Staff Changes & Promotions

[AlanB]

On the heals of Anthonys big announcement, Im going to shake things up a bit more as we promote a few of the remaining staff members and add a few more people to the staff. In addition to the new Admin account GBadmin, which Austin and his support staff will use, were promoting Tom (MrFSS) from Forum Manager to Administrator.

Bill (PRR 60) is going to step up to replace Tom as a Forum Manager and work with Eric. Finally Penny (PennyK) and Cliff ( Anderson ) are being promoted to Moderators.

Please join me in both congratulating them and thanking them for their service.

 

[the_traveler]

Congratulations to Tom, Bill, Penny and Cliff. I'm confident that these promotion will only make AU a better place on the Internet!

 

[Everydaymatters]

Congratulations to all.

 

[The Davy Crockett]

Congrats and Thanks to ALL!

...And I hope I don't try Penny's and Cliff's patience...

...too much! :giggle:

 

[Dovecote]

Best wishes to all involved in this recent development.

 

[Ryan]

Congrats to all promoted!

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Congratulations to MrFSS (Tom), PRR 60 (Bill), Penny, and Anderson (Cliff) on the promotions!

 

[SarahZ]

:hi:

 

[crescent2]

Thanks, congrats, and best wishes to all of you! A++!! :wub: this forum!

 

[ozbuc]

Congrats to one and all.

 

[Big Iron]

Bravo, Bravo, I look forward to your fine work. Congrats!!

 

[Shanghai]

Congratulations to Tom, Penny, Bill & Cliff. All excellent choices. I wish you well.

 

[TimePeace]

Best to all of you with new roles. I'm sure this will continue to be a fun and useful forum.

 

[oregon pioneer]

:hi:

Ditto!

Thanks, congrats, and best wishes to all of you! A++!! :wub: this forum!

I agree!

Bravo, Bravo, I look forward to your fine work. Congrats!!

You've said it all. I agree 100%. Look forward every day to seeing what this community has to say.

 

[GG-1]

ALOHA

Best to all Congrats on the promotions, And welcome to the new members!

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Congrats all. As Auntie Gail would say ... (did I just the ban hammer?) :giggle:

 

[trainman74]

Congratulations, everyone. I do a little moderating on another board, so I can tell the new folks...you've got your work cut out for you. Bwah-ha-ha!

Any chance of changing the new admin account capitalization to GBAdmin? As it is, it looks like it belongs to someone named G. Badmin.

 

[leemell]

Maybe he wants it that way. Maybe good for intimidating not so nice folks a little. :huh:

 

[MikefromCrete]

congrats to everyone!!!

 

[Acela150]

While change is always bound to happen. I'll be honest. I'm NOT a fan of making someone who joined the forum 5 days ago automatically an Admin. No matter if they own the site or not. How much does this new admin know about Amtrak? Sorry but I'll be the one hater. I can name a small handful of members that deserve admin status. Since I'm already stirring the pot, I'll prevent it from going even farther by leaving my suggestions out. I personally think the AU forum should be able to vote on admins and mods. Not just be giving away like candy to a baby.

No one has to agree with me. I'm stating as it says in my signature my Views and Opinions.

Sorry to be the jerk.

 

[PRR 60]

While change is always bound to happen. I'll be honest. I'm NOT a fan of making someone who joined the forum 5 days ago automatically an Admin. No matter if they own the site or not. How much does this new admin know about Amtrak? Sorry but I'll be the one hater. I can name a small handful of members that deserve admin status. Since I'm already stirring the pot, I'll prevent it from going even farther by leaving my suggestions out. I personally think the AU forum should be able to vote on admins and mods. Not just be giving away like candy to a baby.
No one has to agree with me. I'm stating as it says in my signature my Views and Opinions.

Sorry to be the jerk.

You opinion is welcome and appreciated, and you are in no way a "jerk" for expressing it.

GroupBuilder will be running the site from the technical standpoint. Server issues, software issues, and stuff like that will be handled by them. With the volume of traffic at AU, that is no small task. As such, they need to have Administrator rights. The editorial decisions about posts and content will continue to be handled by Alan and the familiar AU staff. The participation of GroupBuilder will not change that at all.

 

[Anthony]

Acela150, admin status is necessary for whomever is hosting the forum software in order to manage technical settings and server configuration.

 

[greatcats]

Thanks and best wishes. This forum has become a daily form of information and entertainment. I likely will be in Chicago to meet some of you. Cheers.

 

[Bob Dylan]

:hi: Congrats to Everyone and thanks for all the Hard Work all of you do to help make this the Best Forum on the Net! And now that we have an Attorney as a moderator we can get free Legal Advice! :giggle:

And what a Surprise to find out that someone else knows where my Old Hometown of San Marcos, Texas is!

 

[Acela150]

While change is always bound to happen. I'll be honest. I'm NOT a fan of making someone who joined the forum 5 days ago automatically an Admin. No matter if they own the site or not. How much does this new admin know about Amtrak? Sorry but I'll be the one hater. I can name a small handful of members that deserve admin status. Since I'm already stirring the pot, I'll prevent it from going even farther by leaving my suggestions out. I personally think the AU forum should be able to vote on admins and mods. Not just be giving away like candy to a baby.
No one has to agree with me. I'm stating as it says in my signature my Views and Opinions.

Sorry to be the jerk.

You opinion is welcome and appreciated, and you are in no way a "jerk" for expressing it.

GroupBuilder will be running the site from the technical standpoint. Server issues, software issues, and stuff like that will be handled by them. With the volume of traffic at AU, that is no small task. As such, they need to have Administrator rights. The editorial decisions about posts and content will continue to be handled by Alan and the familiar AU staff. The participation of GroupBuilder will not change that at all.

Thank You for pointing this out. That makes sense to me.

Acela150, admin status is necessary for whomever is hosting the forum software in order to manage technical settings and server configuration.

Thanks Anthony, I understand now.