Originally Posted by Randy Petersen

Got an idea folks. I've got just another half-day to hopefully make another magazine deadline and then i'd love to answer the concerns of doc and anyone else who has posted to this thread. Doc has waited patiently and he raises some good points. More posts, more comments isn't really going to add much here as this thread seems fairly complete in opinions as it is.

In its simplist term - moderators are members to. In chossing the latest moderators, we've been more selective than just the orginal round that were purely volunteers. Several volunteers i have had contact with lately i have had to explain a few challenges to consider given their recent applications. I remain disappointed that some of our members - perhaps even a few that posted in this thread - don't seem to comprehend what a volunteer is and being grateful that there are volunteers. We had a recent situation where a few members unfairly beat up on a moderator because they banned a member. Proposedly it was for a post the member made which didn't seem all that offensive. It was the members who decided that the post must have been the reason so they hiunded the moderator. The facts seem to bear out that the banned member had multiple user accounts and that has long been a recognized way to get yourself banned. The timing might have been coincidental but there was more to the ban than a few members assuming for themselves why the member was banned.

But, let's not beat this up too much. You've all got something valueable in your travel and frequent flyer knowledge that would be good to share with others. Let's start with volunteering that. Go out and find a post you contribute to.