Wanted:
-Dedicated forum member to serve as moderator
-Hours, flexible
-Preferably someone active daily
Responsibilities:
-Deleting spam messages
-Deleting spam user accounts
-Moving topics to correct sections if misplaced
-Promoting the parrot forum to new members
-Leading discussions by creating topics
-Promoting good forum etiquette by example
Requirements:
-Must be a parrot forum member in good standing
-Preference will be given to longer term, more active members with more posts
-Must have good knowledge of general forum functions and features
-Must be willing/able to assist new members with forum functions and issues
Benefits:
-Practically none. This is more of a volunteer job just to help than anything
-Unlimited post limit, unlimited PM box limit (surmising mods get more PMs)
-Listed as moderator in "The Team" page
Notice, I did not say that moderators have any authorization to "moderate" or control discussions. They may start them but I really don't want moderators getting involved in deleting discussions or posts. In 3 months or whatever it's been of operating this forum, I have never had to delete a topic or post (that wasn't spam/jokester) because the contents were inappropriate. That makes me so proud though, that we have such incredibly mature and respectful members. This definitely sets apart this forum from other forums. We have a fantastic contingent of members without the usual crazies/trolls. I don't want to jinx it but that's the advantage of being a small and focused group. We just have people who really love parrots so there is no room for immature kids.
We definitely can use some additional moderators. I'll only appoint them one at a time for the sake of having a training period and less confusion. So if more than one person applies, don't worry if you don't get chosen because we'll probably do this again once the first moderator learns how the system works and is established. We'll give preference to previous applicants on the next round. So this is not a contest or anything like that.
Basically I'm just looking for someone to help control the spam and promote good parrot discussion. Moderating/controlling discussions really is not part of the job because there is no need to. The members have been fantastic at moderating themselves and this is really a compliment to every member. This is how a forum should be.
So if you want to take on the grueling task of being a forum moderator, just make a post here why you think you'd be good/fair about it or you can PM me if you don't want to post publicly.
Thanks.