From: tdmoderator@telecomdigest.net   
      
                    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   
      
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