On 13 Mar 26 10:52:11, Rob Mcgee said the following to All:

The Secret Society of BBS SysOps, is now live. It's a certification program for BBS operators (sysops) with Four ranks: Initiate, Operator, Adept, and Master. Every rank has a curriculum covering the things that actually matte BBS software, door games, message networks, ANSI art, FidoNet, the history the law.

You've got to be kidding.

Nick

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On 13 Mar 26 21:59:41, Dan Clough said the following to Rob Mcgee:

As of the time of this post there are 93/100 Founding Member spots available. Once those 100 are gone, they're gone. For pricing please visit the SSBBSS website! If you run a BBS, or you used to, or you jus care about keeping this scene alive - come and have a look!

Who's getting the money from the "exam fee"?

This. This really stuck out immediately. Fees for something that could be better spent on a certification on Alison.com, something that could actually
be put on a techie-resume... for less $$. At least with Alison you know what you're paying for and get some sort of tangible value in the end.

Sortof like a certain individual on Fsx who runs a board taking donations for what ends up in his backpocket to buy a rediculous server; for something clearly well beyond what any BBS could ever end up using... a server along the same storage-specs of my Emby system.

Nick

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Hello Nick,

13 Mar 26 17:15, you wrote to Rob Mcgee:

You've got to be kidding.

"I never joke about my work, 007." - Q to James Bond, "Goldfinger" 1964

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Nick Andre wrote to Dan Clough <=-

On 13 Mar 26 21:59:41, Dan Clough said the following to Rob Mcgee:

As of the time of this post there are 93/100 Founding Member spots available. Once those 100 are gone, they're gone. For pricing please visit the SSBBSS website! If you run a BBS, or you used to, or you

jus

care about keeping this scene alive - come and have a look!

Who's getting the money from the "exam fee"?

This. This really stuck out immediately. Fees for something that could
be better spent on a certification on Alison.com, something that could actually be put on a techie-resume... for less $$. At least with Alison you know what you're paying for and get some sort of tangible value in
the end.

Didn't know about alison.com but yeah that would seem to be something
which is more likely to be useful/recognized. This new site
"certification" almost seems like a bad joke, to be honest.

Sortof like a certain individual on Fsx who runs a board taking
donations for what ends up in his backpocket to buy a rediculous
server; for something clearly well beyond what any BBS could ever end
up using... a server along the same storage-specs of my Emby system.

Yeah, I know what you're referring to and that does seem a little...
strange.



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