Moderator Responsibilities

The CCC Discussion Forum is administered "technically" by the forum administrator, and this includes ensuring that the forum operates properly and that any usability problems are resolved. However, the forum administrator has no responsibility for controlling the discussions that take place under the topics created within the forum. That responsibility falls to topic moderators. Once a new topic has been created (which can only be done by the forum administrator) the customisation of that topic, including security, the initial "About" message and the creation of any sub-topics is the responsibility of the relevant moderator.

The moderator is also responsible for monitoring the discussions that take place within their topics to ensure that they don't drift away from the subject, that any questions raised which require an "official" response are dealt with, and that anyone misbehaving (eg. being abusive or personal) is dealt with. The target for official responses to messages is 2 working days. The moderator has total control over the messages posted, including the ability to delete inappropriate messages, although this should be used with caution and a message from the moderator explaining why a message was deleted should be put in its place.

Moderators are also responsible for closing discussions once they have run their course, and normally the moderator will first disable further posts to the discussion, and then after a period of time (typically 1 month) the discussion will either be removed or archived.

To ensure that it is clear to everyone when a moderator is posting a message to a discussion in their official capacity, rather than as themselves, special moderator usernames will be set up as required.

All moderators are listed under the Contact button on the forum navigation bar, where you will find details on how to contact them and which topic groups they are responsible for.