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When Fidonet introduced the concept of zones, they decided that they also needed a coordinator to oversee the coordinators of the zones. Since the zones were basically laid out by major geographical and continental boundaries, they decided to call this position the International Coordinator or IC for short. This position is/was not the "top dog" of the network but is described by the following quote from the current Fidonet Policy document.

The International Coordinator is the "first among equals" Zone Coordinator, and coordinates the joint production of the master nodelist by the Zone Coordinators.

The International Coordinator acts as the chair of the Zone Coordinator Council and as the overseer of elections -- arranging the announcement of referenda, the collection and counting of the ballots, and announcing the results for those issues that affect FidoNet as a whole.

The International Coordinator is selected by the Zone Coordinators.

The following chart shows who held the IC position in what year. Some years had more than one IC. Some ICs held on to their ZC position (aka hat) while others relenquished their ZC hat while they were IC. This was done by many because of the "too many hats" clause in the policy document.

Year	International Coordinator	From Zone
1986	Ben Baker (also Z1C)	1 - N. America
1987	Ken Kaplan	1 - N. America
1988	David Dodell (also Z1C & previous Z1C)	1 - N. America
1989	David Dodell (previous Z1C) Ken Kaplan	1 - N. America 1 - N. America
1990	Matt Whelan	3 - Australia/Oceania
1991	Matt Whelan	3 - Australia/Oceania
1992	Matt Whelan	3 - Australia/Oceania
1993	Matt Whelan	3 - Australia/Oceania
1994	Matt Whelan George Peace (previous Z1C)	3 - Australia/Oceania 1 - N. America
1995	George Peace (previous Z1C)	1 - N. America
1996	George Peace (previous Z1C)	1 - N. America
1997	George Peace (previous Z1C)	1 - N. America
1998	Vacant Bob Satti (also Z1C & previous Z1C)	1 - N. America
1999	Bob Satti (previous Z1C)	1 - N. America
2000	Ward Dossche (also Z2C & previous Z2C)	2 - Europe
2001	Ward Dossche (also Z2C & previous Z2C)	2 - Europe
2002	Ward Dossche (also Z2C & previous Z2C)	2 - Europe
2003	Ward Dossche (also Z2C & previous Z2C)	2 - Europe
2004	Ward Dossche (also Z2C & previous Z2C) Malcolm Miles (also Z3C & previous Z3C)	2 - Europe 3 - Australia/Oceania
original data compiled by Gordon Lewicky

Bibliography
Year	Nodelists used for data
1986 --	276
1987 --	289
1988 --	008, 253
1989 --	167, 216
1990 --	026, 089, 145, 180, 229
1991 --	004, 081, 088, 144, 151, 158, 235, 242, 277, 284
1992 --	010, 017, 227, 248
1993 --	078, 085, 274
1994 --	175, 182, 252, 259, 287, 294, 364
1995 --	160, 167, 216, 363
1996 --	159, 173, 362
1997 --	227, 234, 297, 360
1998 --	002, 009, 107, 170, 177
1999 --	365
2000 --	364
2001 --	All lists
2002 --	All lists
2003 --	All lists
2004 --	002-142