= Сообщение: 308 из 15065 ======================================== R50.SYSOP = От : Michael Dukelsky 2:5020/1042 19 Aug 13 22:13:54 Кому : All 19 Aug 13 22:13:54 Тема : A regional policy FGHI : area://R50.SYSOP?msgid=2:5020/1042+5212612d = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== ================================================================== * Area : IC (IC) * From : Michael Dukelsky, 2:5020/1042 (19 Aug 13 18:01) * To : Ward Dossche * Subj : A regional policy ================================================================== Hello Ward,
Sunday August 18 2013, Ward Dossche wrote to Michael Dukelsky:
MD>> If a region wants now to issue a local policy, who will approve it MD>> in the absence of an elected IC? ZCC? Or is it OK to live without MD>> any approval? MD>> :)
WD> In Z2 we already have a regional policy that covers R24 (Germany).
WD> The sysops there have discussed in-depth how to run Fidonet in their WD> region and I as ZC was fully OK with that.
WD> I fully understand that Zone-2 is composed of many islands with their WD> own peculiarities and that often P4 offers no solution and in specific WD> cases may even be illegal. Hence the need may arise to have a local WD> policy even though at first sight it may be contradictory to what WD> so-called "visionary people without a clue" 25 years ago or more WD> thought.
WD> The purpose of a policy, and therefore also of a local policy, is to WD> make things function better. That can only be applauded.
WD> The only reservations I made in the case of R24 were:
WD> * Your regional policy cannot apply outside of your region WD> * If a policy complaint comes forward and reaches the Zonal level, WD> then I'm sorry but P4 will be the yardstick.
WD> Perhaps it was worded different, but that was the meaning of the WD> message.
WD> 12 years later there has not been a single complaint reaching my WD> level.
WD> RC50 has netmailed a similar question as R50 I understand wants to WD> embark upon a similar adventure and I answered him in netmail WD> generally the same thing.
WD> Mind you, your regional policy would not replace P4 if that is what WD> your question is about. It supplements it.
WD> Are you OK with this?
I'm perfectly OK. Thank you for the detailed response. Have you an English version of the R24 local policy you mentioned and if yes could you please send it to me? Then I can publish it in R50.SYSOP, so we do not reinvent a wheel.
Michael
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