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Unread 06-02-2003, 06:19 AM
Alex Pepple Alex Pepple is offline
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Who or what is an Eratosphere Roving Moderator!? ... Read all about it here

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Unread 06-02-2003, 07:59 PM
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I'm just gonna be a "stick-in-the-mud" moderator. No rovin' fer me, nosiree...
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Unread 06-02-2003, 10:30 PM
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I'm really looking forward to seeing Alan Sullivan sludge through the Non Met board.

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Unread 06-02-2003, 10:45 PM
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Allright, I'll behave, but you can't catch me, I'm much too little. I am like a yellow seed in the sieve. Catch me if you can! I'm so quick.
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Unread 06-03-2003, 04:37 AM
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Wendy -

Your post made my day. I've started to sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Can't wait.

Michael
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Unread 06-03-2003, 06:02 AM
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Yes, me too, Wendy! Of course we hope to get more roving Mods on board. Hope is the thing with feathers....
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Unread 06-03-2003, 06:55 AM
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Not all moderators will dive into the pool of rovers, (is that a mixed metaphor, or what?) but most of us were roving already, posting and commenting to other forums. Although we may have areas of particular interest or expertise, being assigned to a forum is like having a second full-time job.

A roving staff will help us make sure there are always enough mods to go around, and we won't have to feel guilty when the other world calls us away from our duty stations. In the past some mods have given up the job or taken leaves of absence because they couldn't continue to commit the time it demands, and one of the main hurdles in recruiting new top-level talent to the staff has always been the time conflict issue.

So here we go a'roving into the Eratosphere... is that a mixed metaphor, or what?

Carol




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Unread 06-03-2003, 05:50 PM
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At first I thought, Oh no! Raving moderators! Then I read the title of this thread more closely.

It should be noted that "rave" comes from the Middle English raven, which comes from the Old North French raver, a variant of resver: to dream, wander, rave.*

But "rove" comes from the Middle English roven: to shoot arrows at a mark.*

C.

*American Heritage Dictionary, 1994

[This message has been edited by Curtis Gale Weeks (edited June 03, 2003).]
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Unread 06-09-2003, 08:21 PM
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I want to be a roving mod when I grow up---and I'll even work for free!

It's pretty pathetic when you check "Who's online" and you're the only one!

[This message has been edited by diprinzio (edited June 09, 2003).]
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Unread 06-10-2003, 02:16 AM
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Didn't Dylan use a roving moderator in Highway 61 Revisited?

Well, the Roving Moderator said, "Good Lord,
Would you look who's currently browsing my board?
Let's post a critique that reads, 'Hey, Fool,
Come on, come here, get back in the pool!
You know that West Chester's all completed and done,
And we've got these forums we're supposed to run -
But when I check who's on line, I'm the only one!'"
[cue police siren]

-- Frank
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