[Cleverley]

thats very kind of you nessica, but id prefer to be a mentor.

i think its possible to have this work...but i agree with nelvannya (who is doing a great job as mod btw) we need guidelines for specific roles. this means no one really out ranks eachother but were just suited to different tasks.

so mods dont mentor as its not their role, admins dont mod (unless no one else available) and mentors do not act like they have the power to ban or mod.

personally i think we could all try to recruit, but admins should take this on as a priority...facebook, myspace, bebo, google, yahoo etc.

maybe we should incorporate a seperate space on the site for mentors. like an "i need a mentor" page where they can ask for help but dont specify what the issue is...then a mentor makes contact and go from there...there is also the issue of sharing info between mentors...i dont think this should happen unless the mentor and the padawan agree to get the opinion of someone else.

as for moderation, i have no idea and im out of my depths.

if we could get 3 admins, 4 mods and 4 mentors that would be brilliant, we have around 160 members and roughly 20 seperate users a day...so having half of us with a position might seem like overkill to begin with, but it will start to even out relatively well.

as for people leaving, we (including myself) need a mature approach...sure we all have issues which is why were here but if we accept this role we have to accept that if we decide to leave and dont explain ourselves and give an honest idea of when we will return, we deserve to lose our position...we would expect the same of any other job. so as i left recently i could say "guys had a really shit thing happen to me, i need a week. can you cover?" instead of "i hate everything bye!"

ok cool.

btw mark please dont think im stepping on your toes and if i am then its unintentional mate, im sure as hell not going to take any credit from this if we decide to do it and if it does work...this is your site!