Hi All!
It would appear that Nick and I are the only candidates. Here's my story (Long
message warning!!)
Biography I was born in England but raised in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I did the
usual schooling, then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. When I
returned to Vancouver I played professionally in the clubs and theatres for
many years, then decided to go back to university, where I completed my
Doctoral degree in 1982. Between 1980 and 1982 I helped design and build the
first Apple II lab in the Education building at UBC.
Once I got a job (in September of 1982) I taught music in a local high school,
and eventually introduced squencers, MIDI, and computer learning (using
C-64s!).
After some 10 years of this, I moved to the schoolÆs computer science
department (well, created it, actually) and designed the computer lab equipped
with 30 state-of-the-art Pentium 3 computers. I continued teaching for another
10 years doing Career Preparation with students, teaching networking skills,
etc. At one point I was sent to Norel in San Jose, CA to learn more advanced
networking which I then taught to other teachers in Vancouver. I retired (for
family reasons) in 2002 but did some teaching at the university and kept my
2-year-old company running, doing small office and home installs and repairs.
This company was a partnership between me and Bob Satti. I shut down the
company after BobÆs death in 2006 (it was such a heartbreak to me that I just
couldnÆt continue).
Since then my life has been focussed on working with my multiply handicapped
daughter (in her early 30Æs), helping my wife to care for her.
I started BandMaster BBS on March 1, 1988, using Telix Host mode. By the end of
that year I was using Opus BBS and a Seadog mailer and eventually settled on
Maximus BBS and BinkleyTerm mailer. Until 2008 or so all 10 BBS machines were
running Windows 98 Second Edition. At various times the BandMaster has been an
alpha- and/or beta-test site for US Robotics, Maximus, Squish, Areafix,
WaterGate, and a few other programs. Today I no longer run a public BBS--I
closed it last year due to lack of callers. I've elminated most computers so
that I now have only 2 on the BBS (one Windows 7 64 bit and one Windows XP
which I'm planning to upgrade), plus another 3 or 4 doing personal tasks. I no
longer have any land lines but I still have the modems and could be back online
quite quickly.
During the BBS years, IÆve served as a District Coordinator (DC153), a Net Echo
Coordinator (NEC153), a Net Coordinator (NC153), a Regional Coordinator (RC17),
a Regional Echo Coordinator (REC17), and am now RC17 again. I am currently in
my 2nd term on the FTSC. I had a small part in writing Policy 4, mostly in
grammar and spelling corrections.
I'm currently the Western Star (trying to replace Bob Seaborn), and I don't
anticipate that being in conflict with ZC duties. I would certainly be willing
to have someone else do that job, however.
If I'm chosen to be ZC1, I will step down from all other positions as quickly
as possible, in order to avoid any conflicts of interest and to ensure my
attention is not divided.
(part 2 next message)
Cheers... Dallas
--- timEd/NT 1.30+
* Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)
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