On the front end, Brogan was the strength but business evolves and we have a good base that the present moderators can continue to build on. Beyond wishing Paul/Brogan the best, we should really try to move on and do what we can as a team to assist the new moderators so that we can continue this great tradition of support that this forum is known for. That is my 2 cent s worth.
Yes I think this is a positive agenda.
However I never like calls to "move on."
If people are ready to move on they will so no need to urge it. If people are not ready to move on then pushing them to amounts to some sort of censorship, or leaving issues unresolved.
In this case I think there is still a window of opportunity to invite Paul Brogan back. He may not accept the invitation. But it needs to be made - and be seen to be made.
It also needs to be made several times because a hardworking volunteer who has been demotivated is entitled to a recovery period.
At a rough estimate I'd say the window to resolve this in term's of Brogan's return, will remain until the end of July. Any longer and the new moderators will have built up too much by way of their own ways of working to absorb a renewal from Brogan.
In addition there needs to be some sort of clear assurance that whatever the problem was here is not going to recur.
I wouldn't want to put in a lot of time and energy being a mod if I felt that hen I got overloaded due to forum success, I wasn't going to get the help I requested.
This is a big learning point and development point for the XF community. Can it improve its moderation so good mods don't get swamped? Have changes been made to how the team gets and acts on moderator requests?
This is not a point at which to simply ventilate a bit and then float onwards as though all is well. That's a politician's game, or big commerce game. That's not what we are used to here. XF is better than that.
