1. This thread is to discuss conference realignments. Check the other crap at the web portal.
2. I needed the old thread to keep up with all the changes so it getting locked was a real disappointment to me.
3. I have moderator powers. (Betcha didn't know that.) I haven't ever banned anyone but do wonder how it'd feel, so, in the immortal words of Harry Callahan, "Go ahead, ... make my day."
4. Expect a strict constructionalist interpretation of the forum rules and guidelines.