A wise choice

He's got my vote...Sue

I love Zombie Slayer...

I just don't want to see what happened on BT happen here.

I don't think we need more Admin.

More admiration, maybe.

OH, oops. I missed this.

Thanks for the reminder....

I Vote Yes! :)

ZS is Da Man. He can be great help with the tech stuff....he already is! And perhaps Head Moderator?

As this place grows and trolls start invading, we will need Mods but not all-powerful Mods. No Mod should be able to ban anyone without arbitration, unless it's an obvious troll/stalker. No locking of threads and no zapping of threads/posts (unless a duplicate).

We are all adults and usually can and do work out any disagreements. Debate is good, but personal arguments should be taken to PMs, IMHO.

We could have a Mod, or two, for each branch forum, and perhaps chosen by that forum, to keep their forum as clean and running as smoothly as possible.

I love the Z man too.:)

Sounds like way too many Moderators to me.

Today worked really well, with just the deletion of a couple of posts. I'm glad the poster isn't banned.

I really don't want to see a Mod who represents a group in a forum.

Twinges of Time to Leave, are hitting me.

In BT2 world, we're going to do things a bit differently than maybe what you experienced on BT1.

Mods = Helpers to remove objectionable postings, spam, etc. Help work with members on posts that violate some community guideline or the like. Not anonymous -- these are just ordinary members who have a little more power to help out in the community.

Admins = The folks who help lead the community and moderation team, providing advice, guidance and action when needed to address member issues. If a member is ever banned (and remember, this is a fairly rare event in my world), it's done with majority agreement amongst the entire moderation team.

And when I say "moderation team," it's just that -- a group of folks who agree to work together as a team to help keep the community running smoothly. We will remove anyone from the team who abuses their position of trust and responsibility. The moderation team will be known and accountable for their actions -- we don't hide beyond any anonymous logins here.

John

I totally agree ZS:

Hugs,
Jan