Well I'll vote yay!

Wow! That's fast!! Dave!!!

Not to put you on the spot Janet but I vote Yea! HOWEVER, I certainly understand if the timing is not right for you or if you'd like to wait a while & let the forum maintain itself as you say. But let it be known that my vote for now & forever is yea. Any time you're ready dear gel, anytime you're ready.

I vote for Janet as moderator too ... she's so knowledgeable and really great at identifying bugs!

If she's willing, she'd be my choice too.

Ditto.

Most of us probably only want a general answer for the identity of our insects; good vs.bad, keep vs. kill, encourage vs. control, etc.
If we need to narrow it down to specifics, we could use the @ and send a shout-out for help?

Because Janet is such a busy person, perhaps we can think of her as the official 'on call only when needed moderator'.
Don't think she needs to be the one to identify every item; we should be able to help each other with our experience and knowledge.

Thank you all for the votes of confidence, I have been in contact with Dave and he is happy to make me moderator, or to leave the forum without a moderator.

My thoughts are more to do with whether or not the forum needs a moderator, as I understand it the main powers a moderator has are to remove any unwanted posts such as spam, and to split a thread if someone posts a separate ID request on the same thread as a previous poster. That doesn't happen often, and if there is spam then I feel that Dave would prefer to know about it so he can deal with it appropriately.

Thus, the need for a moderator is, I feel, not sufficient to create the position. I think green has put it well, you all know you can call on me whenever you think I might be able to help, if someone isn't aware I can be called on there will always be someone else who is aware who can give me a call up.

I humbly bow out at this point in time, but expect to see me around.

Sounds good Janet. We know where to find you.

Good to know you are there when we need help.