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The following comments are from one of our forum moderators, Tom Baker, in response to the following question asked by Mike Holt:

Has being a moderator helped you in any way ?

Yes, being a moderator has helped me in the following ways:

  • 1. Confirms my knowledge of the NEC
  • 2. Confirms there is a lot I don't know
  • 3. Makes me appreciate those who help others on the forum
  • 4. Appreciate those who take the time to thank me directly for an answer
  • 5. Provides me with a forum to ask my questions
  • 6. And the honor of being a moderator

  Meet The Moderators
  

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  • Bill Addiss
  • Bob Alexander
  • Steve Arne
  • Tom Baker
  • Charlie Beck
  • Dereck Campbell
  • Charlie Eldridge
  • Don Ganiere
  • Stephen Norako
  • Karl Riley

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  • 2. Participate in the forum. You don't have to post every day, just monitor the posts (thats what the moderators do), and comment where necessary
  • 3. If after 6 months, you are still interested in becoming a moderator, contact one of the moderators via email

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Tom Baker (center) is the 2001-2003 Code Forum Chief Moderator. Charlie Beck (right) is our moderator
that is mostly responsible for engineering issues and for code issues, as viewed from the engineer's perspective.