O'club discussion

[ygsmilo]

You know a week ago, I would have said that I would make a good moderator.  I a moderate on most issues, not easily offended and just an all round super nice guy.

Then I had jury duty this week.

The merits of the case are irrelevent.

I had to sit in judgement of another human being.

It is not an easy thing to do, and I am glad that I do not have to do it again for quite awhile, in fact I hope I NEVER have to do it again but I would as it is a civic duty to.

So where is this ramble going, The only person I want to judge in the future is myself.

[Thrawn]

Toad, Lazs, MiniD.


Toad because he's just about if not the most reasonable person on this BBS.  

Lazs and MiniD because they just won't take it personally and thus I believe will be as close to totally objective as possible.

[Nash]

Originally posted by midnight Target
I nominate Toad and Sandman.

Aye! There it is.

Both moderate, reasonable, and not prone to over-reaction. Respected by most if not all, and a nice semi-left/semi-right balance. Both would be reluctant but not hessitant to use their moderator's powers, and would be able to articulate the reasons for doing so in a way that would make sense to almost anyone.

So that's my vote.

( as long as they let me to continue to bypass the language filter, of course .)

[XrightyX]

I nominate SlapShot--seems to *get* the value of the O'Club.

[BlueJ1]

Seagoon
Nash
MT

[Sandman]

Originally posted by eskimo2
Limiting the number of monitors to just a few will turn a part time hobby into a part time job.  I honestly think that 20 or more mods would be ideal.  Some folks might only be on for an hour a day; with a lot of mods there will most likely always be someone on.  Bad threads/posts wouldn’t last long.  You don’t want to create a situation where folks feel obligated to check the boards and make sure that the kids are behaving.  It would be best to choose folks who are here a lot anyway, and who already post a lot.  It would also be wise to pick folks from a variety of time zones.

Most importantly, I think it would be wise to choose one or two “Chief Mods” whose job is to handle complaints about mods and keep them in line.  You don’t want a situation where you have daily complaints about Nazi mods who delete threads; then you’d have to  figure out what happened and who said what, etc.

Give the mods their own forum for reporting incidents, bans, sheduals, etc.

eskimo

I assumed that the "Chief Mods" are HTC.

[NUKE]

Sandman, Toad, Nilsen, Seagoon..... what would you say? Are you willing to moderate?

I think Toad Sandman and Seagoon are probably as close to unanimous choices as we could get. Nilsen too.

So what you you guys say?

I droped Laz, because he admitted that he wouldn't really desire to moderate.

[crowMAW]

Originally posted by Sandman
I'd like to nominate:

Yes, but would you serve as moderator??

BTW Toad...no ad hominems, huh...well, how is anyone gonna dismiss my arguments by simply calling me a "liberul"...hmmm.

[NUKE]

Originally posted by BlueJ1
Seagoon
Nash
MT

Nash is a very intelligent, nice guy but I don't think he really has the compass to moderate. Nash  is probably more like LaZ and myself in that he wouldn't feel the need to moderate very many things.

[Sandman]

I appreciate the nominations... and yeah.. I'd give it a go.

[Sandman]

Doh... Gunslinger would be good also.

[Nilsen]

Thx for opening it up again Pyro

I think most of the regular users of the club can do the job, and it wont take the HTC crew many minutes to fire/hire new mods if they mess up or can't do it anymore.

Would prolly be best tho if they are not anonymous and cant "hide".

Would prolly also be a good thing to select a few from different timezones so that its covered 24/7.

my 0.02$

-edit- I see ive been nominated by NUKE and Cyrano.. thx If more people think thats a good idea id give it a shot.

[Habu]

I think a guy like Nash would do a good job.

Be careful not to big the little guy with the big chip on his shoulder and I am sure a number of people here could do a half decent job.

I think volunteering to do such a thankless task is a bit suspect. I would like to think the volunteers are doing it out of a sense of willingness to contribute to the communtiy. My gut tells me that some of them are just doing it for a chance to wield some authority.

[ASTAC]

I nominate myself. I'd like to help in any way I can to keep the O'Club alive.

I read the board all the time, and have alot of time to put into it. I think most of my posts have been on the moderate side and I never intetionally attack/flame.

Not wanting power here. Just love the O'club discussions and don't want to see it die permanently.

[RTR]

I still think the moderators should remain anonymous to all but HTC and the other moderators. We have all seen the "witch hunts" and meltdowns that have happened in the O'club. These people who agree to moderate must have the ability to fly in the game without the fear that they will be hounded for their decisions.

Complaints about moderation could be dealt with through a common email or private forum that would go directly to all moderators, without involving the rest of the community.

Guidlines would have to be established for what tools the moderators would have available to them.  I would think that editing posts for rule violations, locking of threads and shuffling of posts to correct forums would be a start. The deleting of entire threads or posts should remain open to HTC staff only, IMHO.  Although, I would suggest that the moderators be allowed to recommend  in such instances, same for temporary banning.

I can't say that being a moderator would be a particularly rewarding endeavor, however I would be willing to throw my hat in the ring.

Just a couple of constructive thoughts.

cheers,
RTR