0509 (shorthand, since I feel like we’re friends now), I’d like to truly thank you for stepping in to lead this site.  As you know, I think having a forum for GW fans to congregate, communicate, celebrate, and occasionally cry together is incredibly important for how we engage with the University and how they engage with us. 

Yet, I fear that I have caused you to live up to my way of doing things.  When we had our Zoom discussion, I tried to emphasize that you needed to make the decisions that are best for you. 

My greatest mistake was being open about who I am?  I felt it was important for me, but that decision impacted other decisions I needed to make out of fear of personal attacks outside the forum, which did occur with someone I ultimately banned.

I can’t say how I would have ruled on issues of banning, suspending, or deleting/editing threads had I been anonymous, but I’m guessing it would have been easier to put my virtual foot down.

Why am I writing now, and why publicly?  Simply put, I want everyone to know that I wholeheartedly endorse you in anything you decide.  I know you’re facing pressure to ban someone on the board.  If you decide to do so, or decide not to, I support you fully. 

But whatever you decide now and in the future, because there are those on the board who will feel they are winning or losing the argument, I hope that you decide with purpose, that you make a point of doing so one way or the other with the intent of stopping or severely limiting the animosity, vitriol, and personal conflicts.  I tried to do so and failed.  I hope you can improve on the board that I left you. 

Thanks in advance everything you are doing, now and in the future, and #RaiseHigh.