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When Fidonet introduced the concept of zones, they decided that each would be based on major geographical and continental boundaries. They came up with a layout of six zones that encompass the entire world. It was also decided that each zone would have a coordinator to oversee the regions and networks within that zone. They decided to call this position the ZC. This position is described by the following quote from the current Fidonet Policy document .

A zone is a large geographic area containing many regions, covering one or more countries and/or continents.

The Zone Coordinator compiles the nodelists from all of the regions in the zone, and creates the master nodelist and difference file, which is then distributed over FidoNet in the zone. A Zone Coordinator does not perform message-forwarding services for any nodes in the zone.

Zone Coordinators are selected by the Regional Coordinators in that zone.

The following chart shows who held the ZC position in each year for each zone. Some zones had more than one ZC in the year.

Year	Zone 1 North America	Zone 2 Europe	Zone 3 Australia/Oceania	Zone 4 Latin America	Zone 5 Africa	Zone 6 Asia
1986	Ben Baker	Henk Wevers
1987	David Dodel	Henk Wevers	Alwyn Smith
1988	David Dodell	Henk Wevers	Matt Whelan
1989	David Dodell Steve Bonine	Ron Dwight	Bill Bolton	Pablo Kleinman
1990	Steve Bonine George Peace	Ron Dwight	Bill Bolton	Pablo Kleinman	Henk Wolsink
1991	George Peace	Felix Kasza Alexander Holy Ron Dwight	Bill Bolton Ray Chalmers	Pablo Kleinman Gustavo Zacarias	Henk Wolsink	Honlin Lue
1992	George Peace	Ron Dwight	Ray Chalmers Trev Roydhouse	Gustavo Zacarias Gamey Garcia	Henk Wolsink	Honlin Lue
1993	George Peace Bob Satti	Ron Dwight	Trev Roydhouse	Gamey Garcia	Henk Wolsink	Honlin Lue
1994	Bob Satti	Ron Dwight Ward Dossche	Trev Roydhouse Colin Wheat	Gamey Garcia	Henk Wolsink	Honlin Lue
1995	Bob Satti	Ward Dossche	Colin Wheat	Gamey Garcia	Henk Wolsink	Honlin Lue Kazuyoshi Shinada
1996	Bob Satti	Ward Dossche	Colin Wheat David Nugent	Gamey Garcia Ariel Nardelli	Henk Wolsink	Kazuyoshi Shinada
1997	Bob Satti	Ward Dossche	David Nugent Alwyn Smith	Ariel Nardelli Alejandro Alvarez	Henk Wolsink	Kazuyoshi Shinada
1998	Bob Satti	Ward Dossche	Alwyn Smith	Alejandro Alvarez Louis Manterola	Henk Wolsink Richard Peer	Kazuyoshi Shinada
1999	David Moufarrege	Ward Dossche	Alwyn Smith Malcolm Miles	Luis Manterola	Richard Peer	Chris Leung
2000	David Moufarrege	Ward Dossche	Malcolm Miles	Luis Manterola	Richard Peer	Chris Leung
2001	David Moufarrege Janis Kracht	Ward Dossche	Malcolm Miles	Luis Manterola Renato Zambon	Richard Peer	Chris Leung Ben Li
2002	Janis Kracht	Ward Dossche	Malcolm Miles	Renato Zambon	Richard Peer	Bin Li
2003	Janis Kracht	Ward Dossche	Malcolm Miles	Renato Zambon	Richard Peer	Bin Li
2004	Janis Kracht	Ward Dossche	Malcolm Miles	Renato Zambon	Richard Peer	Bin Li
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 --	002-065