ADMIN: Our Response to Yahoo's New Moderator Limit

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 84046

Greetings from Hexquarters!

May we have your attention for a moment, please?

We, the Admin Team, would like to explain to you a minor change in our way
of working.  This has been imposed on us by an alteration in the service
provided to us by Yahoo.

Yahoo has recently imposed a limit of 15 moderators/owners for groups with
no forewarning.  This has forced us to make a few changes in how we do
things.

Moderator privileges are essential to certain tasks that the team undertake,
notably approving pending messages submitted by moderated members of the
group and changing the status of moderated members to unmoderated.  Because 
of
this new limit and because of the moderator privileges needed for these
jobs, we've had to change our system slightly.

Before this new limitation on the number of 'moderators', you would be able
to go to the group online, click on Members, then Moderators, and see all
members of the Admin Team listed there.  Now, however, the only people
listed there are those who perform the tasks of handling pending messages and
de-modding list members, and this list will change from time to time, as
various members of the team take on different tasks.

This does not mean we now have fewer members on the Admin Team.  The full
team is listed in the posting guidelines (the Humongous BigFile, link on home 
page, http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/admin ). Any future changes to the team will be 
reflected there and you will be notified of these on list by means of an 
ADMIN from the team.

This will not affect the functioning of the HPfGU groups in any way.
Please, if you have any questions for us, about this or anything else,
contact us at HPforGrownups-owner@ yahoogroups.com.

--The HPfGU List Administration Team, listed here for completeness:

Abigail (Bookish Elf), Ali (Merry Elf), Amanda (Amandageist), David (Davey
Elf), Debbie (Debby Elf), Dicentra Spectabilis (Dicey Elf), Eloise Herisson
(Weezy Elf), Grey Wolf (Fluffy Elf), Jen F (Jenny Elf), Jim (ex-Jimmy Elf),
Jo Serenadust (Dusty Elf), Joy (ex-Joysie Elf and Help Desk Diva), Judy 
(Judey
Elf), Kelley (Kelley Elf, ex-Mod), Kimberly (ex-Moony Elf), Kirstini (Teeny 
Elf),
Maria Alena (Manya Elf), Marina (Filky Elf), Melody (Aphrael Elf), Michelle
(Shelly Elf), Mike (Aberforth's Goat, ex-Mod) Paul (technoGeist), Petra Pan 
(Penapart Elf), Phyllis (Poppy Elf), Pip (Pippy Elf), Pippin (Peppy Elf), 
Saitaina (Saity Elf), Sheryll (Rylly Elf, The Birthday Elf), Steve (Keeper of the 
Lexicon), Tabouli (Tooly Elf), Wendy (Hebby Elf).




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