State of the Forum: Moderation Update
Jan 25, 2015 20:17:10 GMT -5
Post by wordsy on Jan 25, 2015 20:17:10 GMT -5
GBCB State of the Forum
As of this writing, we have just passed 6,000 members on GBCB. We are so happy to have all of you here and to be creating our own community.
This process is long and tedious at times. Our wish list is long and detailed, and we are working behind the scenes on top priority items every chance we get. We will hit a major goal this week by getting all of the moderators in place and the moderation process streamlined. Part of checking this item off the list is making those details available to all of you so you can be comfortable with the structure of the forums.
Administrators
We have one Forum Owner, NariaDreaming (tag @ admin). She manages the big picture plans, sets priorities, and communicates with ProBoards as our rep. The two other Administrators are: wordsy, me, who focuses on organization, informational writing, and some IT needs, and theophania who focuses on IT and back-end technical issues, the master list of requests and issues, and some informational needs. We all help where we are needed at the moment, so you may see us jump in to help.
We are usually in contact with one another before we make any major post or choice, and we will try our best to maintain those conversations moving forward.
And yes, we have the power to change the “like” language on the site. We decided recently to change this language often as a perk of the Admin duties. This perk was born out of an issue: we had negative feedback about every option in place so far. We decided that it is impossible to please everyone, so we will entertain ourselves. The heart icon will stay, and we will always keep it SFW by editing any profane words. Hopefully, the changes will become a fun quirk of our community.
Full disclosure details: All Admins can see email addresses on your accounts, and we have no plan to use those for any reason. Only the Forum Owner, NariaDreaming, can see IP addresses and institute IP bans. PLEASE Set your e-mail address privacy to Staff Only (Admins).
Global Moderators
We have 18 current Global Moderators, or Gmods. These moderators have the ability to preform moderation tasks on any board in the forum. However, to keep the workload light and the focus on less moderation, the Gmods have specific categories and boards that they oversee.
The forum has over 50 boards that chose to have a Gmod preform the needed moderation on that board. We feel that the current roster of 18 Gmods is a good ratio to work with moving forward for coverage.
Gmods will also be consulted on issues that impact multiple boards for input, cover any needed breaks for board moderators who need coverage, and moderate individual boards they were elected to moderate.
Very soon, I will be updating this post with a list of the specific boards that specific Gmods will cover (sometime this week the information should be complete and names will be added at the bottom of this post). We will also add the boards they cover to their mini-profile below their avatar for quick reference. Until then, please see the list of the Global Mods below.
The Gmods were all volunteers who stepped up to help when this forum started growing rapidly. For now, this list is complete. If any member has reservations or concerns about anyone on the list, please reach out to NariaDreaming to discuss the concerns.
When additional or replacement Gmods are needed, our intention is to ask for volunteers from the current board Moderators since those posters will have experience with the moderation tools and have been elected previously by their communities. We would post a forum-wide poll if more than one moderator volunteered and allow the entire community to vote.
Board Moderators
These moderators only have permissions to moderate boards that elected them. They will handle all moderation needs for their board, consult with the larger group about moderation choices, and communicate requests and ideas from their board with the Admins and Gmods.
Like the Gmods, we will work this week to label each moderator’s mini-profile with the board(s) they moderate.
There are43 44 members with Board moderator permissions (see below). Some of these moderators cover multiple boards or sub-boards. A few boards are moderated by Gmods who were elected as members of the individual board community.
Added SarahL77 for January 2015 BMB
General Moderation Information
• New BMBs will be given Gmod coverage until the board becomes established enough to hold their own election, if they choose to do so.
• Any board that wishes to elect a specific moderator and transfer from Gmod coverage can do so by polling the members. If the board agrees, we will post nominations and voting to install a board moderator.
• We hope that this information helps to keep our posters comfortable with the organization of the forum. As moderation changes, this post will be updated. Any significant changes will be announced individually as well to be sure everyone sees it.
• Also, this announcement will come down in about one week and a link will be added to the TOU and other information post.
BOARDS WITH SPECIFIC MODERATORS
Trying to Conceive
GKU - joy and bunnyfungo
TTC>35 - URmySunshine77
IF and Adoption
3T and IF- BunnyBerry and lemonliz
Pregnant after IF- IFinTN
Parenting after IF- TJ1979
3rd Party Reproduction- jimbobcooter
The Care and Keeping
Premies- theycallmekveld
-MicroPremies also
Twins, Trips, and More- SassyPants150
Special Needs- MrsButtinski
Parenting
Parenting- mack and LakerMama66
Larry- taggiecb
Single Parents- becwheat
SAHMs- gwapes
WMs- callmeKD
OAD- LadySansa
Families
Blended Families- kcones88
Secular Families- MissMusic
Intl Families- estrellas.
