Moderators wanted. (Page 1/9)
Cliff Pennock JUL 05, 11:03 AM
As a lot of you suggested, I think it's time the Forum needs additional moderators. But I want everybody to have a chance to become a moderator. So this is what I have in mind:

  • Moderators will be elected by the members, not me
  • There will be two moderators per section
  • After three months (or whatever period you think is best), new moderators will be elected. Current moderators can be re-elected. So if a moderator makes a mess of things the members can elect someone else. But if he does a good job, chances are he will be re-elected
  • Moderators will only be able to close threads, not delete them
  • Every section except for The Mall and Club Announcements will have its own moderators

I will start a new thread where people can vote for someone (or themselves).

How does this sound?

Jaygee79 JUL 05, 11:08 AM
I think it's a great idea, Cliff.

If you need any help, I'm available.

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DRH JUL 05, 11:24 AM
Great idea Cliff!

One suggestion... Should you ask for volunteers or nominations first, then vote on a specific ballot? It wouldn't do much good to elect someone that doesn't want the job. It wouldn't really be fair to move on to the next choice either since people might vote differently if they knew a particular person was not available.
84Bill JUL 05, 11:31 AM
Count me in
IMO Giving them power to close threads could be disasterous. I think only you should do that at the behest of the moderator Cliff.

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Cheever2 JUL 05, 11:34 AM
I bet the people who run other forums must be scratching their heads wondering how you have run this one all this time by yourself! Part of the answer to that is that the vast majority of the members here are wonderful people, who are incredibly devoted to the preservation and enjoyment of Fieros.

My guess is the moderators will have an easy job. The administration (Cliff's job) will continue to be the hard part. The moderators will rarely have to take any action and only occassionally would have to bring something to Cliff's attention.

Jaygee79 JUL 05, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by DRH:
Great idea Cliff!

One suggestion... Should you ask for volunteers or nominations first, then vote on a specific ballot? It wouldn't do much good to elect someone that doesn't want the job. It wouldn't really be fair to move on to the next choice either since people might vote differently if they knew a particular person was not available.


I think that's probably the best thing. That way it can be more amomymous too. Maybe we can set up a free poll somewhere.

Jaygee79 JUL 05, 11:46 AM
The moderators should be able to close threads, but maybe they would have to get approval from Cliff first? But then that would still make Cliff have to read them all so that might not work..
fierojunky JUL 05, 11:57 AM
Great Idea.
Cliff Pennock JUL 05, 12:05 PM
I want moderators to have the ability to close threads without having to ask my permission first. If a thread is totally out of control, I can always delete it afterwards. If a thread got closed wrongfully in the opinion of the majority, I can always reopen it.

That's why I want to change moderators every three months or so, so that moderators will actually try their best if they want to get re-elected.

I think it's a good idea if people nominated themselves first, than I can put up a vote page on a voting site somewhere.
84Bill JUL 05, 12:25 PM
Sounds reasonable I'll take O/T for a while if thats ok.

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