Mark and Russ

[kab]

As many know, Polkfest was this weekend. It was a terrific event and my thanks to Lou and all who contributed to making it memorable.

Sometimes I’m slow to see things but this weekend I was reminded how important, respected and loved Mark (dorokusai) is as a member of the community and that I am doing him no favors by asking him to be a moderator. The same goes for Russ (russman). Although I greatly appreciate their help and dedication as moderators, I think CP is far richer by having Russ and Mark contribute in their own inimitable ways.

After discussing my thoughts with both, I am freeing them from the burden of moderation to participate as they used to and we all have missed.

So Mark and Russ, welcome back to the fray. Try not to get banned by Ken.

Al

[Ricardo]

Sometimes I’m slow to see things but this weekend I was reminded how important, respected and loved Mark (dorokusai) is as a member of the community

Not sure where you're getting your intel from, but you'll better start looking elsewhere.....


Great move!!!!!

[shawn474]

Not sure where you're getting your intel from, but you'll better start looking elsewhere.....


Great move!!!!!

Classy......

[Keiko]

Welcome back :)

[tonyb]

Classy......

Um....it was a joke.

So you freed them up to create havoc like the old days ? Good, being a mod can wear on the best of us. Over the many years,those two have contributed way more than any new members will understand. Congrats boys !

[Willow]

Does this mean we will be subjected to pics and stories of a$$less chaps and projectile vomit? ;)

Welcome back guys, it's just not the same without you.

[cstmar01]

so now I can send naughty pictures to Russ and not get banned? Yeppie!

[shawn474]

Um....it was a joke.

So you freed them up to create havoc like the old days ? Good, being a mod can wear on the best of us. Over the many years,those two have contributed way more than any new members will understand. Congrats boys !

My bad; jumped the gun then. Apologies to Ricardo - if I could edit I would delete my post.

[Keiko]

so now I can send naughty pictures to Russ and not get banned? Yeppie!

Russ would threaten me if I didn't.

[cstmar01]

Russ would threaten me if I didn't.

kinky...:p

[Keiko]

kinky...:p

You don't know the half of it.

[MacLeod]

Who?

[Ricardo]

Apologies to Ricardo

Too late. You're already on my list ;)

[Polkersince85]

Now we can take them off our Ignore list. We couldn't see when they banned us.

[wz2p7j]

Good guys and good Polkies with great tradition here. Maybe a little too close to the core crowd to impartially "moderate" some stuff here so maybe this is a positive move. Best wishes in their new endeavors - good luck to Mark and Russ.

Chris

[polkatese]

Party On Mark!

[F1nut]

Maybe a little too close to the core crowd to impartially "moderate" some stuff here so maybe this is a positive move.

You're a class act.

[F1nut]

Mark and Russ,

Thanks for all you have done here on the forum and behind the scenes.

Jesse

[Conradicles]

Mark and Russ,

Thanks for all you have done here on the forum and behind the scenes.

Jesse

Ditto.:)

[Jstas]

Ahhh...dang. Who do I send the bribes to now? Patrick just responds with "You're banned. Where's my hammer?"

[dorokusai]

Shawn - Don't sweat it, Ricardo is a very good friend to both of us.

I'm relieved to say the least when we started talking about this a few weeks ago. At least a couple of you can simply go back to disliking us for who we were before being moderators. I hated moderating and contrary to what you guys think, it isn't even what my job is for Polk but oh well....it's over now. Whew. Thanks for the kind words F1Nut, Conradicles, Polkatese and WZ, its been real and I'm looking forward to being regular again.

Ken Swauger is the most balanced guy I've met in my travels but be careful folks, even core members as he's not as.....well, let's just say everyone should continue to help in keeping our forum active, friendly and the wealth of information that it is. He will do a wonderful job moderating.

[shack]

Now that you are not a moderator can I put you on my buddy list?

[dorokusai]

If you dare.

[Jstas]

I'm gonna friend request you on facebook!

[danger boy]

meh! what do you expect from two high school drop out tree huggers who spend all day playing Miss PacMan ?

[halo71]

Mark, Russ.....may I ask what exactly do you guys do for Polk Audio?

[tonyb]

Mark, Russ.....may I ask what exactly do you guys do for Polk Audio?

Nobody really knows, not even Polk Audio. They are kinda like the Sector 7 of polk.

[kab]

Mark, Russ.....may I ask what exactly do you guys do for Polk Audio?

Several years ago, I decided that Polk needed better visibility and some representation of our interests on the other audio bulletin boards and several retail sites. Short of staff to do it from the inside, I approached Mark and Russ about handling this for me on a limited part-time basis. All on the up and up, you've surely seen them elsewhere and they identify themselves as Polk representatives.

I asked them as a favor to help moderate CP when it stated snowballing out of control. Knock on wood, CP seems to have stabilized in no small part because many of you stepped up to help lower the temperature and call out or ignore the trolls. For that, I thank you all. And again, I sincerely thank Mark and Russ for their help in pulling in the reins.

Al

[cfrizz]

Welcome back to have fun on CP Mark & Russ!

[devani]

great job to both of you...!