Introducing "Ask a Moderator"

[RadioRob]

In the past, when you've had a question that was to be posed to the moderator team, we've asked you to use the Contact Us form on the bottom of the site.  This created a ticket within an internal system that moderators could use to reply to you via email.  

While the system worked, it also left something to be desired.  It was separated from the flow of the site and replies could only be done via email.  As a result, I've added a new forum called "Ask a Moderator".  It can be found on the bottom of the forum lists.

What's special about this forum is that members can only see topics they make.  Meaning if you have a question that should be seen by the moderators only, you can post there.  Moderators will be able to see everything and can respond.  That forum will always appear to have no new topics in it unless it's created by you enabling private/secure communications with the entire moderator team.  While we love chatting with you via Private Message, if it's something that is related to the entire team, we would ask you use this tool so we can all see/respond.  

As this uses the normal forum tools, you can follow topics and receive notifications of new replies, etc.  

The Contact Us link will remain in the bottom of the site's navigation menu as it's the only way for guests and non-registered members to contact us.  (Since you can only see your own posts, it means you have to be a member to see it.)