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- Net 147 FidoNet Backbone Co-op Policy
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- I. Method of financing
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- a. Echo Fees are set at $20.00 per quarter to a maximum of $30.00
- per quarter, as decided by the Net Financial Officer and the
- Net Echo Coordinator for each node number listed in the current
- FidoNet nodelist who wishes to receive current FidoNet Backbone
- Echos. Participating Sysops who have more than one node number
- in the current FidoNet nodelist and are willing to feed their
- secondary nodes shall pay an additional fee of 50% of the
- current quarterly invoice for that system.
-
- IE: (147/30 and 147/10 are run by Kris Veitch and both
- systems receive Backbone Echos. Kris Veitch feeds
- 147/10 from 147/30. Thus 147/30 would be charged
- $20.00 + $10.00 for 147/10 for a total of $30.00)
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- b. The Net Financial Officer (N.F.O.) is responsible for
- for accounting for disbursement of collected dues,
- maintenance of bank account and preparation of a
- quarterly status report.
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- c. Echo Fees will be invoiced by the Net Financial Officer on the
- 10th of the month prior to the beginning of the next quarter
- via Net Mail. Echo fees are payable by the 20th of the month
- prior to the beginning of the next quarter, with a penalty
- for reconnection to the Co-op after the first. This penalty
- shall be 50% of the current quarterly invoice.
-
- IE: (147/30 owes $20.00 - Reconnection would be $30.00)
-
- Termination and reconnection penalty are waiverable by
- unusual and extenuating circumstances at the discretion
- of the NEC.
-
- There will be no penalty for startup at the beginning of a
- quarter after the node has abstained for one quarter.
-
- New nodes listed in the FidoNet nodelist who wish to
- receive FidoNet Backbone Echos shall be pro-rated on the
- following schedule:
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- 1st month of a quarter - Full Echo Fee
- 2nd month of a quarter - 2/3 of Echo Fee
- 3rd month of a quarter - 1/2 of Echo Fee
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- d. Any node holding a recognized node number within FidoNet
- or its successor is eligible for membership in this
- co-op. No node shall be excluded due to beliefs or
- method of operation so long as it maintains a recognized
- FidoNet (or successor) node number.
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- h. Only those nodes designated by the NEC will be authorized
- to forward echos received from the Net 147 echo hub and
- only to those systems designated by the NEC.
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- i. Any node not designated by the NEC that is discovered to
- be feeding echos received from the Net 147 echo hub to
- any other node will have its echo feed from the Net 147
- echo hub terminated for a period of not less than three
- months and will not be granted a reimbursement of dues
- paid for that period.
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- II. Method of disbursement / Reason for disbursement
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- a. No funds will be disbursed 'out of pocket'. All
- disbursements shall be accounted for by either checkbook
- register or (preferred) cancelled checks.
-
- b. The dues collected are specifically designated for the
- operation of the Net 147 echo hub and are to be used for
- no other purpose.
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- c. Primary disbursement is and should always be for payment
- of phone charges incurred in conjunction with the
- operation of the Net 147 echo hub.
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- d. No echo with the exception of those that fit the
- criteria established in (g.) below are to be exempted
- from being carried by the Net 147 echo hub if any co-op
- member node desires to receive it.
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- e. The NEC will designate which 'star' will be the pickup
- point for Net 147. Long distance charges incurred in
- calls to this system are the only long distance fees to
- be paid from the collected dues.
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- Note on Exemptions: The NEC's primary system shall be EXEMPT from the
- payment of Echo Fees.
-
- IE: (147/7 shall not pay $20.00 per quarter)
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- Quote of Sam Alcorn who we are all indebted to: "Whew, long winded, huh?"
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