Well, I wonder if a person who has been a member since day one (12/13/04 - first post date, and that of ronran and banosser) and has only managed to achieve the high rank of Treasurer should even post an opinion on the matter.

Please note that, per Cliff, Opty has contributed more to the success of PTSC than ANY other shareholder (at least during his tenure).

And please note that Opty was previously a Hub Leader, but was banned due to a post which appeared redundantly some 10 times - obviously due to a computer gliche/keyboard problem/issues with Agora software - and which contained content which one other HL perceived to be offensive, to him and only him, and whined to AgoraAdmin about it. Obvious because if I recall correctly, the redundant posts did not begin with "RE:", which means that Opty would have to have taken the time and effort to create a NEW message, type in the subject and paste the content ten times - only to say the same thing. Even if he had taken the easier route and done Replies to his first post, he would have had to paste the content over and over. Not even a crazy person would do that, because if he were THAT crazy, the reduntant post would have appeared 100 times over, not just some 10! LOL

And please note that with this recent suggestion, AgoraAdmin advises that they will do a "review", yet when the last two new HLs were appointed, there was no apparent review, they just did it AFTER advising the requesting parties to process the request in the proper way (which they did not do originally, but quickly accomplished).

And please note that in the mere days prior to the improper request for those two new HLs, a similar request (for different appointees) was properly submitted to AgoraAdmin with the endorsement of THREE existing HLs, and we didn't get so much as a reply.

Based on that experience, ultimately, I suspect the decision will be driven by what ease posted a couple of days ago, and not so much about the true merits of the suggestion.

But this discussion does, again, prompt the question: why are there folks identified as HLs when they clearly do not participate on this forum any longer and/or have never taken an action which HLs are intended to perform (or blatantly state that she does not intend to act on bash posts, or state that he will only act as HL when a post has a direct perceived impact on him - everyone else is on their own)?

emtnester - last post: 23 Jan 2007

militarybook - last post: 12 June 2012

patriotism - last post: "page not found" for Post History

I'm in no way suggesting that these three folks are "bad" or anything of the kind (I miss them!), only that they do not actively participate, suggesting that they do not read this forum and therefore are not likely to perform.

FWIW.

SGE