Hi Jonathan,
On 15 Jan 98, 14:56, you wrote to Auke Reitsma
 BS>>> a)  Candidates may either be nominated without
 AR>> I nominate Jonathan de Boyne Pollard, Tom Torfs and Roger Scudder.
 JdBP> I am happy to accept the nomination for moderator here, since one
 JdBP> is needed and I want the echo to continue.
 JdBP> But I don't want to burden everyone with a long and boring
 JdBP> popularity contest.  I'm a strong believer in moderation issues
 JdBP> being as small a part of echomail bandwidth as possible.  So (as
Basically I agree with that. However, IMHO, a moderator needs to be rather 
visibly present. So if electing you as moderator is a requirement to make you 
show your presence here ... ;-)
Greetings from
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