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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    When I started this gig back in 2013 I didn't really think I'd still be doing it almost four years later. As you know I've been the night mod, which was great, given that I work during the day, but it's a time commitment that's getting harder to maintain. Sometimes I just want to call my time my own. So I've decided to retire and just enjoy the forum without having to enforce the rules. For those who are interested, there is an opening on the night shift.

    Cheers,

    Dr. Who
    Very sorry to hear that. In my Opinion you have done an excellent job, hopefully that does not mean you will not be adding your voice to the various topics, now that would be a major lose.
    Kodos on a job Well Done.
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    Sorry to see you go. Retiring is better than getting fired or term limited out of office. I wouldn't take the job even if it was a well paid position with great benefits and 6 weeks a year paid vacation.

    Maybe the admin could start picking mods the same way we pick political positions. All the candidates could declare republican or democrat and lay out their positions. Go through the primaries with the winners facing each other. Have a general election (sorry the electoral system can't work here) with members with at least 100 posts voting. Have the people from the other political forum count the votes and give the results to the admin here. Then the admin here could say "what, are you crazy? I'm never going to pick a moderator with a system like that!" Then we can argue about it for a few days til something else captures our attention.


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    Hopefully, whoever takes the slot will follow your model and not emulate some of the others.

    You conducted yourself as a mod should. The forum was better for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Sorry to see you go. Retiring is better than getting fired or term limited out of office. I wouldn't take the job even if it was a well paid position with great benefits and 6 weeks a year paid vacation.

    Maybe the admin could start picking mods the same way we pick political positions. All the candidates could declare republican or democrat and lay out their positions. Go through the primaries with the winners facing each other. Have a general election (sorry the electoral system can't work here) with members with at least 100 posts voting. Have the people from the other political forum count the votes and give the results to the admin here. Then the admin here could say "what, are you crazy? I'm never going to pick a moderator with a system like that!" Then we can argue about it for a few days til something else captures our attention.
    It won't happen that way. You, nor I, get any say in the matter.
    Last edited by Bethere; 02-28-2017 at 11:31 PM.

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    You always did a fantastic job. No bias and level headed. The mod team will miss you I'm sure, hopefully the replacement mod is half as capable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cletus View Post
    Hopefully, whoever takes the slot will follow your model and not emulate some of the others.

    You conducted yourself as a mod should. The forum was better for that.
    Coming from a hard righty that says a lot. @Dr. Who , you will be missed in this role.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bethere View Post
    It won't happen that way. You, nor I, get any say in the matter.
    Don should, or could. He has objectivity and common sense.

    He could be a good VIP candidate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    Don should, or could. He has objectivity and common sense.

    He could be a good VIP candidate.
    I keep getting told how this forum is over run by democrats. There ought to be at least one democratic mod.

    Don has 45k points in five years of membership. Vips and mods should actually be people who actively post here.
    Last edited by Bethere; 02-28-2017 at 11:56 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bethere View Post
    I keep getting told how this forum is over run by democrats. There ought to be at least one democratic mod.

    Don has 45kpoints. Vips and mods should actually be people who actively post here.
    Nearly all of our VIPs actively post here. The ones that don't do so because of personal issues and that's perfectly fine.
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    Who, I know I've praised how you've done in PMs, but let me say this on the open forum. You have done a terrific job as a mod and anyone who comes in after you has some big shoes to fill.
    "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." John Greenleaf Whittier

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