"John Ferman" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:040120042049130271%[email protected] > The effectiveness of moderation subsumes one or more persons willing to > put lots of time into it. Another health-type group I used to read > started out moderated and thing went swimmingly for a while. Then the > moderator disappeared. Eventually the group fizzled. That's the risk. And the mod on sgmm disappears on a regular basis.