I like to sleep on everything too, LFH.
I call it the 24 hour rule.

I wanted to bring something to everyone's attention to see what you think:

At the tip of the home page for this forum there are 2 sticky notes.
One is named "An Introduction to the Community".

The way it reads to me is that we aren't going to get a CL.
Last January something happened that brought the need for a CL up but it never happened as most of you well know.

Then a few weeks later these sticky notes were put up.
I will post a link in case your sticky notes are not visible.
I know they can be minimized so they can't be seen.

http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Chronic_Pain/forum/11519074-introduction-community

We have begged for a CL at least twice in th elast year. Yes they asked for people to apply for this group and a few very qualified people applied but nothing happened. Maybe it is time to try again. They were very specific in what they claimed they were looking for, I remember one thing was that you had to have been an active member of this board for a specified amount of time. I guess they wanted to see how the applicant interacted with the group. I still do not understand why David wasn't chosen. For a long time he was the welcome committee here and notified other members when new folks came along so we could welcome them too. That he applied and they didn't choose him or anyone else made me think they really didn't want us to have a CL.

Good Luck this time around.

We really do not have one, we borrow one, usually from the Autism board.

Not sure if this has been mentioned or not - but a CL cannot have anyone on "Ignore" no matter how bad or annoying they are.

Just thought I would add that FYI.

I think as Hathani pointed out a CL can do very little in reality. Their only "power" is to close a post. And as someone said they mentioned in their post that they wanted it closed and within a few hours it was. You can ask any CL to close a post, doesn't have to be on a certain forum.

DS posted up in the stickies how a situation should be handled. I have seen it work very well. What some seem to not understand is that DS says you have to violate the "rules of the road". Just because you don't like someone doesn't mean they are in violation. DS has a very competent impartial panel that decides when to take action. They do so confidentially so the rest of us never know the details. I think this is a fantastic system.

When they advertised for a CL a while ago, I believe they chose one. She is a member of CP but, I believe she frequents another board.

There were several limitations to being a CL. If I remember correctly, a person had to be a member at least 6 months, they could not have ever received a letter of warning. They had to have a "clean" post history--remember that DS can read EVERTHING...not only your posts but your PM's, your CHAT and your HUGS.

I gave up on this board a long time ago...I only come here once in a while for general stuff. I do try however to always welcome newbies or chime in on a few posts here and there that interest me.

I am so thankful for finding DS and, for the many lovely friends, who are more like family, that I have met. I stopped trying to solve situations, fights, discrepancies etc. I just choose to say what I feel must and, keep myself surrounded by those who are positive and supportive, who are "real".

If we ever get a CL who "lives" on this board like we do and, who is a good leader...great. Until then...I stay in shallower waters.

HUGS to you my friends!!