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EC>> Back when Bob Klahn and Lee Lofaso were doing their performance
of "the
EC>> nasties are coming and we need a new moderator" in your
echo, someone (I
EC>> think it was Cindy) offered several opinions of her own:

 RN> That is right.

EC>> (1) the action was unnecessary,

 RN> Also right.

 If it was right, why did you become moderator and Cindy Co-mod?
 And why didn't you just let Lee have the moderator position?

EC>> (2) Klahn was at fault for starting his paranoid rant and creating
EC>> controversy where there was none, and

 RN> It was at this point that Cindy suggested I claim the
 RN> echotag and announce myself as moderator, which I did.

 Which contradicts what Earl said on the subject. And supports my
 statement that you listed it after I opened the subject.

EC>> (3) IF there was to be such a problem and IF it required a new moderator,
EC>> then perhaps someone like Klahn who has already had experience as a
EC>> moderator would be an okay pick.

 RN> Or so some thought.  My moderating style is as different
 RN> from Bob's as night is from day.  I've been a moderator for
 RN> a long time now.

 So have I. And the only real difference is from the nature of
 the echos. Yours is a general chat, pleasant chat, mine is a
 debate echo.

EC>> Bob likes to talk about #3, but never likes the mention of #1 and #2.
EC>> And he considered #3 a nomination and even an offer of the
EC>> moderatorship, even though there was no offer and the comment didn't
EC>> come from a person who COULD offer it.

 RN> It was he who began the talk about the echo needing a
 RN> moderator.  I was really surprised the echo was still on
 RN> the backbone without a moderator for so long a time.  We

 Which also surprised me, and contradicts Early again.

 RN> (the posters) were perfectly happy to let things go on as
 RN> they were before the flap about a moderator started.  Once
 RN> that situation stabilized, we began a search for Bobby
 RN> Queen.  Several things came to light about him and I don't
 RN> know if any of them are correct.

 I don't even know what they are. I do know the nasties did show
 up, and left when they realized you were running a strictly
 friendly chat echo. The few who flamed elsewhere that stayed
 conducted themselves within the rules.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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