[squirrely girl]

oh i see!

well in that case -

i think that it is a great situation when any given forum has several ACTIVE mods who also have a vested interest in the forum (such as being a member of the org or having experience in a particular process like AI or rush)

i also get the impression that the forums with clearly expressed rules and guidelines for posting (and mods who enforce them) tend to have fewer problems - it's even more helpful when these rules are not "open for discussion" and are highlighted at the top of the forum permanently

finally - as simple as this sounds - have mods who actually ENFORCE (and abide by) the TOS and rules/guidelines of the forum. having a mod who starts crap in other forums doesn't do the board as a whole any good and having a mod who lets that crap fly on their particular forum is just as useless...

- marissa

edited to add - this is exactly why i like the D9 forums!