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 thuringwethil
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Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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Location: Deep in the heart of Texas, formerly from the Heart of Dixie
     
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:49 pm Post subject: |
 
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| Transformers is one of JERIC's favourites. He outranks ya |
Yeah, I know
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Hurr78
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Joined: Feb 12, 2004
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Location: Toronto
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Down with Transformer. |
Oh, for shame, Caray...   
What's so bad about the Transformers? |
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SlowMo
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Joined: Mar 20, 2002
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Location: Ghent, Belgium
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Now, it seems this announcement thread has become a very heated debate. (By now it has cooled a bit already it seems.) Still since my name is mentioned in the very first post I feel I can still add my say here. I can understand why there are problems, some of the objections or doubts about Thur are very reasonable, after all how long has she been around? Let's just say that seeing her name as mod came as a surprise to me, as opposed to Son's: he's been around forever, he's SST all the way, I don't get that impression about Thur.
Sensei (and perhaps others) made a valid point about giving people a chance, and while I agree, one has to admit that there were other,better or at least less controversial choices at hand for the job in the first place. By which I mean to say that it just hasn't happened before that a mod/admin was picked from the users that aren't first year SST users.
That said, for those wondering about me and my retirement:
I never really did any moderator duties, I held the title with pride, but I never had time for it. Whenever asked I always admitted that other people with more time for SST should be given the job.
Come to think of it I am extremely happy with my new ambassador role now, I feel I can help SST a lot more that way, and I don't have to feel so guilty for not being able to keep up with the tide.
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Caray
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Joined: Oct 17, 2002
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Location: France
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what are you supposed to do as an ambassador?
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SlowMo
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Location: Ghent, Belgium
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Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:38 am Post subject: |
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I don't think I have to do anything..
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thuringwethil
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Location: Deep in the heart of Texas, formerly from the Heart of Dixie
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Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| I don't think I have to do anything.. |
He gets to be pretty in gold 
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SlowMo
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Joined: Mar 20, 2002
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Location: Ghent, Belgium
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I'd enterpret an SST Ambassador to be an unofficial representative.
But remember, the bible says : "To do injury to an ambassador was to insult the king who sent him" (2 Sam. 10:5). I dunno, it's a cool quote in this context.
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Obi-son
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Joined: Sep 10, 2002
Member#: 211
Posts: 1897
Location: Winchester,Va, USA
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Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Slow oversees the waffles being made at the SST bar and grill making sure they are SST's best;)
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teachplus3
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Joined: Oct 31, 2004
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Location: Alabama
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Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Let's just say that seeing her name as mod came as a surprise to me, as opposed to Son's: he's been around forever, he's SST all the way, I don't get that impression about Thur.
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I am a newbie around here but I'm also a VIP and a supporter of this station (it's the only one I listen to,but that's b/c it's the best) and it is all because of Thur. She is the very one who talked about SST to me all the time and got me interested in coming and joining (she promotes SST well). She helped me with every step of the process including coming over and helping me download and setup a browser that didn't give me problems while I was listening to SST. I see her helping other newbies in chat helping them when they don't understand (or forget to read the FAQ's). She eats, sleeps and breaths SST and that is obvious in the forums, chat and reqeusts. To me that is being SST all the way. I understand the point that she hasn't been here that long but maybe she doesn't need to have been to do the job right. I think Jeric and the Admins must see something others don't if they are comfortable in giving her the position. Keep up the good work Thur.
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schroddie
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Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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Location: Baltimore,MD
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| I think Jeric and the Admins must see something others don't if they are comfortable in giving her the position. |
Or maybe they just pick a name randomly and proclaimed it moderator. Just kidding 
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