My friends: for years I have slaved along with you on 930.com, through good times and bad. It seems lately, the state of our fair messageboard has reached catastrophic lows, and remains under attack by enemies foreign and abroad. Spammers rain down hyperlinked blocks of text weekly that go unremoved for days at a time. Hijackers turn every thread into conversations about child rearing instead of starting their own topics. It seems obvious -- despite the valiant efforts of our current, hardworking moderators -- that the fact that our moderator ranks are somewhat depleted have led to this sorry state.
If there's any quality people attach with myself, its my willingness to self-sacrifice for the common good. I have long stood as a community organizer in our midst, listening for the best ideas people have and trying to stand as a beacon of quality posting. Recently, I have heard the cries for help from this community and realize that there is a greater way I can serve. It is therefore with the sincerest of motives, I call for a moderator election and offer my name in nomination. Julian, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER: reporting for duty!
Now, the time and effort required to oversee a Moderator campaign -- and possibly serve in that role if you, my fellow boardies, see fit -- will require me to shuffle around other messageboard responsibilities. I feel it essential that I continue in my work as a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, creating content, serving as a guide for newer boardies, and being a sounding board for all the concerns of my all of my friends here. I have two plans to deal with this time crunch that I feel required to announce at this time. First, I will be bringing in an outside campaign staff to run the day to day operations of my campaign and oversee our synergy and advertising department. Second, I am going to have to discontinue Julian's America until such time as the elections (and my possible moderator term) is over. I simply feel the messageboard has bigger issues than I can solve through my aspirational editorializing. I feel this is the highest form of service I can offer to this community. As such, I want to make clear, I will not, if elected, accept any salary for my tenure as moderator.
Friends, as great as our community is, it can be even better! No one will fight harder to make our community better, bring moderator experience to the table from day one, and help us get post counts up better than myself. My chief of staff will be here shortly and looks forward to informing you all of the details of my platform, where you can get Julian for Moderator swag, and keep you all abreast of my campaign stops. And, as always, my Private Message Mailbox is always open.
I'll see you all at the polls in November!
