# SDMB org chart **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971 "2004-01-17T19:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/1 "2004-01-17T19:08:43Z")
I’m asking this question here, since technically it’s not about how the board itself works, and my question is pretty pointless, other than to satisfy my curiosity. I asked Czarcasm this once at a dopefest, but I forgot what he told me. What is the “chain of command” more or less for this board? I know that at the bottom, you have the member, like me, then above that are the moderators, then above them, are the administrators, but who’s higher up then them? I know that it ends with the Chicago Reader which maintains this board, but who else in in-between the admins and them? Once again, pointless I know, but I am curious. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/2 "2004-01-17T19:20:23Z")
**Ed Zotti** , while an Admin, is the one all admins and mods answer to. He’d be there between “Staff” and “Chicago Reader”, surely? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/3 "2004-01-17T19:29:02Z")
I believe that Ed Zotti works for the Chicago Reader. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/4 "2004-01-17T19:40:15Z")
I have met Ed Zotti. TWICE. Nah, I don’t know the answer to your query, I just feel like being mundane and pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/5 "2004-01-17T19:48:49Z")
So Basically it goes Member-\>Moderator-\>Administrator-\>Ed Zotti-\>His bosses at the Chicago Reader? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/6 "2004-01-17T19:50:28Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I have met Ed Zotti. > > TWICE. > > Nah, I don’t know the answer to your query, I just feel like being mundane and pointless. Well, that **is** what this forum is for 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/7 "2004-01-17T19:52:02Z")
I am the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stuff of the SDMB. As such, I serve at the pleasure of the Commander in Chief. ---
**Author:** ![shannablu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@shannablu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannablu)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/8 "2004-01-17T20:17:51Z")
Well we gotta fit these characters in there somewhere: The entire crew of the Happy Fun Squad Olbies Newbies Trolls Munchkins Banned Members Retired Moderators/Admins The hamsters I myself proudly bear the title of Deputy Chief of Staff of All Things Chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/9 "2004-01-17T20:21:13Z")
> [@shannablu](#): > > Well we gotta fit these characters in there somewhere: > > The entire crew of the Happy Fun Squad > Olbies > Newbies > Trolls > Munchkins > Banned Members > Retired Moderators/Admins > The hamsters > > I myself proudly bear the title of Deputy Chief of Staff of All Things Chocolate. Well crap, I forgot to see who was logged in on the computer. This was posted by me, not **shannablu**. My wife is the Undersecretary of Soap Opera Management and Movie Trivia Master. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/10 "2004-01-17T20:51:23Z")
> [@Joel](#): > > So Basically it goes Member-\>Moderator-\>Administrator-\>Ed Zotti-\>His bosses at the Chicago Reader? Pretty much, yeah. In my case, C. K. Dexter Haven and TubaDiva are senior to me, so I answer to three people. We almost NEVER hear directly from the bosses at the ChiReader. Ed’s the one who gets to tell the rest of us what the head honchos have decided, and he’s the one we all gripe to. We will also cooperate with the staff of other message boards as problems come up. For instance, I can think of one time when a member of this board wrote to several admins, asking a question about how to do something on HIS vBulletin board. We gave him what advice we could. This is all extremely unofficial, of course, but it still works. Sometimes **Una Persson** will answer a question in ATMB, because she knows the software answers, and she also knows the rules and regulations of the SDMB quite well. So even though she’s not an official mod here, she’s quite helpful. **OpalCat** has given us some valuable tips on how to run this message board, too. I believe that she’s the one who came up with the “Quick Reply” box hack, which is one of the very few modifications that we used in the previous version of this software. I know that LOTS of people liked that modification, and I’ll be glad when we can get around to putting it back in. Oh, and in the official hierarchy…_I_ am the person in charge of biting people who need it. I’m good at it, and that’s the main reason they keep me around. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/11 "2004-01-18T05:06:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _I_ am the person in charge of biting people who need it. I’m good at it, and that’s the main reason they keep me around. Lynn Bodoni: Cannibal-in-Chief ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/12 "2004-01-18T05:12:43Z")
By the way, my title is **Special Agent in Charge of Animals That Have Just Broken the Water Pitcher**. Let me know if you’re having any trouble in that area. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/13 "2004-01-18T14:20:35Z")
Where does Ed sit in the grand scheme of things at the CR? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/14 "2004-01-18T14:37:36Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Lynn Bodoni: Cannibal-in-Chief I don’t actually eat people’s flesh. I just bite people. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/15 "2004-01-18T14:42:23Z")
She’s more of a Nibbler-in-Chief. ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/16 "2004-01-18T15:13:08Z")
And another question : how can you get banned? do you have tasty stories about some banned members? Oh, oh, oh! Another one! [a stupid one!] Do you retire member/moderator/admin name after they were really good, like in sports? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/17 "2004-01-18T15:54:32Z")
I am the former Commander of the Straight Dope Armed Forces Military Expedition Against Joel Stein, with the rank of Field Marshall. Any questions about this should be sent throught my former Chief of Staff, Major General **Eve**. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/18 "2004-01-18T16:29:24Z")
Well, in the **Polycarp/Esprix** for President campaign, aka the Doper Ballot, I am the Chief of Staff. I suspect I may also be Minister to the Depressed. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/19 "2004-01-18T16:35:28Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > I don’t actually eat people’s flesh. I just bite people. Yeah, well bite me. ::ducks and runs:: ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/20 "2004-01-18T18:55:11Z")
> [@french frog](#): > > And another question : how can you get banned? do you have tasty stories about some banned members? > > Oh, oh, oh! Another one! [a stupid one!] Do you retire member/moderator/admin name after they were really good, like in sports? 🙂 We don’t recycle ANY names. Read the registration agreement. If you don’t follow it, and you don’t heed warnings, then you WILL get banned. I ban spammers on sight, along with returning trolls. Yes, I have some interesting stories about banned members, but no, I’m not going to post them in public. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971.md?page=2)