Baby-Related
Formula Feeding- snuff9861
Breastfeeding- jfresh and nunzchunks
Not Just Cloth Diapers- TJ1979 and nanaosaki06
Name that Kid- washingtonqueen
Loss
Pregnancy Loss- LED
Conceiving After a Loss - petra and therealbug
6+ - Petra and therealbug
Carrying a Rainbow - Petra
Parenting after Loss - PrincessGiselle
Special Interest
Healthy Living- menrandes
2012 BMBs
March 12- nunzchucks
July 12- jfresh and MissMusic
Oct 12- MrsWeasley
2013 BMBs
Feb 13- DC2London
May 13- beaubecca
June 130 theycallmeKD
Nov 13- cherhorowitz
2014 BMBs
Apr 14- mamathomas
May 14- kitchen and becole
June 14- Brighteyes and nunzchucks
Oct 14- darwinfish and pnwlover12
Dec 14 - chase
2015 BMBs
Feb 15- sugahacookie01, the dish
March 15- mauibliss
May 15- honeylemon, irishvodkagrl
June 15- jimbocooter, budders
Jul 15-kristhegir, queenofcats
Aug 15- bibliothecary, abvintage
Sept 15- Fearsy, Sterling
Oct 15 - queenbabee, anarossi01
Misc Boards
Cincy- sstwinklinglites
GLOBALLY MODERATED BOARDS
*to be updated this week with specific Gmod coverage information
Chit Chat
Greetings and Salutations
The Game Lounge
New Board Suggestions
Errors and Requests
Trying to Conceive
BOTB
IF and Adoption
TTTC a Sibling
Secondary IF
Adoption and Foster Care
Living Childless
Pregnancy
1st
2nd
3rd
C-sections
VBAC
Risky PG
The Care and Keeping of Children
Babies 0-3 Months
Babies 3-6 Months
Babies 6-9 Months
Babies 9-12 Months
2 under 2
Toddlers
Preschool
School Age
Parenting
Pregnant & Parenting > 35
Dads and Dads-to-be
Families
Interracial/ Interfaith Families
LGBT (until they settle in)
Religious Families
Military Families
Baby-Related Boards
Natural birth
Baby Gear
Baby Showers
Exclusive Pumping
Attachment Parenting
Loss
Late Term & Child Losses
Special Interests
Photography
Book Club
Food and Cooking
Mental Wellness
Current Events
Craft Corner
Pets
2012 BMBs
May 12
Sept 12
2013 BMBs
Jan 13
Aug 13
Sept 13
Oct 13
2014 BMBs
Feb 14,
March 14
July 14
Aug 14
Sept 14
Nov 14
2015 BMBs
Jan 15 wants more time
April 15
Misc Groups
DC/Maryland/VA
Texas
Carolinas
As of this writing, we have just passed 6,000 members on GBCB. We are so happy to have all of you here and to be creating our own community.
This process is long and tedious at times. Our wish list is long and detailed, and we are working behind the scenes on top priority items every chance we get. We will hit a major goal this week by getting all of the moderators in place and the moderation process streamlined. Part of checking this item off the list is making those details available to all of you so you can be comfortable with the structure of the forums.
Administrators
We have one Forum Owner, NariaDreaming (tag @ admin). She manages the big picture plans, sets priorities, and communicates with ProBoards as our rep. The two other Administrators are: wordsy, me, who focuses on organization, informational writing, and some IT needs, and theophania who focuses on IT and back-end technical issues, the master list of requests and issues, and some informational needs. We all help where we are needed at the moment, so you may see us jump in to help.
We are usually in contact with one another before we make any major post or choice, and we will try our best to maintain those conversations moving forward.
And yes, we have the power to change the “like” language on the site. We decided recently to change this language often as a perk of the Admin duties. This perk was born out of an issue: we had negative feedback about every option in place so far. We decided that it is impossible to please everyone, so we will entertain ourselves. The heart icon will stay, and we will always keep it SFW by editing any profane words. Hopefully, the changes will become a fun quirk of our community.
Full disclosure details: All Admins can see email addresses on your accounts, and we have no plan to use those for any reason. Only the Forum Owner, NariaDreaming, can see IP addresses and institute IP bans. PLEASE Set your e-mail address privacy to Staff Only (Admins).
Global Moderators
We have 18 current Global Moderators, or Gmods. These moderators have the ability to preform moderation tasks on any board in the forum. However, to keep the workload light and the focus on less moderation, the Gmods have specific categories and boards that they oversee.
The forum has over 50 boards that chose to have a Gmod preform the needed moderation on that board. We feel that the current roster of 18 Gmods is a good ratio to work with moving forward for coverage.
Gmods will also be consulted on issues that impact multiple boards for input, cover any needed breaks for board moderators who need coverage, and moderate individual boards they were elected to moderate.
Very soon, I will be updating this post with a list of the specific boards that specific Gmods will cover (sometime this week the information should be complete and names will be added at the bottom of this post). We will also add the boards they cover to their mini-profile below their avatar for quick reference. Until then, please see the list of the Global Mods below.
