Subj : Re: Not nominations!
To : Dan Clough
From : Nick Andre
Date : Tue Feb 15 2022 09:30 am
On 15 Feb 22 07:50:00, Dan Clough said the following to Alexey Vissarionov:
DC> Why would documenting standards and practices in FidoNet require
DC> programming skills? This insistence on such a qualification seems to
DC> come largely from.... you.
To be fair, theres a good reason why.
Someone who has a solid programming background in FTN/Fido software makes it
easier to collaborate with updating the remaining FTS documents that maybe
need some clarification because the wording isn't "clear". Someone elected who
does not have any current contribution in FTN or has nothing to show but
boasting will only be able to contribute a political opinion. That opinion
may of been insightful in the 90's but not now.
Its why it makes sense to reduce the membership from 7 down to lets say 5 or
maybe even 3, and up the tech-skill requirement over casual-skills.
There is also the misconception today by some that the FTSC should invent new
standards or be the Standards Police. By solely electing developers over
has-beens and politicians it stops this from happening.
Nick
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