Subj : Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election -
To : Nick Andre
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Mon Mar 21 2022 05:23 pm
Re: Re: 2022 FTSC Standing Member Election -
By: Nick Andre to Shaun Buzza on Fri Mar 18 2022 06:16 pm
> On 18 Mar 22 16:34:48, Shaun Buzza said the following to Ward Dossche:
>
> SB> Just because I'm new here doesn't mean I can't do my research...
>
> My friend... when I first traded banter with Ward after getting the D'Bridge
> source in 2005, I was "warned" by many Sysops. Don't trust the guy, he lies,
> he was kicked out of the IC chair, he's an ass, etc etc.
>
> So I did my research just as you do and you may recall that I told you that
> with me, everyone gets "one chance". So I'm pretty fair and openminded:
>
> - I obtained a backlog of messages in the IC echo pertaining to Zc6 and some
> others that just didn't "add up" for the non-Z2 accusers.
>
> - The Fidonews echo was a complete cesspool, worse than now... flaming is on
> thing but we had a certain someone "whoes name we don't speak of" constantly
> antagonise German Sysops and others with what could be consituted as
> hate-speech... whether I agree with that concept or not, it made Z1 look
> bad just a bit worse than the nonstop anti-American rhetoric of their side.
>
> - The added gas on the fire from Z1 star-systems at the time reached its pea
> with their censorship of that echo of which, surprisingly, the one we don't
> speak of obtained a feed with another Z2 system of total shock & surprise to
> circumvent this and thus the FidoWeb was born. This was completely frowned
> upon in Z1 and dismissed as a joke but myself, Ward and some others saw meri
> in the idea.
>
> - Ward and I have a gentlemen's agreement. You don't fuck me and I won't fuc
> you... we have exchanged system configs... think of that for a moment.
>
> - We have met in person in Quebec City and had numerous international phone
> calls to shoot the shit or troubleshoot stuff that Netmail exchanges would
> have been inefficient.
>
> I could rant longer but you get the idea.
>
> You will find sometimes that people you think are bad, are often the opposit
> in Netmail or phone-calls.
>
> Nick
>
Ward wasn't bad to Z6. Just felt it too small to make it. When the critical
levening of tech skills left Z6, I demized it sanely with a simple scaled plan
that worked well.
