From: funnyr@clarinet.com (Funny Guy)
Subject: RHF moderator change -- welcome to Maddi Hausmann
Date: 5 Oct 92 22:15:25 GMT

I would like to introduce you all to Maddi Hausmann, who is now the
new primary moderator of rec.humor.funny.   Many of you will know
Maddi from the funny original submissions she has posted in this group
from time to time, or from the joke-group and her former employer, Tandem.
She's going to be taking over most of what I've been doing here.

After 5 years, my brain is burnt out, and my electronic newspaper
publishing venture and my other ventures have grown nicely but no
longer leave me with the time to moderate this newsgroup properly.  I've
gotten way behind in the joke processing queue.

However, I don't want to totally give up involvement with the group, so
instead of just passing the torch, I am going to sponsor it.  Maddi will be
paid to moderate the group and to sysop on GEnie, working as a contractor
to ClariNet.   I will continue as what you might call an executive
moderator, reviewing final selections, jokebook material and prizes, as
well, of course, as paying for it all.

The queue was at least 3 months large, so in effect she's been moderating
non-topical submissions since before the summer.  The jokes she has selected
have been coming out for the past couple of weeks.

All submission and comment addresses remain the same.   (All are @clarinet.com)

		Jokes:			funny
		Non-Jokes:		funny-request
		Urgent jokes:		topical
		Original material:	original
		Jokes, no auto-reply:	rhf
		Jokebook queries:	jokebook
		ClariNet queries:	info

One rule that becomes even stronger -- no RHF mail to my personal mailbox,
please.

Now, Maddi is a funny person, but no two person's tastes in comedy are
exactly alike.   That means that some of you who have loved my tastes may
find you hate hers, and if you've been bothered by mine you may love hers.
Realizing that between 100,000 and 200,000 people read this newsgroup on
an almost daily basis, I am afraid I must ask you to refrain from e-mailing
in opinions on the change in the group.   Even if 1/10th of 1% of you
felt like mailing in that the group had gone seriously up or downhill, that's
100 to 200 mail messages. 

After 5 years and over 30,000 submissions, I've become a bit jaded, and
I think that's hurt the quality of the group.  Most of the ones I like
best went by in the first couple of years (and can be found in the jokebooks.)
I think that the introduction of a fresh viewpoint can't help but improve
some things.

You will also see a few mistakes, even obvious ones, as she learns the ropes,
and a few duplicates when she forgets what I have done in the past, and
all sorts of changeover trouble.  Bear with us.

It's been a crazy five years.  I've been loved and hated, banned, defended
and un-banned, flamed and praised, lost and made money and heard just
about every joke around, some of them a few dozen times.   So thanks to
all who supported me, and before I close, let me tell you this great
joke about these three hunchback, dyslexic, agnostic Iraqi driver's ed
teaching strings with mouse balls that walk up to a bar carrying some
administratium...