Well the good news is that I'm not campaigning to be moderator, so no worries there.

My post above reflected my opinion & some others who are tired of the personal attacks. I repeat - NJUPINTHEAIR & ohmark - if you want to continue your personal attacks, take it to PM. If you want to discuss the issues without resorting to personal attacks, then certainly post publicly.

But so far there's been a lot of personal attacks, unfortunately resulting in you both losing credibility on the issues cuz folk start saying oh good grief, there they go again & don't pay attention to what may be both your valid responses on an issue (and I knew when I posted my post above I'd probably get dinged by one or both of you, but quite frankly, don't care).

NJUPINTHEAIR, you took my post to mean on a single topic. I didn't specify a single topic/thread in my post & didn't intend it for a single topic. Again, I repeat - it is NEVER acceptable in a public forum to make personal attacks. I've seen that happen in this forum unfortunately, but I've seen it happen in others too & it's as equally unacceptable in those as it is in this
one. Bottom line - focus on the issues, not the people.

PS - I've never expected a suite as an upgrade (although would have been delighted if I'd gotten one) but that's just me. However, having said that (and speaking for myself only & NOT wanting to hijack this thread), the fact that the threads continue is because Marriott hasn't matched their site to their written materials. Whichever way the decision goes, them having conflicing info does encourage additional threads & 'debate'. But again, limiting threads is fruitless. Heck, all the hotel & airline forums have multiple threads on the same topics & not everyone happy. That's fine (if at times boring), but again, discussion of the issues is appropriate, personal attacks not.

But back to the actual topic - if everyone avoids personal attacks, then no moderator is necessary. If that's not possible, then yes, Randy should add one. Cheers.