• Rules for Debate

    From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to All on Wed Oct 7 22:58:34 2015
    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

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  • From BOB KLAHN@1:123/140 to LEE LOFASO on Thu Oct 22 02:22:00 2015

    ...

    Welcome to the new DEBATE echo.
    As your friendly neighborhood
    moderator, I am here to help you

    No you are not.

    ...

    Moderators Emeritus - Peter Bradie, Bob Klahn

    I believe I am fourth in the line.

    BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

    ... Bob Klahn - Moderator - Debate Echo...
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to BOB KLAHN on Thu Oct 22 14:41:00 2015
    Hello Bob,

    Welcome to the new DEBATE echo.
    As your friendly neighborhood
    moderator, I am here to help you

    No you are not.

    Yes, I am. I am really here to help you.
    The role of a moderator is to help facilitate
    discussion, not hinder it. So yes, I really
    am here to help.

    Moderators Emeritus - Peter Bradie, Bob Klahn

    I believe I am fourth in the line.

    Damn! I never was good in math ...

    --Lee

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