Firstly - Ro, it is *because* you don't think that you would make a good admin, that you would make one. Silly girl
Secondly - I don't think it's a good idea to give everyone admin status, cause then
( a ) no one would have to consult anyone when they wanted to make changes
( b ) no one would have any controls over them, and they would have unlimited power, so if someone got angry we could have *b77 a la Shadowjack*
( c ) the whole point of having voted on admin was that it would give everyone the feeling that they were making the decisions on this board, all the while keeping safety controls in place
I mean, this board is going to last a long time, and, from what we talked about in the beginning, no admin is supposed to have two stints in a row, so everyone who wants to *is* going to have a chance to be admin - perhaps not right away, no, but it will happen.
I guess I just don't think that it's a good idea suddenly changing part of what this board was all about. I mean, the voting on admin thing was in discussion while we were still in email stage.
Why dump a perfectly good idea.
What we *could* do is have positions of "active admin" and "inactive admin".
Active admin would be voted on and do the day to day running of the boards and whatnot.
Inactive admin would ask to be made admin, and would do no running of the boards - they would be purely research and experiment admin. What they figure out could be of great benefit to the boards, however, they don't do anything in the active user forums.
Do I make any sense? It's early morning, and I haven't had any coffee yet
Edit: Sorry, why is it an emergency?