It is all my personal responsibility. I had always ex[ected it would take a little time for any volunteer - just like in real life and those that volunteer for charity, etc. - to get to feel what it is like to help FlyerTalk. Yes, there will be a few of these instances and we can remedy them and learn from them. However, I find the distrations that select members make on FT - or try to - far more damaging than what has been mentioned here. The other item at play here is that these types of changes are coming from the membership - this is how they see things - not Randy Petersen - and it may show cause as to how some members are out of touch with community standards, not just mine.

anyway - far more philosophical than needs to be. Please have a little patience and remember - don't blame any moderators actions - drop off the blame here on my doorstep so i can review and lean from it and get back to posting.

Thanks for your understanding, i'm sure we all can remember our first shot at being responsible.....it more often than not wasn't pretty but we did (well, most of us anyway) get better.