"Vaughn Simon" wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
I may actually try creating a Google Groups piloting group as a
final experiment.

No offense (honest), but why would I want you as my moderator?

That is a question I would ask of anyone else if they created a
moderated group. So no offense taken at all. I believe the intro I
posted here provides an (admittedly slanted) background of myself:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec_a...a3b88c8a?hl=en

I don't even
know you, and your unsolicited offer to appoint yourself does nothing
to give me confidence.

I concur with your reasoning - I think anyone willing to nominate
themselves as a discussion group moderator is suspect. But on the matter
of consistent application of such reasoning: do you (or did many of the
members of this group who migrated) apply that same reasoning with
regard to the people who set up and run the AOPA forums or Pilots of
America? (Not sure if you are a member of either group.) Likewise, did
you use the same confidence check in determining whether you should use
AT&T as your Usenet provider (they must have some Terms of Service you
must abide by even on Usenet postings)?

Consider this: anyone can create a group - that is what would presumably
keep me (or anyone else) "honest" and fair. Competition always lurks. It
is not like you or anyone is forever doomed by joining. It costs nothing
(except time) to check out a new group. Heavy handed moderation would be
counterproductive to the whole point of the endeavor.

Lastly, I would be very happy to see someone else deal with such
moderation. Got any names you'd suggest as possibilties that we could
draft? I already have identified one person that I'd like to see as a
moderator of an aviation group:

Vaughn Simon

(Yes, I'm serious.)