My support is for you , Ash . I would like you there with OM.
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 12:43 PM, James Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:50 PM, James Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: >> You may call on me to give my best assessment at any time. I warn that >> you probably cannot count on me to push _the_ button, hoping that does >> not mean lack of character but that I have some complications seated >> firmly within my psyche. >> >> You all know me as part of my chosen name/pseudonym, the first part of >> my email, in case you're wondering who this stranger is. This is a >> coming out of a sort, trying to face down some behaviors to better >> reflect what I believe in despite my personal knowledge/history/truths >> related to trust. > > The preceding paragraph was related to the choice of name usage only, > I just realized it could be misinterpreted as related to the question > of moderatorship. And now it sounds too personal but there it is. > >> >> For your consideration, I volunteer if needed. >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:41 PM, ornamentalmind >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Molly, I agree...an odd number and discussion. >>> >>> On Sep 17, 10:50 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Just to clarify, Orn, I do read most, just not responding much. I >>>> stopped intervening at Chris' suggestion as it fit his model for the >>>> group. I suggest an odd number of moderators, and a discussion before >>>> banning. >>>> >>>> On Sep 17, 12:52 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > For far too long ME has had in effect only one active moderator. While >>>> > I’m acquainted with and accept being the lightening rod to help keep >>>> > ME from being A vs C, gabby points out something that is missing. >>>> >>>> > For quite a while there we had 5 moderators. This kept a fairly good >>>> > balance of views going and made it easy to discuss posts and vote on >>>> > issues. For much of the time, we were all active. Then, a couple mods >>>> > started having to focus elsewhere and left decisions to us and >>>> > eventually removed themselves from ME. >>>> >>>> > Not long thereafter, Chris abandoned ME for other pursuits and I >>>> > continue to wish him well. He has posted less than 70 times in the >>>> > last 18 months and only 13 times this entire year with no posts for >>>> > more than a third of a year. >>>> >>>> > Molly drops in on occasion with less than 40 posts since the end of >>>> > last year. (10 months) >>>> >>>> > Now I know that posting alone doesn’t mean how ‘active’ a group member >>>> > is. However, part of a moderator’s job is to daily check moderated >>>> > messages…most of which are spam of one type or another…the senders of >>>> > which are banned. >>>> >>>> > On occasion, as a check to see who was ‘here’, I would let these >>>> > moderated messages pile up in the queue. I would read them to see how >>>> > important they were and then not delete those that were junk. A couple >>>> > of times they would stay in the queue for well over a week with no >>>> > deletion. Eventually, I would get rid of them seeing that no one else >>>> > was doing it. >>>> >>>> > Since Chris is out of the picture (and has said he wants to stay out >>>> > of the picture), I think it is past time to add new moderators to ME. >>>> >>>> > Normally I would nominate some and see what happened; however, the top >>>> > two in my book, Neil (Archytas) and Francis have declined so many >>>> > times in the past I hesitate to bring up the responsibility to them >>>> > again. >>>> >>>> > Instead, I will ask for volunteers. Those who are willing to follow >>>> > the threads here, step in where needed and determine the appropriate >>>> > action for filtered (moderated) posts are asked to step forward now. >>>> >>>> > As is obvious, it is not all fun but is a necessary function. Any >>>> > takers? >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Please do not put me on forwarding lists or submit my address to cute >> online greetings or anything else for that matter. If you must, please >> forward me in BCC and send me a link to cute greetings. Many thanks! >> >
