Appealing to fellow region-mates

[Todd McCloud]

Todd – I feel your pain. I do. One of the reasons I lost my mind several years ago was because I didn’t agree with the process of how things were getting done and like you, I agree that process is just as if not as important as the what actually happens.


 

Having said that, Hileville has stated that he would reinstate you or others should they request. I also believe that having admins fighting amongst themselves in the open forum is really bad for a forum in that admins can certainly do damage to a forum if they feel so inclined.


 

Todd would like to roll back and start the conversation fresh with hileville and the rest of the admin team. It seems to me Hileville is comfortable with his decision and subsequent addendum stating for admins wishing to continue and contribute he has no concerns with them continuing.


 

I’d like to offer a quasi-compromise. How about Todd is reinstated. Again, any other admin who wishes to be reinstated will be reinstated. Next, the admin team develops a protocol for adding and removing admins from the board that is then published to the masses. This way going forward admin and members of TSP know how the process will work. That makes it clear for all. I believe that in emergencies the root admin should still have latitude to act, but the admin team here can decide what to do in those situations.


 

As an admin on the TNP boards, the admission of admins is discussed by the admin team as well as the removal of admins. Not to say that is the process that must be followed everywhere, but I do think it is a process that works.

I will agree with you - any type of fighting / drama among members of the administration, especially out in the open, is unhealthy. But I felt there was no other recourse. That being said, the dirty laundry has been aired out long enough, and people know my concerns, justified or not. I'd like for this to be over. I'm tired of dealing with it.

 

That being said, integrity is judged not by stubbornness, but by how well one holds to their own values. With that in mind, I am willing to bend a little to bridge the gap. I will withdraw my complaints as long as I am assured this will not happen again, and that any administrators who wish to be reinstated may be. It's not as good as the whole "reset back to where we were", but it's probably the next best thing, and more reasonable. However, I am adding something to this: I want more communication. Had we all be more communicative, this dirtiness could've been avoided.