Answer:
Really you don't want to. Each moderator has to give me $750.00 per week for me to allow them to be a moderator.
(by the way, the checks are a little late this week!
As the need arises, the "staff" makes recommendations and we discuss it in detail. We review who has the following qualities:
Their participation on the site, their helpfulness, temperament, and consistency. Big words, but these are *some* essential ingredients of the role of moderator here.
Potential moderators are put through a 10 week grueling training course
put on the the U.S. Marines. The CIA then does an extensive background check.
I could tell you more, but I'd have to delete you.
Molly