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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings fellow ExI-ers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For three good reasons and one really bad one (listed at the end of this post for the curious reader) I have chosen to stand down forthwith as ExI moderator. I have selected a new one (which is how I got that job 21 yrs ago) and wish to try a fun little experiment: the new moderator’s identity will remain in the shadows. His or her @ is <a href="mailto:ExiMod@protonmail.com">ExiMod@protonmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have known him or her for a long time and know this person to be fair, smart, kindhearted, charitable. Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous… etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But not reverent. This person gets thru number 11 on the old scout law and stumbles at the finish line. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In any case, if you have a moderator request, post it to <a href="mailto:ExiMod@protonmail.com">ExiMod@protonmail.com</a> but not me for I have relinquished this burdensome omnimpotence of Exi moderation without taking any actions on my way out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Carry on, my friends. I will still be here, still posting silliness and some fun ideas. But I won’t be doing Exi moderation, nor have I the password to ExiMod@protonmail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely, your former moderator and now ordinary prole,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good reasons: I have three new jobs I am taking on.: I have been chosen as STEM counselor for scouts, a job I intend to take seriously. I have agreed to be the coach of the high school competitive math team, a task which has already started via Zoom, and I have agreed to be a tutor for advanced math students at the HS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Really bad reason: the biopsy results brought horrifying news for someone I care about. I need to be available to get down there on short notice if called upon to help him and his family. Might be out intermittently.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>