Aussie Bloggers

Over the last 6 months the Aussie Bloggers Forum has become a large community of bloggers, and a busy forum. One of the most important elements of a successful forum like ours is the Moderators. These are the volunteers who work behind the scenes to make sure that everything is running smoothly. They remove spam, keep an eye on the forums to make sure the forum rules are being followed, write posts for the Aussie Bloggers blog and make decisions on the direction that the forum will go in - everything from adding a new forum to discussing what the rules should be and much in between.

As we approach the 6 month anniversary, we have some people who will be stepping down as Moderators, but will remain members of the Forum. As of midnight tonight (AEST time) they will be no longer be moderators. We need to say an enormous thank you to the following moderators for their efforts and contributions over the last 6 months:

Bettina
Christine Parfitt
John Lampard
Mike
Miscmum
ShadowKnight
Squadron
StephenCronin
Trib

We all have busy lives. People can’t neglect their work, family and friends for a set of forums on the internet and sometimes people have to make difficult decisions about what they can be involved in - it is mostly a time factor. While we do try to make the job as easy as possible there are a large amount of posts on the forum every day and a time consuming part of the job of a moderator is to read the new posts in their assigned forums and make sure nothing breaks the rules.

We would like to thank these Moderators for their efforts during the last 6 months. Their dedication has helped the Forum become the friendly, helpful place that it is. They all embraced their volunteer roles with enthusiasm and a great level of devotion. Whilst we are sad to see them stepping down as Moderators, we are very hopeful that they will stay active members of the Forum.

These “ex” moderators will become a part of a special usergroup which is a reward for their dedication and service to the forums. They are also *always* welcome to return to the mod room if life gets less hectic and they find themselves with more time on their hands. Their input, wisdom and humor will be greatly missed by their fellow moderators.

While on the topic, we have recently given members of the forums an opportunity to nominate themselves to become moderators - you can read more about that here.

So we would ask you to join us in a moment of appreciation and applause for a job well done. The comments section is open!