How Should We Elect Staff?

[Shell B]

NMF, I guess what it really boils down to is whether people want to believe that the staff is biased based on a relationship. As I can only think of one really tangible relationship among staff, I have to assume that is what this discussion is really about. Now, we are transparent enough that all of that is clear. I am not a mod because of a relationship. I have said "relationship" because I became a member of this forum. The forum came first. I was a mod for more than a year before I had even one private conversation with Tibs. There is plenty of evidence of that throughout this forum. I can even show you the thread where we "met." Hint: It was my first thread here. At any rate, I would be more than happy to bow down if this, for some weird reason, is not completely understood and accepted by the community based on all of the evidence at hand for it. I would prefer that over ending a very valuable romantic friendship because people can't seem to understand that said friendship does not involve me manipulating the owner of the site into keeping me on the staff. I would also prefer that to having a voting system that could potentially oust one of our staff members. I'm proud of the staff we have now. That's all I really have to say about the subject. Feel free to put it to a vote, but don't be surprised if the staff disagrees, given that they see staff conversations and see Tib and I disagree and agree without ever mentioning our outside personal interactions. About those, you can expect no transparency. No one here has earned a right to know about my personal life.