Sorry - I Didn't Mean to Sound Angry - Let Me Add Something to This Message

[Guest guest]

A member of this list wrote and said I sound as if I'm angry. I'm

sorry if it seems that way. The message really should have sounded

like a plea for help and not a message in anger. The sender also

mentioned that people are busy with this disease and this is exactly

why we need help. All of the moderators are affected with the

disease. One of them has 4 affected children so you see - this is

why we need help.

Moderating the chat is quite simple. For the most part, we need

bodies to be there who have the capability to remove a chatter that

is sending inappropriate messages. This is an MDA requirement. so

far - since we started these chats nearly two years ago, there has

been one person removed and that was during a guest chat. The other

need is to help me know that there might be a problem with the chat

itself so that I can contact the MDA to fix it.

If you can join the team and help once a month - that would

sincerely be appreciated. It's not hard at all - that's a promise.

You don't have to be techy to do it. Additionally, we understand

when emergencies happen - they happen to us and right now we have

difficulies covering when they do. If there are enough moderators,

we can shift the nights around to help each other.

I now have 2 volunteers so we are still looking.

Thanks!

Alice

>

> I have to say that I was disappointed yesterday when I sent the

> message to this group and to the Mitoldies group requesting

> assistance with moderating the MDA Chats. Out of two groups with

> over 1000 total memberships, I received 1 answer for a volunteer.

>

> Unfortunately, this is not enough. The MDA requires moderators

for

> their chats thus this may be a signal to me to end those Monday

> night chats. I personally am not able to be a regular chat host

> because of my own medical issues. Cindy has family

responsibilities

> on Monday nights. Laurie and Kristie have been handling the job

> pretty much every week but this is too much for them and it's not

> really fair to expect them to do it. There have been many new

faces

> in the chat over the last few weeks. You can witness this by

> reading the last chat at

>

>

http://database.azstarnet.com/html/mda/transcripts/20050228Mitochondr

> ialChat.html

>

> I frequently line up guest physicians who chat with the group and

we

> have a guest physician scheduled for 3/21. Her specialty is

> Endocrinology and Metabolism. Previous guests have been Dr Cohen,

> Dr Boles, Dr Saneto and many other well known mito doctors but the

> upcoming guest chat could very well be the last without your help.

>

> The lack of response tells me that there isn't enough interest in

> the chat to keep it going. If I am unable to find at least 2 more

> volunteers, I am going to request that the Mito chat on the MDA

site

> is dissolved.

>

> Again - if you are interested - please e mail me at

> alice@a...

>

> Thank you.

>

> Alice