The Gmods were all volunteers who stepped up to help when this forum started growing rapidly. For now, this list is complete. If any member has reservations or concerns about anyone on the list, please reach out to NariaDreaming to discuss the concerns.
When additional or replacement Gmods are needed, our intention is to ask for volunteers from the current board Moderators since those posters will have experience with the moderation tools and have been elected previously by their communities. We would post a forum-wide poll if more than one moderator volunteered and allow the entire community to vote.
Board Moderators
These moderators only have permissions to moderate boards that elected them. They will handle all moderation needs for their board, consult with the larger group about moderation choices, and communicate requests and ideas from their board with the Admins and Gmods.
Like the Gmods, we will work this week to label each moderator’s mini-profile with the board(s) they moderate.
There are
Added SarahL77 for January 2015 BMB
General Moderation Information
• New BMBs will be given Gmod coverage until the board becomes established enough to hold their own election, if they choose to do so.
• Any board that wishes to elect a specific moderator and transfer from Gmod coverage can do so by polling the members. If the board agrees, we will post nominations and voting to install a board moderator.
• We hope that this information helps to keep our posters comfortable with the organization of the forum. As moderation changes, this post will be updated. Any significant changes will be announced individually as well to be sure everyone sees it.
• Also, this announcement will come down in about one week and a link will be added to the TOU and other information post.
BOARDS WITH SPECIFIC MODERATORS
Trying to Conceive
GKU - joy and bunnyfungo
TTC>35 - URmySunshine77
IF and Adoption
3T and IF- BunnyBerry and lemonliz
Pregnant after IF- IFinTN
Parenting after IF- TJ1979
3rd Party Reproduction- jimbobcooter
The Care and Keeping
Premies- theycallmekveld
-MicroPremies also
Twins, Trips, and More- SassyPants150
Special Needs- MrsButtinski
Parenting
Parenting- mack and LakerMama66
Larry- taggiecb
Single Parents- becwheat
SAHMs- gwapes
WMs- callmeKD
OAD- LadySansa
Families
Blended Families- kcones88
Secular Families- MissMusic
Intl Families- estrellas.
Baby-Related
Formula Feeding- snuff9861
Breastfeeding- jfresh and nunzchunks
Not Just Cloth Diapers- TJ1979 and nanaosaki06
Name that Kid- washingtonqueen
Loss
Pregnancy Loss- LED
Conceiving After a Loss - petra and therealbug
6+ - Petra and therealbug
Carrying a Rainbow - Petra
Parenting after Loss - PrincessGiselle
Special Interest
Healthy Living- menrandes
2012 BMBs
March 12- nunzchucks
July 12- jfresh and MissMusic
Oct 12- MrsWeasley
2013 BMBs
Feb 13- DC2London
May 13- beaubecca
June 130 theycallmeKD
Nov 13- cherhorowitz
2014 BMBs
Apr 14- mamathomas
May 14- kitchen and becole
June 14- Brighteyes and nunzchucks
Oct 14- darwinfish and pnwlover12
Dec 14 - chase
2015 BMBs
Feb 15- sugahacookie01, the dish
March 15- mauibliss
May 15- honeylemon, irishvodkagrl
June 15- jimbocooter, budders
Jul 15-kristhegir, queenofcats
Aug 15- bibliothecary, abvintage
Sept 15- Fearsy, Sterling
Oct 15 - queenbabee, anarossi01
Misc Boards
Cincy- sstwinklinglites
GLOBALLY MODERATED BOARDS
*to be updated this week with specific Gmod coverage information
Chit Chat
Greetings and Salutations
The Game Lounge
New Board Suggestions
Errors and Requests
Trying to Conceive
BOTB
IF and Adoption
TTTC a Sibling
Secondary IF
Adoption and Foster Care
Living Childless
Pregnancy
1st
2nd
3rd
C-sections
VBAC
Risky PG
The Care and Keeping of Children
Babies 0-3 Months
Babies 3-6 Months
Babies 6-9 Months
Babies 9-12 Months
2 under 2
Toddlers
Preschool
School Age
Parenting
Pregnant & Parenting > 35
Dads and Dads-to-be
Families
Interracial/ Interfaith Families
LGBT (until they settle in)
Religious Families
Military Families
Baby-Related Boards
Natural birth
Baby Gear
Baby Showers
Exclusive Pumping
Attachment Parenting
Loss
Late Term & Child Losses
Special Interests
Photography
Book Club
Food and Cooking
Mental Wellness
Current Events
Craft Corner
Pets
2012 BMBs
May 12
Sept 12
2013 BMBs
Jan 13
Aug 13
Sept 13
Oct 13
2014 BMBs
Feb 14,
March 14
July 14
Aug 14
Sept 14
Nov 14
2015 BMBs
Jan 15 wants more time
April 15
Misc Groups
DC/Maryland/VA
Texas
Carolinas