Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: new moderator needed for c.b.i.p Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 90 22:10:33 GMT References: <2978@bu-tyng.bu.edu> <126rwmira01@ULKYVX.bitnet> <1454@raybed2.UUCP> <1990Feb4.063927.15980@wolves.uucp> <2089@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 24 I said, in response to someone complaining about the lack of a moderator: >> When a moderator abandons his post, the group stands fallow until another >> sucker is found. The first person to complain on the subject in news.groups >> is usually volunteered. That's you. Wear it in good health. I swear, I'm gonna have to modify Pnews to add "Summary: :->" or something. In article <2089@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) (who has obviously volunteered to do the job) writes: > 6. You have gone ahead and appointed someone else as moderator, > based on authority I didn't know you had. I haven't appointed anyone anything. I was unaware that anyone had actually stepped in to fill the gap (comp.binaries.ibm.pc being somewhere between talk.misc and comp.protocols.kermit on my list of priorities), and was trying to suggest that if the gentleman in question really wanted to do something about the problem he could try volunteering. > Now that that's clear... I will leave the new disk in the box until > this is clarified, and will not be accepting any contributions until > that time. [etcetera] I hope you're kidding. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'