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Subject: Re: CCC Nominations..A Question To Those Who Would Be Moderator..

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 06:05:28 02/05/05

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On February 05, 2005 at 06:29:35, Steve B wrote:

>Elections will be held soon once the powers that be decide if the ballot will be
>in normal or reverse alphabetical order..
>
>My question..
>
>OT posting
>the very first dictate of the CCC Charter states ,and i quote..
>
>"Once a member gains access to the message board, he may read all messages and
>post new or response messages with the proviso that these new or response
>messages:
>1)Are, within reason, on the topic of computer chess "
>
>however as in normal in any forum  where people meet each other,friendships
>develop and the desire to talk about other chess related subjects does
>occasionally surface
>indeed ,in the past, threads have developed having nothing  to do with computer
>chess
>some are about chess in general(current players,chess politics,history ..etc
>etc)
>some about Internet chess(cheating,various servers,etc)
>
>
>As a moderator,if you received a properly submitted compliant (on the Moderator
>e-mail form)from a member objecting to the OT nature of these posts,even though
>the posts relate to chess, but not computer chess,(as dicated by the
>charter),how would you respond?
>
>Steve

I just sent Steve S. my biographical data and moderation philosphy.   I hope
this best explains how I moderate.

Moderation Philosophy

KISS.   Keep It Simple Stupid.   A common sense approach that attempts to
maximize everyone’s enjoyment of the CCC forum.   I also embrace diversity and
inclusivity.   I believe CCC membership policy is inclusive in nature and not
exclusive.    I also see membership CCC as being a privilege.  To enjoy the
privileges of CCC, members should abide by the charter.  It is my belief all the
people of the world, should have the right to join and to enjoy the privilege of
being a member in CCC if they have an interest in Computer Chess.  Underlying
that theme, I have zero tolerance for any posts that degrade any race, culture,
religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation , etc. of any people group.  Beyond
that I believe that posts generally should abide by the charter and be about
chess computers, computer chess and all that falls in between and that
moderation should be kept to a minimum.

I also recognize that we are all humans first and not machines and if people
stray off topic in friendly or informative way to announce the birth of child or
the death of close friend, those posts will certainly not be deleted by me.   I
also extend more leeway to long time contributors of CCC.   If Bob Hyatt and
Vince Diepeeven go at it with EACH other – I am not going to interfere. (or at
least try not to).  Like any club, we sort of watch the newest members first –
as often it is the new members that cause most of the problems at CCC.

Best,

Michael




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