Ok guys this is the last word on this subject! NO MORE! OVER! DONE!!
We know it now and we all know where it is about, for these who did not read
my last comments after Dayton here it is again:
It's running on hardware that's privately funded, a network connection
that's privately funded, and run by a moderator in his spare time for free.
So please lets go back to amplifiers only! (BTW this counts for everybody!)
Thank you very much for you consideration.
73 Will, K6NDV
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amps@contesting.com [mailto:owner-amps@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Jon Ogden
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 7:35 PM
To: 2; J. Leon Pringle, Jr and Audrey S. Pringle; AMPS
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Expulsion policy on AMPS
on 5/24/01 9:12 AM, 2 at 2@vc.net wrote:
>>> This reflector is basically privately owned and administered by a
>>> board moderator for the board owner.
>
> ? What "Board"? I thought this was a computer running the Majordomo
> mail-list application.
The "board" is the reflector. They are synonyms, Rich. Board is short for
"bulletin board" as in the electronic kind.
Secondly, a computer that someone has to pay for is hosting the Majordomo
list program. Thirdly, that server has to somehow be connected to the
internet. Lastly, the domain name has to be paid for every year.
Mr. Bill Fisher, W4AN, is effectively, the "owner" of all of this hardware
whether by directly owning it or by leasing space on someone else's server.
You and I don't pay a dime for the fact that contesting.com exists. Mr.
Fisher runs it out of the goodness of his heart so that hams can have a
discussion forum. Someone has to pay the bills. Sure, Mr. Fisher probably
>>>>>>>>>>>and on and on and on..............
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