an ogre, but   
   his obstinance cost you and your *OTHER* users access to write in an echo.   
      
   I also understand that Tom Walker not only is a long time user of your system,   
   but a top contributor, that should not matter if donating to your system is   
   voluntary.. Might I also remind you that in the recent past, you warned   
   another contributor, Tim Richardson, about posting in the DEBATE echo and   
   annoying its moderator Bob Klahn.   
      
   Please in the future do not openly defy a moderator and please try to address   
   their concerns.   
      
   -Ross NC123   
      
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