I thought I might share with you folks a rather noteworthy paradigm shift I had today.
You see, I've never cared much for the "Moderator" title that appears under my screen name in my posts.
When Charles started up this forum I agreed to help ,along with Mark, as moderator, but it never occurred to me that I would be "labled" moderator. I guess I expected that I would be like a "lurking moderator", just kind of helping to keep and eye on things but not publicly recognized as such.
When one day I noticed the title next to my name I was a bit chagrined. I considered it somewhat of a dubious distinction. Possibly the feeling came from my aversion to authority and "the establishment". Or maybe it was because I didn't really do much; especially compared to what Mark did; he was a great moderator. I even tried to find a way in my personal profile to nix the moderator title.
After some time it got to a point where I actually called Charles and asked him if he could do away with the title for me. He said that he couldn't; that the software required that the title appear with the name of any member that had access to the moderator functions. He offered that if I didn't want to help he would let me off the hook. But I didn't want to abandon him, so I just continued to live with and be mildly self conscious of the "ugly blemish".
Now, thanks to the HUGE contribution of this community to humanity in general and specifically to the families of Kevin, Phillip, and Devlin, it has occured to me that I am openly proud to be called a "Moderator" of this community. It is an honor and a privilege to be associated with you all.
Thank you all for caring so much about your brethren.
