Originally Posted by kokonutz

This is the whole problem with the TB, and the reason that it becomes increasingly irrelevant every year: the forces of status quo and incumbency become stronger and stronger and stronger. And so nothing ever gets accomplished. And so as the TB does less and less, the moderators step in and do more and more of the TB's work.

I don't know if I agree with B747's implication that this is something that the moderators on the TB are doing on purpose or not, but I do note that many of the forces of status quo and 'keep barriers to change high' and 'do-nothing' are the TB members who happen to also be moderators.

I think it would be a VERY interesting experiment to ask TB members to take a leave of absence from their Moderator duties for their term of office. Or, in the other direction, give non-moderator TB members access to moderator forums and meetings. I wonder how differently the TB would perform.

Originally Posted by Jenbel

Then start a thread about it. Don't hijack discussions on other relevant issues