I've every confidence in Steven's ability to moderate here, in his energy, enthusiasm and contribution to the cause. We have a lot to be grateful for.
Reading this thread, it does seem that editorial-style annotations on postings are better handled separately. Spam-filtering, editorialising, and leading/steering of discussions are separable tasks. Excerpting, summarising and commenting on posts would perhaps work better in a blog, rather than as part of the function of email filtering/forwarding. Moving such activities to a blog could also serve to better spread ideas and discussion beyond the confines of this list. If a more collective voice is preferred, it wouldn't be too hard to set up a "Planet" blog aggregator that included posts from any list participants. cheers, Dan -- http://danbri.org/