A moderator doesn't just keep people under control, they also keep the forum organized. As an example, there now appear to be three different emails going about this single topic. A moderator on a forum would be able to merge all three into one thread where it would be so much easier to keep track of who said what, when. (Yes, I am a moderator on a couple of fish forums.) I just find this format so difficult to follow. I've been looking at the GSAS site for several years now, hoping a regular forum would be there one day:) I'm sure I'll figure this out after awhile. I get used to doing things a certain way and when something new or different comes up, it takes some adjustment. I do appreciate any way of being able to connect with locals who are also interested in fishkeeping, so I'm not going to complain...too much! Betty On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com> wrote: > Likewise I'd be happy to be a moderator, though with our polite crowd the > duties would surely be light. > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Doerr, Jesse <Jesse.Doerr@fei.com> wrote: > > > I'm torn on it too. I can understand the volume of messages being > > daunting to some users, but I don't know that I would be able to use a > > forum as much as I do this list. Since it's mostly all text in my > > e-mail, I do most of my monitoring through a smart phone while I'm on > > the road. > > > > It would not be possible for me to log into a website most of the time > > to read and respond until I hit the hotel at the end of the day. But > > I'd be happy to volunteer my time to help with the admin side if we went > > that way. > > > > Jesse > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GSAS-Member mailing list > > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member