Ok, so digesting.... and agreeing with most of what you wrote

I have a question about this (looking for all opinions here):

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If a person is responsible for giving out bad news, no one wants to hear from them - ever? If all they ever receive from someone is a warning or put down... why would they want to listen? A relationship has to be built, imo, before someone can rest upon it to try and work through a situation.

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Since there are over 500 users that log in each week, and over 1300 that log in each month, I'm not sure that it is realistic that the moderators/administrators can develop a relationship with each of them. Actually, I KNOW that it isn't. And it goes both ways - we'll all have an easier time making amends if members try to develop a relationship with the mods/admins.

Good thoughts though; thanks for taking the time to think them through and post them for us. Keep them coming, if you have more.