(04-17-2015 11:04 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote: I don't hate this. Governance should come with the consent of the governed within reason. I don't have an issue with term limits (mods only, admins have to stick) or voting on moderators.
The only issue with this in in practice. Every moderator was pretty much universally respected... until they decided to moderate the board. Then, when you have to actually take time to do the duties, people will regard you far less positively.
So then you would have a situation where you would have a poster well known for being a pretty reasonable person who then has to make 1-3 judgement calls a day, often where there really isn't a right answer, and then risk the wrath of every poster here over time. (Quick: one group thinks a coach is underachiving and over paid in a <20 win season and the other thinks criticism of said coach is treason... and you figure out equilibrium! GO!)
For example, my PM box is a fairly steady stream of criticism (some admittedly justified, I'm certainly not perfect), but it goes both ways ("you protect negative posters", "you only represent the sunshine types"). At least once every couple of weeks, two posters will argue about something, take extremely different views and then both think I am on the other person's side (I usually am not even aware the conversation is even happening).
But the moderation team should be accountable to the board. I'm not sure retention votes would be the way to do it, but I've heard a lot dumber ideas.
(please, please, please, please let me lose mine. I've tried to quit so, so, so many times )
Well let's be specific, shall we?
For months, there has been a constant stream of postings that declare Pastner to be "incompetent, clueless, stupid, ignorant, over his head....(completing the adjective list would take a while)"
These instances occur with nauseating persistency with ZERO response from you.
Yet when the SAME adjectives are used to describe Pastner detractors, you have warned me to "be civil or gone"
1st Amendment Free Speech standards should apply equally or not at all.
This is supposed to be a board that enables sharing facts, support and reasoned criticism of the U of M amongst its "supporters".
If your mod work is going to continue as is, consider me gone for lack of civility from the detractors.
This has been under your influence a board held forth for the University's nameless,
faceless snipers. If you and the aforesaid band of detractors have such passion to remove Pastner, show some courage and set in motion a petition asking the U of M to remove Pastner.
And put your names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers on the petition (this will be a very small list..and maybe zero entries).
For all others, the Rebounders has a May 5 event to be led by Harold Byrd which will be supporting the U of M and Pastner. The list of attendees and their contact data will be available as will their faces.
They will be showing their faces on this list while your band of courage-deficient detractors will continue to show their rears here.
You need to take up a need hobby.