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Subject: Re: Moderator Voting Has Begun. Please Read...

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 09:10:06 06/10/99

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On June 10, 1999 at 12:01:39, Steven Schwartz wrote:

>Moderator voting has begin!
>
>1) We have taken several security measures to ensure
>that the voting process is free from manipulation. We
>will not make public those measures for obvious reasons.
>
>2) CCC members who signed up after May 23, 1999 are
>not eligible to vote.
>
>3) Those members who are eligible may access the voting
>booth by clicking on "Computer Chess Resource
>Center" and then "Computer-Chess Club Opinion Poll".
>
>4) If you wish to read the moderation philosophies of
>the candidates, you may do so by clicking on "Computer
>Chess Resource Center" and then "Computer-Chess Club
>Moderator Elections".
>
>5) The voting will end at 5 P.M. (New York time) on
>Wednesday, June 23rd. We will announce the winners on
>Thursday morning, June 24th.
>
>6) The current moderators will stay in office through
>June 30, and we trust that there will be substantial
>communication between the incoming and outgoing
>moderators prior to the new regime taking over on
>July 1st.
>
>7) You may vote for as many or as few moderators as you
>wish. The top three vote getters will be elected and
>vote getter #4 will be an alternate. The new moderators
>may decide how the alternate may or may not serve.
>
>8) We now ask that all discussion related to the voting
>be halted.
>
>On a personal note...
>From my view on the inside, I feel it safe to say that
>the job of moderator is more suited to Hell than it is
>here on earth. It is generally a thankless job which
>entails endless hours of making decisions that will
>not make some people happy. But whether you agree with
>decisions that have been made in the past or not, I can
>assure you that a seeming lack of judgment on any
>moderator's part should not be mistaken for a failure
>to want to do the "right" thing. My thanks to Will, Harold,
>and Peter for some pretty tough work. Finally, I applaud
>the current nominees for stepping up to the plate (to
>likely get thrown at), for without moderators this forum
>would be one gigantic food fight. I do not know about any
>of you, but I like what has been created here, and I hope
>that the winners can contribute in a positive way to making
>the CCC an even better place to be.
>- Steve (ICD/Your Move)


It's been a pleasure working with you, Steve.  Thanks for creating and
maintaining CCC.

Will



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