As a frequent lurker who has come to depend on Auditees as his modern  
version of 70's am radio, I'd just like to say I'm on the Sarah Google  
bandwagon like a rat on a Cheeto. Go for it.

I also have to say when I'm annoyed with certain threads, I simply  
skip 'em and when I'm amused with certain threads, I chuckle right on  
through them. That said, a new start isn't a bad thing, and like  
Splitsville Rob, I'm not too keen on the whole banning and censorship  
thing. "Crazy Uncle Bob" frequently amuses me. Mike Bennett engaged  
him pretty well, dontcha think? And Drew's post about "crashing the  
family car" almost made up for the whole dirty bomb thing in my book.  
It isn't like none of us have ever experienced a rant or seen someone  
take oneself a bit too seriously before...

That said some basic ground rules on decorum and some nudging by  
moderators to take things off list once in a while need not be a  
particularly oppressive form of cat herding. I think we can find a  
sweet spot here and the shake up might be what some of us lurkers need  
to chime in on the music finds a bit more often.

Bob in Olympia, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Smith" <sam@estreet.com>

> I've heard a number of options put forth (including my own) and  
> think they
> all have merit. But the two that seem most viable to me are:
>
>   * Sarah sets up a Google group
>   * The existing SOTT
>
> My recommendation is that we go with the Sarah Google option and  
> have a
> board of moderators. I volunteer to be one of them and imagine there  
> are a
> number of other qualified folks here. The board would serve a  
> collective
> list-nannying function, although I doubt the need for heavy-handed  
> action
> would crop up very often. Yeah, arguments break out, but they usually
> settle themselves through the good sense of the community. The main  
> reason
> for a board is to make sure that you don't have one person getting
> overrun.