(as in date)
Just wondering.
Also, any former mods?
Right back when it all started, I’d say. As to the second part – yes. 
Actually, that part has been answered before in this forum.
Check out Genesis 1:14, where God creates the mods (and the two great luminaries, TUBADIVA and Lynn Bodoni)… and also Genesis 1:20 where God creates all the “swarms of living creatures” which are the members.
obviously, administrators are chosen for their lively senses of humor!
But what about those who aren’t Genesis literalists? Should they believe you simply evolved into administrators and moderators? 
Zev Steinhardt
Is that why Cecil Adams rests on Sundays?
Humor? What humor? 
[sub]Oh, that.[/sub] :smack:
That “sense of humor” must make them forget that the forum description for ATMB is "For technical questions and concerns about the SDMB. "
Straight questions deserve straight answers.
I found where one former mod left.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24643
I’m sure there were others, but I don’t know what to search on to narrow it down.
Some moderators were here from the beginning, of course. TubaDiva, Lynn Bodoni, JillGat, and Eutychus go 'way back, and I’m pretty sure that C K Dexter Haven and manhattan do as well. Other mods were added later, as new fora were added, or as the workload increased in the existing fora. I’m not sure about dates. There are also four ex-mods: Melin, about whom the less said the better (suffice to say that she got demoted and eventually banned), and Nickrz, JillGat, and myself, who voluntarily stepped down.
Here’s the mods that I remember as having been here when I signed up. At that time, I think each forum only had one moderator. My memory of the line-up was:
ATMB: TubaDiva (Admin)
Comments on Cecil’s Columns: JillGat
Comments on Mailbag Answers [now Staff Reports]: CKDexerHaven (Admin)
General Questions: Nickerz
Great Debates: David B
Cafe Society, & IMHO did not exist
MPSIMS: Eutychus55 [now Eutychus]
The BBQ Pit: Lynn Bodoni
So, I guess that means that the Moderator Group is evolving rather than a one-time creation? Damn.
Ms Reckon, some straight questions have been asked often, and rake up old wounds whose scabs are best left unpicked at. The Moderator Group is not fixed, but changes over time; some people find that their schedules and time constraints have changed, and they can no longer serve. Some forums get added, or get such heavy traffic that new Moderators are sought. In short, there is no one or simple answer to the question.
Incidentally, how are Mods chosen on the SD? I’ve never witnessed the ‘birth’ of a Mod here, so I’m curious.
Also, what sort of things do you (the mighty Admins) look for in the potential Mod?
Um…:o Never mind…I used the nifty little ‘search’ feature and found: Mods
I’m going to go hit myself with the stupid stick now…
Did Ms. Reckon get banned for this?!
- Bubba.
No.
you don’t wanna witness it. Its messy.
Well, the actual birth might be messy, but I’m told that the conception is immaculate. Or does that only apply to Cecil?
I have absolutely no idea how this question has lasted this long without some-one pointing to Fenris’s definitive answers on the subject.
Read 'em and pity the poor souls.