After 9 years, I am retiring from PF as Moderator

As the only mod to ever give me an infraction I have mixed feelings...

Seriously, no, I earned it and you have always been the epitome of professionalism. If your goal was to protect the concept of freedom of speech, I would humbly suggest you succeeded.

 

Well done madame well done. My respects.

 

No doubt the most respected Mod ever to grace our pages. The freedom of speech we all enjoy here has so much to do with this lovely person. Such a loss for us..

JP all the best, and we will try our utmost in keeping what's most sacred to us and what you instilled in all of us.

There is no compromise to Freedom of speech..

 

You did a great job. thanks man!

 

Thanks for the time you spent trying to make this forum a better, more open place.

Good luck with all your new projects.

 

It seems that recently, many excellent and outstanding moderators are resigning the Political Forum. Why is that? There's gotta be some basic, overall reason. Just curious.

The moderators seem to a great job, while allowing for freedom of expression and keeping it dignified at the same time. The forum is very popular and has a lot of traffic.

Having been a volunteer for some local political fund raising activities, I know that some politicians (or at least their staff members) anonymously peruse this forum to see what people are saying.

 

I think JP5 is the best.

 

Me too.

 

At the least, one of the bests.

 

Ahhhh! So, it's YOU that I have to thank for making this a real haven for political expression. I've posted at several boards in my time and this one is, clearly, by leaps and bounds, the best moderated board I've ever seen.

And even though I know it isn't easy to be fair and tolerant but also reponsible and sensible and human when moderating, to my eye it just seemed like a smoothly run board, but one where those qualities were intended and achieved by the mods & admin. They (you all) stayed active but kept your own personalities and egos largely in check and invisible or transparent in my assessment.

Like the solar system I thought the sense of this place, the way it feels, just came about through natural forces.

But now I know differently.

And now I know it's you I have to thank for making PF this way.

Thank you. Very much.

PK

05/21/13

 

Best wishes, JP5. The moderation here is about as good as it gets. Sorry you are leaving.

 

Good luck to you JP5. Working out of sight behind the scenes for the common good of an environment is something many leaders could take note of. Thanks for your work.

 

That is a lot of volunteer time, I respect your passion and admire your devotion to politics.

I learned a lot from your posts about the ways of the world, and hope you do well in your future endeavors.