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Hello!

The volunteers we have now are top-notch - truly. So before I go any further, I would like to extend a tremendous kudos to Chelle, Fallon, and Reboloke for being as active as they are in helping me with this site. I'm no expert on site building - but they'll gladly tell you that they don't really understand the technicals that go into this site either - and yet despite our combined lack of expertise, Progressive U is entering its 4th year and continuing to grow at an alarming rate. We must be doing something right.

I'd also like to thank Blackout, Dragonwolf, Whispers Awnesty, Meke, Sawaboof, and Edible Woman for the tremendous work they've put in since officially joining our faculty. Turtlesuds, Bridge, and Asma also deserve thanks for the help they've provided even though they have not yet officially joined the faculty.

You probably know - we are always looking for great volunteers to help us in our efforts to improve the site and attend to any issues our members might bring up. As you can imagine, there is a lot of work involved in maintaining this site and keeping the peace - add in the work it takes to actually make improvements or add new features and there simply aren't enough minutes in the hour! And, let's face it, Progressive U is great at attracting writers - not so great at attracting the technically minded who specialize in not breaking the site. If I got a nickel for everytime I broke the site, I wouldn't be worried about my little job hunting failures, that's for sure.

Yet, somehow, we survive. But there is still a lot to be done. And we're running out of hands.

In fact, there are times when we're so busy, we can't seem to get in touch with people who've emailed us with interest in volunteering (mostly because the emails get buried behind everything else).

Hopefully, we've found a solution that will change all this. Now, if you'll look at your profile, you'll see a new link that reads "Apply for role". Clicking on this link will allow you to apply for the "mod" role - which will send a message to us that you're interested in volunteering to moderate the site (i.e., sifting through blogs and comments for abuses or TOS violations). Approving this application will take us just a click. From there, you can decide how involved you would like to be - whether you'd like to stick with moderating members' posts, or if you'd like to delve into testing out new features with me at our upgraded test site.

So - let's get working together to make this a better site :) If you've been a member for at least 4 months, we encourage you to apply for this volunteership. You can read more about the benefits of volunteering by reading through the section in the FAQ.