Say hello to our new group of DU moderators!

[Skinner]

We had a HUGE response to our call for moderators (THANK YOU!), and it was extremely difficult to narrow the field down to 20 people. We had to turn down dozens and dozens of very qualified people. We hope that everyone who applied to serve as a moderator this turn will consider applying again in two months.

We were able to bring in 10 new people who have never moderated before. These folks are going to need a few days to learn the ropes, so cut them a little slack and please try not to make their lives too difficult. ;-)

Please take a moment to say hello to our new moderators, and to express your gratitude to our retiring moderators.

HERE ARE YOUR MODERATORS FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS:
(New moderators have an asterisk after their names.)

AnnabelLee*
dirk*
DoveTurnedHawk
dwickham
GabysPoppy*
jarab*
JulieRB*
kaitykaity*
kcr
lazarus*
Lithos
matt819*
newyawker99
otohara*
pmbryant
proud patriot
Rick Myers*
umcwb*
undergroundrailroad
VolcanoJen

And I would like to express my gratitude to the retiring moderators. They did a tremendous job during what was perhaps the most difficult two months we've ever had on DU.

SAY THANK YOU TO THE RETIRING MODS:

AlienGirl
cally
cluedin
curse10
DemEx_pat
GainesT1958
God_bush_n_cheney
haele
HawkeyeX
Heddi
ixion
jmm
LynneSin
MGKrebs
socialdemocrat1981
TSIAS
ZenLefty

NEW MODERATORS: Please log into the private Moderator Forum and introduce yourselves. The moderator forum is at the bottom of the forum lobby. You may have to log out an login again to reset your account and access the forum.

RETIRING MODERATORS: Please log out and login again to reset your account to regular member status.

Thank you, moderators! We wouldn't be able to run this place without your help!

Skinner
DU Admin

[Melinda]

1. Yeah!! Welcome new mods & thanks to the old ones!!

Y'all rock -- thanks for your service!! :toast:

[Um_Yeah]

33. hi new mods

and welcome

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[InkAddict]

3. Out with the past great mods, and In With the great Future mods

Thanks one and all for your patience and enthusiasm

[Dudley_DUright]

4. Yeah mods

New and old alike. :toast:

[NNN0LHI]

5. I will miss the retiring mods a lot. You were really all great

Rock on to the new ones. Please be gentle with me and my dupe posts. Thank you all very much for doing a job I am not capable of doing. Wish I could do it. But I know my own limitations and I just don't have what it takes.

Don

[Jim Sagle]

6. Hi, new mods. Thanks, old mods.

:toast:

[northofdenali]

7. WE LOVE YOU, MODS!!!!

Thanks so very much to those who are "retiring", and a big howdy, thanks for serving to our new folks!!!

You do so much for us - :loveya::loveya::loveya:

[redeye]

8. Hi mods!

Welcome to the new ones, thanks to the retiring ones, and keep on trackin' to the continuing ones :beer: :toast:.

[indigo32]

9. Hello Mods

thanks for all you do :)

[Friar]

10. Hi Mods!

:toast:

[blueseas]

11. Thanks for signing up new mods

To my retiring co - workers, it was a pleasure to work with everyone.


New Mods, you are going to learn and experience so much, enjoy!

[kentuck]

12. Congratulations to all the new Mods...especially my bro' !

But I can't tell you who that is.... :evilgrin:

[oasis]

13. Thanks for undertaking this important assignment. Thanks to all

:thumbsup:

[SyracuseDemocrat]

14. congrats new mods!

:)

[gottaB]

15. Hello and Thank You

:toast:

[AlinPA]

16. Thank you all very much. This is the only site that I use.

You have made me feel welcome and have kept things running smoothly.

[Lost4words]

17. Old and New thanks for the work you do, Long Live DU!

:toast:

[buddhamama]

18. Hello and Welcome, new Mods

Thanks to the retiring Mods. :toast:

[soup]

19. Thank you all

:hi:

Retiring mods- What a ride it's been. Thank you for seeing us through the last couple of months and the switch to the new forums.

New mods- Thank you for volunteering. Congratulations and Welcome!

[LiberalLibra]

20. Retiring Mods-you did a wonderful job!!! New Mods-WELCOME!!....

Retiring Mods - :beer: :beer:

New Mods - :hi: :hi:

[Maeve]

21. Congrats and Good luck, newbies!

The first couple of days are the hardest--then you'll settle in! Thank you for taking on the task of herding the DU cats.

[suzyq1k]

29. underground

so sad ya'll have to hide underground I couldn't believe it when I heard there was a website for "underground" democrats
Thank you America I can be above ground and a republican

[HFishbine]

22. Congrats!

Congratulations new mods. Thanks to retirees.

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. Hello and thank you

:hi:

[Iverson]

24. Hi! Thanks!

Welcome and thank you to the new ones.
A simple thank you to those retiring.

[MODemocrat]

25. Hello new Mods & thank you outgoing Mods

I really admire and respect all of you. This is a large job, and you do so well. Good luck in your endeavors.

[juajen]

26. Welcome, welcome, welcome

Hello to new, goodbye to retirees.

I am always amazed at how smoothly everything seems to go. Historically, the smoother things go, the smarter the people behind the scenes. Ya'll all do a fantastic job keeping us in line. Many thank yous to all of you. See you in the forums.

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[Heddi]

31. Yay! Congratulations!

MOdding is so fun...i'm going through modding-withdrawl now :)

Good luck to all the moderators! You guys ROCK ASSSSSSSS!

[rbnyc]

32. Welcome and thanks!

Thanks retiring mods, and welcome and thanks to the new mods. You make this place work!

:toast:

[VOX]

34. Thanks to the outgoing mods -- and hello, new mods!!!

You are all tip-top people -- and you make it all happen!

Wishing you all the best -- :toast:

[Ani Yun Wiya]

35. To the new moderataors

Hi!
I'm new too.

[LWolf]

36. Hi moderators!

:hi:

I see you've already had to work on your new "welcome" thread.

:(

I appreciate you. I'll try to make your job easy, and moderate my posts before clicking the "post message" button. And thanks to the past moderators, as well!