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Howdy, everyone.

This letter is to welcome you all to the Radio Scanner SIG on the Cleveland
Free-Net system, and to inform you of some recent happenings around here.

First off, My cousin, Scott Berringer (Primary SigOp of this SIG) had his
account 'suspended' for some absurd reasoning. When he attempted to get any
information about how to get his account back, he was shunned by our great
'System Administrator', (Jeff Gumpf). This self-appointed Administrator has
seen fit to take this system into his clutches and run it 'his way'.

When my cousin and I started out on this system some 9-10 years ago, this
system was a 'community computing system'. Meaning, the community had some
say in the overall running of this system. Since then, (Actually since INS
took over), it has been at the control of ONE person. Namely Jeff Gumpf.

Anyone attempting to ask any sort of question about this system, such as
where to send donations, how to volunteer time, etc... are also shunned by
this fellow. Unless, by chance, you happen to be 'affiliated with Case
Western Reserve University', you will also be shunned from giving
suggestions, etc... to this Community Computing System.

Ask yourself this, do you really need a DICTATOR running a COMMUNITY
COMPUTING SYSTEM? Or, do we need a community 'board of directors' so to
speak. There are a lot of other Community Computing Systems where the
community has monthly meetings, fund raisers, etc... to support their home
system. When My cousin or anyone else has approached INS with these
statements, they were all told "We can't accept donations, we're a state
funded school".

To the best of my knowledge, the Cleveland Free-Net was founded as a
'Not-for-profit' organization. So, how doed INS figure they can't accept
donations to such an organization.

Second off, I would like to welcome all members of the Radio Scanner SIG to
post any Radio Scanner 'news' in the SIG. It's looking kinda 'dead' right
now. Maybe we can bring it back to life?

Also, if you wish to express any concerns about the suspension of my
Cousin's accounts, please direct them to 'jag (Jeff Gumpf)'.

Actually, I think he might just send all e-mail to /dev/null.

But, it's worth a shot.

Thanks for your time.

Andrew.
Acting Primary SigOp, Radio Scanner SIG @ Cleveland Free-Net


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