Reply #5: OK. Let's do it.

[Skinner]

Now, here's one issue: at this point we're kinda working against the clock, because we're going to switch over to DU3 in mid-December. On DU3, every small forum is going to have their own Host or Hosts (that's what we're calling them on DU3), who will have a number of powers in their assigned forums -- blocking people out of the forum, assigning people as Hosts, locking and pinning threads.

So, I don't think it is in our interest to spend time hammering out a bunch of details that are going to be moot in one month. If you want this to happen on DU2, we should just do it asap. You pick whomever you want -- you don't need me to tell you who is qualified to do this job.

The people you select will have the power to block anyone they like out of the GLBT forum. If Elad tells me that this functionality can be programmed relatively quickly, then we'll set it up so the chosen people can block people out of the GLBT forum without going to the DU Admins. But if it's going to take a long time to program, then we'll have to do it in a low-tech way: The liaisons contact an admin and the admin does the deed.