Twill wrote:Hey folks,
I'm not going to get into a he-said-she-said here because that would just get messy and I don't want to slander wicked, despite what she or others may think, I have more respect for her than that. CC owes her a lot for the time she has spent volunteering for this site, it is what it is today in large part because of her efforts, personality and knowledge of the community. However, for many reasons, we did ask her to step down several days ago, and the discussions since then have unfortunately not demonstrated change to the "what" that led us to this decision
The decision to ask her to step down was not an easy one, and in the short run it will no doubt make things more difficult as we find our footing without wicked taking a lead in the mod team. However, there is a lot of history behind this decision, and this had little to do with her illness or her behaviour during it. As I said, I don't want to go more into as I believe the issues and reasons behind the decision are a private matter.
We had hoped that we could have a more amicable split, but it seems as though that's not going to be the case. I do agree with Wicked that you, as a community, are indeed responsible for keeping me and the admins accountable, however, there are better ways to do it than this.
The community here is the heart and soul of this site, and it is a sad truth that it is slowly being taken over by a negative and unwelcoming atmosphere, where new additions to the community are often shouted down and told to f*ck off rather than welcomed and made to feel at home. Changing this current atmosphere and working towards a more open and accepting community is something that has been very important to us for a while now. Lack, Andy and I all started out as volunteers here, doing this in our spare time because we love it. CC has grown very quickly, faster than most of us would have imagined, and while it is a lot more "work" and less of a hobby, we all still love it, despite what wicked claims about us not caring about it any more.
Wicked, I won't lie and say it was always a pleasure to work with you, but you always kept me and the other admins on their toes and I have always been in awe of your ability to moderate, your dedication and your commitment even when we were butting heads over policy, process or direction. I wish we had been able to work out the other issues over the years, and still hope that we can. As we said in private, the door is still open to you if we see the changes that need to happen.
To everyone else, whatever your opinion of wicked is and whatever you think about us asking her to step down, please do give wicked the respect she deserves and understand that as much as I would like to explain this decision in more detail, I cannot.
Respect each other's opinion and viewpoints and hopefully we can move forward from here and keep improving the community that makes this site so great.
Twill
Calling a spade a spade....
Weeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk response. LOL
"Changing this current atmosphere and working towards a more open and accepting community is something that has been very important to us for a while now."
Wow that's a whole lotta, well, uhm, err, stupid.
And the "offer" twill mentions wasn't entirely correct either. He's telling you what you want to hear, not always truthful, as usual. twill perhaps you should let lack do all the explaining since he was who I talked to? You don't seem to have all the facts correct. And I wasn't told to "take a break", I was told to "step down." 
