From: zen@death.corp.sun.com (d)
Newsgroups: alt.feminism
Subject: moderators for soc.feminism
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:28:30
Organization: savage hackers
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  Here's your chance, all...

 -- d

# From: tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore)
# Subject: Call for Moderators
# Newsgroups: soc.feminism

Once again, we are preparing a call for moderators.

Soc.feminism is multiply-moderated.  This allows us to reduce the
burden on each moderator, while allowing moderation to continue
uninterrupted if an individual moderator goes on vacation.

We started with three moderators: Valerie Maslak, Cindy Tittle Moore,
and Miriam Nadel.  Valerie dropped out after her net connection
deteriorated.  We added Muffy Barkocy earlier this year.  Miriam
has been inactive for some time due to special work projects and is
contemplating whether or not to retire.

We would like to have at least four active moderators.  The
requirements are fairly simple:

  1) You must have good net connections (both usenet and email),
  2) You must be prepared to moderate for at least a year (we'd like to
     keep the turnover rate down),
  3) You must abide by the guidelines when approving posts,
  4) The general readership of soc.feminism must be generally positive
     about your moderatorship, and
  5) You must be acceptable to the current set of moderators since,
     while we work largely independently, multiple-moderation does
     not work if there is a lack of mutual respect among the moderators.

All the moderators so far have been women, but there is no reason a
man couldn't apply.  We had one man apply last time, but his net
connections didn't seem to be good.  Additionally, there are several
men that we've asked to moderate -- and they've declined.

The time demands are not too bad.  We typically spend about four hours
a week on this group (not counting the time spent reading the
newsgroup); sometimes more and sometimes less depending on the current
level of discussion.  Of course, the more moderators there are, the
less time it should take.  We have software to expedite posting
articles that you're welcome to use.  You do get to put up with the
occasional nasty email from someone unhappy with your rejection; this
is an occupational hazard of being a moderator, but because this is a
group about feminism, the attacks are often misogynistic as well.

This is the procedure: if you're interested in moderating
soc.feminism, drop us a line at feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu.

After two weeks, we'll post the list of volunteers to this group.
At this point, we'd like all of you readers to send in any comments
you have to the same address, feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu.  All
comments will be kept anonymous outside of the moderators.

After reviewing the comments, we (Cindy, Muffy, Miriam) will choose
the new moderators to be added to the multiple-moderation of
soc.feminism.

Regards,
Cindy, Muffy, and Miriam



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