Dear All:
In case you hadn't noticed my absence, I have been absent from moderating for a significant period of time. This was due to a sudden family emergency that required me to take on the role of home health aide. Our family was not prepared for this emergency either monetarily, logistically, or physically; so I've had to make many critical choices about how to prioritize my time. Unfortunately, this meant I had to prioritize health care, transportation, extra work hours, and minor construction ahead of you all.
Frankly, I figured you would all be fine for the most part. I've always said that you all make the forum what it is, not me. But, it doesn't change the fact that I have been delinquent in my duties to you all. And maybe I could have been forgiven myself after a few weeks of regular moderating and creating a good system for it, but after this period of time, it simply isn't fair to you for me to continue moderating.
I would have greatly preferred a transition phase, but it simply isn't something I can maintain due to my time constraints. Any plan I come up with is pretty regularly thrown to the wind, so I'll have to let the chips fall where they may. I'll try to check back more regularly than I have, but I genuinely can't make any strong commitments.
Thus, I'm looking for volunteers for moderation. Truly the forum only needs moderate moderation. Heavy daily commitments isn't necessarily required, as it can probably be mastered by a crew of a few taking different days.
Thank you for your time, and I apologize for the frustrations I have caused you. Please volunteer in the comment chain with your available commitment, and if there are people you would like to work with.
So far, the nominations are as follows, and all seem pretty reasonable.
The following users seem to have been nominated, but have not been stated that they are prepared to on-board.
That being said, 6 mods is probably more than enough for now. Having users in different time zones can also be useful for coverage.
Just so we're doing this all at the same time, I'll add the top 6 mods tomorrow morning around the same time I made the original post. I'll also kick ClockworkFool as he is alive, but basically doesn't use Reddit or Win very much; and exists as a kind of "David-Me" contingency in the event of internal sabotage. Effectively, I can just take that position as you see fit.
You will all likely need to have a mechanism of discussing meta issues internally using some sort of secure chat app (or you could just Discord it if you are trusting enough). Feel free to discuss among yourselves how to chat. If you all find that it isn't fitting well with you, we can probably bring the other 4 members on as time goes on. I believe C has a discord for generalized .Win moderation, but for the life of me, I couldn't get into my old Discord account, and I no longer know what that server is, or if it's still utilized, so it might be worth researching.
Something I've learned (the hard way) over managing people outside of social media is that friendship and trust are more important than competency, so please make sure to be kind to each other, be patient with each other's disagreements, and try to actually make friends. I wasn't ever really good at that, but I have more faith that you can all put that stuff together more easily than I could.
If anyone wants to take the time to learn more about the Auto-Filter (Liberty Prime), it's going to be worth it.
Edit - u/SophiesBoyfriend is also self nominated
I don't know what "on-board" means in this context, so how can I say I'm prepared for it?
Also, it's "Unfound," not Unfounded.
On-Board is military slang meaning: to join in.
I see now, thank you.