Originally Posted by
B747-437B
I don't view serving on TalkBoard as working for IB (I've never had any interaction with any IB employees) but rather working for the community. I'm happy to give a little bit of time on a voluntary basis to the community that has given me so much in return. YMMV.
Agree 100%.
Originally Posted by
ScottC
Agree 100% on term limits. Votes are not given to those most suitable, they are given to those most popular. Those that post the most, post to a blog or moderate are obviously the most active on the board, and those names are the ones that get the attention.
Limit to two terms, and even consider limiting the number of "positions" a member can hold on Flyertalk.
Really? I can't speak for others, but I was named the runner-up well before I was even approached about being a moderator, I post to no [currently active, worth-reading] blog, and I'm not an FT Evangelist. And I can guarantee you that at the time I ran for TalkBoard, virtually no one in the top, say, 5 forums on FlyerTalk had ever heard of me.
All that said, I'm not necessarily opposed to term limits.