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From: vnend@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Cabal
Keywords: newgroup, vote, control
Message-ID: <7593@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 5 Apr 89 18:27:05 GMT
References: <3010@looking.UUCP> <63@norsat.UUCP> <288@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> <3031@looking.UUCP> <290@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> <291@ubbs-nh.MV.COM>
Reply-To: vnend@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <291@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel Del More) writes:
)I also strongly agree with Karl, that the ONLY requirement be that the
)individual be a site administrator.
)Noel

	Fine.  Define site adminsitrator.

	At my previous job I had root access.  That makes me a site
administrator, right?
	But... I had root access because I did backups.  Occationally 
I answered questions.  I had zilch to say (officially) about USENET on
the system.

	I don't have root access here.  I don't *need* it, it isn't
in my job description.  I am responcible for fielding the questions
and complaints of the 2000+ users on Phoenix and one of the Sun clusters,
I track USENET usage and helped get arbitron up and running on phoenix.
So am I a system administrator here?

	I'm also a very heavy user of the net, in terms of reading and
posting.

	I also did most of my undergraduate work studying USENET.  I 
continue to collect data for further study when time permits.

	Which of these aspects, which of these different people, should
have a voice in the running of the net?




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