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Date: 14 Apr 2023 13:35:03 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest" <tdmoderator@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: New Moderator For The Telecom Digest [newmod]
New Moderator For The Telecom Digest
For personal reasons, I've decided that 2023 will be my last year as
Moderator of the Telecom Digest. It's been a great adventure for me,
and I'm proud of what we've accomplished together, but it time to have
a new person at the helm.
In the days that are left in 2023, I'll be doing everything I can to
find and train the best possible candidate for the Moderator job, and
I'm going to start now, by asking you to help me decide on the
qualifications the new Moderator will need to have.
Here, as a starting point, are the minimum qualifications I think the
new Moderator should bring to the job: of course, the requirements
will include the ordinary things, such as verification of each
candidate's identity and resume.
1. We need a generalist with experience in a wider range of areas
than I have. Frankly, looking back, I've realized that I've taken
the Digest too much in a technical direction: I've concentrated
on the "What, When, Where, and How" of telecommunications, but
not enough on the "Who and Why." I'd like to hand the reins over
to someone who sees not only the equipment, but also the people
and companies which shape and guide its selection and use: the
regulators, politicians, manufacturers, and customers.
2. A good understanding of the telecom industry's various
capabilities and future plans for them: not necessarily every
wire or every central office, but rather, the roads the telecom
companies might take, and the forces inside them and outside
which must be factored into every major change. In nautical
terms, I think the Digest does not necessarily need the
perspective of an engine room sailor, but rather that of a
navigator - someone whom can bring forth a vision of what is
coming.
3. "Passable" knowledge of Internet emails, Usenet, and the
World-Wide-Web. We can build a structure that makes up for any
training the new Moderator lacks, and I think the key is to make
the day-to-day ops as easy as possible.
4. Some familiarity with Unix/Linux, or a willingness to learn it
would be nice. The Digest's "Home" machine is provided, with many
thanks, by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Laboraty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. CSAIL has
standardized its machines on the "Ubuntu" version of Linux, so it
would be helpful, although not a prerequisite, to have some
familiearity with Linux and/or Unix.
With luck, we'll be able to find a good candidate quickly, and to have
him or her up-to-speed and ready to take over on December 31st or
earlier. If no candidate can be found, I will close the Telecom Digest
at the end of this year.
Bill Horne
April 2023
P.S. Please keep the "[newmod]" tag in the subject line if you reply:
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