Definition? WAS Let's table this discussion

[Amanda]

Melissa:

> I'm all for tabling the discussion, and I'm not trying to stir 
anything up,
> but I'd like to know what MEG is.  Moderators...?  I tried 
searching on
> Yahoo and came across several mentions of the acronym but no 
expanded
> version.  Abbrevs.txt at the main HPFGU site doesn't list it either.
> 
> Melissa, hoping this question isn't quite as stupid as it seems

Not at all stupid. This is an admin usage that has come to seem so 
common to us that we forget it's not universal. It stands for 
Moderators, Elves, Geists, and it dates from back when there was a 
Moderator team of about 6-8 people who were the decision-making body 
for the lists.

Since about last April (I think? My time sense is less than reliable 
if it was more than a week or so), the Moderator team dissolved and 
decisions are made by the Elves and the Geists. No Ms remain. But we 
*really* didn't want to be EGs and in any case, the usage was 
established.

"MEG" is currently shorthand for both the admin team, and the list 
where admin issues are discussed.

~Amanda