MasterP said:
Furthermore, given that exec use of the forums is at an alltime low, who do you have in mind to be the moderators? I’m sure you guys want students to do it but who in exec is truely active here, or can devote themselves to logging in 5+ times per day and reading every post in every thread? That’s what it takes to moderate this board. The first thought that comes to mind would be the PC VP but since he hasn’t logged in for over a month I’m not sure he’d even be qualified to pick moderators at this point. Not intending to offend or flame, it’s just the truth. You would need students who you know can do the job without bias or prejudice and those aren’t the dime a dozen they used to be. Also worth considering is what happens when the moderators don’t agree on something? You’d obviously have to have a “lead moderator”, which would also have to read every post in every thread, or a way to arbitrate disputes between them which means another mile of bureaucratic red tape. Is all that really worth it to fix a non-issue?
What about splitting the moderator duties for each section of the forums? Have someone in charge of keeping up with the pc section, someone else for the console, someone else for random, etc. You could break it down even more if you really wanted to micromanage.
As far as logging in 5+ times a day, who can we list here that does that? It’s around what 10-15 people maybe? I’d gladly be a moderator, although no one in the current administration knows me other than people in the random/political section. Also I’m not a member of the club, or university, but hell I’ve been around since 06 without issues (minus some ‘friendly’ arguments with MasterP 
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Refering to the OP, I wasn’t aware that flaming and spamming was a problem with forums, and I check them every day. The rules always seemed pretty clear to me, and like I said, I’ve checked these boards for a few years now.