Subj : Re: Bad behaviour not wanted.
To : Kurt Weiske
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sun Dec 18 2022 05:11 pm
Re: Re: Bad behaviour not wanted.
By: Kurt Weiske to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun Dec 11 2022 03:24 pm
> Re: Re: Bad behaviour not wanted.
> By: Carol Shenkenberger to Nick Andre on Sun Dec 11 2022 03:01 pm
>
> CS> Some areas had them. LA was one of them. The NC required a sysop 'point'
> CS> for 2 years. I was south of it in net202 and happily doing boss node for
> CS> or 6 at a time then helping them apply. Brenda Donvan was NC202 and happ
> CS> to accecpt the new nodes applying with my point address as she knew they
> CS> were functional with minimal hub assist needed.
>
> Wow, that's a new one to me!
>
> The San Francisco bay area (net 161 and net 125) back in the day had its sha
> of power grabs. The NEC not only had a cost recovery program in place, he tr
> to discourage people from going outside of the net with Planet Connect or ot
> alternative means ("outing" people who opted out and complaining publicly th
> doing so would make it difficult to afford the cost recovery program.)
>
> The final straw, if memory serves was that he wanted the net to pay for a
> fairly high-powered PC and a US Robotics modem, just for handling the mail.
>
> In retrospect, there were probably over 100 nodes or more in the network, an
> LD was pricey back then.
I remember. NET202 was VERY different under Brenda Donovan. The RC or maybe
it was the REC, wanted us to pull instate at a higher rate. Brenda said no and
pulled fom Nevada. Polled the NC for just netmail.
We had a CRP and a *voluntary* donation for equipment costs. Our hoghest bill
was 7$ per member as I recall. They got as low as 2.50 or so per quarter.
Phone bill was posted publically for all to see.
I moved to Norfolk area in 1995. We didn't have a CRP. We drew from John
Souvester then from the net north of us then I setup a feed with John S. and
was a local dial to the net north so fed them. Became NC then RC then moved to
Japan and eventually Z6C. Leaving Japan, (moved all remaining nodes to Z3
after a Z6 vote) and back to NC in Norfolk area.
