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  • Bob Ackley

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Sun Dec 8 23:54:45 2019
    Hello All.

    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob" Ackley passed away on November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Sean Dennis on Mon Dec 9 11:05:58 2019
    Hello All.

    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob" Ackley passed away on November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Very sad... just 74 IIRC...RIP Bob.

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  • From Dale Barnes@1:106/201 to Sean Dennis on Wed Dec 11 16:36:37 2019
    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob"
    Ackley passed away on
    November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Thank You Sean,

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Dale Barnes on Wed Dec 11 19:25:00 2019
    Hello Dale!

    ** 11.12.19 - 16:36, Dale Barnes wrote to Sean Dennis:

    I wanted to pass along the sad news that Robert "Bob" Ackley passed
    away on November 8, 2019. I have verified this independently.

    Thank You Sean,

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?


    According to the handy nodelist lookup:

    https://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua

    ..he operated several BBS systems from 2002 to 2012




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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Dale Barnes on Thu Dec 12 20:56:02 2019
    Dale Barnes wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?

    He was around in 1996 when I first joined Fidonet as a sysop.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dale Barnes on Fri Dec 13 08:31:53 2019

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with Fidonet?

    1/18/2002 > 5/16/2012

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Sean Dennis on Fri Dec 13 08:33:33 2019

    Very sorry to here this news. How long was Bob involved with
    Fidonet?

    He was around in 1996 when I first joined Fidonet as a sysop.

    You became a sysop in 1999.
    Bob became a sysop in 2002.

    \%/@rd

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Ward Dossche on Fri Dec 13 18:35:49 2019
    On 13/12/2019 1:33 a.m., Ward Dossche : Sean Dennis wrote:

    He was around in 1996 when I first joined Fidonet as a sysop.

    You became a sysop in 1999.
    Bob became a sysop in 2002.

    Hello Ward,

    One can be a sysop first and operating an independent system long before being (fido) nodelisted. ;)

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ward Dossche on Sat Dec 14 17:39:06 2019
    Hello Ward.

    13 Dec 19 08:33, you wrote to me:

    You became a sysop in 1999.

    I was a point in 1996. That's when I started actively carrying Fidonet.

    Bob became a sysop in 2002.

    Bob was a user long before then.

    You'll note that I didn't say anything about being a sysop in my original message but just participating in Fidonet.

    Sean

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