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New, or more Moderators are needed!


Blue Train

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I would volunteer, but a riot would break out. haha

I nominate:

Aggie87
.:.impossible
Jazzmoose
Big Beat Steve
king ubu
Matthew

PhillyQ

Noj

paul secor

freelancer
alocispepraluger102
Big Wheel
JSngry (I know he would never accept, but he would be a metaphysical moderator! Socrates meets Coltrane by way of Ayler...with a whole lot of FUNK!)

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I would volunteer, but a riot would break out. haha

I nominate:

Aggie87

.:.impossible

Jazzmoose

Big Beat Steve

king ubu

Matthew

PhillyQ

Noj

paul secor

freelancer

alocispepraluger102

Big Wheel

JSngry (I know he would never accept, but he would be a metaphysical moderator! Socrates meets Coltrane by way of Ayler...with a whole lot of FUNK!)

I'm honored by a nomination, but my personal life is a MESS right, I moved in March and I'll be moving agaian by mid-June, and my job is also moving in mid-May.

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I am very honored to see me mentioned but I just have to decline. For one thing, there are many threads that I simply do not follow, and there are limits to the time I spend (and can spend) on this forum anyway. Besides - believe me - I decline because I know myself and how I can come across, and at times I can be confrontational, maybe too much so. I try not to exceed certain limits but I do like to speak my mind, and I am afraid by the standards of this forum (which quite naturally is U.S. in spirit after all) I am definitely not P.C.-ish enough.

So - thanks again, but sorry, I can't - it's better that way, I am pretty sure.

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For those nominated or considering it. The whole idea to have several moderators (especially from different time zones) is that it make it more likely one will be around, or available via pm (which should email them even if they're not on the board) when needed.

Even with JSngry....it's now two moderators with real world lives in the same time zone.

No sane person expects any moderator to be checking in constantly.

P.S. You don't need to check all the threads....because next to no one does that either, but there are times things will be reported to you and you can then check to see if anything needs to be done about it.

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I'm a moderator on another board, so I'm familiar with how to use message board software. The only trouble is I'm not as active on message boards these days since my job has me away from the computer much of the time. I'm on line a cumulative hour at most, most days.

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It wasn't my intention to post here, being a former moderator, but a discussion in another thread prompted me to post this comment there:

[...] Even though a moderator might not agree with one of the board rules (and there aren't that many compared to other boards) he's supposed to at least warn members who (threaten to) violate that rule. It can be any rule [...] If he doesn't, he can be accused of not doing his job, which happens with some regularity; if he does he'll get bashed over it, if not worse. In other words, he's damned if he doesn't and he's damned if he does. A moderator must have a thick skin here; I didn't have one. My problem, surely, but I can imagine why people are not exactly standing in line to become a moderator.

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