Moderator Thread

[Jason]

This thread is for the moderators. There are four of us, and I will make the rest into moderators once everyone has joined. :)

Here we can focus on all moderating jobs and maybe come up with a schedule for monthly reads. We can also plan out how we're going to do those monthly reads and whether or not it's necessary to create a buddy read system. All that fun stuff! :)

[mark, personal space invader]

yahoo for jason for setting this group up!

[Aloha]

Hey Marky Mark. You're not going to start an argument, are you? Or maybe an inquisition...

[Jason]

Mark's going to be a moderator! :)

[Aloha]

How about pick a book I already read?

[Jason]

That's a good idea, Nicki! How about we make it a classic? Something like Dune, to kick things off, maybe create a flavor for the group?

Also, should we have just one group read a month, or more?

[mark, personal space invader]

hello aloha! glad you're here. i don't start arguments...i finish them!

as far as group reads go, i think we should start off with just one, until our membership goes up. and i like the idea of picking a classic for the first one, should make it easier. also like the idea of waiting to poll for july.

[mark, personal space invader]

and i am also fine with 2 reads per month. either works for me.

[Jason]

Okay, so for the first month, we'll have one read only, but every month after that it will be two.

What categories should each read be for each read? i.e. at FA we have the Epic Fantasy read and the Urban fantasy read each month.

[mark, personal space invader]

good question. here's some ideas:

Hard Science
Space Opera
Classic SciFi
Science Fantasy
Cyberpunk (ugh)

[Aloha]

I like Nicki's idea of one random and one theme.

[mark, personal space invader]

i second what aloha & nicki said.

[Jason]

I like that, too.

[Kevin]

There should be a cyberpunk folder or a steam-punk folder added here.

[Jason]

Good call, Kevin. Remedying that right now. :)

[Kevin]

Thanks

[mark, personal space invader]

YES! i am a big fan of run-off polls.

[Jason]

What is a run-off poll, exactly?

[Jason]

I don't see why not. Seems an interesting way of doing things.

[Kevin]

Hey I was wondering what about the fun and games or the what are currently reading folders?

[Kevin]

Then also does dystopia count as a sub genre of science fiction? If it does, a folder could also be made.

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Hey! Finally online tonight. I was thinking Dune too Jason-Great minds think alike!

It's so funny but I was writing down some ideas and was thinking of doing themed polls, and here you all are thinking the same thing...this makes me very relieved!

[Jason]

Yay, all the moderators are moderators now! :)

[Jason]

Sounds good to me. Dune is an excellent choice!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

I think it is best to start out with one everybody loves! Now I am all excited,,,hehehe

[Jason]

Goodnight Nicki!

I think I'm getting off here soon too, to enjoy some wine and watch a movie. :)

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Kevin wrote: "There should be a cyberpunk folder or a steam-punk folder added here."

Aren't these two different sub-genres?

[Kevin]

I hated Dune now, especially its a series now that is pointless and written all for the money.

[Kevin]

I'm thinking the reason to read Dune because it is the most famous Science Fiction of all time, the easiest to translate from fantasy to science fiction. Also it is a easier way to ease into some harder science fiction.

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

I was thinking about this today...lolWe probably just need to pick the first theme...I will think on that for a few minutes...

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

My thought was books that were made into movies...but yours is good too. WE should see what jason and mark agree with. Or else we could quick think of a few more and have our first poll

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

the more i think about it-I like the idea of quick doing a poll with some themes we throw out.

we can have books by a certain author, or character driven books, maybe with your cyber punk and books made into movies...thats 4, is that enough?

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

well, they are not here! lol

Since we need to get going, maybe I will put down sci-fi horror for Jason, and ....post-apocalypse for marc, since he is concerned about rapture being tomorrow!

[whimsicalmeerkat]

That was totally my logic as well xD

[mark, personal space invader]

great themes! i am actually assuming that i will be Left Behind, so my concern is more for others. i hate seeing families and friends split apart! but i would like to be someplace tonight where there will be a lot of folks being Raptured....that way, right afterwards, i'll be able to pick up all the wallets & purses that are Left Behind. with all the honest folk gone, i feel confident that post-Rapture will be ripe for money-making opportunities. no more guilt! i can indulge in all the hustles, scams, and grifts to my heart's content - without feeling any sadness over cheating any Good People. yahoo, bring on those post-Rapture greenbacks! i'm gonna be RICH!

oh yeah - thanks for putting up the poll.

[whimsicalmeerkat]

I resent your implication that good people and non-raptured people are mutually exclusive categories.

[mark, personal space invader]

its more than an implication...post-Rapture, Earth will be Good People-Free! a 24-hour party for the Wicked....and so many wealth-creating possibilities. yahoo!

[mark, personal space invader]

moderators....what do you folks think about Seconds for nominations? personally, i think it would be great if we did NOT need to have them. mainly because i like the run-off poll idea as our narrowing-down strategy.

but i do like the idea of nominees being only the first book in a series (if they are a part of a series), unless the group has already read the first book.

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

are you just talking about the theme nominations? Then I agree

I think we should include next ins series of books we have read in the group

[mark, personal space invader]

your first point - yep, theme nominations. but this would work for the random nominations as well. take all nominations made in the time allotted, run a poll (may be a big one), then do another poll for the top 2 or 3. same process for both theme & random nominations.

your second point - great, we are agreed.

[Jason]

Maggie wrote: "well, they are not here! lol

Since we need to get going, maybe I will put down sci-fi horror for Jason, and ....post-apocalypse for marc, since he is concerned about rapture being tomorrow!"

You know me too well. LOL. I voted for sci fi horror before catching up on this thread.

[Jason]

Have a safe trip, Nicki! And get some sleep!

[mark, personal space invader]

'til then!

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Mark, Jason and Nicki-

Anybody want to be the mods for either of our july reads? Go cl;aim it if you do. I want to read both, but have never read either before, so if someone else feels up to it, I would just as soon be a reader...

PS Jason...for some reason when I posted the July to be reads, only Hitchhikers shows up and I cant figure out what I did different...Can you see if you can fix it?

[Jason]

Okay, I tried to figure out why both July read books won't show, but nothing works. Could be something wrong with Goodreads, or something they changed. I'm not sure.

I will try again later.

[Jason]

No problem, Nicki! I hope you feel better soon! :)

[mark, personal space invader]

hate to say it, but i just don't have the faintest interest in Hitchiker's Guide. no one kill me, please!

but Oryx & Crake looks interesting. love the author. i won't have a chance to finish it 'til probably mid-month, at the earliest.

[Maggie, space cruisin' for a bruisin']

Jason do you plan to read either one? This is the hard part about moderating, lol, having to commit!

[Jason]

I've already read Oryx and Hitchiker. Oryx was awesome, Hitchiker's, not so much, imo.

If you need someone to lead the Oryx, I can do it. If mark isn't interested...?

[mark, personal space invader]

that would be great if you could, jason! i'll contribute but won't be able to until, probably, the second half of the month. i'm running so behind in my various group read goals. Leviathon, Magician: Apprentice, Bone Palace, Consider Phlebas, Assassin's Apprentice, Three Men and a Boat, even Hero & When Gravity Fails & Daughter of the Forest from some group reads of past months. i should probably just consider dropping some of these as personal goals. or consider dropping some groups.

er. no way, can't do it!