Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 10:14:51 07/26/99
I got back from a VERY relaxing week on a little island in the Caribbean called Nevis last Thursday to be greeted by what some CCC members have called the Moderator Constitutional Crisis. Since then (in addition to catching up on a week's worth of backlogged work), I have read every single post that has dealt with the recent moderation controversy as well as a few dozen emails on the subject, and I must say that some controversies just do not have a simple answer. This one is no exception. Some observations… 1) Both Fernando (in writing the, now, infamous, "joke") and Bruce (in deleting the now, infamous, "joke") were both acting in what they believed to be the best interests of the CCC. I do not think, as some have suggested, that there were ulterior motives on either side. They may be polar opposites in their views of CCC, and, perhaps their views on life, but they are both good people and have a genuine interest in making CCC a better place to visit. And from the 100s of posts from 100s of CCC members that have followed, it appears that we all truly care about what CCC is and what it should become. 2) I have asked Dann Corbit to take over Fernando's vacated Moderator chair. Dann, as you may remember, was voted an alternate Moderator by the membership. You may reach all three moderators by clicking on the Moderator Email Link at the top of the CCC Message Board. 3) For those of you who have been upset by the fact that posts about moderation issues were outnumbering those of chess computer issues, I apologize, but I am sure there will be other flare-ups along the way. They all eventually die down. However, I would like to put into effect right now a new CCC rule. Since our new moderators do not seem to mind posts concerning moderation, starting now, ALL posts concerning moderation MUST have the word "Moderation:" beginning the subject heading. Then, those who do now care about the moderation issue will not have waste their time opening threads that start with terms like "Hmmmmm" or "Three's a Crowd" or "About My Dirty Suicide" only to find that they are moderator linked as opposed to chess computer linked. If you post a message dealing with moderation issues and do not start the subject heading with the word "Moderation", your post will be deleted. This is not meant as an invitation to have the current controversy go on indefinitely or even have moderation issues as daily fare on CCC, but should a post be necessary, we need to be sure that it is correctly labeled. 4) For those of you wondering what the membership feels about off topic posts, here are the results of a CCC poll held a year ago. I would not suspect that the results would be any different today: Poll Question #7 ended June 4, 1998 If you were to rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 as to your tolerance in CCC for "off-topic" posting with 1 being extremely tolerant of everything posts directly related to computer chess, where would you rate yourself? Voters Could Choose One 1 11 Votes 5.88 % 2 7 Votes 3.74 % 3 12 Votes 6.42 % 4 12 Votes 6.42 % 5 36 Votes 19.25 % 6 25 Votes 13.37 % 7 25 Votes 13.37 % 8 28 Votes 14.97 % 9 18 Votes 9.63 % 10 13 Votes 6.95 % Total Votes: 187 - Steve (ICD/Your Move)
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