jailer: I suggest you read birdstrike's extremely well written thread at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...L/000324.html.

doc: No one is ever going to be able to come up with a complete set of guidelines for behavior that governs every single circumstance or situation that might happen here. Moderators will have to make a judgement call occasionally. That's why it's important for moderators to have a private area where they can discuss issues among themselves. Moderation tends to promote self government by consensus, and there will be decisions you may well disagree with.

Just as in the US, where we are governed by the rule of law, the body of laws can't cover every single situation. There are decisions on interpreting laws that I personally disagree with. But overall, the system works and it's a decent place to live.

I think it's important that the moderators come from the community. I believe you have stated elsewhere to the effect that it's a big job and not enough people will want to do it. We've never put out a call for moderators that I know of, so you don't know that. I specifically think they should not come from Randy's company, as that would throw too large of an onus on him. Suppose he hired a couple of full time moderators; would his cost of doing business in having a board be justified any more? They should definitely be from the community, people who are interested in the welfare of this board, and who would be willing to take a half an hour to an hour a day to look after it, and to work in consultation with Randy's people. I want to make Randy's life easier by filtering a lot of the griping before it ever gets to him.