Greetings eo all!
As of January 2, 2010, Gord Hannah will be moderating this echo. Gord lives in
a lovely home in Dawson Creek, British Columbia which itself is far enough North [55° North Latitude] to make its residents true northerners. Gord has also been in Fidonet a long time and even knows how to moderate as he is moderator of the Artware echo.
I add that Dawson Creek also has an enduring link with Yukon and Alberta. The city is Mile 0 of the Alaska [Alcan] Highway and is only 894 miles south of Whitehorse, my home. For we northerners, that is an easy two day drive.
AS for moderation, I have no diffiulty with the extended discussion of Canada's
tax-based single pay system and the U.S. equivalent. However, one might want to look at the ways medical services are delivered in the North because the vast distances and Yukon's and Alaska's sparse and scattered population create special problems and special mechanisms to deal with them.
That's it from me! Happy New Year and all the best for 2010.
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Take care,
Steven Horn (
steven.horn@northwestel.net)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT
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* Origin: North_of_60, Whitehorse, Yukon (1:17/67)