Say hello to our new MIR Team!

[EarlG]

This discussion thread was locked by Skinner (a host of the Announcements group).

The job of the Malicious Intruder Removal Team is to ban people who join DU with the intent to disrupt. MIR Team members are volunteers, and they serve for a three-month term. The members serving on the current team were selected on a first-come-first-served basis (provided they met the eligibility requirements).

If you are a member of the MIR Team, you should have access to the access-restricted Malicious Intruder Removal Forum. It should appear as a red folder on your Forums & Groups page, and in the left column of any page (if you view DU in "Standard" mode).

Thank you to everyone who volunteered!

The MIR Team, July-October 2014

NEW THIS TERM

petronius
bluesbassman
LeftishBrit
noiretextatique
greatauntoftriplets
Bobbie Jo
one_voice
intheflow
uppityperson
CaliforniaPeggy
awoke_in_2003
Violet_Crumble
Dragonfli
Sissyk
RiffRandell
rug
newcriminal
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
icymist
mtnester

RETURNING FOR A SECOND TERM

Agschmid
arcane1
cyberswede
discntnt_irny_srcsm
hrmjustin
maddezmom
NRaleighLiberal
octoberlib
Ptah
Rhiannon12866
Terra Alta
Warren DeMontague
William769

Retiring members

Autumn
Baitball Blogger
Behind the Aegis
CreekDog
Democracyinkind
hunter
irisblue
ismnotwasm
Kali
Kingofalldems
libodem
MineralMan
OKNancy
opiate69
pinto
SidDithers
UrbScotty
X_Digger
zappaman

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Greetings to my fellow MIRT members, and thank you to the retiring team!

I feel very honored to have been chosen.

[Agschmid]

5. Excited to have you and everyone else new on our team!

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Woo hoo...

congrats, my dear Peggy

[fadedrose]

22. And I bet they're honored to have you...

and good luck to you and all the new members...........

[hrmjustin]

2. Thanks to the wonderful members who are standing down and welcome aboard to the new members.

[uppityperson]

3. Welcome to those coming on, thank you for your hard work volunteering for mirt to those retiring.

[MineralMan]

4. Best of everything to the new members.

Especially those who haven't served on MIRT previously. It's a very interesting part of DU, and performs important services. In my two terms, I learned a great deal and worked with a great group of DUers.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Good luck newbies.

Say hi to Library Girl.

[TBF]

7. A nice-looking group

good luck in the working up to elections period. You will be needed!

[Kali]

8. good luck and have fun!

and heed this advice: keep your inbox cleaned out.

when DU3 was first launched MIRT got SO much DUMail it was insane - like hundreds in a 24 hour period (at least it seemed like that) and with some of the improvements/automated functions it became very reasonable. But it seems like this last session, the trolls and intruders really out did themselves. it felt like I was deleting a hell of a lot of messages the last few months!

[In_The_Wind]

9. It looks like a wonderful group of DUers. Good luck on this MIRT term!

[longship]

10. Lots of good people there.

As always. Keeping DU neat and clean, the often unsung heroes.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. Looking forward to it....

Game on!

[RiffRandell]

12. Greetings!

Glad to be part of the team!

[sheshe2]

13. Hello and Thank You!

Goooo MIRT!

[steve2470]

14. Hey MIRT people, keep up the good work ! nt

[UrbScotty]

15. Good luck! Hope to see you in a few months!

[hunter]

16. One meets some awesome people on MIRT.

It astonishes me every time I serve how skilled some people are at sniffing out trouble before it escalates.

By the time I amble by the work is often done.

Some of it is a time zone phenomena, but mostly it's because there are so many very quick, sharp, and intelligent people here on DU.

Best wishes to the new team! The first-timers among you are about to discover how important the job is to DU.

Without MIRT and jury service this place would be full of spam, vile misogyny, racism, homophobia, and the lewd comments of lonely guys drooling over videos of buxom braless women firing big bump stock guns.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. Good luck everyone!

You have a good group to start with.

[opiate69]

18. Good luck, all. It was a pleasure serving.

[awoke_in_2003]

19. Wow, thanks for the honor...

I will check in a bit and start getting myself educated. Congrats to the other new members, and thanks to the returning and retiring members.

[libodem]

21. Somebody may have

My big net and the heavy gloves. Sometimes people try to bring mixed animals into the lounge. Tie your hair back. You need to get them by the back of the neck if you touch one at all. It's best to leave live traps from the Humane Society. Trolls are much the same but worse in may ways, particularly smell.

Many brave catchers and dispellers of trolls have fought bravely Some will leave, some will dispatch on. New mirters, will figure out what I never quite got, about hunting them down, and booting them out. Good luck.

I watched it happen and you guys and gals are good!

Good luck new team.