Volunteer Staff

Moderators

Jim  (Forums Director)	Dave (dcbii)	Susan (Ladies’ Forum Director)
Joel	Larry	Joe
	Dan

SharperIron has a volunteer crew of Moderators who work to keep discussions respectful and edifying.

What to expect from SI Moderators . .

The Moderator role is not a spiritual advisor role, teacher role, or disciple-making role. These functions are far better supplied by your local church. When it comes to rules and moderating, the forums should work like a game of pick up basketball (or maybe a Chess tournament) where someone has the job of stepping into the role of referee when the need arises. So Moderators can and do join in the “game,” but are not just “players.”

Since the SI membership is just large and diverse enough to require it, the game does have some rules. Moderators are charged with reminding folks of the rules, occasionally calling fouls and—in rare cases—ejecting players from the game. Once in a great while they must ban someone permanently from participating (after conferring together about the situation).

So, when a Moderator puts his or her “Moderator hat” on and calls a foul, you have not been “rebuked,” confronted about sin (usually), or “beat with the Moderator stick.” You’ve just been directed to keep the rules. It has no more meaning than that. We expect participants to refrain from “arguing with the refs” and just get back to playing the game.

(Moderating activity can take several forms. These include editing, moving and removing posts as well as sending private messages.)