Forum Rules/New Global Moderators

[JustMe]

Hello All,

As you may have noticed via Itchmo's announcement, we now have 4 Global Moderators, members who are well known to this forum:  Catbird, Menusux, Arlo, and JustMe.

We are in the process of setting up some ground rules and will post them when formulated.  The bullying behaviors that went on the last week or so will not be tolerated. Period.  We want people to feel comfortable here.  We've lost several long-time members during the period of disruption by a few members.  We need to get back to what this forum originally was, a forum about cats, dogs, and other pets.

If you don't like the rules, please feel free to find another forum to participate on.

Thank you for your patience.

[YesBiscuit!]

Since the rules aren't posted yet, I'm going to post like crazy while I still fall under the "Whaaa?  I didn't know" clause, hehehe.   

Welcome new mod squad!  Thank you for volunteering.

[JanC]

From YesBiscuit:

Welcome new mod squad!  Thank you for volunteering.

I'd like to second that!

Thank you thank you thank you........

[Sandi K]

Oh Mod Squad!!!!  I absolutely loved that show!      Thank you all for volunteering, who's ready to fight some PFC's?     I am, I am! 

[Carol]

Thank you for volunteering ...  "the fab four"!!!  lol...


ETA: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead

United we stand     Divided we fall....

[5CatMom]

Thanks Catbird, Menusux, Arlo, and JustMe for volunteering  .

This used to be a peaceful place.

With the changes that have been made, I hope the peace returns - along with long time members who dropped out.

5CatMom
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[menusux]

http://itchmoforums.com/announcements/4-global-moderators-added-poltics-and-unmoderated-boards-removed-t6206.0.html

Ben posted it there last night.

[petslave]

Excellent choices, and I'm looking forward to clear ground rules being put in place.  Good luck to all of you.  It's a tough job but I'm sure it will bring about great changes.

[3catkidneyfailure]

Thank you, Moderators.
Since the cause of safe pet food has a long ways to go, I hope the political topic of
government regulators and their actions on pet food safety, or the continued lack thereof, will be part of
the Itchmo Forums landscape still. Plus perhaps any directly pet food related letter writing campaigns
posters want to suggest or advocate regarding manufacturers, suppliers, pet food companies, retailers, or
government regulatory agencies? Just suggestions for moderators (again, thank you for stepping forward)
to clarify.

[catbird]

Law and politics about pets is still a board on the forum, where we can discuss these issues and plan strategies.

[lesliek]

Thank you to the 3 new moderaters and the returning one !Hopefully some of the people who left will return when they see the changes.

[catwoods]

Thanks to all who are going to moderate, both as new efforts, or an ongoing one.

[JJ]

Such a great name for you four who will work hard to make this a peaceful, happy place - MOD SQUAD, I love it. Thx YesBiscuit, very appropriate.

Hopefully the long time members who left will now come back. Should anyone have their personal email address please write and let them know about the changes on Itchmo so maybe they might reconsider and return.

[tesla]

Thank you all for taking the time out to moderate and make this forum an enjoyable place for everyone involved.

I truly appreciate this forum and am thankful that you are willing to take on the job as MOD SQUAD.

[catbird]

Ok, people, we have four of us here who volunteered to try to moderate because we believe in the purpose of this forum and the work that has been done here.  We wanted to try to help cool people off and get back to business.

Unfortunately, that is not how it has worked out.  A handful of members are now using the report to moderator mechanism to further their fighting among each other.

Some of the mods have gone without sleep and are having problems with their jobs from trying to respond to reports that are little more than "he said, she said."  Or the equivalent of "Mommy, he looked at me funny."

All four moderators are on the verge not only of quitting the mod job, but quitting the forum entirely.

Because of repeated interruptions to his work, since he also receives all the reports, I would not be surprised if Ben decides to delete this forum entirely.  Is that what you want?  Do you want this entire work to go away because of squabbles?  I realize that to some of you, what you are doing may be a game.  However, it was my understanding that the purpose of this forum was serious business.

I'll bet the PFI are jumping for joy.