Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: A Call For Moderation

My support is for you , Ash . I would like you there with OM.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 12:43 PM, James Lynch <ashkashal@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:50 PM, James Lynch <ashkashal@gmail.com> 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.
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> 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
>> <ornsmindseyespam@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Molly, I agree...an odd number and discussion.
>>>
>>> On Sep 17, 10:50 am, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> 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 <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>> > 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?
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>> --
>> 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!
>>
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