From: digest-replies@telecom-digest.org   
      
   Hi folks.   
      
   Bill Horne has been wanting to step back from moderator duties for a   
   while -- quite literally, to spend more time with his family. He asked   
   me if I knew anyone willing and able to do so, and after determining the   
   scope of the situation, we agreed that I could and would do it. Over the   
   last month he has been introducing me to various folks, machines and   
   processes.   
      
   That transition was supposed to happen at the end of this month, but   
   it's happening now.   
      
   Bill's wife Susan informed me that Bill has had a stroke and is in the   
   hospital. He is conscious and rational, so the prognosis is probably   
   pretty good, but I don't know for certain yet. I wish him the best of   
   all possible outcomes.   
      
      
   ---   
      
   Bill was going to introduce me, and he might have words to write later   
   on, but in lieu of that I shall introduce myself.   
      
   I'm Dan Ritter, dsr@ various domains. I've only been on Usenet since   
   the year before Eternal September, so I am a relative young'un. I have   
   worked for tiny, medium and large ISPs, a big CDN, and a small financial   
   services SaaS company. My current position is Director of IT Operations,   
   but I dream of someday being a senior sysadmin.   
      
   I'm not planning on changing the policies of the group much; certainly   
   not immediately. The website http://telecom-digest.org could use some   
   reorganizational and infrastructure work, and I think I'm qualified to do that.   
      
   If you have comments, suggestions or criticism, I'm always ready to read   
   it. Send it to me personally, please, rather than to the list/group.   
      
   -dsr-   
   (telecom@randomstring.org)   
      
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