From: tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore)
Subject: Volunteers for Moderators
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Organization: University of California, Irvine: ICS Department
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:02:46 GMT
Followup-To: feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu

Hello folks.  A few weeks ago I called for volunteers to help moderate
soc.feminism.  We have three candidates, listed alphabetically below.
I asked each of them to give a "statement of purpose" on why they were
interested in moderating the group.

What I'd like all you readers to do now is send in any comments or
thoughts you have regarding any of the volunteers below.  Anything you
send us will be read only by the current moderators; the volunteers
will not see them.  In another week or two, we'll post the general
results ("lots of people were positive", "some had questions", etc),
keeping the specifics anonymous.  We (that is, Muffy, Miriam, and I)
will then select one or more moderators, based in part on your
opinions and in part on our opinions on how well the individual(s)
will work with us.

Please send all comments to feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu.  Thanks!

--Cindy

Volunteers and statements of purpose follow:

Cindy Blank-Edelman
  <cindy@meshugge.media.mit.edu>

My interest in being a moderator for soc.feminism stems out of my
respect for the group and the level of discussion that goes on within
it.  Unlike other discussions of feminism I have seen on the net,
those in soc.feminism are intelligent, thoughtful, and
thought-provoking.

I believe my openmindedness and my commitment to feminism qualify me
as a moderator in this forum.  I hope that my past participation in
soc.feminism has given people a good idea of who I am and how careful
I am to maintain a respectful tone of discussion.  I am opposed to
censorship, and therefore would be careful to ensure that my efforts
at moderation not become methods to stifle those who disagree with me.

Thank you for your consideration.

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J F Shriver
  <jay@kelvin.ocean.fsu.edu>

I read your note of yesterday and you asking about a statement of purpose
(why I'd like to moderate, what I can contribute, etc), and I have three
thoughts I'd like to share with you on the topic
                1 - I'd become better educated in regards to feminist
                issues.
                2 - over the few years I've been reading the 'news', I've
                derived much enjoyment. This would be an opportunity for
                me to give something back.
                3 - For me, a non-science distraction an hour or two a week
                is a welcome break from dissertation work.
To me it is not important if the above makes the general announcement, rather
i'm more interested in you and the other two (?) moderators to
understand a bit better my motivation for volunteering to help out.

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Paul Wallich
  <pw@panix.COM>

I'm volunteering to be a moderator because I think this newsgroup
is a significant place and I'd like to help it continue. Regardless
of that, I'm hoping we can move the discussions here in a more radical
direction -- trying to understand how patriarchy works (with examples :-( )
and how to do some long-lasting things about it, rather than the
endless isn't-it-rotten who-has-it-worse.



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