Hello from your absentee moderator.

Two members of this tribe recently brought to my attention (thank you!) the unpleasant and off-topic messages that were recently posted by a particular member of the tribe. That member has been removed from the tribe. Please let me know if he returns, and I will ask tribe.net to ban him permanently.

I believe I have found and deleted all the messages in question, including a few related (and therefore also off-topic) messages written by other members. I have allowed some messages by the deleted member, which I deemed inoffensive, to remain. Please let me know if I left some messages by him or any other member, which you consider inappropriate.

I'm sorry to interrupt your discussion with this message, but I never delete any message from the tribes I moderate without posting an explanation of what I did, and why.

I wish I had time to keep up with the tribe--some of what I've read today was fascinating.

You may now carry on with your regularly scheduled contemplation.

Eric